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

According to the study, by the results of 2016 it was sold 107.9 thousand cars of C-class in Russia, which is 37.2% less than a year before. This corresponds to a share of 8.2% of the total volume of the Russian market. If we compare it with the indicator of 2015 (11.5%), then it fell by more than 3 percentage points - more than other segments of the market.

Analysts of the agency "AUTOSTAT" noted that the segment C with already in 2011 was the market leader, by holding 35% of the total volume. Thus, for the last 5 years, its share has fallen four times that is largely connected with the appearance of affordable crossovers and low-cost vehicles of B- class.

The leader of the C-Class in the last year became liftback Skoda Octavia, which was sold n amount of 21.8 thousand cars (+ 1.8%). In the second place there is hatchback KIA Cee'd, the result of which was 15.1 thousand units (-21.7%). The third position is occupied by the former leader - sedan Nissan Almera (14,9 thousand units; -42.7%).