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Croatia March 2012: Skoda Fabia surprise best-seller

April 8th, 2012 Leave a comment Go to comments

Skoda Fabia

* See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! *

The Croatian car market is down slightly year-on-year in March at 3,779 registrations and -1%, bringing the year-to-date total to 10,832 units, up 3% on 2011. Coming out of nowhere (#21 in February), the Skoda Fabia surprises everyone by becoming the best-selling model in Croatia this month with 151 sales and 4% share. This is possibly the first time the Fabia ever leads the monthly Croatian ranking! The Opel Astra, #1 last month, is down to #6 but stays in pole position year-to-date with 437 units and 4%.

Two Frenchies complete the podium: the Renault Megane is up 5 spots on February to #2 with 126 sales and 3.3% and the Peugeot 308 is up one rank to #3 at 125 units. Volkswagen has another solid month and now places the Golf #2, Passat #3 and Polo #4 in the 2012 year-to-date ranking… 2011′s leader, the Skoda Octavia is weak in this start of 2012, down to #8 in March and #5 year-to-date.

Previous month: Croatia February 2012: Opel Astra leads, Kia Rio in Top 10

One year ago: Croatia March 2011: Skoda Octavia #1 thanks to…police fleet!

Full March 2012 Top 20 Ranking Table below.

Croatia March 2012:

Pos Model Mar % Feb 2012 % Pos 2011
1 Skoda Fabia 151 4.0% 21 233 2.2% 12 14
2 Renault Megane 126 3.3% 7 301 2.8% 7 7
3 Peugeot 308 125 3.3% 4 329 3.0% 6 10
4 VW Golf 121 3.2% 3 342 3.2% 2 5
5 VW Passat 109 2.9% 5 341 3.1% 3 8
6 Opel Astra 105 2.8% 1 437 4.0% 1 3
7 VW Polo 104 2.8% 10 333 3.1% 4 2
8 Skoda Octavia 101 2.7% 2 331 3.1% 5 1
9 Citroen C4 95 2.5% 6 296 2.7% 8 11
10 Hyundai i30 84 2.2% 8 284 2.6% 9 6
11 Renault Clio 84 2.2% 15 274 2.5% 10 9
12 Opel Corsa 82 2.2% 11 245 2.3% 11 4
13 Citroen C3 74 2.0% 14 200 1.8% 14 18
14 Ford Fiesta 70 1.9% 20 165 1.5% 18 19
15 Kia Rio 66 1.7% 9 230 2.1% 13 n/a
16 Kia Sportage 65 1.7% 12 191 1.8% 15 n/a
17 Chevrolet Aveo 56 1.5% 16 155 1.4% 19 n/a
18 Hyundai ix35 49 1.3% 19 189 1.7% 16 n/a
19 Nissan Qashqai 49 1.3% 18 150 1.4% 20 n/a
20 Kia Cee’d 37 1.0% 17 168 1.6% 17 16

Source: www.autonet.hr

Note: This March ranking is based on the sales of the year-to-date Top 20 models, and therefore may not be 100% accurate as some models not featuring in the year-to-date Top 20 could sell enough to feature in the March Top 20 but won’t be represented here.

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  1. Luka
    June 12th, 2012 at 04:51 | #1
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    The table is missing Nissan Juke (55 cars sold in March 2012), Peugeot 207 (also 55 cars) and Fiat Punto (54 cars).

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