Ireland June 2011: Ford Focus reclaims leadership, Clio #2
Excellent month for car sales in Ireland: up 32% year-on-year at 10,944 registrations. The market is up 15% at 76,468 units. The Ford Focus confirms it has returned to its traditional position in Ireland, #1 again with a strong 7.1% share and back to #1 year-to-date also at 4.8%.
After the Renault Fluence in May, it’s the turn of the Renault Clio to shine in 2nd place this month with 613 sales and 5.6%, ahead of the VW Golf at 4.7%. The Fluence is #4 at 4% and the Toyota Yaris is #5 at 3.9%.
Other good performers this month in include the Nissan Juke at #17, the Hyundai ix20 at #33 and the Nissan Pixo at #34. Suzuki has a stellar month with Swift up to #42 and the SX4 at #47.
See the Ireland May 2011 post here.
Full June 2011 Top 50 Ranking Table below.
Ireland June 2011:
| Pos | Model | June | % | May | 2011 | % | Pos | 2010 |
| 1 | Ford Focus | 782 | 7.1% | 1 | 3,644 | 4.8% | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Renault Clio | 613 | 5.6% | 16 | 1,962 | 2.6% | 11 | 7 |
| 3 | VW Golf | 512 | 4.7% | 3 | 3,462 | 4.5% | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Renault Fluence | 434 | 4.0% | 2 | 2,827 | 3.7% | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | Toyota Yaris | 423 | 3.9% | 11 | 2,074 | 2.7% | 10 | 8 |
| 6 | VW Passat | 413 | 3.8% | 5 | 2,928 | 3.8% | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Ford Fiesta | 412 | 3.8% | 4 | 2,721 | 3.6% | 6 | 4 |
| 8 | Toyota Avensis | 323 | 3.0% | 6 | 3,012 | 3.9% | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | Toyota Auris | 275 | 2.5% | 20 | 1,825 | 2.4% | 13 | 17 |
| 10 | VW Polo | 267 | 2.4% | 14 | 1,715 | 2.2% | 15 | 10 |
| 11 | Nissan Qashqai | 252 | 2.3% | 12 | 2,350 | 3.1% | 8 | 5 |
| 12 | Toyota Corolla | 243 | 2.2% | 9 | 2,372 | 3.1% | 7 | 11 |
| 13 | Opel Corsa | 237 | 2.2% | 21 | 1,419 | 1.9% | 20 | 16 |
| 14 | Opel Insignia | 227 | 2.1% | 8 | 1,684 | 2.2% | 16 | 13 |
| 15 | Opel Astra | 221 | 2.0% | 22 | 1,758 | 2.3% | 14 | 12 |
| 16 | Renault Megane | 215 | 2.0% | 10 | 2,182 | 2.9% | 9 | 1 |
| 17 | Nissan Juke | 199 | 1.8% | 19 | 1,226 | 1.6% | 22 | 133 |
| 18 | Nissan Micra | 171 | 1.6% | 7 | 1,616 | 2.1% | 18 | 24 |
| 19 | Skoda Octavia | 162 | 1.5% | 13 | 1,866 | 2.4% | 12 | 9 |
| 20 | Ford Mondeo | 158 | 1.4% | 15 | 1,423 | 1.9% | 19 | 15 |
| 21 | BMW 5-Series | 157 | 1.4% | 18 | 1,683 | 2.2% | 17 | 20 |
| 22 | Hyundai ix35 | 156 | 1.4% | 17 | 1,265 | 1.7% | 21 | 49 |
| 23 | Seat Ibiza | 136 | 1.2% | 28 | 1,049 | 1.4% | 23 | 27 |
| 24 | Skoda Fabia | 123 | 1.1% | 27 | 896 | 1.2% | 26 | 28 |
| 25 | Audi A4 | 119 | 1.1% | 24 | 950 | 1.2% | 25 | 21 |
| 26 | Mercedes E Class | 117 | 1.1% | 23 | 1,036 | 1.4% | 24 | 18 |
| 27 | Peugeot 207 | 113 | 1.0% | 38 | 620 | 0.8% | 30 | 30 |
| 28 | Kia Rio | 107 | 1.0% | 35 | 589 | 0.8% | 33 | 32 |
| 29 | Hyundai i20 | 106 | 1.0% | 46 | 446 | 0.6% | 38 | 34 |
| 30 | Skoda Superb | 89 | 0.8% | 26 | 785 | 1.0% | 27 | 25 |
| 31 | Hyundai i30 | 84 | 0.8% | 25 | 589 | 0.8% | 32 | 30 |
| 32 | Ford C-Max | 80 | 0.7% | 37 | 715 | 0.9% | 29 | 88 |
| 33 | Hyundai ix20 | 78 | 0.7% | 33 | 423 | 0.6% | 39 | 234 |
| 34 | Nissan Pixo | 76 | 0.7% | 47 | 307 | 0.4% | 55 | 84 |
| 35 | Kia Sportage | 73 | 0.7% | 51 | 505 | 0.7% | 35 | 97 |
| 36 | Mercedes C Class | 68 | 0.6% | 36 | 381 | 0.5% | 45 | 44 |
| 37 | BMW 3-Series | 66 | 0.6% | 56 | 495 | 0.6% | 36 | 36 |
| 38 | Peugeot 508 | 65 | 0.6% | 29 | 271 | 0.4% | 60 | - |
| 39 | Nissan Tiida | 65 | 0.6% | 104 | 246 | 0.3% | 64 | 50 |
| 40 | Peugeot 308 | 64 | 0.6% | 48 | 474 | 0.6% | 37 | 35 |
| 41 | Kia Cee’d | 63 | 0.6% | 39 | 570 | 0.7% | 34 | 29 |
| 42 | Suzuki Swift | 59 | 0.5% | 82 | 187 | 0.2% | 78 | 72 |
| 43 | Peugeot 3008 | 58 | 0.5% | 31 | 599 | 0.8% | 31 | 26 |
| 44 | Hyundai Santa Fe | 58 | 0.5% | 79 | 322 | 0.4% | 53 | 65 |
| 45 | Mazda3 | 57 | 0.5% | 32 | 729 | 1.0% | 28 | 22 |
| 46 | Opel Zafira | 57 | 0.5% | 43 | 246 | 0.3% | 65 | 54 |
| 47 | Suzuki SX4 | 57 | 0.5% | 83 | 172 | 0.2% | 82 | 67 |
| 48 | Audi A6 | 55 | 0.5% | 41 | 401 | 0.5% | 41 | 48 |
| 49 | VW Jetta | 53 | 0.5% | 40 | 309 | 0.4% | 54 | 23 |
| 50 | Skoda Yeti | 52 | 0.5% | 45 | 397 | 0.5% | 42 | 46 |
Source: SIMI








