The country's new passenger car market was showing positive dynamics during last year, it said.
Read alsoSales of new cars in Ukraine grow by 26% in 11 monthsIn the first month of the year, the sales grew by 51% and only in November 2017, the demand for new cars was 0.7% down year-over-year (y-o-y), it said.
Over the nine months of 2017, the Japanese brand Toyota retained the leading position in the new passenger car market, which once again showed a high sales rate for the year. Owners of new Toyota new cars received 9,696 license plates in 2017, which was 26% up against 2016.
Renault ranked second in terms of sales. The French brand topped the rating three times last year: in February, March, and December. At total of 8,671 new cars of this brand were registered in 2017, which was 36% more than in 2016.
The Volkswagen brand ranked third with 6,525 cars registered, which was 30% up against 2016.
Some 9,179 new cars were registered in Ukraine in December 2017 alone, which was 21% up y-o-y. So, the new car market showed the highest result in December 2017.
As UNIAN reported earlier, the country's sales of new passenger cars in 2016 grew by 41% from 2015, to 65,500 units.
