Europe January 2012: Skoda Octavia in Top 10 for the first time
Skoda Octavia
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Slow start of 2012 for the European market, down 7% year-on-year in January to 1,003,814 registrations. The podium is unchanged vs. December and the Full Year 2011 ranking with the VW Golf in the lead at 3.6% share ahead of the VW Polo at 2.6% and the Ford Fiesta at 2.4%. The Ford Focus reaches its best position since last August at #4 with 22,316 sales and 2.2% share, up 7% on January 2011.
Nissan Qashqai
The VW Passat is also up year-on-year at +15% thanks to 17,694 units sold at #7 but this month’s best performances are found at the bottom of the Top 10: the Nissan Qashqai breaks into the Top 10 for only the third time ever after July 2010 and September 2011 and reaches its highest ever European ranking at #9 with 16,881 sales. The Skoda Octavia for its part appears in the European Top 10 for the very first time at #10 with 16,565 units, up 22% year-on-year.
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Full January 2012 Top 10 Ranking Table below.
Europe January 2012:
| Pos | Model | Jan | % | /11 | Dec | 2011 | % | /10 | Pos |
| 1 | VW Golf | 36,799 | 3.7% | 0% | 1 | 484,547 | 3.6% | -2% | 1 |
| 2 | VW Polo | 25,895 | 2.6% | -11% | 2 | 356,490 | 2.6% | 0% | 2 |
| 3 | Ford Fiesta | 23,870 | 2.4% | -13% | 3 | 348,465 | 2.6% | -13% | 3 |
| 4 | Ford Focus | 22,316 | 2.2% | 7% | 7 | 280,209 | 2.1% | 7% | 7 |
| 5 | Renault Clio | 18,674 | 1.9% | -28% | 6 | 294,172 | 2.2% | -13% | 5 |
| 6 | Peugeot 207 | 18,325 | 1.8% | -13% | 10 | 242,385 | 1.8% | -21% | 8 |
| 7 | VW Passat | 17,694 | 1.8% | 15% | 9 | 233,330 | 1.7% | 46% | 10 |
| 8 | Opel Astra | 17,153 | 1.7% | -18% | 5 | 287,249 | 2.1% | -1% | 6 |
| 9 | Nissan Qashqai | 16,881 | 1.7% | -1% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 10 | Skoda Octavia | 16,565 | 1.7% | 22% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Source: JATO
Note: The European figures include the 27 European Union countries minus Bulgaria, Romania and Malta, plus Switzerland, Norway and Iceland.
I think Toyota is not safe and quality cars, now.@Blofeld
The reason for better Passat-sales might be, that in january 2011 not all versions have been offered because of the facelift at the end of 2010.
Oil price at silly height, but all the B segment models with a big “-”, while the biggest one (Passat) has a giant “+”. I’ll never understand some people…
Bravo Octavia, great result for a car introduced in 2004!
She (skoda) is on polish plates, so it must be somewhere in polish mountains. The plates are from region “wielkopolska” – there is no no mountains:( – city Poznań general imported of Skoda’s cars.
@Blofeld
I have a MK1 Octavia TDI FL 110 2001 and 210 000 km, no reliability problems!
OMG, once I owned a octavia.
That was not so funny with the bad reliability.
Sales by marque in Australia in January_ source: http://www.forocoches.es
1.Toyota 14.065
2.Holden 9.061
3.Mazda 8.479
4.Hyundai 6.513
5.Ford 5.938
6.Nissan 5.358
7.Mitsubishi 4.566
8.VW 3.266
9.Subaru 3.205
10.Kia 2.276
11.Suzuki 1.667
12.Honda 1.579
13.Audi 1.334
14.BMW 1.213
15.Mercedes 1.205
16.Jeep 1.082
17.Great Wall 868
18.Land Rover 648
19.Volvo 474
20.Lexus 437
21.Isuzu 370
22.Peugeot 306
23.Renault 204
24.Porsche 157
25.Skoda 153
26.MINI 152
27.Citroën 125
28.Dodge 121
29.Fiat 98
30.Chery 90
31.Proton 87
32.SsangYong 82
33.Alfa Romeo 69
34.Jaguar 63
35.Smart 15
36.Lotus 11
37.Ferrari 10
38.Maserati 10
39.Chrysler 7
40.Aston Martin 6
41.Saab 5
42.Bentley 4
43.Lamborghini 4
44.Morgan 2
45.Rolls Royce 1
Bravo Focus!!
Both Qashqai and Octavia doing great.
Ah bon l’Octavia est dans le top10!
The picture of the Skoda Octavia is looking amazing. Congratulation for being in the top ten best-selling models 2012.
Renault Megane and Opel/Vauxhall Corsa lost top-ten-position.