Experts of the Institute of Car Market Research analyzed the statistics of passenger car registrations and identified the Top-20 most popular used models that were bought (and reissued) in Ukraine in May.
In the domestic market during May, service centers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs registered 162,200 agreements for the sale of used cars. This is almost double, 90.7% more than in May 2023, and 29.6% more than in April 2024. In general, this is an absolute quantitative record for the domestic market, at least for the past 10 years.
However, before proceeding to a detailed review of this segment of the car market, it is worth noting that this time the picture of brands and models may not fully correspond to reality. Because, as analysts of the Auto Market Research Institute point out, there is a high probability that about 50% of deals were made between family members or relatives. Ukrainians are encouraged to take such actions by the new mobilization laws that have entered into force, and which contain a provision regarding the potential seizure of cars from individuals for defense purposes, if such a person owns more than one vehicle.
Therefore, it should be assumed that in May the number of actual sales remained at the level of previous months, that is, about 80...85 thousand transactions, and the market picture may be changed to some extent by the so-called "second cars in the family", which were most often reissued on other persons to remove "extra" vehicles.
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The most popular brands in the domestic market
Despite the probable influence of the mentioned external factors, the leader among passenger car manufacturers, in relation to which in May on the domestic market Most often, sales agreements were concluded with Volkswagen: 20,800 of these passenger cars were officially re-registered, which is 12.8% of the total volume of all agreements.
In second place is Renault with a share of 6.2%and 10,000 transactions. In third place is Toyota (5.6%, 9.1 thousand ). Fourth place with a share of 5.5%and 8.9 thousand restyled cars went to VAZ. Skoda closes the top five with a share of 5.4% and 8.7 thousand deals.
- Volkswagen — 20,795 units.
- Renault — 10,014 units.
- Toyota — 9121 pcs.
- VAZ/Lada — 8909 pcs.
- Skoda — 8710 pcs.
- Ford — 8103 pcs.
- Mercedes-Benz — 7624 pcs.
- Hyundai — 7467 pcs.
- BMW — 7053 pcs.
- Opel — 6979 pcs.
- Nissan — 6,854 pcs.
- Audi — 6536 pcs.
- Mitsubishi — 5128 pcs.
- KIA — 4,839 pcs.
- Chevrolet — 4,526 pcs.
- Mazda — 4131 pcs.
- Daewoo — 3707 pcs.
- Peugeot — 3298 pcs.
- Honda — 3025 pcs.
- ZAZ — 2937 pcs.
The most popular models in the domestic market
The first place in terms of the number of re-registrations in May, despite all the external influences on the market, was once again taken by the long-time leader of the Ukrainian secondary car market Volkswagen Passat (5.7 thousand transactions). In second place is Skoda Octavia (4.9 thousand deals).
The third place was occupied by Volkswagen Golf (4.1 thousand transactions), the fourth place is still held by Daewoo Lanos (3.3 thousand transactions). Rounding out the top five is Renault Megane (2.9 thousand deals).
The first five models, even taking into account the atypical activity of motorists regarding re-registrations, have not changed — which is explained by the fullness of the park with popular models that make up the active part of the market.
In general, the Top 20 used passenger cars on the domestic market in May 2024 look like this:
- Volkswagen Passat — 5662 pcs.
- Skoda Octavia — 4944 pcs.
- Volkswagen Golf — 4112 pcs.
- ZAZ/Daewoo Lanos — 3320 pcs.
- Renault Megane — 2884 pcs.
- Ford Focus — 2463 pcs.
- Opel Astra — 2129 pcs.
- Volkswagen Transporter — 2126 pcs.
- Skoda Fabia — 1929 pcs.
- BMW 5 Series — 1,894 units.
- BMW 3 Series — 1785 pcs.
- Toyota Camry — 1776 pcs.
- Chevrolet Aveo — 1774 pcs.
- Audi A6 — 1758 pcs.
- Toyota RAV4 — 1662 pcs.
- BMW X5 — 1603 pcs.
- Audi A4 — 1580 pcs.
- Mitsubishi Outlander — 1559 pcs.
- Mercedes-Benz E-Class — 1551 pcs.
- Mercedes-Benz Vito — 1446 pcs.
Despite the unusually large number of sales transactions, the picture regarding brands and models has not changed significantly, since the set of brands/models on the car market is usually correlated with the active part (that is, those that are in regular use) of the car fleet, accordingly they sell what they are on drive, and, by analogy, drive what they trade.
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