Like larger prestige-brand rivals BMW and Mercedes, Mazda Motor Europe set a September record for volume, at 31,600 units, up 7.2% year-on-year and 2,100. Year-to-date volume was up 13% to 236,500 units.
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All markets contributed to the record September, with five setting all-time or September records. In Russia, sales were almost 3,500 units for the month, the highest volume for a single month in that market’s history, and 51% up on last September.
The UK, which also includes right-hand-drive Cyprus and Malta in the Mazda counting-house, was the automaker’s largest market in Europe last month as volume (9,400 units) and market share records (estimated 2.0%) were set as sales rose 4%. France recorded its best September volume ever, at 1,560 units, up 43% year-on-year. Spain sold 1,200 vehicles and achieved a predicted market share of 0.9%, both September records, while increasing sales 9% year-on-year.
In Portugal, sales were up 34%, with two September records recorded – for volume, at 280 units, and for market share, estimated to be 1.5%. Mazda Germany had another excellent month, with volume up 11% to 6,444. In Austria (which also includes south eastern European countries) Mazda sold more than 2,100 vehicles last month, up 19%, and in Italy it sold 1,900 vehicles, up about 0.5% year-on-year.
Finland (incl. all three Baltic countries) and Sweden, were up 48 and 19% respectively; Ireland was up 38%, Belgium up 10%, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, up 2.5% and Hungary, up 2% year-on-year.
