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Iceland 2010: VW Polo shoots up to first place

January 21st, 2011 Leave a comment Go to comments

VW Polo

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The Icelandic new car market is slowly recovering from the 2008-09 crisis, with sales up 32% on 2009 to a still extremely shy 3,395 units. The new generation VW Polo is an instant hit in the country: it goes from outside the Top 60 in 2009 with just 6 units sold to the first place overall this year with 236 sales and 7% share… It is followed by the Suzuki Grand Vitara up one spot and 75% to 201 units and 5.9% and the Toyota Yaris up 4 ranks and 203% to 194 sales and 5.7%.

There are a couple more impressive newcomers within this year’s completely reshuffled Top 10: the Skoda Octavia is up 44 spots to #4 with 174 units and 5.1%, the Hyundai i30 is up 10 to #5 with 173 sales, the Toyota Land Cruiser 150 is up from outside the Top 60 to #7 with 122 units, the Chevrolet Spark lands directly at #8 with 99 sales while the VW Golf is up 17 ranks to #10. Leader in 2009, the Suzuki Swift is up just 9% but down 5 spots to #6.

Previous post: Iceland January-July 2010: VW Polo in pole position

Previous year: Iceland 2009: Suzuki Swift and Subaru Legacy top dismal market

Next year: Iceland 2011: Skoda Octavia takes the lead

Full Year 2010 Top 60 Ranking Table below.

Iceland Full Year 2010:

Pos Model 2010 % /09 2009
1 VW Polo 236 7.0% 3833% n/a
2 Suzuki Grand Vitara 201 5.9% 75% 3
3 Toyota Yaris 194 5.7% 203% 7
4 Skoda Octavia 174 5.1% 1060% 48
5 Hyundai i30 173 5.1% 233% 15
6 Suzuki Swift 165 4.9% 9% 1
7 Toyota Land Cruiser 150 122 3.6% 2950% n/a
8 Chevrolet Spark 99 2.9% new  -
9 Honda CR-V 98 2.9% 14% 5
10 VW Golf 97 2.9% 223% 27
11 Toyota Auris 88 2.6% 38% 6
12 Hyundai i20 88 2.6% new  -
13 Toyota RAV4 78 2.3% 144% 24
14 Toyota Avensis 67 2.0% 34% 16
15 Isuzu D-Max 65 1.9% 7% 9
16 Kia Sorento 62 1.8% 377% 49
17 Chevrolet Lacetti 61 1.8% 771% 63
18 Ford Focus 61 1.8% n/a  -
19 Honda Jazz 45 1.3% 1400% n/a
20 Chevrolet Captiva 44 1.3% 76% 30
21 Subaru Forester 43 1.3% -31% 8
22 Toyota Verso 39 1.1% 1200% n/a
23 Suzuki Jimny 38 1.1% 280% 55
24 Chevrolet Cruze 37 1.1% 1750% n/a
25 Mazda3 37 1.1% n/a n/a
26 Kia Cee’d 36 1.1% 350% 59
27 Chevrolet Aveo 35 1.0% -5% 19
28 Honda Civic 32 0.9% -16% 18
29 Honda Accord 32 0.9% 19% 29
30 Hyundai Tucson 30 0.9% -14% 23
31 Subaru Impreza 27 0.8% -50% 13
32 Toyota Corolla 25 0.7% -55% 12
33 Suzuki SX4 24 0.7% -56% 14
34 Toyota HiAce 24 0.7% -35% 20
35 VW Passat 24 0.7% 118% 52
36 Toyota Hilux 22 0.6% -41% 21
37 Mercedes Sprinter 22 0.6% 16% 43
38 Ford Fiesta 21 0.6% n/a  -
39 Ford Kuga 20 0.6% n/a  -
40 Hyundai ix35 18 0.5% new  -
41 Toyota Land Cruiser 200 17 0.5% -43% 26
42 Nissan Qashqai 17 0.5% -19% 41
43 Renault Trafic 16 0.5% -33% 34
44 SsangYong Kyron 16 0.5% -30% 36
45 VW Caddy 16 0.5% 1500% n/a
46 Lada Niva 16 0.5% n/a  -
47 Subaru Legacy 15 0.4% -89% 2
48 Mercedes B Class 14 0.4% 1300% n/a
49 Nissan Patrol 13 0.4% -77% 10
50 Volvo S40 13 0.4% n/a  -
51 Volvo XC60 11 0.3% 267% n/a
52 Mercedes E Class 11 0.3% 1000% n/a
53 Land Rover Defender 11 0.3% n/a  -
54 Porsche Cayenne 11 0.3% 450% n/a
55 Mitsubishi Pajero 10 0.3% -60% 31
56 BMW 3 Series 10 0.3% 400% n/a
57 Hyundai Starex 10 0.3% new  -
58 Toyota Prius 9 0.3% 0% 58
59 Audi Q5 9 0.3% 350% n/a
60 Citroen C3 9 0.3% 350% n/a
61 Mitsubishi L200 9 0.3% n/a  -
62 Skoda Superb 9 0.3% n/a  -

Source: us.is

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