Ireland October 2010: Renault Fluence #1!
The Irish market follows a very particular pattern every year: it starts with all guns blazing in January (16,617 sales in 2010) and progressively dies away throughout the year (only 500 sales in Dec 09). Even if October 2010 is at +191% vs. Oct 09 it only totals 3,546 sales. Over 10 months, the market is up 63% vs. 2009 at 88,598 sales.
In this context, after a 1-2 in September (Megane/Clio), Renault scores an amazing 1-2-3 this month with the Fluence at 9.6%, the Megane at 8.3% and the Clio at 8.1%!
In the year-to-date rankings, the VW Golf edges to #1 thanks to a very weak month from the Ford Focus, and the Renault Megane grabs the 2nd spot at 3,879 sales, just one sale above the Focus. Three more cars are above 4% market share: the Ford Fiesta, the Toyota Avensis and the Nissan Qashqai.
Amazingly #1 in October, the Renault Fluence is still only 21st in the year-to-date ranking because its great performance occurred in a very weak month.
2010 year-to-date Top15 ranking below.
| Pos | Model | 10m 2010 | pdm | Oct | pdm | Pos |
| 1 | VW Golf | 3,963 | 4.5% | 216 | 6.1% | 4 |
| 2 | Renault Megane | 3,879 | 4.4% | 294 | 8.3% | 2 |
| 3 | Ford Focus | 3,878 | 4.4% | 100 | 2.8% | 7 |
| 4 | Ford Fiesta | 3,682 | 4.2% | 67 | 1.9% | 11 |
| 5 | Toyota Avensis | 3,615 | 4.1% | 108 | 3.0% | 6 |
| 6 | Nissan Qashqai | 3,513 | 4.0% | 66 | 1.9% | 12 |
| 7 | Renault Clio | 3,341 | 3.8% | 288 | 8.1% | 3 |
| 8 | Toyota Yaris | 2,583 | 2.9% | 119 | 3.4% | 5 |
| 9 | Skoda Octavia | 2,528 | 2.9% | 77 | 2.2% | 9 |
| 10 | VW Polo | 2,462 | 2.8% | 60 | 1.7% | 15 |
| 11 | Toyota Corolla | 2,228 | 2.5% | 64 | 1.8% | 13 |
| 12 | Opel Astra | 2,217 | 2.5% | 38 | 1.1% | 27 |
| 13 | Opel Insignia | 2,157 | 2.4% | 74 | 2.1% | 10 |
| 14 | VW Passat | 2,064 | 2.3% | 57 | 1.6% | 17 |
| 15 | Ford Mondeo | 1,639 | 1.8% | 47 | 1.3% | 21 |
| 21 | Renault Fluence | 1,260 | 1.4% | 341 | 9.6% | 1 |
Source: www.motorcheck.ie
