Ukrainians buy 60% more used cars from abroad, Tesla is in the top
Kyiv • UNN
In October, Ukrainians bought 60% more used cars from abroad than last year. Almost every third of them is an electric car, and Tesla holds a leading position.
This year, Ukrainians are more actively buying used cars from abroad, having purchased 60% more such cars in October alone compared to last year's figure - over 26.1 thousand, almost every third of which is an electric car, with Tesla remaining at the top of the ranking, the Ukrautoprom association reported on Monday, writes UNN.
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"In October, the Ukrainian car fleet was replenished with over 26.1 thousand used passenger cars imported from abroad. This is 60% more than last year," Ukrautoprom reports.
Compared to the previous month, demand for such cars increased by 12%.
The largest share in this segment of the car market belonged to gasoline cars – 44%. This was followed by: electric cars – 30%; diesel – 18%; hybrids – 5%; cars with LPG – 3%.
The average age of used cars that switched to Ukrainian license plates in October is 8.2 years.
The leader among imported second-hand cars remains the Volkswagen Golf.
The TOP-10 most popular models of the month included:
- VOLKSWAGEN Golf - 1208 units.
- TESLA Model Y - 942 units.
- TESLA Model 3 - 862 units.
- VOLKSWAGEN Tiguan - 752 units.
- RENAULT Megane - 730 units.
- AUDI Q5 - 726 units.
- NISSAN Leaf - 697 units.
- SKODA Octavia - 665 units.
- NISSAN Rogue - 636 units.
- KIA Niro - 551 units.
"In total, since the beginning of the year, Ukrainians have purchased 207.9 thousand imported used passenger cars, which is 8% more than in the same period of 2024," the association's data show.