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Greece May 2012: A Citroen leads for the first time since July 1999

June 10th, 2012 Leave a comment Go to comments

Citroen C3

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Another depressing result for Greek car sales, down 48% year-on-year in May to 5,265 sales, which brings the year-to-date total to 26,853 units, down 41% on 2011. For the first time in 13 years, exactly since July 1999 when the Citroen Saxo topped the Greek models ranking, a Citroen is in pole position: the C3 beats its record for the third consecutive month and sells 302 units for a brilliant 5.7% market share. It is now #6 year-to-date with 779 sales and 2.9% vs. #22 in 2011.

The last Citroen to top the Greek monthly ranking was the Saxo in July 1999

The Toyota Yaris is up one spot to #2 at 288 units and 5.5%, followed by the Opel Corsa down 2 to #3 with 274 sales and 5.2%. Year-to-date, the Corsa is still leader by far at 1,953 units and 7.3% vs. 1,466 and 5,3% for the Yaris. Good month for the Nissan Micra up 8 ranks to #4, ahead of the Opel Astra (-1). The Citroen C4 maintains itself in the Top 10 at #9 while the Citroen C1 is up a huge 40 spots to rank #10 and make Citroen the best-selling brand in the country this month.

Previous month: Greece April 2012: Citroen C3 and Lancia Ypsilon stay afloat

One year ago: Greece May 2011: Nissan Micra up to #2

Full May 2012 Top 50 Ranking Table below.

Greece May 2012:

Pos Model May % Apr 2012 % Pos 2011
1 Citroen C3 302 5.7% 2 779 2.9% 6 22
2 Toyota Yaris 288 5.5% 3 1,466 5.5% 2 2
3 Opel Corsa 274 5.2% 1 1,953 7.3% 1 1
4 Nissan Micra 194 3.7% 12 589 2.2% 9 8
5 Opel Astra 176 3.3% 4 1,164 4.3% 3 5
6 Ford Fiesta 147 2.8% 5 948 3.5% 4 4
7 Fiat Panda 145 2.8% 9 615 2.3% 7 7
8 VW Polo 132 2.5% 14 938 3.5% 5 3
9 Citroen C4 127 2.4% 8 328 1.2% 24 52
10 Citroen C1 122 2.3% 50 202 0.8% 42 30
11 Suzuki Swift 113 2.1% 6 593 2.2% 8 17
12 Skoda Octavia 110 2.1% 15 512 1.9% 12 12
13 Seat Ibiza 100 1.9% 43 363 1.4% 19 13
14 Lancia Ypsilon 97 1.8% 10 344 1.3% 21 100
15 Toyota Auris 94 1.8% 17 421 1.6% 17 6
16 Ford Focus 94 1.8% 31 247 0.9% 32 18
17 Nissan Qashqai 89 1.7% 13 527 2.0% 11 24
18 Hyundai i20 88 1.7% 28 507 1.9% 14 14
19 Fiat Grande Punto 86 1.6% 11 363 1.4% 20 20
20 Hyundai i10 81 1.5% 20 512 1.9% 13 11
21 VW Golf 77 1.5% 19 528 2.0% 10 10
22 Skoda Fabia 77 1.5% 22 445 1.7% 16 16
23 Peugeot 107 74 1.4% 24 460 1.7% 15 21
24 Kia Picanto 74 1.4% 41 299 1.1% 26 38
25 Mercedes A-Class 73 1.4% n/a n/a n/a n/a 37
26 VW Tiguan 60 1.1% 37 383 1.4% 18 28
27 BMW 1-Series 60 1.1% 30 260 1.0% 30 39
28 Peugeot 208 56 1.1% n/a n/a n/a n/a  -
29 Opel Insignia 56 1.1% 36 276 1.0% 29 25
30 Renault Clio 56 1.1% 35 257 1.0% 31 40
31 Peugeot 207 53 1.0% 7 340 1.3% 22 26
32 Fiat 500 52 1.0% 27 329 1.2% 23 23
33 Alfa Romeo Giulietta 49 0.9% 23 291 1.1% 27 32
34 Volvo S60 48 0.9% 44 233 0.9% 35 54
35 BMW 3-Series 47 0.9% 55 125 0.5% n/a 53
36 Nissan Juke 46 0.9% 45 230 0.9% 37 34
37 Audi A1 45 0.9% 39 175 0.7% 45 43
38 Suzuki Splash 42 0.8% 40 118 0.4% n/a 71
39 Audi Q3 41 0.8% 34 241 0.9% 34 n/a
40 VW Passat 40 0.8% 33 285 1.1% 28 27
41 Suzuki Alto 40 0.8% 16 246 0.9% 33 55
42 Kia Rio 40 0.8% 198 0.7% 43 n/a
43 Mini 39 0.7% 26 218 0.8% 39 50
44 Smart Fortwo 37 0.7% 29 229 0.9% 38 15
45 Toyota Aygo 36 0.7% 25 312 1.2% 25 9
46 Audi A3 35 0.7% 21 231 0.9% 36 36
47 VW Beetle 34 0.6% n/a n/a n/a n/a
48 Honda Jazz 28 0.5% 54 205 0.8% 41 45
49 Opel Meriva 28 0.5% 159 0.6% 47 51
50 Audi A4 28 0.5% 103 0.4% n/a 58

Source: www.autotriti.gr

Categories: Greece
  1. Steam
    June 11th, 2012 at 22:32 | #1
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    Well, most of the cars in top-ten are small cars. Only Astra and C4 are compact-cars. And from january to april 2012 car-sales in Greece lost 39,1 % compared to the year before.

  2. Andrew
    June 11th, 2012 at 20:32 | #2
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    I have to agree with Constantin. Greece is in a terrible economic situation, most of the Greeks withdraw their money out of the banks and the not the cheapest car is at the top of car sales? Good luck for them in the future…

  3. Constantin
    June 10th, 2012 at 18:35 | #3
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    i expected the C3 to surpass the Corsa.The C3 diesel costs around 10.000 euros after a 5.000 euro discount while Opel only offers 2.000 euro discounts.Expect the C3 to rise even higher.

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