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The sales of new passenger cars in Ukraine in 2016 increased by 39% compared with 2015, to 64.478 units, AUTO-Consulting has said.

At the same time, in December car sales rose by 33% over the same month of 2015, which became a new record high in sales for the past three years.

At the same time, according to data released by the Ukrautoprom Association, last year 65,562 passenger cars were sold, which is 41% higher than a year earlier, and in December sales increased by 40%, to 7,601 cars.

According to AUTO-Consulting, the leader of the new car market with a market share of 11.76% was Toyota, which managed to increase sales by 58%, to 7,583 units.

Renault dealers ranked second, they managed to increase sales by 51%. Brand number three became Volkswagen, whose sales grew by 2.2 times.

Skoda significantly improved its performance, going ahead of five brands at once and ranking fourth in Ukraine.

Kia demonstrated a similar breakthrough with the rise in sales being 91%. Ford increased sales in Ukraine by nearly 37%, but as a result kept the sixth place in the market.