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Austria February 2012: New Fiat Panda an instant hit

March 13th, 2012 Leave a comment Go to comments

Fiat Panda

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Month off for Austrian car sales, down 9% year-on-year to 24,005 registrations, bringing the year-to-date to 50,831 units, down 2% on 2011. While the VW Golf celebrates two full years (or 24 consecutive months) in pole position with 954 sales and 4% share, the VW Polo is back to its traditional 2nd place at 625 units and 2.6% while the Opel Astra is up one spot on January to rank #3 with 527 sales and 2.2%, making the February podium identical to the Full Year 2011 one.

In 4th place the VW Tiguan continues its outstanding run in Austria at 513 units and 2.1%, followed by the Seat Ibiza (+1), Skoda Octavia (-3) and Hyundai i30 (+2). The Nissan Qashqai, only #27 in 2011, is up to a fantastic 8th place this month with 399 sales and 1.7%. But February’s hero in Austria is the new gen Fiat Panda, up to #11 at 362 units and 1.5%, by far the nameplate’s highest ranking in the country in at least 2 years.

Other good performers this month include the Opel Zafira up to #23 with 274 sales and 1.1%, the BMW 1 Series up 18 spots to #26, the Audi Q3 breaking into the Austrian Top 50 (and 40!) for the very first time at #36 with 220 units and 0.9%, and the Mercedes B-Class in the Top 50 for the first time in years at #44 with 191 sales and 0.8%.

Previous month: Austria January 2012: Skoda Yeti up to best-ever 5th place

One year ago: Austria February 2011: Hyundai i30 up to #3, VW Touran in Top 10

Full February 2012 Top 50 Ranking Table below.

Austria February 2012:

Pos Model Feb % Jan 2012 % Pos 2011
1 VW Golf 954 4.0% 1 1,985 3.9% 1 1
2 VW Polo 625 2.6% 8 1,121 2.2% 5 2
3 Opel Astra 527 2.2% 4 1,227 2.4% 4 3
4 VW Tiguan 513 2.1% 7 1,021 2.0% 6 10
5 Seat Ibiza 494 2.1% 6 1,018 2.0% 7 4
6 Skoda Octavia 489 2.0% 3 1,366 2.7% 2 6
7 Hyundai i30 402 1.7% 9 837 1.6% 8 7
8 Nissan Qashqai 399 1.7% 20 722 1.4% 12 27
9 VW Passat 394 1.6% 15 741 1.5% 10 9
10 Renault Megane 371 1.5% 24 668 1.3% 16 18
11 Fiat Panda 362 1.5% n/a 503 1.0% 29 34
12 Opel Meriva 359 1.5% 13 720 1.4% 13 8
13 VW Touran 355 1.5% 19 679 1.3% 15 17
14 Ford Fiesta 352 1.5% 11 725 1.4% 11 13
15 Citroen C4 Picasso 350 1.5% 21 663 1.3% 17 28
16 Peugeot 207 333 1.4% 30 596 1.2% 22 21
17 Skoda Fabia 328 1.4% 2 1,315 2.6% 3 5
18 Ford Focus 328 1.4% 16 656 1.3% 19 14
19 Hyundai ix35 322 1.3% 14 679 1.3% 14 35
20 Hyundai i20 283 1.2% 35 526 1.0% 27 37
21 Opel Corsa 280 1.2% 23 579 1.1% 24 15
22 Renault Clio 275 1.1% 17 601 1.2% 21 23
23 Opel Zafira 274 1.1% 28 541 1.1% 25 46
24 Kia Cee’d 271 1.1% 12 644 1.3% 20 20
25 Renault Scenic 266 1.1% 10 662 1.3% 18 16
26 BMW Serie 1 265 1.1% 44 465 0.9% 33 61
27 Ford Galaxy 261 1.1% 18 585 1.2% 23 25
28 Audi A3 261 1.1% 51 449 0.9% 37 19
29 Fiat 500 251 1.0% n/a 424 0.8% 40 26
30 VW Sharan 245 1.0% 41 453 0.9% 36 11
31 Dacia Duster 239 1.0% 27 506 1.0% 28 36
32 Kia Rio 238 1.0% 22 539 1.1% 26 85
33 BMW Serie 3 232 1.0% n/a 335 0.7% 51 48
34 Kia Sportage 231 1.0% 26 502 1.0% 30 50
35 VW Caddy 224 0.9% 38 436 0.9% 38 32
36 Audi Q3 220 0.9% n/a 376 0.7% 46 158
37 Audi A6 216 0.9% 33 462 0.9% 34 59
38 BMW Serie 5 214 0.9% 34 460 0.9% 35 33
39 VW Bus 212 0.9% 25 491 1.0% 31 30
40 BMW X1 210 0.9% 54 380 0.7% 44 31
41 Ford C-Max 209 0.9% 39 420 0.8% 41 29
42 BMW X3 203 0.8% 31 465 0.9% 32 41
43 Audi A4 198 0.8% 42 402 0.8% 42 12
44 Mercedes B Klasse 191 0.8% n/a 363 0.7% 48 88
45 Smart Fortwo 190 0.8% n/a 250 0.5% 71 81
46 Hyundai ix20 186 0.8% 48 376 0.7% 45 40
47 VW Golf Plus 186 0.8% n/a 336 0.7% 50 24
48 Skoda Superb 183 0.8% 32 432 0.8% 39 60
49 Skoda Yeti 179 0.7% 5 758 1.5% 9 44
50 Seat Leon 178 0.7% 40 389 0.8% 43 39

Source: www.automotive.co.at

Categories: Austria
  1. Steam
    March 14th, 2012 at 23:19 | #1
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    The introduction of the Up is just starting so better let’s wait a couple of months in order to see what happens.

  2. Juan Felipe
    March 14th, 2012 at 01:45 | #2
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    Good for the Panda, it’s a nice car. Is the Up! for sale in Austria? If it is, certainly has not started well compared to Panda and 500, specialy in a VW country such as Austria

    • matgasnier
      March 14th, 2012 at 09:07 | #3
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      Hi Juan Felipe, the Up! is definitely on sale in Austria but with just 36 sales this month it is #132.
      cheers
      Matt

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