Ukraine November 2018: Renault, Nissan, Kia shine in third consecutive market decline

December 13, 2018
Matt Gasnier

The Qashqai (+214%) helps Nissan up 108% in Ukraine in November.

The Ukrainian new light vehicle market seems to have hit a plateau, with November marking its third consecutive month of year-on-year decline at -4.4% to 7.337 registrations. The year-to-date tally remains in positive at +2.4% to 74.842 units but is still 62% below the pre-Crimea crisis levels of 2013 (196.275 units in 11 months). Renault soars 15% to snap the brands pole position for the third time in the past 5 months at 11.8% share vs. 10.6% year-to-date, distancing the YTD leader Toyota (-10%) at 10.3% vs. 12.4%. But it’s Nissan (+108%) that’s the most impressive in the Top 10 (and Top 30), managing to double its sales year-on-year. Kia (+29%) and Mitsubishi (+18%) also shine but Volkswagen (-34%), Mazda (-28%) and Mercedes (-23%) struggle. Further down, notice Tesla (+210%), JAC (+133%), Porsche (+76%), Honda (+64%), Chery (+56%), Jaguar (+53%), Seat (+48%), Fiat (+45%), Infiniti (+26%) and Subaru (+24%) all posting spectacular gains.

Ukraine monthly volumes January-November 2013-2018:

UKR	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	10m
2013	11,989	13,591	22,565	26,115	15,091	14,887	17,984	22,195	20,333	16,081	15,444	17,047	196,275
2014	11,875	15,215	10,964	7,754	5,675	6,209	6,818	6,402	5,788	5,891	6,802	7,629	89,393
2015	2,597	2,924	2,259	3,057	2,994	3,372	5,344	3,464	4,376	5,596	5,144	5,419	41,127
2016	3,183	4,201	4,902	5,697	4,447	4,781	5,548	5,629	5,771	6,073	7,728	7,601	57,960
2017	4,822	4,856	7,278	6,445	6,592	6,884	6,425	6,598	7,840	7,652	7,677	9,179	73,069
2018	6,624	5,867	6,806	6,844	6,838	6,513	6,685	7,338	6,776	7,214	7,337		74,842

Model-wise, the Kia Sportage (+29%) signs a 5th win in the past 6 months but remains at #2 year-to-date below the Renault Duster (+12%) at #2 this month while the Nissan Qashqai surges 214% to land on the third step of the podium. The Renault Logan (+38%) and Toyota RAV4 (-30%) round up the Top 5 with the Skoda Rapid (+137%), Nissan X-Trail (+102%), Renault Sandero (+58%) and Hyundai Tucson (+20%) also in excellent shape in the remainder of the Top 10. The Chery Tiggo 2 (#30) leads all recent launches above the Audi Q8 (#37) once again very impressive and the Chery Tiggo 7 (#43).

Previous month: Ukraine October 2018: Nissan Qashqai and Audi Q8 impress, 5th market decline in past 12 months

One year ago: Ukraine November 2017: Kia Sportage #1, Mazda CX-5 up to #5

Full November 2018 Top 50 All-brands and Top 265 All-models below.

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