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Slovakia March 2012: Kia Cee’d and Rio get noticed

April 18th, 2012 Leave a comment Go to comments

Kia Cee’d

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Car sales in Slovakia slow their growth, up just 1% year-on-year this month at 6,427 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 16,598 units, up 6% on 2011. The usual Skodas dominate the ranking but their market shares fall this month to 8.9% for the Octavia and 7.4% for the Fabia. The new generation Kia Cee’d stays on the podium for the third time in the last 4 months with 183 sales and 2.8%.

Kia Rio 

Kia manages to place a second model in the Top 4: the Rio is up 12 spots on February to land in 4th place at 157 units and 2.4% and now ranks #7 in the 2012 year-to-date ranking vs.#38 over the Full Year 2011! Other great performers in Slovakia in March include the Skoda Superb up 6 ranks to #7 with 129 sales and 2% and the Nissan Qashqai, decidedly excelling in absolutely every European country, up 7 spots to #10 at 119 units and 1.9%.

Previous month: Slovakia February 2012: Kia Cee’d back on podium

One year ago: Slovakia March 2012: Dacia Duster on podium

Full March 2012 Top 50 Ranking Table below.

Slovakia March 2012:

Pos Model Mar % Feb 2012 % Pos 2011
1 Skoda Octavia 573 8.9% 1 1,909 11.5% 1 1
2 Skoda Fabia 474 7.4% 2 1,534 9.2% 2 2
3 Kia Cee’d 183 2.8% 3 454 2.7% 3 5
4 Kia Rio 157 2.4% 16 297 1.8% 7 38
5 Ford Focus 145 2.3% 12 273 1.6% 10 18
6 VW Polo 139 2.2% 4 366 2.2% 4 6
7 Skoda Superb 129 2.0% 13 257 1.5% 13 20
8 Hyundai i30 129 2.0% 30 216 1.3% 17 9
9 Suzuki SX4 124 1.9% 7 293 1.8% 8 4
10 Nissan Qashqai 119 1.9% 17 229 1.4% 15 24
11 Renault Fluence 113 1.8% 22 212 1.3% 18 16
12 Skoda Yeti 111 1.7% 10 303 1.8% 6 21
13 Kia Sportage 103 1.6% 8 314 1.9% 5 3
14 Renault Thalia 98 1.5% 27 200 1.2% 20 13
15 VW Passat 96 1.5% 11 258 1.6% 12 10
16 VW Golf 89 1.4% 9 286 1.7% 9 7
17 Hyundai ix35 89 1.4% 14 206 1.2% 19 12
18 Peugeot 207 83 1.3% 20 192 1.2% 22 19
19 Opel Astra 4 81 1.3% 28 168 1.0% 24 14
20 Peugeot 308 79 1.2% 29 162 1.0% 30 27
21 Citroen C4 77 1.2% 26 162 1.0% 29 34
22 Dacia Duster 76 1.2% 5 251 1.5% 14 8
23 Renault Clio 3 74 1.2% 41 186 1.1% 23 23
24 Hyundai i20 70 1.1% 38 135 0.8% 32 30
25 Toyota Yaris 69 1.1% 34 158 1.0% 31 36
26 Peugeot 3008 66 1.0% 23 168 1.0% 25 32
27 Opel Corsa 63 1.0% 60 94 0.6% 46 26
28 Ford Fiesta 62 1.0% 21 164 1.0% 27 22
29 Skoda Roomster 60 0.9% 6 267 1.6% 11 17
30 Chevrolet Cruze 60 0.9% 24 167 1.0% 26 28
31 Suzuki Swift 60 0.9% 55 115 0.7% 34 48
32 Honda CR-V 58 0.9% 32 124 0.7% 33 58
33 Mitsubishi ASX 58 0.9% 53 100 0.6% 43 47
34 Opel Astra 3 57 0.9% 79 88 0.5% 53 39
35 Renault Megane 51 0.8% 18 193 1.2% 21 11
36 Mercedes ML Class 50 0.8% 73 93 0.6% 47 62
37 Seat Leon 49 0.8% 15 223 1.3% 16 33
38 VW Tiguan 47 0.7% 19 163 1.0% 28 44
39 Peugeot Partner 46 0.7% 36 110 0.7% 36 42
40 Chevrolet Orlando 45 0.7% 45 107 0.6% 37 60
41 Peugeot 206+ 42 0.7% 58 91 0.5% 48 37
42 Citroen Berlingo 40 0.6% 44 107 0.6% 38 45
43 Opel Insignia 40 0.6% 33 105 0.6% 39 41
44 Hyundai ix20 39 0.6% 52 81 0.5% 55 40
45 Seat Altea 38 0.6% 39 97 0.6% 44 31
46 VW Touareg 37 0.6% n/a 61 0.4% 68 68
47 Kia Venga 36 0.6% 70 76 0.5% 59 46
48 Hyundai i40 36 0.6% 82 62 0.4% 66 n/a
49 VW Jetta 35 0.5% 54 104 0.6% 40 72
50 Dacia Sandero 35 0.5% 47 101 0.6% 42 61
51 BMW 3 Series 35 0.5% 40 77 0.5% 58 29

Source: www.zapsr.sk

Categories: Slovakia
  1. Ian
    April 19th, 2012 at 21:37 | #1
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    I understand that the new C’eed is all new,they are certainly saying that here. thanks Matt for a great site, sorry that the UK information is so limited, we are supposed to be in recession but there is a BMW and Mercedes in the top ten, strange!. Thanks again.

  2. LM
    April 19th, 2012 at 20:30 | #2
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    The cee’d is not facelifted, but completely new right?

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