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Portugal 2002-2003: Renault Clio takes command

January 30th, 2004 Leave a comment Go to comments

Renault Clio

* See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! *

Losing less ground than the rest of the models atop the ranking, the Renault Clio becomes the best-selling car in Portugal in 2002 with 16,294 sales (-9%) and stays there in 2003 at 11,145 units, down 32%. The Peugeot 206 gains one spot in 2002 to rank #2 with 13,971 sales (-20%) but drops to #3 in 2003 at 10,426 units (-25%).

Peugeot 206

#1 in 2001, the Opel Corsa is down to #2 in 2002 with 13,863 sales (-22%) and to #5 in 2003 at 9,832 units (-29%). The Peugeot 307 takes off in 2003, up 22% year-on-year to land in 2nd place with 10,543 sales. Other popular models over the period are the VW Polo #4 in 2002, VW Golf #5 in 2002, Fiat Punto #6 in 2002 and Citroen C3 #7 in 2003.

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Full Year 2002 and 2003 Top 10 Ranking Tables below.

Portugal Full Year 2002:

Pos Model 2002 /01 2001 Pos
1 Renault Clio 16,294 -9% 17,808 2
2 Peugeot 206 13,971 -20% 17,415 3
3 Opel Corsa 13,863 -22% 17,811 1
4 VW Polo 11,588 11% 10,418 6
5 VW Golf 9,374 -35% 14,387 5
6 Fiat Punto 9,332 -40% 15,668 4
7 Peugeot 307 8,667 246% 2,504 n/a
8 Ford Focus 7,111 -20% 8,920 8
9 Opel Astra 6,661 -35% 10,249 7
10 Citroen C3 6,080 n/a n/a n/a
11 Toyota Corolla 5,794 177% 2,089 n/a

Portugal Full Year 2003:

Pos Model 2003 /02 2002 Pos
1 Renault Clio 11,145 -32% 16,294 1
2 Peugeot 307 10,543 22% 8,667 7
3 Peugeot 206 10,426 -25% 13,971 2
4 Renault Megane 10,117 194% 3,445 n/a
5 Opel Corsa 9,832 -29% 13,863 3
6 VW Polo 8,384 -28% 11,588 4
7 Citroen C3 7,909 30% 6,080 10
8 Fiat Punto 6,171 -34% 9,332 6
9 VW Golf 5,977 -36% 9,374 5
10 Opel Astra 4,420 -34% 6,661 9

Source: Interautonews, many thanks to Florian for the tip!

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