Ukraine October 2017: VW Golf & Audi A3 surprise leaders, market up 36%

November 18, 2017
Matt Gasnier

The A3 helps lift Audi sales in Ukraine up 249% in October.

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September sales are up 35.9% to 7.840 (the largest monthly volume since March 2014) and October is up 26% to 7.652 to lead to an Ukrainian year-to-date tally up 30.3% to 65.474 units. This is 82% above the same period in 2015 but 21% down on 2014 and 64% down on 2013. Brand leader Toyota evolves like the market at +26% in Ocrtover to 12.8% share, distancing Volkswagen up 174% to 10.4%, Renault down 13% to 8.7% and Skoda up 23% to 6.9%. Audi soars a monumental 249% to 6.3% share this month vs. 3.2% year-to-date, new brand Ravon is up 265%, Mazda up 46%, Peugeot up 83%, Citroen up 52%, Chery up 475%, Subaru up 96%, Honda up 55% and Fiat up 182%. Among smaller brands, Infiniti is up 277%, Geely up 147% and Seat up 144%.

First 10 months comparison – Ukraine 2013/2017:

UKR	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
2013	11,989	13,591	22,565	26,115	15,091	14,887	17,984	22,195	20,333	16,081
2014	11,875	15,215	10,964	7,754	5,675	6,209	6,818	6,402	5,788	5,891
2015	2,597	2,924	2,259	3,057	2,994	3,372	5,344	3,464	4,376	5,596
2016	3,183	4,201	4,902	5,697	4,447	4,781	5,548	5,629	5,771	6,073
2017	4,822	4,856	7,278	6,445	6,592	6,884	6,425	6,598	7,840	7,652

The VW Golf is the best-selling nameplate in Ukraine this month.

Over in the models ranking, the VW Golf soars to pole position with 5.6% share vs. 1.4% year-to-date while the Audi A3 does even better in 2nd place at 4.4% vs. 0.8% so far in 2017. In fact, the Golf sells 47% of its YTD volume in October and the A3 sells 62% of its 2017 total so far just this month and 31% in September… The Toyota RAV4 holds strong in third place vs. #4 in 2017 ahead of the Toyota Camry and Skoda Octavia. The Renault Logan, #2 year-to-date, is down to #7 while the 2017 leader the Kia Sportage is down to #8 but remains by far in the lead thanks to deliveries up 51%. Notice also the Skoda Rapid up to #11, the Hyundai Accent up to #15 and the Ford Kuga up to #22. The Ravon R4 (#29) tops recent launches above the Skoda Kodiaq (#35) and Toyota C-HR (#41).

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