OREANDA-NEWS. According to the analytic agency "AUTOSTAT", the share of car sales of B-class in Russia in the first half of 2016 was 41% of the total volume of the market of passenger cars, which is the best result among all market segments.

Agency analysts have concluded that since the beginning of the year the share of market of such cars grew steadily. If it was around 37% in January of this year, then by the end of the first quarter it exceeded 38%. And since April, the cars of the B-class became the market leaders, while the share of SUV segment reduced gradually.