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Greece July 2012: Citroen C3 leader for third consecutive time

August 22nd, 2012 Leave a comment Go to comments

Citroen C3: the bright spot in a dark Greek market. Picture by Ciprian Mihai, all rights reserved.

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Another very shy month for new car sales in Greece, down 42% in July both year-on-year to 5,757 registrations and year-to-date at 38,134 units… For the first time in at least 15 years, a Citroen manages to hold the pole position for 3 consecutive months: the C3 is #1 again this month with 327 sales and 5.7% thanks to aggressive pricing, and is now #3 year-to-date at 1,572 units and 4.1% vs. #22 over 2011. In fact the podium is unchanged on June with the Toyota Yaris #2 at 5.1% and the Opel Corsa #3 at 4.6%. Note the Opel Corsa is still leader year-to-date with 2,481 sales and 6.5% share.

Hyundai i10

Excellent performance of the Hyundai i10, up 7 spots on June to #5 with 212 sales and 3.7%, and now up to #8 year-to-date. The Seat Ibiza maintains itself within the Top 10 at #10, the Citroen C4 is also boosted by endearing prices, up 14 ranks to #12, the Peugeot 208 cuts its ranking in half compared to June at #13 with 1.9% share, the Chevrolet Spark jumps out of nowhere onto #18, the VW Up! breaks into the Greek Top 20 for the first time at #19, the VW Passat is up 32 ranks to #21 while the Audi A1 is up 17 to #29 and the Seat Leon is up to #30.

Previous month: Greece June 2012: Citroen C3 impresses further, up to 8.4%

One year ago: Greece July 2011: Hyundai i20 on podium

Full July 2012 Top 50 Ranking Table below.

Greece July 2012:

Pos Model July % Jun 2012 % Pos 2011
1 Citroen C3 327 5.7% 1 1,572 4.1% 3 22
2 Toyota Yaris 292 5.1% 2 2,030 5.3% 2 2
3 Opel Corsa 266 4.6% 3 2,481 6.5% 1 1
4 VW Polo 263 4.6% 4 1,358 3.6% 5 3
5 Hyundai i10 212 3.7% 12 834 2.2% 8 11
6 Nissan Micra 185 3.2% 9 899 2.4% 7 8
7 Hyundai i20 179 3.1% 15 783 2.1% 10 14
8 Opel Astra 174 3.0% 8 1,481 3.9% 4 5
9 Ford Fiesta 160 2.8% 5 1,263 3.3% 6 4
10 Seat Ibiza 134 2.3% 6 652 1.7% 16 13
11 Fiat Panda 125 2.2% 11 805 2.1% 9 7
12 Citroen C4 117 2.0% 28 511 1.3% 21 52
13 Peugeot 208 111 1.9% 26 236 0.6% 46  -
14 Skoda Octavia 103 1.8% 21 695 1.8% 13 12
15 Nissan Qashqai 102 1.8% 27 697 1.8% 12 24
16 VW Golf 93 1.6% 25 692 1.8% 14 10
17 Peugeot 107 90 1.6% 18 634 1.7% 17 21
18 Chevrolet Spark 90 1.6% n/a 291 0.8% 42 19
19 VW Up! 86 1.5% 24 425 1.1% 24  -
20 Fiat Grande Punto 85 1.5% 14 546 1.4% 19 20
21 VW Passat 85 1.5% 53 400 1.0% 27 27
22 Toyota Auris 84 1.5% 7 654 1.7% 15 6
23 Citroen C1 84 1.5% 13 387 1.0% 30 30
24 Lancia Ypsilon 82 1.4% 16 521 1.4% 20 100
25 Suzuki Alto 82 1.4% 20 409 1.1% 26 55
26 Ford Focus 70 1.2% 31 375 1.0% 32 18
27 Kia Rio 69 1.2% 10 388 1.0% 29 n/a
28 Skoda Fabia 68 1.2% 17 602 1.6% 18 16
29 Audi A1 65 1.1% 46 278 0.7% 43 43
30 Seat Leon 62 1.1% n/a 187 0.5% 57 29
31 Suzuki Swift 56 1.0% 22 724 1.9% 11 17
32 Fiat 500 50 0.9% 23 451 1.2% 23 23
33 Smart Fortwo 50 0.9% 36 327 0.9% 38 15
34 Toyota Aygo 49 0.9% 29 420 1.1% 25 9
35 VW Tiguan 47 0.8% 37 478 1.3% 22 28
36 Mercedes B-Class 47 0.8% 45 163 0.4% 65 93
37 Alfa Romeo Giulietta 43 0.7% 35 389 1.0% 28 32
38 Renault Clio 43 0.7% 39 346 0.9% 35 40
39 Audi A3 43 0.7% 44 314 0.8% 40 36
40 Audi Q3 42 0.7% 48 318 0.8% 39 n/a
41 Mazda2 42 0.7% 41 149 0.4% 66 78
42 Chevrolet Aveo 39 0.7% 43 224 0.6% 50 n/a
43 Opel Insignia 38 0.7% 47 351 0.9% 34 25
44 Mercedes A-Class 38 0.7% 34 218 0.6% 51 37
45 Volvo S60 37 0.6% 33 327 0.9% 37 54
46 Nissan Juke 36 0.6% 40 312 0.8% 41 34
47 Mitsubishi ASX 35 0.6% n/a 229 0.6% 48 33
48 BMW 1-Series 34 0.6% 19 377 1.0% 31 39
49 Nissan Pixo 31 0.5% n/a 105 0.3% n/a 57
50 Dacia Duster 30 0.5% n/a 214 0.6% 52 48

Source: www.seaa.gr

Categories: Greece
  1. Steam
    August 22nd, 2012 at 19:45 | #1
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    Except the Opel Astra there are only small cars in the top ten.

  2. Max
    August 22nd, 2012 at 19:29 | #2
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    Greece is the only country where a Citroën is #1 !

  3. Kostas
    August 22nd, 2012 at 19:11 | #3
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    The situation in Greece is horrible.SsangYong dealers give their cars for half the original price and until last year they also offered a small city car for free to anyone who bought a Rexton.Kia right now is doing the same thing that Citroen did and offers it`s cars at rediculusly low prices(for example Kia`s Sportage starts from 16,960 EUR and the Proceed starts from 9,300 EUR).Also notable in the sales charts is the fact that chinese companies also sell a small numbers of cars to greek consumers with the best selling one being the Lifan who has sold 7 cars until now.

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