OREANDA-NEWS. According to a German government organization Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt, which is responsible including for registration of vehicles, in the first quarter of 2016 the demand for the brand LADA cars in Germany grew by 18%.

Despite the marked increase in demand, absolute sales figures of AVTOVAZ in Germany are still very modest, says Wroom.ru portal. So, for three months in the country it was sold 355 cars of the brand, while in the same period of the last year, dealers sold 300 cars LADA.

Interest in the old "Niva" is stable: in the first quarter Germans bought 269 SUVs, which is more by 3% than the last year. But the demand for sedan LADA Granta has increased more than twice, up to 86 units (only for the first quarter of last year it was sold 37 of such cars). LADA Kalina, another model of AvtoVAZ which is officially presented in the German market, is not mentioned in official statistics.

At the end of 2016 AVTOVAZ may improve significantly its last year's result in the German market - 1181 sold cars. And in the longer term, new models LADA Vesta and XRAY would be able to attract new customers, but there is no certainty with their launch in the European market.