The Volkswagen Golf remains Europe’s best-selling car despite a sales decrease of 2.5% year on year in October and by 1.8% year-to-date. The Polo, with sales up by 1.2% in October, regained second place while the Ford Fiesta was third, selling 26,553 vehicles, JATO Dynamics said.
Of the five largest car markets in Europe, France, Germany and Great Britain saw an increase in sales during October while only France and Germany saw an increase year-to-date.
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Within the top 10 brands Volkswagen, Ford and Audi continued to perform strongly, with sales increases of 5.8%, 6.0% and 2.1% respectively last month. The remainder of the top 10 brands saw sales fall, including BMW and Mercedes, both of which have positive sales figures year to date.
Outside the top ten, Hyundai recorded a 17.5% increase with sister brand Kia booking a 23.5% increase in October and, year-to-date, the two brands were 12.7% and 7.7% ahead of last year. Land Rover sales grew 54.6% in October, largely driven by the new Evoque.
Within the top 10 models, Volkswagen’s Passat continued to be very popular, experiencing the biggest growth, up 48.4% in October and 35.1% year-to-date.
Gareth Hession, research chieft at JATO, said: “The decline in October sales may be slight but is evidence that the market is still at the mercy of European economic conditions. Despite this, however, positive sales of models such as the Passat demonstrate strong products are still appealing to customers across Europe.”
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By GlobalDataSales by Market
|
Country |
Oct_11 |
Oct_10 |
% Change Oct |
Oct |
Oct |
% Change YtD |
|
Austria |
28,909 |
28,713 |
+0.7% |
302,448 |
280,175 |
+7.9% |
|
Belgium* |
43,811 |
43,570 |
+0.6% |
484,357 |
477,567 |
+1.4% |
|
Cyprus |
1,158 |
1,114 |
+3.9% |
11,152 |
11,624 |
-4.1% |
|
Czech Republic |
14,858 |
13,126 |
+13.2% |
142,343 |
138,782 |
+2.6% |
|
Denmark |
12,326 |
13,607 |
-9.4% |
139,417 |
124,239 |
+12.2% |
|
Estonia |
1,523 |
1,067 |
+42.7% |
14,245 |
8,575 |
+66.1% |
|
Finland |
10,055 |
9,538 |
+5.4% |
110,074 |
97,581 |
+12.8% |
|
France |
176,103 |
171,950 |
+2.4% |
1,837,374 |
1,829,440 |
+0.4% |
|
Germany |
258,253 |
256,775 |
+0.6% |
2,659,989 |
2,423,627 |
+9.8% |
|
Great Britain |
134,944 |
131,495 |
+2.6% |
1,688,038 |
1,767,154 |
-4.5% |
|
Greece |
5,021 |
7,822 |
-35.8% |
84,115 |
130,242 |
-35.4% |
|
Hungary |
3,555 |
3,682 |
-3.4% |
37,662 |
36,362 |
+3.6% |
|
Iceland |
319 |
125 |
+155.2% |
4,401 |
2,697 |
+63.2% |
|
Ireland |
1,569 |
3,252 |
-51.8% |
88,751 |
86,423 |
+2.7% |
|
Italy |
133,758 |
141,701 |
-5.6% |
1,510,346 |
1,694,523 |
