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Sweden May 2011: VW Passat threatens Volvo V70

June 2nd, 2011 Leave a comment Go to comments

VW Passat

The Swedes bought 30,853 new cars in May, an impressive 23% increase year-on-year. The year-to-date figure stands at 129,557 units, up 18%. The Volvo V70 stays on top at 2,110 sales and 6.8%, but the VW Passat, boosted by the new generation, is getting closer this month with 1,837 sales and 6%…

The VW Golf is stable in 3rd place, just like the Volvo V60 at #4, it seems to have found its cruising level at around 3.5% share of the Swedish market. The smaller Volvo V50 is weak this month at #6 and 2.1%, below a Kia Cee’d back to its 2010 self with 792 sales and 2.6%.

The Fiat Ducato continues to deliver incredibly high figures, #10 this month with 1.8%, the Ford Focus is up 14 spots at #11 and the Peugeot 508 breaks into the Top 40 at #34 with 245 sales and 0.8%.

Full Top 40 Ranking Table below.

Sweden May 2011:

Pos Model May % Apr 2011 % Pos 2010
1 Volvo V70 2,110 6.8% 1 8,659 6.7% 1 1
2 VW Passat 1,837 6.0% 2 5,754 4.4% 3 3
3 VW Golf 1,244 4.0% 3 5,821 4.5% 2 2
4 Volvo V60 1,090 3.5% 4 4,451 3.4% 4 54
5 Kia Cee’d 792 2.6% 6 2,764 2.1% 8 5
6 Volvo V50 650 2.1% 5 4,409 3.4% 5 4
7 Renault Megane 613 2.0% 12 2,374 1.8% 10 7
8 Volvo XC60 581 1.9% 7 2,835 2.2% 6 12
9 Audi A4 570 1.8% 9 2,766 2.1% 7 6
10 Fiat Ducato 557 1.8% 8 1,515 1.2% 24 40
11 Ford Focus 553 1.8% 25 2,162 1.7% 12 8
12 BMW 5-Serie 549 1.8% 10 2,555 2.0% 9 13
13 Toyota Auris 501 1.6% 20 1,818 1.4% 17 18
14 Renault Clio 468 1.5% 13 1,759 1.4% 18 10
15 VW Polo 468 1.5% 19 1,567 1.2% 21 17
16 Skoda Fabia 451 1.5% 14 2,031 1.6% 14 19
17 BMW 3-Serie 439 1.4% 11 2,086 1.6% 13 11
18 Skoda Octavia 430 1.4% 16 1,848 1.4% 15 14
19 Opel Astra 427 1.4% 18 1,559 1.2% 22 24
20 Hyundai i30 424 1.4% 33 1,272 1.0% 32 25
21 Toyota Yaris 393 1.3% 24 1,533 1.2% 23 15
22 Nissan Qashqai 381 1.2% 42 1,731 1.3% 19 21
23 Toyota Avensis 372 1.2% 31 1,377 1.1% 27 16
24 Citroen C4 367 1.2% 34 1,173 0.9% 34 60
25 Audi A6 359 1.2% 30 1,377 1.1% 28 30
26 Mercedes E Class 357 1.2% 17 1,489 1.1% 25 20
27 Volvo S60N 351 1.1% 28 1,584 1.2% 20 39
28 Skoda Superb 330 1.1% 23 1,279 1.0% 31 34
29 Ford Fiesta 319 1.0% 32 1,386 1.1% 26 26
30 Mercedes C Class 297 1.0% 29 1,827 1.4% 16 27
31 Audi A3 295 1.0% 27 1,209 0.9% 33 33
32 Ford Mondeo 272 0.9% 26 1,377 1.1% 29 29
33 Saab 9-3 259 0.8% 15 2,292 1.8% 11 9
34 Peugeot 508 245 0.8% 56 475 0.4% 76 -
35 Subaru Legacy 242 0.8% 36 1,333 1.0% 30 28
36 VW Sharan 242 0.8% 63 742 0.6% 49 -
37 Mitsubishi Colt 242 0.8% 50 691 0.5% 54 -
38 Kia Sportage 235 0.8% 37 1,109 0.9% 37 78
39 Hyundai i20 228 0.7% 41 1,006 0.8% 40 43
40 Hyundai ix35 221 0.7% 57 841 0.6% 41 44

Source: www.bilsweden.se

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  1. Jeff S
    June 3rd, 2011 at 07:53 | #1
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    Interesting. Thanks. I do a radio show on the industry every Wednesday here in California and if I can fit it in next week, I will mention your article and your numbers. Over here the Passat is virtually dead in the water (Jetta accounts for half of VW sales in USA), while Volvo struggles too. The Volvo V70 and S60 do best here in California followed by the XC90.

    • matgasnier
      June 3rd, 2011 at 08:23 | #2
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      Hi Jeff,
      Great! Would love to be mentioned in your radio show. There will be around 30 more countries updated with May figures over the next 2 weeks so lots to talk about!
      cheers
      Matt

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