Ireland July 2011: BMW 5 Series, Audi A6 shine in weak month

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Ireland July 2011: BMW 5 Series, Audi A6 shine in weak month

August 5th, 2011 matgasnier Leave a comment Go to comments

Audi A6

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Set back for the Irish car market: sales are down 36% in July to a feeble 3,994 units, by far the weakest month of the year so far. In this context, only 217 sales suffice for the Ford Focus to keep its crown for the 3rd consecutive month, reaching 5.4% market share. The Focus is also #1 in the 2011 ranking at 3,856 units and 4.8%.

In 2nd place and only 10 units below is the VW Passat at a very solid 5.2% share, but still #4 year-to-date (3.9%). It is followed by the VW Golf, stable at #3 and 4.3% and #2 year-to-date at 4.5%, the Nissan Qashqai (3.7%) and Toyota Avensis (3.4%).

This month has been favourable to premium models: the BMW 5 Series is up a massive 14 spots on June to reach a very impressive 7th position with 131 sales and 3.3% while the Audi A6 goes from #48 in June to #11 this month thanks to 86 sales for a 2.2% market share.

Previous month: see the June 2011 Ireland post here.

Full July 2011 Top 50 Ranking Table below.

Ireland July 2011:

Pos	Model	July	%	Jun	2011	%	Pos	2010
1	Ford Focus	217	5.4%	1	3,856	4.8%	1	3
2	VW Passat	207	5.2%	6	3,135	3.9%	4	14
3	VW Golf	171	4.3%	3	3,630	4.5%	2	2
4	Nissan Qashqai	149	3.7%	11	2,499	3.1%	7	5
5	Toyota Avensis	137	3.4%	8	3,149	3.9%	3	6
6	Opel Insignia	137	3.4%	14	1,821	2.3%	15	13
7	BMW 5-Series	131	3.3%	21	1,814	2.3%	16	20
8	Opel Corsa	126	3.2%	13	1,545	1.9%	19	16
9	Ford Fiesta	115	2.9%	7	2,835	3.5%	6	4
10	Skoda Octavia	94	2.4%	19	1,959	2.4%	12	9
11	Audi A6	86	2.2%	48	486	0.6%	38	48
12	Toyota Auris	85	2.1%	9	1,910	2.4%	13	17
13	Audi A4	84	2.1%	25	1,033	1.3%	25	21
14	Ford Mondeo	83	2.1%	20	1,506	1.9%	20	15
15	Toyota Corolla	76	1.9%	12	2,447	3.0%	8	11
16	Nissan Micra	71	1.8%	18	1,686	2.1%	18	24
17	Opel Astra	70	1.8%	15	1,828	2.3%	14	12
18	VW Polo	70	1.8%	10	1,784	2.2%	17	10
19	Nissan Juke	64	1.6%	17	1,290	1.6%	22	133
20	Nissan Tiida	58	1.5%	39	304	0.4%	59	50
21	Skoda Superb	57	1.4%	30	842	1.0%	27	25
22	Peugeot 508	54	1.4%	38	325	0.4%	54	-
23	Kia Cee’d	50	1.3%	41	620	0.8%	33	29
24	Renault Megane	49	1.2%	16	2,230	2.8%	9	1
25	Toyota Yaris	49	1.2%	5	2,123	2.6%	10	8
26	Seat Ibiza	49	1.2%	23	1,097	1.4%	23	27
27	Mercedes C Class	48	1.2%	36	429	0.5%	41	44
28	Mercedes E Class	44	1.1%	26	1,080	1.3%	24	18
29	Hyundai ix35	43	1.1%	22	1,308	1.6%	21	49
30	Hyundai i30	36	0.9%	31	625	0.8%	30	30
31	Skoda Fabia	35	0.9%	24	931	1.2%	26	28
32	VW Jetta	35	0.9%	49	344	0.4%	53	23
33	Skoda Roomster	35	0.9%	116	83	0.1%	114	194
34	Honda Civic	34	0.9%	62	419	0.5%	42	37
35	Renault Clio	33	0.8%	2	1,994	2.5%	11	7
36	BMW 3-Series	32	0.8%	37	528	0.7%	36	36
37	Kia Rio	31	0.8%	28	620	0.8%	32	32
38	Kia Sportage	31	0.8%	35	535	0.7%	35	97
39	Audi Q5	29	0.7%	80	149	0.2%	92	109
40	Mazda3	28	0.7%	45	757	0.9%	28	22
41	Ford Kuga	28	0.7%	89	316	0.4%	57	41
42	Ford C-Max	27	0.7%	32	742	0.9%	29	88
43	Renault Fluence	26	0.7%	4	2,853	3.5%	5	19
44	Mazda6	24	0.6%	53	403	0.5%	44	43
45	Hyundai Santa Fe	23	0.6%	44	345	0.4%	52	65
46	Alfa Romeo MiTo	23	0.6%	-	40	0.0%	139	138
47	Land Rover Freelander	21	0.5%	118	204	0.3%	73	79
48	Suzuki SX4	20	0.5%	47	192	0.2%	81	67
49	Audi A3	19	0.5%	65	363	0.5%	48	42
50	Audi A5	19	0.5%	67	270	0.3%	61	60