Finland April 2012: Volvo V50 surprise leader

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Finland April 2012: Volvo V50 surprise leader

May 3rd, 2012 matgasnier Leave a comment Go to comments

Volvo V50

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

After being artificially boosted in the wake of tax rises on April 1, the Finnish new car market significantly cools down at only 3,901 registrations in April, down 64% year-on-year and bringing the year-to-date total to 51,399 units, up 10% on 2011. Reduced market means higher volatility for the models ranking and this month there are a few big surprises: coming out of nowhere (or at least outside the Top 30), the Volvo V50 is the best-selling model in Finland this month with 259 sales and an imposing 6.6% market share!

It is followed by the Toyota Yaris at 222 units and 5.7% and the Hyundai i20 up no less than 22 spots on last month to #3 with 207 sales and 5.3%. Another model that takes advantage of this one-off month is the Kia Rio, up from outside the Top 30 in March to #7 at 122 units and 3.1%.

Previous month: Finland March 2012: Toyota Avensis leads in market up 82%

One year ago: Finland April 2011: Golf, Octavia and Passat on podium

Full April 2012 Top 20 and year-to-date Top 30 Ranking Tables below.

Finland April 2012:

Pos	Model	Apr	%	Mar	2012	%	Pos	2011
1	Volvo V50	259	6.6%	n/a	621	1.2%	22	15
2	Toyota Yaris	222	5.7%	5	1,731	3.4%	4	11
3	Hyundai i20	207	5.3%	25	643	1.3%	20	25
4	VW Golf	148	3.8%	6	1,642	3.2%	5	2
5	Ford Focus	144	3.7%	4	1,541	3.0%	6	6
6	Nissan Qashqai	129	3.3%	3	2,276	4.4%	3	4
7	Kia Rio	122	3.1%	n/a	478	0.9%	28	n/a
8	Toyota Avensis	114	2.9%	1	2,563	5.0%	1	3
9	Audi A4	111	2.8%	7	1,027	2.0%	8	9
10	Skoda Octavia	101	2.6%	2	2,300	4.5%	2	1
11	VW Passat	80	2.1%	9	1,123	2.2%	7	5
12	Toyota Auris	67	1.7%	17	705	1.4%	16	14
13	Ford Fiesta	54	1.4%	11	880	1.7%	10	12
14	Volvo V60	45	1.2%	24	549	1.1%	26	26
15	Skoda Superb	44	1.1%	14	633	1.2%	21	18
16	BMW 5 Series	39	1.0%	23	646	1.3%	19	20
17	Volvo V70	37	0.9%	16	713	1.4%	15	13
18	Kia Cee’d	34	0.9%	12	823	1.6%	11	8
19	VW Jetta	32	0.8%	30	476	0.9%	29	24
20	Ford Mondeo	31	0.8%	19	719	1.4%	14	10

Note: this ranking is based on the April sales of the year-to-date Top 30 and may be incomplete.

Finland 4 months 2012:

Pos	Model	2012	%	2011
1	Toyota Avensis	2,563	5.0%	3
2	Skoda Octavia	2,300	4.5%	1
3	Nissan Qashqai	2,276	4.4%	4
4	Toyota Yaris	1,731	3.4%	11
5	VW Golf	1,642	3.2%	2
6	Ford Focus	1,541	3.0%	6
7	VW Passat	1,123	2.2%	5
8	Audi A4	1,027	2.0%	9
9	Opel Astra	956	1.9%	7
10	Ford Fiesta	880	1.7%	12
11	Kia Cee’d	823	1.6%	8
12	Volvo XC60	807	1.6%	21
13	Audi A6	752	1.5%	n/a
14	Ford Mondeo	719	1.4%	10
15	Volvo V70	713	1.4%	13
16	Toyota Auris	705	1.4%	14
17	Mercedes C Class	699	1.4%	19
18	Honda CR-V	694	1.4%	n/a
19	BMW 5 Series	646	1.3%	20
20	Hyundai i20	643	1.3%	25
21	Skoda Superb	633	1.2%	18
22	Volvo V50	621	1.2%	15
23	Mercedes E Class	610	1.2%	22
24	Kia Sportage	582	1.1%	n/a
25	Toyota Corolla	563	1.1%	27
26	Volvo V60	549	1.1%	26
27	Toyota Verso	483	0.9%	n/a
28	Kia Rio	478	0.9%	n/a
29	VW Jetta	476	0.9%	24
30	Hyundai i40	470	0.9%	n/a
31	VW Tiguan	470	0.9%	n/a