Italy 1993: Last year of reign for the Fiat Uno

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Italy 1993: Last year of reign for the Fiat Uno

January 28th, 1994 matgasnier Leave a comment Go to comments

Fiat Uno

* See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to STAC *

The Italian car market drops 20% in 1993 at 1.885 million registrations. The Fiat Uno enjoys its 11th and last year of domination with 234,329 sales (-30%) and 12.4% of the market. Its replacement, the Fiat Punto, launches in November and immediately takes the lead of Italian car sales with 20,627 units sold that month for a 14% share and 18,247 sales in December (13.7%), adding up to 38,874 in 2 months at #15 by year-end.

Fiat Cinquecento

In 2nd place, the Ford Fiesta passes the Fiat Panda again at 107,640 sales (5.7% share) vs. 105,610 (5.6%). After a slow start last year, the Fiat Cinquecento finally finds its cruising rhythm in 4th position and 89,524 units, up 49% year-on-year. The VW Golf confirms its strength in 5th place (4.6%) and the Peugeot 106 breaks into the Top 10 for the first time at #10 with 54,105 sales and 2.8% share.

Innocenti Elba

Further down, the Lancia Dedra ranks #18, the Nissan Micra is the best-selling Japanese model at #20 with 24,772 sales and 1.3%, the Ford Mondeo lands at #24, Seat places 3 models in the Top 40 with the Ibiza at #23, the Toledo at #31 and the Marbella at #37, the Maruti 800 ranks #40 and the Innocenti Elba, a rebadged Fiat Uno station wagon is #43 with 7,164 sales.

Previous year: Italy 1992: Fiat Uno and Panda dominate, Fiat Cinquecento arrives

Next year: Italy 1994: Fiat Punto takes control

Full Year 1993 Top 50 and each monthly Top 15 Ranking Tables below.

You can check out each monthly Top 15 for 1993 here: Italy 1993 Month by Month

Italy Full Year 1993:

Pos	Model	1993	%	93/92	1992	%	Pos
1	Fiat Uno	234,329	12.4%	-30%	336,262	14.2%	1
2	Ford Fiesta	107,640	5.7%	-32%	157,827	6.6%	3
3	Fiat Panda	105,610	5.6%	-33%	158,641	6.7%	2
4	Fiat Cinquecento	89,524	4.7%	49%	60,184	2.5%	12
5	VW Golf	87,105	4.6%	-6%	92,243	3.9%	8
6	Fiat Tipo	81,882	4.3%	-30%	117,102	4.9%	5
7	Lancia Y10	76,847	4.1%	-24%	101,138	4.3%	6
8	Renault Clio	75,219	4.0%	-37%	119,387	5.0%	4
9	Opel Astra	66,262	3.5%	-3%	68,452	2.9%	10
10	Peugeot 106	54,105	2.9%	-4%	56,499	2.4%	13
11	VW Polo	53,718	2.8%	-42%	92,727	3.9%	7
12	Fiat Tempra	53,258	2.8%	-16%	63,578	2.7%	11
13	Ford Escort	52,086	2.8%	-37%	82,958	3.5%	9
14	Opel Corsa	41,016	2.2%
15	Fiat Punto	38,874	2.1%	new	0	0.0%	-
16	Alfa Romeo 33	36,167	1.9%	-27%	49,787	2.1%	15
17	Audi 80/90	34,363	1.8%
18	Lancia Dedra	30,128	1.6%
19	Alfa Romeo 155	27,788	1.5%
20	Nissan Micra	24,772	1.3%
21	VW Passat	24,579	1.3%	-54%	52,998	2.2%	14
22	BMW 3 Series	24,116	1.3%
23	Seat Ibiza	23,113	1.2%
24	Ford Mondeo	22,676	1.2%
25	Renault 19	22,544	1.2%
26	Citroen AX	20,463	1.1%
27	Mercedes 200/300	18,945	1.0%
28	Renault Twingo	18,756	1.0%
29	Lancia Delta	15,776	0.8%
30	Lancia Thema	14,985	0.8%
31	Seat Toledo	14,727	0.8%
32	Alfa Romeo 164	14,430	0.8%
33	Fiat Croma	14,335	0.8%
34	Peugeot 306	12,894	0.7%
35	Nissan Primera	12,829	0.7%
36	Citroen ZX	12,560	0.7%
37	Seat Marbella	10,534	0.6%
38	Opel Vectra	9,973	0.5%
39	Rover 200	9,531	0.5%
40	Maruti 800	7,925	0.4%
41	Volvo 440/460	7,877	0.4%
42	BMW 5 Series	7,241	0.4%
43	Innocenti Elba	7,164	0.4%
44	Peugeot 405	6,822	0.4%
45	Peugeot 205	6,607	0.3%
46	Citroen Xantia	6,263	0.3%
47	Honda Civic	5,653	0.3%
48	Rover 100	5,608	0.3%
49	Audi 100	5,547	0.3%
50	Mercedes C Class	5,239	0.3%