Experts of the Institute of Car Market Research analyzed the statistics of vehicle registrations in Ukraine in July and identified the 20 most popular models of small commercial vehicles in three segments: import of used cars, domestic resale and purchase of new cars.
LCV market dynamics
In July, Ukrainians purchased a total of 6,000 light commercial vehicles with a total weight of up to 3.5 tons. Which is 14.9% more than in the same period last year, but 3.9% less than in June 2024.
We will remind that in April and May, the active "rewriting" of motor vehicles continued, caused by the new law on mobilization, which provides for the potential seizure of vehicles for defense purposes if the owner, an individual, has more than one vehicle in his possession. Since citizens own a lot of "buses" and passenger vans that belong to the LCV group, the wave of re-registration of second and more cars of this type to relatives or acquaintances also affected the segment we are considering. If you look at the diagram, you can clearly see the peak of these re-registrations, after which the indicators return to close to average statistical values.
The majority of sales of small commercial cars usually took place on the domestic market — 4.7 thousand (78.2%).
888 used cars belonging to the LCV group (14.8%) were brought from abroad.
420 new imported LCVs were registered, of which 55 were converted Ukrainian enterprises from imported chassis or machine sets. Overall, new LCV sales accounted for 7% of the total number of small commercial vehicles purchased.
The most popular LCVs in the domestic market
The largest demand on the domestic market remains for used vans (3.2 thousand units). Other types, as usual, are less popular. In particular, low-tonnage vans (380 units), cargo-passenger units (198 units), on-board (176 units), and on-board awning (151 units) cars.
Among individual models , the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter (739 units) has held the unchanging lead in the domestic market for many years in a row. Since 1995, when the "Sprinter" appeared on the market replacing the "beads" of the T1 series, Ukrainian carriers have preferred this rather versatile and hardy (letʼs ignore the question of corrosion resistance of the body) car. On our roads, it can be found in a variety of roles — from a cargo van to a city "router" or even a tourist minibus.
Renault Master is in second place (480 units), Ford Transit is third with 314 purchase and sale agreements. On the fourth GAZ-3302 (307 pcs.)
Rounding out the top five is the Volkswagen Transporter with a total of 252 "beads".
- Mercedes-Benz Sprinter — 739 pcs.
- Renault Master — 480 pcs.
- Ford Transit — 314 pcs.
- GAZ 3302 "Gazelle" — 307 pcs.
- Volkswagen Transporter — 252 pcs.
- Renault Kangoo — 221 pcs.
- Renault Traffic — 177 pcs.
- Volkswagen LT — 160 pcs.
- Mercedes-Benz Vito — 153 pcs.
- Volkswagen Caddy — 149 pcs.
- Fiat Doblo — 137 pcs.
- Volkswagen Crafter — 132 pcs.
- Opel Vivaro — 126 pcs.
- Fiat Ducato — 101 pcs.
- Opel Movano — 92 pcs.
- Peugeot Boxer — 78 pcs.
- Peugeot Partner — 74 pcs.
- Mercedes-Benz TN/T1 — 65 pcs.
- Opel Combo — 64 pcs.
- Citroen Berlingo — 63 pcs.
The most popular used LCVs imported from abroad
Used vans (675 units), which are the basis of this segment, were most often brought from abroad. Refrigerated vans (57 units), side-mounted awnings (41 units), hydroboard vans (35 units), and platforms (11 units) replenished the Ukrainian fleet in a much smaller number.
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The leader among imported used LCVs in terms of the number of first registrations of such vehicles was the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, with 209 first registrations.
Renault Master, which is in second place,replenished our fleet in the amount of 189 units. The third in the list is Renault Kangoo with a summary75 cars
Renault Trafic with 58 "beads" submitted for the first registration, and Volkswagen Crafter in the amount of 46 units also made it to the top five most popular "freshly driven" commercial vehicles.
- Mercedes-Benz Sprinter — 209 pcs.
- Renault Master — 189 pcs.
- Renault Kangoo — 75 pcs.
- Renault Traffic — 58 pcs.
- Volkswagen Crafter — 46 pcs.
- Opel Movano — 41 pcs.
- Volkswagen Transporter — 39 pcs.
- Ford Transit — 35 pcs.
- Nissan NV200 — 34 pcs.
- Opel Vivaro — 19 pcs.
- Mercedes-Benz Vito — 19 pcs.
- Ford Transit Custom — 16 pcs.
- Iveco Daily — 14 pcs.
- Volkswagen Caddy — 12 pcs.
- Fiat Ducato — 9 pcs.
- MAN TGE — 7 pcs.
- Peugeot Expert — 6 pcs.
- Fiat Talento — 6 pcs.
- Citroen Jumper — 6 pcs.
- Peugeot Partner — 5 pcs.
The most popular new LCVs
Vans remain the most popular among new small commercial vehicles (220 units), all other types are bought in relatively small quantities. In particular, the following new ones were purchased last month: 19 grain vans, 14 cargo-passenger vans, 8 refrigerated vans, and 4 sided awning vans.
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Renault Master remained the leader of the new LCV segment in July. 69 such models with zero mileage were registered for the first time. The second position in this list belongs to Renault Express with a result of 26 units. Third — Citroen Berlingo (18 units), fourth — Fiat Doblo (17 units).
Rounding out the top five is the Volkswagen Crafter, 15 of which were bought.
- Renault Master — 69 pcs.
- Renault Express — 26 pcs.
- Citroen Berlingo — 18 pcs.
- Fiat Doblo — 17 pcs.
- Volkswagen Crafter — 15 pcs.
- Toyota Proace — 14 pcs.
- Volkswagen Transporter — 11 pcs.
- Mercedes-Benz Sprinter — 6 pcs.
- Ford Transit — 6 pcs.
- Peugeot Boxer — 5 pcs.
- Peugeot Partner — 4 pcs.
- Opel Combo — 4 pcs.
- Fiat Ducato — 4 pcs.
- Citroen Jumper — 4 pcs.
- Citroen Jumpy — 3 pcs.
- Peugeot Expert — 2 pcs.
- Opel Vivaro — 2 pcs.
- Maxus E-Deliver 9 — 2 pcs.
- Maxus Dana V1 — 2 pcs.
- Ford Courier — 2 pcs.
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