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Ireland October 2011: Toyota Avensis leads weak market

November 3rd, 2011 Leave a comment Go to comments

Toyota Avensis

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Irish car sales are down a worrying 52% in October at 1,526 registrations, but the downwards trends towards the end of the year is a tradition in the country and the year-to-date total is still up 3% at 87,778 units. For the first time since February the Toyota Avensis is in pole position in Ireland with 86 sales and 5.6%. It is #3 year-to-date at 4%.

Very strong month for the Opel Insignia at #2 with 74 sales and 4.8% and for the VW Polo in 3rd place at 71 units and 4.7%. The VW Passat is down 2 spots on September at #4 with 4.3% while the Renault Fluence is back in the Top 5, up 11 spots t0 #5 with 4%. The 2011 leaders are struggling this month: the Ford Focus is down to #7 and the VW Golf to #8.

Excellent performances for the Kia Rio, up 13 spots to #11, the BMW 3 Series up 16 spots to #15, the Mitsubishi Lancer up to #16 and the BMW 1 Series up 29 spots to #23. The Range Rover Evoque stays in the Top 40 for the 2nd month in a row at #33.

Previous month: Ireland September 2011 Renault Megane #1 Range Rover Evoque shines

Full October 2011 Top 50 Ranking Table below.

Ireland October 2011:

Pos Model Oct % Sep 2011 % Pos 2010
1 Toyota Avensis 86 5.6% 5 3,492 4.0% 3 6
2 Opel Insignia 74 4.8% 6 2,071 2.4% 14 13
3 VW Polo 71 4.7% 12 1,978 2.3% 17 10
4 VW Passat 65 4.3% 2 3,456 3.9% 4 14
5 Renault Fluence 61 4.0% 16 3,009 3.4% 5 19
6 Renault Clio 61 4.0% 4 2,257 2.6% 11 7
7 Ford Focus 55 3.6% 3 4,180 4.8% 1 3
8 VW Golf 54 3.5% 7 3,924 4.5% 2 2
9 Renault Megane 50 3.3% 1 2,522 2.9% 9 1
10 Toyota Auris 49 3.2% 9 2,096 2.4% 13 17
11 Kia Rio 48 3.1% 24 722 0.8% 30 32
12 Opel Astra 46 3.0% 15 1,976 2.3% 16 12
13 Audi A4 42 2.8% 14 1,220 1.4% 23 21
14 Toyota Yaris 31 2.0% 8 2,264 2.6% 10 8
15 BMW 3-Series 29 1.9% 31 602 0.7% 37 36
16 Mitsubishi Lancer 23 1.5% n/a 238 0.3% 72 n/a
17 Toyota Corolla 22 1.4% 19 2,568 2.9% 8 11
18 Skoda Octavia 22 1.4% 13 2,115 2.4% 12 9
19 Opel Corsa 22 1.4% 20 1,669 1.9% 19 16
20 Audi A6 21 1.4% 26 625 0.7% 35 48
21 VW Jetta 20 1.3% 11 457 0.5% 42 23
22 Ford Mondeo 19 1.2% 17 1,620 1.8% 20 15
23 BMW 1-Series 19 1.2% 52 197 0.2% 84 74
24 Hyundai i40 19 1.2% 18 131 0.1% 99  -
25 Hyundai ix35 18 1.2% 25 1,389 1.6% 21 49
26 Skoda Superb 17 1.1% 21 938 1.1% 27 25
27 VW Tiguan 17 1.1% n/a 379 0.4% 51 69
28 Ford Fiesta 14 0.9% 27 2,928 3.3% 6 4
29 Kia Sportage 14 0.9% 34 598 0.7% 36 97
30 Ford C-Max 13 0.9% 41 801 0.9% 28 88
31 Renault Laguna 13 0.9% 47 241 0.3% 71 68
32 Nissan Qashqai 12 0.8% 33 2,588 2.9% 7 5
33 Range Rover Evoque 12 0.8% 29 48 0.1% 139  -
34 Opel Zafira 11 0.7% n/a 270 0.3% 64 54
35 Nissan Juke 10 0.7% 28 1,364 1.6% 22 133
36 Skoda Fabia 10 0.7% 37 989 1.1% 26 28
37 Kia Cee’d 10 0.7% n/a 668 0.8% 31 29
38 Hyundai Santa Fe 10 0.7% 42 395 0.4% 50 65
39 Ford Kuga 10 0.7% 45 354 0.4% 57 41
40 Toyota RAV4 9 0.6% 48 260 0.3% 67 81
41 Alfa Romeo Giulietta 9 0.6% n/a 119 0.1% 107  -
42 Seat Ibiza 7 0.5% 44 1,162 1.3% 25 27
43 Renault Scenic 7 0.5% 43 461 0.5% 43 43
44 Mazda6 7 0.5% n/a 423 0.5% 47 43
45 Audi A5 7 0.5% 51 311 0.4% 62 60
46 Suzuki SX4 7 0.5% n/a 222 0.3% 77 67
47 BMW X3 7 0.5% n/a 117 0.1% 109 n/a
48 BMW 5-Series 6 0.4% 10 1,961 2.2% 15 20
49 Nissan Micra 6 0.4% n/a 1,716 2.0% 18 24
50 Mazda3 6 0.4% n/a 792 0.9% 29 22
51 Mercedes C Class 6 0.4% 23 500 0.6% 39 44
52 Honda Civic 6 0.4% n/a 444 0.5% 45 37
53 Peugeot 508 6 0.4% 35 384 0.4% 53  -
54 Volvo S60 6 0.4% 39 316 0.4% 60 157
55 Jaguar XF 6 0.4% 46 104 0.1% 112 106

Source: SIMI, www.beepbeep.ie

Categories: Ireland
  1. erik
    November 30th, 2011 at 08:36 | #1
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    ah yes i see the trend.

  2. erik
    November 6th, 2011 at 09:01 | #2
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    one of the worst months on record?

    • matgasnier
      November 6th, 2011 at 11:25 | #3
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      Hey Erik,
      Actually no, it’s just that the Irish market behaves in a very particular manner each year. It always start very strong with over 15,000 monthly sales in January (20,899 in January 2011), and slowly goes down throughout the year: in 2010 there were only 1,476 cars sold in November and 413 in December! So expect the next two months to be even worse…
      See the link below for a full year 2010 monthly sales evolution:
      http://www.beepbeep.ie/stats?sYear%5B%5D=2010&sYear%5B%5D=&sRegType=3&sMonth%5B%5D=1&sMonth%5B%5D=12&x=39&y=9

      Hope this explains a bit better
      cheers
      Mattt

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