-10.9% |
|
Latvia |
974 |
577 |
+68.8% |
8,751 |
4,911 |
+78.2% |
|
Lithuania |
1,180 |
943 |
+25.1% |
11,147 |
6,270 |
+77.8% |
|
Luxembourg |
3,923 |
3,832 |
+2.4% |
43,532 |
43,778 |
-0.6% |
|
Norway |
11,594 |
10,683 |
+8.5% |
115,740 |
105,710 |
+9.5% |
|
Poland |
24,940 |
30,404 |
-18.0% |
244,205 |
264,430 |
-7.6% |
|
Portugal* |
12,749 |
15,341 |
-16.9% |
136,275 |
176,732 |
-22.9% |
|
Slovakia |
5,755 |
6,149 |
-6.4% |
55,758 |
51,844 |
+7.5% |
|
Slovenia |
4,547 |
4,741 |
-4.1% |
50,925 |
51,215 |
-0.6% |
|
Spain |
57,318 |
61,566 |
-6.9% |
681,577 |
851,270 |
-19.9% |
|
Sweden |
25,052 |
26,420 |
-5.2% |
252,688 |
233,162 |
+8.4% |
|
Switzerland |
26,306 |
23,918 |
+10.0% |
254,038 |
238,458 |
+6.5% |
|
The Netherlands |
44,052 |
43,569 |
+1.1% |
497,988 |
434,225 |
+14.7% |
|
Grand Total |
1,044,552 |
1,055,680 |
-1.1% |
11,467,336 |
11,571,016 |
-0.9% |
Source: JATO Dynamics (* Denotes estimated data used for October 2011)
Top 10 Brands
|
Make |
Oct_11 |
Oct_10 |
% Change Oct |
Oct YtD_11 |
Oct YtD_10 |
% Change YtD |
|
VOLKSWAGEN |
133,473 |
126,171 |
+5.8% |
1,416,977 |
1,310,379 |
+8.1% |
|
RENAULT |
86,097 |
90,134 |
-4.5% |
874,918 |
960,476 |
-8.9% |
|
FORD |
82,393 |
77,755 |
+6.0% |
930,479 |
960,888 |
-3.2% |
|
PEUGEOT |
68,536 |
71,195 |
-3.7% |
783,764 |
845,478 |
-7.3% |
|
OPEL/VAUXHALL |
68,318 |
69,515 |
-1.7% |
838,523 |
831,127 |
+0.9% |
|
CITROEN |
58,557 |
65,180 |
-10.2% |
657,152 |
712,270 |
-7.7% |
|
AUDI |
53,204 |
52,088 |
+2.1% |
573,894 |
524,446 |
+9.4% |
|
BMW |
51,570 |
51,910 |
-0.7% |
536,305 |
503,213 |
+6.6% |
|
FIAT |
49,394 |
56,624 |
-12.8% |
588,871 |
713,056 |
-17.4% |
|
MERCEDES |
46,234 |
52,309 |
-11.6% |
495,191 |
493,816 |
+0.3% |
Source: JATO Dynamics
Top 10 Models
|
Make & Model |
Oct_11 |
Oct_10 |
% Change Oct |
Oct YtD_11 |
Oct YtD_10 |
% Change YtD |
|
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF |
38,076 |
39,035 |
-2.5% |
413,156 |
420,913 |
-1.8% |
|
VOLKSWAGEN POLO |
29,199 |
28,858 |
+1.2% |
301,721 |
300,640 |
+0.4% |
|
FORD FIESTA |
26,553 |
26,345 |
+0.8% |
299,521 |
350,574 |
-14.6% |
|
RENAULT CLIO |
23,514 |
26,047 |
-9.7% |
251,151 |
285,856 |
-12.1% |
|
OPEL/VAUXHALL CORSA |
22,774 |
19,679 |
+15.7% |
265,369 |
267,308 |
-0.7% |
|
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT |
20,954 |
14,118 |
+48.4% |
216,044 |
159,897 |
+35.1% |
|
RENAULT MEGANE |
19,754 |
20,016 |
-1.3% |
202,129 |
220,907 |
-8.5% |
|
OPEL/VAUXHALL ASTRA |
19,699 |
18,656 |
+5.6% |
243,577 |
247,478 |
-1.6% |
|
FORD FOCUS |
19,545 |
18,758 |
+4.2% |
241,993 |
224,234 |
+7.9% |
|
PEUGEOT 207 |
17,776 |
20,665 |
-14.0% |
209,049 |
259,138 |
-19.3% |
Source: JATO Dynamics
