Croatia January 2012: Opel Astra & VW Polo butt heads, Kia Rio up
Opel Astra
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The Croatian car market is up 5% this month at 3,490 registrations, and the top of the model ranking is like a flashback to the year end 2010 ranking… The Opel Astra and VW Polo sell exactly the same amount in January: 154 units for an excellent 4.4% market share. The VW Polo hasn’t been #1 since June 2011 and for the Opel Astra we have to go back to April 2011… The VW Passat and Renault Clio round up the podium like last month, both with 124 sales and 3.6%.
Kia Rio
The Citroen C4 is up to #8 at 99 units and 2.8% share, and January enables us to discover a couple of newcomers in the Top 20: mostly all South Korean models… The Kia Rio and Hyundai ix35 are the best performing, both at #11 with 85 sales and 2.4% – damn there are a lot of models selling the same this month in Croatia! Notice also the Kia Sportage at #16, Dacia Duster at #17 and Hyundai i20 at #20.
Previous post: Croatia December 2011: Volkswagen monopolises the podium!
One year ago: Croatia January-February 2011: Skoda Octavia new leader
Flashback: Croatia Full Year 2010: VW Polo or Opel Astra #1?
Full January 2012 Top 20 Ranking Table below.
Croatia January 2012:
| Pos | Model | Jan | % | Dec | 2011 | % | Pos |
| 1 | VW Polo | 154 | 4.4% | 2 | 1,754 | 4.2% | 2 |
| 1 | Opel Astra | 154 | 4.4% | 4 | 1,723 | 4.1% | 3 |
| 3 | VW Passat | 124 | 3.6% | 3 | 1,241 | 3.0% | 8 |
| 3 | Renault Clio | 124 | 3.6% | 5 | 1,141 | 2.7% | 9 |
| 5 | Hyundai i30 | 115 | 3.3% | 10 | 1,301 | 3.1% | 6 |
| 6 | Skoda Octavia | 112 | 3.2% | 7 | 1,864 | 4.5% | 1 |
| 7 | VW Golf | 106 | 3.0% | 1 | 1,359 | 3.3% | 5 |
| 8 | Citroen C4 | 99 | 2.8% | 14 | 946 | 2.3% | 11 |
| 9 | Peugeot 308 | 94 | 2.7% | 6 | 1,130 | 2.7% | 10 |
| 10 | Opel Corsa | 92 | 2.6% | 13 | 1,418 | 3.4% | 4 |
| 11 | Kia Rio | 85 | 2.4% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 12 | Hyundai ix35 | 85 | 2.4% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 13 | Renault Megane | 78 | 2.2% | 8 | 1,248 | 3.0% | 7 |
| 14 | Kia Cee’d | 70 | 2.0% | 15 | 791 | 1.9% | 16 |
| 15 | Citroen C3 | 59 | 1.7% | 19 | 680 | 1.6% | 18 |
| 16 | Kia Sportage | 58 | 1.7% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 17 | Dacia Duster | 54 | 1.5% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 18 | Dacia Sandero | 52 | 1.5% | 11 | 791 | 1.9% | 15 |
| 19 | Ford Focus | 52 | 1.5% | 12 | 842 | 2.0% | 13 |
| 20 | Hyundai i20 | 51 | 1.5% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Source: www.autonet.hr
United States car marques from February 2012: source: http://www.forocoches.es
1.Ford 131.173
2.Chevrolet 123.864
3.Toyota 108.371
4.Honda 74.628
5.Nissan 72.517
6.Hyundai 42.694
7.Kia 35.517
8.Jeep 31.710
9.Dodge 31.454
10.VW 27.209
11.GMC 24.966
12.Mazda 23.996
13.Subaru 22.807
14.Mercedes 21.230
15.RAM 18.470
16.Chrysler 17.604
17.BMW 16.405
18.Lexus 12.274
19.Buick 10.208
20.Audi 9.354
21.Cadillac 8.924
22.Acura 8.381
23.Infiniti 6.796
24.Lincoln 5.121
25.Mitsubishi 4.711
26.Volvo 4.461
27.Scion 3.535
28.MINI 3.334
29.Land Rover 3.205
30.Porsche 2.550
31.Fiat 1.911
32.Suzuki 1.505
33.Jaguar 985
34.Smart 496
35.Maserati 164
36.Ferrari 125
37.Bentley 118
38.Rolls Royce 30
39.Maybach 5
40.Saab 5
Sales of some luxury cars in South Africa from February 2012: source: Naamsa
BMW SERIE 6 – 26
BMW SERIE 7 – 20
BMW Z4 – 22
JAGUAR XF – 62
JAGUAR XJ – 7
JAGUAR XK – 6
RANGE ROVER – 77
MASERATI GRANCABRIO – 1
MASERATI GRANTURISMO – 2
MASERATI QUATTROPORTE – 2
NISSAN GT-R – 1
PORSCHE BOXSTER – 7
PORSCHE PANAMERA – 18
PORSCHE 911 – 5
PORSCHE CAYENNE – 67
LEXUS LX – 11
LEXUS GS – 2
LEXUS RX – 9
LEXUS IS – 50
MERCEDES CLASS S – 25
MERCEDES SL – 7
MERCEDES CLS – 6
AUDI A8 – 9
AUDI R8 – 8
VOLVO S60 – 52
VOLVO S80 – 4
FERRARI ITALIA – 1
FERRARI FF – 1
FERRARI 599 – 1
LAMBORGHINI AVENTADOR – 1
MC LAREN – 1
LOTUS – 3
ROLLS ROYCE GHOST – 1
BENTLEY CONTINENTAL- 1