Sales of new passenger cars in Ukraine in January-June grew by 52.8% year-over-year, to almost 27,000, AUTO-Consulting has reported.

In January-May growth was almost 56%.

In June the car market grew by 40% on June 2015 and by 6.6% on May 2016, to 4,700 cars.

"The Ukrainian car market continued the upward pace that AUTO-Consulting has been recording since early 2016," AUTO-Consulting said.

Toyota remains leader in June with over 500 cars sold, and Renault was second.

Dealers of Skoda cars brought the brand to the third position (in May it was fifth) with over 400 cars sold (a rise of 41%). VW was fourth and Kia was fifth, followed by BMW with a 36% rise in sales.

Hyundai climbed from tenth in May to seventh in June. Ford was eighth and Ukrainian ZAZ was ninth. Nissan was the tenth largest brand in sales.

Premium brands dominated in the top 20 cars sold most of all.

AUTO-Consulting said that Mercedes-Benz, Lexus and Land Rover are boosting sales, while Audi did not show success. Lexus left Audi behind.

"If in the first month it seemed like not a pattern, the second month in a row is a trend," the group's analysts said.

Peugeot and Mitsubishi dealers are quickly recovering their positions (a rise of 129% and 175% respectively).

According to the statistics published by Ukrautoprom association on Friday, in June 4,781 passenger cars were sold (a 42% rise on June 2015 and 7.5% rise on May 2016).

The top five coincided with data from AUTO-Consulting. Toyota saw a 4% rise in sales on June 2015 and a fall of 4% on May 2016 with 522 cars sold.

Renault sales grew by 18% on June 2015 and by 7% on May 2016, to 442 cars.

Skoda with 411 cars sold saw a 3.9-fold rise in sales on June 2015 and a 42% rise on May 2016.

Volkswagen boosted sales by 2.3 times on June 2015 and decreased them by 37% on May 2016, to 324 cars, while Kia saw a 2.3-fold rise and 8% rise respectively, to 321 cars.