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Finland May 2012: Kia Rio and Honda Civic shine

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After a complete overview of 1971-2011 Historical Data I can now share with you the most recent figures for Finland.

The Finnish car market is still undergoing the after-effects of the tax hike that occurred on April 1, with sales down 44% year-on-year in May at 7,139 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total into negative at 58,550 units, down 1.5% on 2011. The VW Golf is the best-selling model in the country this month and for the first time since June 2011 with 322 sales and 4.5% share. It is still #5 year-to-date at 1,964 units and 3.4% vs.#2 in 2011. The Toyota Yaris manages to maintain itself at an excellent 2nd place with 301 sales and 4.2% and is #4 ytd vs. #11 in 2011.

Up 7 spots on last month, the Skoda Octavia rounds up the podium at 281 units and 3.9% and is followed by the Ford Focus at 3.2% and the Toyota Avensis at 3.1%, still leader of the 2012 year-to-date ranking with 2,785 sales and 4.8% share. Improving on an already exceptional month of April, the Kia Rio is up one rank to a brilliant 6th place at 209 units and 2.9%.

Other great performers this month include the Honda Civic coming out of nowhere (or at least outside the Top 30) to land #11 in May with 161 sales and 2.3%, the VW Polo up to #12 at 132 units and 1.8% and the Hyundai i30 new generation up to #18 with 96 sales and 1.3%.

Previous month: Finland April 2012: Volvo V50 surprise leader

One year ago: Finland May 2011: VW Golf leads, Ford Focus on podium

Full May 2012 Top 30 Ranking Table below.

Finland May 2012:

Pos Model May % Apr 2012 % Pos 2011
1 VW Golf 322 4.5% 4 1,964 3.4% 5 2
2 Toyota Yaris 301 4.2% 2 2,032 3.5% 4 11
3 Skoda Octavia 281 3.9% 10 2,581 4.4% 2 1
4 Ford Focus 230 3.2% 5 1,771 3.0% 6 6
5 Toyota Avensis 222 3.1% 8 2,785 4.8% 1 3
6 Kia Rio 209 2.9% 7 687 1.2% 23 n/a
7 Nissan Qashqai 202 2.8% 6 2,478 4.2% 3 4
8 VW Passat 169 2.4% 11 1,292 2.2% 7 5
9 Ford Fiesta 162 2.3% 13 1,042 1.8% 10 12
10 Hyundai i20 162 2.3% 3 805 1.4% 14 25
11 Honda Civic 161 2.3% n/a 541 0.9% 31 n/a
12 VW Polo 132 1.8% n/a 558 1.0% 29 17
13 Kia Cee’d 131 1.8% 18 954 1.6% 11 8
14 Volvo V50 129 1.8% 1 750 1.3% 19 15
15 Audi A4 114 1.6% 9 1,141 1.9% 8 9
16 Mercedes C Class 111 1.6% 22 810 1.4% 13 19
17 Opel Astra 101 1.4% 21 1,057 1.8% 9 7
18 Hyundai i30 96 1.3% n/a 564 1.0% 28 16
19 Skoda Superb 95 1.3% 15 728 1.2% 20 18
20 Volvo V60 86 1.2% 14 635 1.1% 26 26
21 Volvo V70 78 1.1% 17 791 1.4% 16 13
22 BMW 5 Series 78 1.1% 16 724 1.2% 21 20
23 Toyota Auris 75 1.1% 12 780 1.3% 18 14
24 Ford Mondeo 72 1.0% 20 791 1.4% 17 10
25 VW Jetta 67 0.9% 19 543 0.9% 30 24
26 Kia Sportage 54 0.8% 28 636 1.1% 25 n/a
27 Mercedes E Class 53 0.7% 29 663 1.1% 24 22
28 Toyota Corolla 45 0.6% 27 608 1.0% 27 27
29 Audi A6 41 0.6% 25 793 1.4% 15 n/a
30 Volvo XC60 30 0.4% 30 837 1.4% 12 21

Source: www.autoalantiedotuskeskus.fi

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

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