What buses did you buy in January? Rating of new and used models

Experts of the Institute of Car Market Research analyzed the statistics of vehicle registrations in Ukraine in January and identified the most popular models in three segments of buses: used import, domestic resale, and new purchase.

Bus market dynamics

In January 2024, Ukrainian carriers purchased 686 new and used buses. This is 19.3% more than in the same period last year, but 5.5% less than in December 2023. The peak of sales in the bus segment fell on August of last year, and then the demand for this type of passenger transport decreases every time.

Most of the buses were bought on the domestic market : 543 units, which accounted for 79.2% of the total number.

8.2% of the total number of used buses were brought from abroad : 56 units.

Also last month, 87 new buses were registered for the first time: 81 of them were manufactured or converted in Ukraine ( 11.8% ), 6 pcs. arrived from abroad ( 0.9% ).

The most popular buses on the domestic market

Mercedes-Benz Sprinter-based buses remain the leader in domestic resales, with 155 units bought. A significant part of these vehicles was converted into passenger buses from trucks at one time.

Volkswagen LT is in second place with a result of 33 cars. On the third place — BAZ A079 "Etalon" (31 units), on the fourth position Iveco Daily (28 units);

Closes the top five "Bohdan" A-092 (24 pcs.).

In general, the majority of buses in the domestic market are of small and medium capacity.

1. Mercedes-Benz Sprinter — 155 pcs.
2. Volkswagen LT — 33 pcs.
3. BAZ/CHAZ A079 "Etalon" — 31 pcs.
4. Iveco Daily — 28 pcs.
5. Bohdan/Ataman A-092 — 24 pcs.
6. Ruta 25 — 19 pcs.
7. Mercedes-Benz TN/T1 — 15 pcs.
8. BAZ 2215 — 15 pcs.
9. Volkswagen Crafter — 13 pcs.
10. Van Hool T9 — 13 pcs.
11. Mercedes-Benz Vario — 13 pcs.
12. Mercedes-Benz T2 — 13 pcs.
13. PAZ 3205 — 10 pcs.
14. Ruta 20 — 9 pcs.
15. Ford Transit — 8 pcs.
16. PAZ 4234 — 8 pcs.
17. Stryi Auto A075 — 7 pcs.
18. GAZ 3221 "Gazelle" — 6 pcs.
19. Mercedes-Benz Tourismo — 5 pcs.
20. Bohdan/Ataman A-093 — 5 pcs.

The average age of buses sold on the domestic market in January was 17.9 years. a year more than it was in January 2023.

The most popular used buses brought from abroad

Due to a large number of legislative restrictions, few buses are brought from abroad today. Such vehicles are subject to the limitation of the ecological standard no lower than "Euro-5", and the amount of excise tax is 50 times greater for buses over 8 years old, which makes their import economically unprofitable.

In January , Mercedes-Benz Sprinter-based buses took first place, 11 of them arrived. In second place is Volkswagen Crafter, similar to the leader of the list, with a total of 8 "freshly driven" buses.

The third place goes to VanHool Astromega high-capacity buses, which added 5 units to the Ukrainian fleet. On the fourth is the city version of the Mercedes-Benz Citaro (4 units). Another "tourist" Volvo B12 (3 units) completes the top five newly arrived buses.

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1. Mercedes-Benz Sprinter — 11 pcs.
2. Volkswagen Crafter — 8 pcs.
3. Van Hool Astromega — 5 pcs.
4. Mercedes-Benz Citaro — 4 pcs.
5. Volvo B12 — 3 pcs.
6. Iveco Wing — 3 pcs.
7. Irizar PB — 3 pcs.
8. Van Hool TDX-27 Astromega — 2 pcs.
9. Setra S500 — 2 pcs.
10. Mercedes-Benz Tourismo — 2 pcs.
11. MAN Lionʼs Coach — 2 pcs.
12. VDL Synergy — 1 pc.
13. VDL Citea — 1 pc.
14. VDL Ambassador — 1 pc.
15. Renault Master — 1 pc.
16. Opel Movano — 1 pc.
17. MAN SE — 1 pc.
18. Iveco Kapena — 1 pc.
19. Irisbus Iveco Tema — 1 pc.
20. Irisbus Iveco Crossway — 1 pc.

The average age of used buses brought from abroad was 12 years.

The most popular new buses

Most of the new buses that Ukrainians registered for the first time in January are products of Ukrainian enterprises: 8 out of 12 models were manufactured or converted new in factory conditions in Ukraine. The first place was taken by Bohdan A-093 (30 units), the second — BAZ A081 "Etalon" (16 units), the third — a small tourist bus Temsa Prestij SX (12 units).

ZAZ A08 (11 units) and Bohdan A-092 with the number of first registrations of 7 units also made it to the top five.

1. Bohdan/Ataman A-093 — 30 pcs.
2. BAZ A081 "Etalon" — 16 pcs.
3. Temsa Prestij SX — 12 pcs.
4. ZAZ A08 — 11 pcs.
5. Bohdan/Ataman A-092 — 7 pcs.
6. Ford Transit — 3 pcs.
7. JAC Sunray — 2 pcs.
8. Ataman D-093S201 — 2 pcs.
9. AR-SB-29-Temsa (school based on Temsa) — 1 pc.
10. SKS VWCR-17 (based on Volkswagen Crafter) — 1 pc.
11. RUT 22C — 1 pc.
12. PAZ 4234 — 1 pc.

Having dealt with all the segments of the bus market, only one thing remains a mystery — how in the second year of a full-scale war, the "pazik" (PAZ 4234), which is produced in the Russian Federation (or Belarus), a design that was developed more than 20 years ago, could get into the list of new buses. Obviously, there is an explanation for this, but it is unlikely that it will ever become known to the general public.

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