ОРЕАНДА-НОВОСТИ The Russian market of LCV, which showed double-digit growth in the first half, nevertheless remained on the sixth place of the European rating.

According to the European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA), sales of light commercial vehicles in Europe in the first half of 2017 grew by 4.7% to 1 million 049 thousand 474 units. The leader among European countries in sales of LCV up to 3.5 tons remains France, where this segment was 228,974 vehicles (6.4%). The second place is occupied by Great Britain with the indicator of 184,926 sold cars (-3.7%), and the third place is occupied by Germany, whose LCV market was 130382 units (+ 3.3%). The fourth result was shown by Spain – 101,525 light commercial vehicles (+ 16.3%). Italy still closes the top-five of leaders, where 89616 cars were sold (+ 6.5%).

If we take Russia into account when considering the European LCV market, then our country remains at the sixth place in the European championship. According to the agency "AUTOSTAT", sales of light commercial vehicles in Russia for six months of 2017 were 50.2 thousand units (+ 24.9%).