Experts from the Institute for Automotive Market Research analyzed vehicle registration statistics in Ukraine in 2024 and identified the most popular models in three bus segments: used import, domestic resale, and new purchase.
Bus market dynamics
During 2024, Ukrainian carriers purchased 8,080 new and used buses. This is 13.4% less than in 2023.
By individual subsegments, the dynamics of bus sales, compared to 2023, is as follows:
- Domestic resales: −13.0%
- Imports of used cars: −15.5%
- New imports: +51.2%
- Made in Ukraine: −21.9%
Most of the buses were purchased on the domestic market : 6,231 units, which amounted to 77.1% of the total.
10.2% of used buses, or 826 units, were brought from abroad.
Also last year, 1,023 new buses were registered for the first time: 834 of these were manufactured or re-equipped in Ukraine ( 10.3% ), the remaining 189 units (2.3%) arrived from abroad.
The most popular buses on the domestic market
The leader in domestic resales remains buses based on the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, with 1,855 units purchased. A significant portion of these vehicles were converted into passenger buses from trucks at one time.
In second place is the Etalon A079 base.with a result of 520 cars. In third place is "Bogdan" A-092(431 pcs.).
The most popular used buses imported from abroad
In 2024, buses based on the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter (161 units) took the lead in this subsegment.
Second place was taken by Mercedes-Benz Citaro (64 units), third by Dutch VDL Ambassador buses, 57 of which arrived.
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The most popular new buses
The first place in the subsegment of new passenger vehicles was taken by the BAZ A081 "Etalon" with a total of 251 first registrations.
Second in this ranking is Bogdan/Ataman A-093, with a total of 195 vehicles sold. Third place went to buses based on the Ford Transit, with 140 registrations.
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