OREANDA-NEWS  According to the analytic agency "AUTOSTAT", for the first six months of 2017, the volume of the market for new light commercial vehicles (LCV) in Russia was 50.2 thousand units, which is more by 24.9% than a year ago. In June, the market reached 9 thousand units, which is more by 19.5% than a year ago.

The leader of the LCV market in the first half of 2017 is traditionally the Russian brand GAZ, the share of which was more than 40% of the total. In quantitative terms, it is 21.9 thousand units - more by 23.6% than a year before. The second place is occupied by another domestic manufacturer - UAZ, which reached 11.2 thousand cars (+ 33%). The Russian LADA (4,7 thousand units, + 59,5%) still closes the top three of leaders. The top-five also includes the German Mercedes-Benz (3.7 thousand units, + 30.7%) and the American Ford (3 thousand units, + 47.3%).

We also note that GAZ Gazel NEXT is the leader among the models with a large gap from competitors. The sales of this model for January-June of 2017 were 11.5 thousand units, which is one and a half times higher than the result of a year ago.