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