Finland May 2011: VW Golf leads, Ford Focus on podium
Ford Focus
Finnish new car sales are up 22% in May at 12,831 registrations, bringing the year-to-date figure to 59,427 units, up 20%. The VW Golf keeps the pole position and takes its distance with the Skoda Octavia this month at 645 sales and 5% share vs. 512 and 4%. The new gen Ford Focus climbs into the podium, up 5 spots over last month at #3 with 489 units and 3.8%.
Other good performers this month include the VW Polo, up 9 spots to #9 with 261 units (2%), the Mercedes C Class up 20 spots at #11 with 240 sales (1.9%) and the Kia Venga breaking into the Top 20 for the first time in Finland at #18 with 172 units (1.3%).
Full Top 30 Ranking Table below.
Finland May 2011:
| Pos | Model | May | % | Apr | 2011 | % | Pos | 2010 |
| 1 | VW Golf | 645 | 5.0% | 1 | 2,941 | 4.9% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Skoda Octavia | 512 | 4.0% | 2 | 2,758 | 4.6% | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Ford Focus | 489 | 3.8% | 8 | 1,726 | 2.9% | 6 | 7 |
| 4 | Nissan Qashqai | 448 | 3.5% | 5 | 2,163 | 3.6% | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Opel Astra | 415 | 3.2% | 6 | 1,855 | 3.1% | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | VW Passat | 409 | 3.2% | 3 | 1,576 | 2.7% | 7 | 13 |
| 7 | Toyota Avensis | 384 | 3.0% | 4 | 2,389 | 4.0% | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Kia Ceed | 272 | 2.1% | 7 | 1,484 | 2.5% | 8 | 5 |
| 9 | VW Polo | 261 | 2.0% | 18 | 865 | 1.5% | 17 | 12 |
| 10 | Audi A4 | 254 | 2.0% | 14 | 1,141 | 1.9% | 10 | 15 |
| 11 | Mercedes C Class | 240 | 1.9% | 31 | 772 | 1.3% | 21 | 24 |
| 12 | Ford Fiesta | 233 | 1.8% | 10 | 933 | 1.6% | 14 | 14 |
| 13 | Ford Mondeo | 209 | 1.6% | 11 | 1,135 | 1.9% | 11 | 11 |
| 14 | Hyundai i30 | 208 | 1.6% | 9 | 1,199 | 2.0% | 9 | 21 |
| 15 | Volvo V70 | 204 | 1.6% | 21 | 819 | 1.4% | 19 | 10 |
| 16 | Skoda Superb | 198 | 1.5% | 13 | 899 | 1.5% | 16 | 16 |
| 17 | Toyota Auris | 196 | 1.5% | 20 | 907 | 1.5% | 15 | 9 |
| 18 | Kia Venga | 172 | 1.3% | n/a | 564 | 0.9% | 30 | - |
| 19 | Volvo V50 | 166 | 1.3% | 17 | 988 | 1.7% | 13 | 19 |
| 20 | Citroen C4 | 165 | 1.3% | 19 | 644 | 1.1% | 26 | - |
| 21 | Toyota Yaris | 149 | 1.2% | 12 | 1,048 | 1.8% | 12 | 8 |
| 22 | Mercedes E Class | 144 | 1.1% | 16 | 774 | 1.3% | 20 | 18 |
| 23 | BMW 5 Series | 142 | 1.1% | 22 | 845 | 1.4% | 18 | 27 |
| 24 | Nissan Juke | 129 | 1.0% | 26 | 671 | 1.1% | 25 | - |
| 25 | Volvo XC60 | 126 | 1.0% | 15 | 757 | 1.3% | 22 | 25 |
| 26 | Mazda6 | 122 | 1.0% | 24 | 636 | 1.1% | 27 | 20 |
| 27 | Toyota Corolla | 120 | 0.9% | 27 | 634 | 1.1% | 28 | 17 |
| 28 | Volvo V60 | 116 | 0.9% | 29 | 615 | 1.0% | 29 | - |
| 29 | Skoda Fabia | 100 | 0.8% | 25 | 691 | 1.2% | 24 | - |
| 30 | Honda CR-V | 90 | 0.7% | 30 | 697 | 1.2% | 23 | 26 |
Source: www.autoalantiedotuskeskus.fi
Categories: Finland
