At the same time, compared to the previous month, the volume of sales of new passenger cars remained almost at the same level.

The most popular brand in May was Toyota. This Japanese brand topped the ranking with 850 sold and registered cars. Compared to the same period last year, demand for cars of this brand in Ukraine decreased by almost 4 percent.

In second place was Renault, which sold 751 cars. The May result of the French manufacturer grew by 6 percent.

Third place went to Hyundai — Ukrainians purchased 504 cars of this brand, which is 52% more than in May last year.

Fourth place was taken by Volkswagen with 411 cars (+3% to May 2017).

Closing the top five in terms of the number of primary registrations of new passenger cars is Skoda, whose sales fell by 30% and amounted to 384 cars.

The best-selling car of the month was the Audi A3, associated with "dieselgate". 264 buyers chose this model.