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Sweden May 2012: Volvo XC60 and BMW 3 Series excel

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Volvo XC60

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After giving you Historical Data for the last 60 years in the country, it’s time to explore Swedish May 2012 sales, as usual the first cab off the rank for this new round of data updates. Car sales in Sweden are down again this month at -17% to 25,759 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 117,071 units, down 10% on 2011. If the Volvo V70 logically keeps the lead albeit at a lower 7% market share, sales of the Volvo S60 and V60 are counted together this month and push the model up to #2 with 1,224 sales and 4.8% while the VW Passat rounds up the podium at 1,197 units and 4.6% but stays #2 year-to-date at an extremely solid 6.3% share.

BMW 3 Series

Below the VW Golf stable at 3.6% the Volvo XC60 is up 2 spots to reach a best-ever 5th place (it also ranked #5 in June 2011) with 637 sales and 2.5%. Two other models shine in the Top 10: with 550 units sold the BMW 3 Series is up to #8, its highest ranking in Sweden over 2 years. The Toyota Yaris is up 11 spots on last month to #9 with 490 sales and 1.9%, possibly the nameplate’s first ever foray into the Swedish Top 10!

Peugeot 208

Notice also the Mercedes C-Class up 12 ranks to #11, the Skoda Octavia up 11 to #14 and the Ford Mondeo up 29 to #15, the Ford Kuga up to #26 and the Ford S-Max up to #31. There are two newcomers in the Swedish Top 50 this month: the Peugeot 208 lands directly at #29 with 260 sales and 1% share while the VW Up! ranks #40 at 187 units and 0.7%.

Previous month: Sweden April 2012: Peugeot 508 in Top 10 for the first time

One year ago: Sweden May 2011: VW Passat threatens Volvo V70

Full May 2012 Top 50 Ranking Table below.

Sweden May 2012:

Pos Model May % Apr 2012 % Pos 2011
1 Volvo V70 1,797 7.0% 1 8,959 7.7% 1 1
2 Volvo S/V60 1,224 4.8% 3 5,549 4.7% 3 4
3 VW Passat 1,197 4.6% 2 7,350 6.3% 2 2
4 VW Golf 938 3.6% 4 4,294 3.7% 4 3
5 Volvo XC60 637 2.5% 7 2,433 2.1% 7 8
6 Kia Cee’d 614 2.4% 6 2,579 2.2% 6 6
7 Volvo V50 610 2.4% 5 3,278 2.8% 5 5
8 BMW 3-Serie 550 2.1% 12 2,071 1.8% 9 15
9 Toyota Yaris 490 1.9% 20 1,747 1.5% 15 24
10 BMW 5-Serie 475 1.8% 13 1,927 1.6% 10 11
11 Mercedes C Class 430 1.7% 23 1,591 1.4% 19 17
12 Fiat Ducato 430 1.7% n/a 1,278 1.1% 26 28
13 Audi A4 420 1.6% 19 1,919 1.6% 11 7
14 Skoda Octavia 414 1.6% 25 1,574 1.3% 20 16
15 Ford Mondeo 403 1.6% 44 916 0.8% 37 30
16 Audi A6 375 1.5% 14 1,845 1.6% 14 19
17 Ford Focus 372 1.4% 9 2,208 1.9% 8 10
18 Hyundai i30 372 1.4% 16 1,334 1.1% 24 25
19 VW Polo 348 1.4% 18 1,213 1.0% 27 14
20 Toyota Avensis 343 1.3% 24 1,631 1.4% 17 26
21 Skoda Fabia 317 1.2% 26 1,612 1.4% 18 13
22 Renault Clio 304 1.2% 11 1,846 1.6% 13 12
23 Nissan Qashqai 297 1.2% 21 1,654 1.4% 16 20
24 VW Tiguan 292 1.1% 22 1,453 1.2% 22 33
25 Skoda Superb 282 1.1% 40 956 0.8% 34 34
26 Kia Sportage 270 1.0% 28 1,387 1.2% 23 27
27 Ford Kuga 270 1.0% n/a 688 0.6% 46 63
28 Audi A3 262 1.0% 32 948 0.8% 35 31
29 Peugeot 208 260 1.0% n/a 338 0.3% 84  -
30 Renault Megane 258 1.0% 30 1,898 1.6% 12 9
31 Ford S-Max 246 1.0% n/a 603 0.5% 50 65
32 Mercedes E Class 245 1.0% 29 1,038 0.9% 30 23
33 Kia Rio 245 1.0% 31 859 0.7% 40 105
34 Citroen C4 233 0.9% 41 867 0.7% 39 35
35 BMW 1-Serie 227 0.9% 27 1,034 0.9% 31 40
36 Peugeot 308 223 0.9% 15 1,309 1.1% 25 36
37 Toyota Auris 223 0.9% 35 1,199 1.0% 28 18
38 Hyundai i40 207 0.8% 37 1,084 0.9% 29 76
39 Peugeot 508 189 0.7% 10 1,490 1.3% 21 41
40 VW Up! 187 0.7% n/a 412 0.4% 75  -
41 BMW X3 183 0.7% 33 759 0.6% 42 52
42 Opel Astra 176 0.7% 34 915 0.8% 38 21
43 Ford Fiesta 173 0.7% 17 960 0.8% 33 32
44 Subaru Legacy 172 0.7% 39 965 0.8% 32 38
45 Kia Picanto 168 0.7% n/a 537 0.5% 60 72
46 Mercedes B Class 165 0.6% n/a 660 0.6% 48 70
47 Peugeot 107 154 0.6% n/a 397 0.3% 79 83
48 Citroen C3 153 0.6% 46 644 0.6% 49 49
49 Suzuki Swift 151 0.6% n/a 538 0.5% 59 44
50 Citroen C5 146 0.6% n/a 477 0.4% 64 68

Source: www.bilsweden.se

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