UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 28, 2016. 25,372 new automobiles were sold in Yekaterinburg in January through September 2016, which was 22% less than one year earlier, Auto-Dealer-Yekaterinburg reports.

September was, in fact, this year’s peak sales month, when 3,497 new cars got purchased from dealers; this only falls short of last September’s figures by a mere 5% (the smallest monthly decrease since December 2014, when the drop amounted to 3%).

Also, as many as five automobile brands among the top ten bestsellers sold better in the three quarters of the year than previously, whereas the sales of the other five brands on this list declined by over 15%.

Lada and Renault keep growing stronger as Yekaterinburg car market leaders and the best-selling Russian and foreign-manufactured automobiles, respectively. Hyundai’s new make Creta also made it to the list of three most popular brands for the second time last month.