During the first six months of 2026, about 33,000 new cars were sold in Ukraine. This is 0.5% more than in the same period last year, reports UNN citing Ukravtoprom.
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The status of the most popular brand in Ukraine belongs to Japanese cars Toyota. Over six months, they increased their car sales by 6% - thus, almost 4.9 thousand cars were sold. Next in popularity are the French brand Renault and cars of the Czech company Skoda.
At the same time, the Korean brand Mazda sold 49% more cars in Ukraine than last year. Another Korean brand - Hyundai – sold 49% more of its products than last year.
But the German giants Volkswagen (-10%) and BMW (-7%), as well as the Japanese Suzuki (-27%) ended the half-year "in the red". The Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD took 5th place.
The TOP-10 leaders in the new car market (January-June 2026) are the following cars:
- RENAULT Duster - 2,670 units;
- TOYOTA RAV-4 - 1,811 units;
- HYUNDAI Tucson - 1,302 units;
- TOYOTA Land Cruiser Prado - 1003 units;
- SKODA Kodiaq - 943 units;
- MAZDA CX5 - 910 units;
- VOLKSWAGEN Touareg - 854 units;
- NISSAN Qashqai - 627 units;
- SKODA Karoq - 606 units;
- SKODA Octavia - 579 units.
Reminder
In the first five months of 2026, owners of luxury cars paid UAH 140.2 million in tax - that is 47.1% more than last year. The most funds came from Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv and Lviv regions.