Rating of the popularity of crossovers and SUVs in Russia.

The most popular Russian representative SUV segment in August was the Renault Duster. According to the Association of European Businesses in the past month at the dealers purchased 3,496 of these vehicles. This is 880 fewer than a year ago, though the French crossover was able to rise from seventh to sixth place in the top 10 of the car market in 2015, pushing the Lada Kalina.

Successfully completed the August all-terrain vehicle Chevrolet Niva - they were sold 3059 units, 497 exceeded the result of the previous year. However, we expect a further increase in demand is not necessary - in September, the price of the car jumped for the fourth time this year. On the third line was completely domestic Lada 4x4 index with 2393 sold cars (323 fewer than in August 2014).

The top five most popular crossovers and SUVs are also the Toyota RAV 4 (2378 sales) and the Mitsubishi Outlander (2200). The latest model, refreshed, shows a great increase in the implementation - in August it was 82 percent.

"Outlander is our bestseller and shows excellent results. Despite the decline in buying activity this year, I want to note the increasing trend of sales of the model," - commented the head of the Statistics Mitsubishi Naoya Takaya.

Quite a bit to get into the top 5 did not have crossover Mazda CX-5, which, in August, has sold 2152 copies (362 more than a year ago). Followed UAZ Patriot (1754) and the Toyota Land Cruiser Prado (1738, 31 percent more than in July 2015, and 32 - than in August 2014).

Perhaps the all-terrain vehicle and Ulyanovsk, and Japanese may become even more popular at the end of the year, as newly passed update. However, in the Toyota and now happy with the result. According to the company, the share of their models in the midsize SUV segment was a record 29 percent.

In the high positions held and crossover Kia Sportage (1701 sales). This machine also soon be updated, but the release date of a restyled version of the Russian market is still unknown.