OREANDA-NEWS The analytic agency "AUTOSTAT" conducted a survey of the Russian market of new cars, which covered sales by segments.

According to the results of the survey, by the results of February of 2017, the leader in the pickup segment again became the Toyota Hilux model, whose sales, according to the AEB, were 283 units, which is less by 27.6% than a year ago. Thus, this pickup keeps the leadership in the segment for the third month in a row.

The second place is occupied by UAZ "Pickup", the sales of which in the last winter month were 149 cars, which is less by 24.7% than a year ago. The top-three of leaders of the Russian segment is closed by Volkswagen Amarok pickups with 70 sold cars, by showing the growth of 12.9%.

In general, the sales of pick-up trucks were about 600 units in Russia in the last month, which is less by a quarter than in February of 2016. We also note that the share of this segment is only 0.6% of the total volume of sales of cars.