Ukraine July 2018: Sportage, Duster, Tucson: podium 100% SUV

September 4, 2018
Matt Gasnier

The Kia Sportage is the best-selling vehicle in Ukraine for the second straight month.

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New car sales in Ukraine are back in positive in July at +4% to 6.685 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 6.6% to 46.177. In the brands ranking, Renault (+12%) edges up above YTD leader Toyota for just two sales at 725 vs. 723, both commanding 10.8% of the market. Skoda (+1%) remains in third place ahead of Nissan (+25%) and Hyundai (+51%) posting the largest gains in the Top 12. Further down, notice Honda (+168%), Porsche (+129%), Chery (+80%), Great Wall (+58%), Lexus (+49%), Volvo (+49%), Subaru (+39%), Fiat (+38%), Citroen (+32%), Peugeot (+31%), Land Rover (+24%), Ford (+19%) and Suzuki (+17%) all posting significant improvements in the Top 30. Geely (+3600%), Tesla (+333%) and JAC (+288%) also take off among smaller brands.

Ukraine monthly volumes January-July 2013-2018:

UKR	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	7m
2013	11,989	13,591	22,565	26,115	15,091	14,887	17,984	122222
2014	11,875	15,215	10,964	7,754	5,675	6,209	6,818	64510
2015	2,597	2,924	2,259	3,057	2,994	3,372	5,344	22547
2016	3,183	4,201	4,902	5,697	4,447	4,781	5,548	32759
2017	4,822	4,856	7,278	6,445	6,592	6,884	6,425	43302
2018	6,624	5,867	6,806	6,844	6,838	6,513	6,685	46177

The Renault Duster cements its YTD leadership in Ukraine.

The Top 2 best-selling models remain unchanged on June: the Kia Sportage (-17%) and Renault Duster (+31%) are the best-sellers in Ukraine, with the latter cementing its YTD lead in the process. The Hyundai Tucson (+53%) remarkably makes the podium 100% SUV, while the Toyota Camry (+36%) and Suzuki Vitara (+54%) post the other two spectacular gains in the Top 10. The Chery Tiggo soars 80% to #12, with the Porsche Cayenne (+271%), Hyundai Elantra (+192%), Skoda Fabia (+190%), Honda CR-V (+119%) and Peugeot 301 (+84%) also making a splash in the Top 50. The Skoda Karoq (#40) is the best-selling recent launch (<12 month) ahead of the Kia Stonic (#93) and Chevrolet Bolt (#109) new for the month.

Previous month: Ukraine June 2018: Kia Sportage leads, Renault Duster new #1 YTD

One year ago: Ukraine July 2017: Kia Sportage cements domination in market up 32% YTD

Full July 2018 Top 50 All-brands and Top 255 All-models below.

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