Croatia August 2011: Hyundai i30 is the summer hit
Hyundai i30
* See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on ‘Read more’ at end of post! *
New car sales in Croatia are back into positive ground in August, up 6% year-on-year to 2,812 sales. The year-to-date figure is up 14% at 29,612 registrations. The Hyundai i30 is at it again: after leading the Croatian models ranking for the first time ever in July, it holds onto its pole position in August thanks to 123 sales and 4.4% of the market. It is up to #5 year-to-date at 3.4%.
The VW Polo is up 1 spot to #2 at 109 units and 3.9%, just above the Opel Corsa, up 4 spots to #3. The Opel Astra, still leader year-to-date at 1,342 units and 4.5%, ranks 4th in August, 1 unit above the VW Golf. The Renault Clio is up 7 spots on July to #6, the VW Passat up 5 to #7 and the Skoda Octavia up 10 to #8, keeping its 2nd place year-to-date. The Skoda Fabia is back in the Top 10.
Previous month: see the Croatian July 2011 Top 20 best-selling models here.
Full August 2011 Top 20 Ranking Table below.
Croatia August 2011:
| Pos | Model | Aug | % | Jul | 2011 | % | Pos | 2010 |
| 1 | Hyundai i30 | 123 | 4.4% | 1 | 995 | 3.4% | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | VW Polo | 109 | 3.9% | 3 | 1,249 | 4.2% | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Opel Corsa | 105 | 3.7% | 7 | 1,123 | 3.8% | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Opel Astra | 91 | 3.2% | 2 | 1,342 | 4.5% | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | VW Golf | 90 | 3.2% | 9 | 959 | 3.2% | 6 | 4 |
| 6 | Renault Clio | 86 | 3.1% | 13 | 807 | 2.7% | 8 | 7 |
| 7 | VW Passat | 86 | 3.1% | 12 | 802 | 2.7% | 9 | - |
| 8 | Skoda Octavia | 85 | 3.0% | 18 | 1,325 | 4.5% | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | Ford Focus | 80 | 2.8% | 5 | 582 | 2.0% | 14 | 12 |
| 10 | Skoda Fabia | 78 | 2.8% | n/a | 520 | 1.8% | 16 | 15 |
| 11 | Renault Megane | 76 | 2.7% | 8 | 951 | 3.2% | 7 | 5 |
| 12 | Peugeot 308 | 74 | 2.6% | 6 | 798 | 2.7% | 10 | 8 |
| 13 | Citroen C4 | 70 | 2.5% | 4 | 684 | 2.3% | 12 | - |
| 14 | Renault Fluence | 66 | 2.3% | 20 | 515 | 1.7% | 17 | - |
| 15 | Kia Cee’d | 64 | 2.3% | 11 | 564 | 1.9% | 15 | 13 |
| 16 | Chevrolet Lacetti | 60 | 2.1% | 14 | 753 | 2.5% | 11 | 14 |
| 17 | Citroen C3 | 55 | 2.0% | 15 | 512 | 1.7% | 18 | - |
| 18 | Dacia Sandero | 52 | 1.8% | 17 | 595 | 2.0% | 13 | 16 |
| 19 | Ford Fiesta | 36 | 1.3% | 10 | 491 | 1.7% | 20 | 9 |
| 20 | Chevrolet Aveo | 33 | 1.2% | 19 | 501 | 1.7% | 19 | 17 |
Source: www.autonet.hr
Hi Matt!
If there is going to be some new deviations from the usual ranking, it might be the consequence of the founding of a new taxi company (Oryx) in Zagreb, which presented its car fleet and bought 120 vehicles on leasing (Volkswagen and Audi).
http://www.vecernji.hr/zagreb/konkurencija-cammeu-radio-taksiju-oryx-krenuo-sa-120-vozila-clanak-334491
http://www.oryx-taxi.hr/o-nama/vozila/
Regards,
Petar
Excellent thank you so much for this piece of information Petar, very useful!
cheers
Matt