Portugal March 2012: Renault Clio leads, BMW 1 Series strong
BMW 1 Series
* See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Tuga *
New car sales in Portugal are still in hell, down 49% year-on-year to 9,622 registrations and 48% year-to-date at 23,511 units. To put things into perspective, let’s notice that the 2012 year-to-date total is inferior to the March 2010 figure alone at 23,831 sales. Also, March 2012 is 68% below the best month of March Portugal has known in 2000 when 30,016 units were sold.
Renault Clio
#3 in 2011, the Renault Clio has established itself on top of the Portuguese models ranking this year, selling 704 units this month for a huge 7.3% market share while the year-to-date total stands at 1,206 sales and 5.1%, down ‘only’ 23% year-on-year. The last time the Clio topped the ranking at year-end in Portugal was in 2008. The VW Polo and Opel Corsa both have excellent months and follow in the ranking while the Renault Megane is down 2 spots to #4 but stays #2 year-to-date at 841 units and 3.6%, down a worrying 70% year-on-year.
Mercedes C-Class
Exceptional performance of the Mercedes C-Class, up 4 ranks on February to 6th place with 287 sales and 3% share. It is now up from #14 in 2011 to #10 year-to-date in 2012. Another luxury model shines this month: the new generation BMW 1 Series breaks into the Top 10 for the very first time at #9 with 273 units and 2.8%, and is now #13 year-to-date with 482 sales and 2.1%. Notice also the Ford Focus #8 YTD at just -1%, the Chevrolet Aveo at #17 YTD up a massive 123% thanks to the new generation and the Audi A1 up to #20 this month.
Previous month: Portugal February 2012: VW Up! lands directly in 14th place
Full March 2012 Top 20 Ranking Table below.
Portugal March 2012:
| Pos | Model | Mar | % | Feb | 2012 | % | /11 | Pos | 2011 |
| 1 | Renault Clio | 704 | 7.3% | 1 | 1,206 | 5.1% | -23% | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | VW Polo | 424 | 4.4% | 3 | 795 | 3.4% | -46% | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Opel Corsa | 326 | 3.4% | 11 | 601 | 2.6% | -63% | 7 | 5 |
| 4 | Renault Megane | 298 | 3.1% | 2 | 841 | 3.6% | -70% | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | Fiat Punto Evo | 296 | 3.1% | 4 | 754 | 3.2% | -42% | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | Mercedes C-Class | 287 | 3.0% | 10 | 550 | 2.3% | -12% | 10 | 14 |
| 7 | Nissan Qashqai | 278 | 2.9% | 8 | 523 | 2.2% | -55% | 11 | 13 |
| 8 | VW Golf | 274 | 2.8% | 12 | 719 | 3.1% | -51% | 5 | 6 |
| 9 | BMW Serie 1 (F20) | 273 | 2.8% | 18 | 482 | 2.1% | new | 13 | n/a |
| 10 | Ford Focus | 240 | 2.5% | 9 | 588 | 2.5% | -1% | 8 | 12 |
| 11 | Ford Fiesta | 216 | 2.2% | 6 | 579 | 2.5% | -64% | 9 | 8 |
| 12 | Opel Astra | 211 | 2.2% | 20 | 478 | 2.0% | -59% | 14 | 9 |
| 13 | Smart Fortwo | 204 | 2.1% | 7 | 517 | 2.2% | -27% | 12 | 17 |
| 14 | Peugeot 308 | 167 | 1.7% | 19 | 460 | 2.0% | -40% | 15 | 16 |
| 15 | Peugeot 207 | 160 | 1.7% | 5 | 637 | 2.7% | -64% | 6 | 7 |
| 16 | Chevrolet Aveo | 156 | 1.6% | 15 | 368 | 1.6% | 123% | 17 | n/a |
| 17 | Audi A3 | 155 | 1.6% | 13 | 382 | 1.6% | -13% | 16 | 28 |
| 18 | Citroen C3 | 141 | 1.5% | n/a | 336 | 1.4% | -62% | n/a | 11 |
| 19 | Toyota Yaris | 138 | 1.4% | n/a | 311 | 1.3% | -6% | n/a | 30 |
| 20 | Audi A1 | 129 | 1.3% | n/a | 249 | 1.1% | -35% | n/a | n/a |
Source: Guia de Automovel (see below – click to enlarge), many thanks to Tuga for sharing the data!
Sorry about that. Actual top 10:
1 – Renault – 1045
2 – Peugeot – 783
3 – Volkswagen – 762
4 – BMW – 572
5 – Opel – 540
6 – Audi – 516
7 – Fiat – 490
8 – Mercedes – 457
9 – Ford – 427
10 – Toyota – 419
11 – Citroen – 368
The list on the original post shows the YTD positioning.
Sales for April are out. The market is down 41.7 at 8400 units, – 46.8 YTD.
1 – Renault – 1045
2 – Volkswagen – 762
3 – Peugeot – 783
4 – BMW – 572
5 – Audi – 516
6 – Opel – 540
7 – Ford – 427
8 – Mercedes – 457
9 – Fiat – 490
10 – Citroën – 368
A couple of scary numbers: Seat is at number 13, down 74% on the month ( 73.2 YTD ), and Mazda is at number 27, down 89.9% with just 19 cars sold ( 80.2% YTD )
Full list here: http://www.autoinforma.pt/index.php?MIT=0&template_id=1067&xpto=1&a=&a=,,,,,,,36459,,,,,,,,,,,
Cool thanks for the info Tuga!
cheers
Matt