In Ukraine during the war, commercial cars increased sharply: the most popular models

Sales of commercial cars have shown the best result in the last 5 years. In the light cars segment, an increase of 51. 7%was noted, and in the class of heavy trucks - by 88. 6%. The market for commercial cars in Ukraine demonstrates confident growth, even despite the war. In the first half of 2023, 5. 8 thousand such models were sold. Auto-Consulting information and analytical group reports. This is one of the best results in the last decade.

More commercial cars were sold only in 2018 in the first half of the year, with the difference is only 130 cars. Compared to last year, LCV light commercial cars were marked by 51. 7% (3. 5 thousand cars sold), and in the truck segment full of weight more than 3. 5 tons - at once by 88. 6% (2. 3 thousand . ). In the LCV segment, the leader is Renault - the proportion of the brand in the market is 41. 19%. The top 5 also got Citroen (13. 36%), Volkswagen (10. 23%), Peugeot (8. 2%) and Fiat (5. 48%).

In the segment of trucks weighing more than 3. 5 tons, Scania leads - Swedish brand sales have increased more than 4 times compared to 2022. However, almost all brands in the TOP-10 have shown growth. In the segment of a car weighing up to 8 tons, commercial vans and minivans of high load capacity are leading: among heavy trucks, the Mercedes, Volvo, Scania and MAN models are popular among heavy trucks. Earlier, Focus reported that the demand for cars of the budget segment has fallen in Ukraine.