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Switzerland April 2012: VW Tiguan and Mercedes C-Class shine

May 23rd, 2012 Leave a comment Go to comments

Mercedes C-Class

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Swiss consumers bought 28,834 new cars in April, bringing the year-to-date total to 107,964. No surprises on top: the VW Golf leads the way with 1,121 sales and 3.9% ahead of the Skoda Octavia at 956 units and 3.3%. The VW Tiguan climbs onto the podium for the first time ever thanks to 513 units sold for a 1.8% market share. The Mercedes C-Class also excels, up 2 spots on March to #4 with 466 sales and 1.6%, as well as the Ford Fiesta, up 7 ranks to #5 and leading its category ahead of the VW Polo.

It’s an excellent month for Ford with the Focus up a massive 20 spots on last month to #9. Other great performers include the Suzuki Swift also up 20 ranks to #11, the VW Transporter up to #15, the BMW 3 Series up 17 spots to #17, the Audi Q3 up to a best-ever 26th place, the Hyundai i20 up 21 ranks to #31 and the Audi A1 up 27 to #32.

Previous month: Switzerland March 2012: Range Rover Evoque in Top 20!

One year ago: Switzerland March 2011: Golf and Octavia on top, Honda Jazz #11

Full April 2012 Top 50 Ranking Table below.

Switzerland April 2012:

Pos Model Apr % Mar 2012 % Pos 2011
1 VW Golf 1,121 3.9% 1 4,425 4.1% 1 1
2 Skoda Octavia 956 3.3% 3 3,336 3.1% 2 2
3 VW Tiguan 513 1.8% 4 1,928 1.8% 4 18
4 Mercedes C Class 466 1.6% 6 1,595 1.5% 7 22
5 Ford Fiesta 462 1.6% 12 1,522 1.4% 8 7
6 VW Polo 451 1.6% 2 2,285 2.1% 3 3
7 VW Passat 420 1.5% 5 1,849 1.7% 5 5
8 VW Touran 395 1.4% 7 1,678 1.6% 6 10
9 Ford Focus 394 1.4% 29 1,265 1.2% 14 15
10 Toyota Yaris 372 1.3% 14 1,432 1.3% 11 28
11 Suzuki Swift 372 1.3% 31 879 0.8% 30 20
12 Seat Ibiza 354 1.2% 16 1,265 1.2% 13 16
13 Opel Astra 348 1.2% 8 1,472 1.4% 10 4
14 Renault Mégane 342 1.2% 18 1,146 1.1% 21 11
15 VW Transporter 338 1.2% n/a 655 0.6% 56 67
16 Ford Kuga 334 1.2% 24 1,166 1.1% 19 13
17 BMW 3 Series 327 1.1% 34 1,109 1.0% 22 21
18 Skoda Fabia 324 1.1% 13 1,479 1.4% 9 12
19 BMW 1 Series 323 1.1% 25 1,022 0.9% 25 24
20 Mini 304 1.1% 27 965 0.9% 28 17
21 Volvo XC60 302 1.0% 28 1,169 1.1% 18 31
22 Opel Corsa 300 1.0% 10 1,165 1.1% 20 23
23 BMW X3 299 1.0% 17 1,068 1.0% 23 33
24 Nissan Qashqai 293 1.0% 9 1,230 1.1% 16 26
25 Audi A4 290 1.0% 26 1,003 0.9% 26 9
26 Audi Q3 283 1.0% 43 866 0.8% 32 184
27 Audi A3 274 1.0% 23 1,210 1.1% 17 14
28 Peugeot 207 265 0.9% 15 1,381 1.3% 12 6
29 Renault Clio 263 0.9% 11 1,252 1.2% 15 8
30 Opel Zafira 256 0.9% 19 951 0.9% 29 70
31 Hyundai i20 251 0.9% 52 805 0.7% 36 54
32 Audi A1 248 0.9% 59 704 0.7% 50 48
33 BMW 5 Series 247 0.9% 22 1,028 1.0% 24 25
34 Hyundai i30 245 0.8% 51 744 0.7% 46 39
35 Dacia Sandero 239 0.8% 41 797 0.7% 37 43
36 Fiat 500 236 0.8% 37 806 0.7% 35 32
37 Suzuki SX4 232 0.8% 73 561 0.5% 63 36
38 Audi A5 224 0.8% 35 748 0.7% 45 44
39 Mercedes A Class 222 0.8% 44 738 0.7% 47 61
40 Renault Scénic 218 0.8% 30 996 0.9% 27 27
41 Mercedes E Class 217 0.8% 32 817 0.8% 34 46
42 Toyota Auris 216 0.7% 56 631 0.6% 58 42
43 Honda Jazz 212 0.7% 21 873 0.8% 31 19
44 Hyundai ix35 204 0.7% 53 785 0.7% 39 65
45 Fiat Punto 198 0.7% 55 763 0.7% 43 30
46 Audi Q5 197 0.7% 54 661 0.6% 54 41
47 Dacia Duster 196 0.7% 50 783 0.7% 40 37
48 VW Sharan 193 0.7% 45 732 0.7% 48 58
49 Audi A6 193 0.7% 49 842 0.8% 33 66
50 BMW X1 186 0.6% 36 793 0.7% 38 29

Source: auto-suisse.ch

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