OREANDA-NEWS. Russian car market, which has continued to grow in April, at the end of last month kept the fifth place in the European rankings.

According to the data obtained by the agency "AUTOSTAT" in the national associations of European automakers, Germany became the sales leader in April, where it was sold 290697 cars (+ 8.4%). France took the second place with 171879 sold cars (-6%). The third result was shown by Italy - 160,359 cars (-4,6%). As noted in the Italian Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ANFIA), the negative result was fixed for the first time after almost three years of continuous growth, which, incidentally, is not a worrying sign with account of the fewer working days in the last month compared to 2016. In this regard, the association expects the resumption of positive sales dynamics in the coming months.

UK is the next, whose car dealers sold 152076 cars (-19.8%). As noted in the British Society of Automobile Manufacturers and Auto Dealers (SMMT), the decrease in demand is due to the introduction of new excises on vehicles from April 1st, as well as the later Easter celebration, which this year fell on April.

If, during the considering of the car market in Europe we take into account Russia, our country remains on the fifth line of the European rating. According to preliminary estimates of the agency "AUTOSTAT", sales of passenger cars in April were more than 119 thousand units (excluding LCV). Let's also add that the Spanish car market grew by 1% and it was 101,375 cars.