OREANDA-NEWS. Analytic agency "AUTOSTAT" conducted a study of the Russian market of new cars, which covered sales by segments. According to a study by the results of May 2016 the sales growth is observed only in the class of pickups, while the other segments are in the "minus". So, for the last month of spring sales of pickups in Russia were 659 units, which is more by 7.2% compared with the year-ago result.

The leader among the pickups is a Toyota Hilux, which sales in May reached 238 units, an increase of 2.1 times. In the second place, with a small gap from the leader there is UAZ Pickup with 227 sold cars, which is less by 15.6% than a year ago. Mitsubishi L200 closes the top-three of leaders, the result of which was 130 units - less by 61.5% than a year ago. It is also worth noting the Volkswagen Amarok, the May figure of which is equal to 60 cars, which is 2.3 times more than the year before. But sales of other pickups look much more modest.