Finland July 2011: Skoda Octavia snaps up top spot for 2 units…
Skoda Octavia
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Finnish car sales are back into positive, up 18% at 8,420 registrations this month, bringing the year-to-date total to 78,870 units, up 15%.
For the 3rd time in the last 12 months, the Skoda Octavia leads the monthly models ranking, but the fight was close with the VW Golf: only 2 units separate the two models! The Golf keeps the lead year-to-date with 3,820 sales and 4.8% vs. 3,636 and 4.6% for the Octavia.
After a couple of months of disruption, the Toyota Avensis is back onto the podium at #3 and 4%, slightly over its 2011 year-to-date level. Other great performers this month are the Mercedes C Class, up 9 spots on June to a fantastic 8th place at 2.2% share and the Volvo XC60, up 14 spots to #12 and 1.7% share.
Previous month: see the June 2011 Finland Top 30 here.
Full July 2011 Top 30 Ranking Table below.
Finland July 2011:
| Pos | Model | July | % | Jun | 2011 | % | Pos | 2010 |
| 1 | Skoda Octavia | 365 | 4.3% | 2 | 3,636 | 4.6% | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | VW Golf | 363 | 4.3% | 1 | 3,820 | 4.8% | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Toyota Avensis | 339 | 4.0% | 8 | 2,964 | 3.8% | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | VW Passat | 334 | 4.0% | 4 | 2,396 | 3.0% | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | Nissan Qashqai | 319 | 3.8% | 5 | 2,830 | 3.6% | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | Ford Focus | 314 | 3.7% | 3 | 2,520 | 3.2% | 5 | 7 |
| 7 | Ford Fiesta | 191 | 2.3% | 9 | 1,336 | 1.7% | 13 | 14 |
| 8 | Mercedes C Class | 183 | 2.2% | 17 | 1,107 | 1.4% | 19 | 24 |
| 9 | Kia Cee’d | 175 | 2.1% | 6 | 2,002 | 2.5% | 8 | 5 |
| 10 | Toyota Yaris | 173 | 2.1% | 15 | 1,401 | 1.8% | 12 | 8 |
| 11 | Opel Astra | 167 | 2.0% | 7 | 2,268 | 2.9% | 7 | 6 |
| 12 | Volvo XC60 | 146 | 1.7% | 26 | 1,001 | 1.3% | 21 | 25 |
| 13 | Ford Mondeo | 140 | 1.7% | 14 | 1,453 | 1.8% | 11 | 11 |
| 14 | Audi A4 | 138 | 1.6% | 13 | 1,460 | 1.9% | 10 | 15 |
| 15 | VW Polo | 134 | 1.6% | 12 | 1,181 | 1.5% | 16 | 12 |
| 16 | Volvo V70 | 126 | 1.5% | 16 | 1,111 | 1.4% | 18 | 10 |
| 17 | Volvo V50 | 125 | 1.5% | 20 | 1,253 | 1.6% | 14 | 19 |
| 18 | Skoda Superb | 118 | 1.4% | 18 | 1,164 | 1.5% | 17 | 16 |
| 19 | Hyundai i30 | 115 | 1.4% | 11 | 1,501 | 1.9% | 9 | 21 |
| 20 | Toyota Auris | 109 | 1.3% | 10 | 1,203 | 1.5% | 15 | 9 |
| 21 | Citroen C4 | 105 | 1.2% | 19 | 895 | 1.1% | 23 | - |
| 22 | Kia Venga | 98 | 1.2% | 27 | 757 | 1.0% | 30 | - |
| 23 | BMW 5 Series | 96 | 1.1% | 21 | 1,069 | 1.4% | 20 | 27 |
| 24 | Toyota Corolla | 89 | 1.1% | 24 | 842 | 1.1% | 26 | 17 |
| 25 | Nissan Juke | 84 | 1.0% | 29 | 845 | 1.1% | 25 | - |
| 26 | VW Touran | 79 | 0.9% | n/a | 730 | 0.9% | 31 | - |
| 27 | Mercedes E Class | 75 | 0.9% | 23 | 970 | 1.2% | 22 | 18 |
| 28 | Honda CR-V | 70 | 0.8% | n/a | 824 | 1.0% | 27 | 26 |
| 29 | Skoda Fabia | 63 | 0.7% | 28 | 845 | 1.1% | 24 | - |
| 30 | Volvo V60 | 61 | 0.7% | 25 | 776 | 1.0% | 29 | - |
Source: www.autoalantiedotuskeskus.fi
