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Latvia August 2012: VW Golf and Nissan Juke fight it off

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Nissan Juke. Picture by eneade, all rights reserved.

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Over the first 8 months of 2012, the Latvian new passenger car market is up 6% year-on-year to 7,251 registrations, including 894 in August (+4%). The battle for the title of best-selling model in Latvia has intensified over the last couple of months: the Nissan Juke had managed to grab the pole position over the first 3 months of the year and reclaimed the 2012 year-to-date crown over 7 months but is now only one unit below the VW Golf over 8 months at 271 sales and 3.7% share, up 99% year-on-year and in spite of an excellent 48 units and 5.4% in August.

Peugeot 3008. Picture by L’Argus, all rights reserved.

The VW Golf is back to pole position in the 2012 year-to-date ranking (like it was in 2010 and 2011) with 272 sales and 3.7% (down 51% year-on-year), thanks to an exceptional month of August at 53 units and 5.9% share. The Peugeot 5008 stays at a world-vest third spot with 239 sales and 3.3% while the Peugeot 3008 is up one spot compared to the H1 2012 ranking to #4 at 222 units and 3.1%. Good showing of the Toyota Avensis at #5, up 32% on 2011. Other great performers over the period in Latvia include the VW Jetta up 238% to #10, the Renault Laguna up 2833% (!) to #20, the Ford S-Max up 630% to #28, the Lexus RX up 20% to #33, the Kia Cee’d up 82% to #36 and the Citroen DS5 landing at #80.

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Full August 2012 Top 20 and 8 months 2012 Top 80 Ranking Tables below.

Latvia August 2012:

Pos Model Aug %
1 VW Golf 53 5.9%
2 Nissan Juke 48 5.4%
3 Toyota Verso 35 3.9%
4 VW Jetta 34 3.8%
5 Suzuki SX4 33 3.7%
6 Ford S-Max 30 3.4%
7 Toyota Avensis 30 3.4%
8 Peugeot 3008 26 2.9%
9 Opel Astra 22 2.5%
10 Skoda Yeti 20 2.2%
11 Nissan Qashqai 19 2.1%
12 Citroen Berlingo 17 1.9%
13 Kia Cee’d 17 1.9%
14 Peugeot 5008 17 1.9%
15 Toyota RAV4 16 1.8%
16 Mitsubishi Outlander 14 1.6%
17 Toyota Land Cruiser Prado 14 1.6%
18 Skoda Octavia 13 1.5%
19 VW Passat 13 1.5%
20 Hyundai i30 12 1.3%
21 Hyundai ix35 12 1.3%

Latvia 8 months 2012:

Pos Model 8m 2012 % /11 H1 Q1 2011
1 VW Golf 272 3.8% -51% 1 2 1
2 Nissan Juke 271 3.7% 99% 2 1 4
3 Peugeot 5008 239 3.3% 48% 3 4 22
4 Peugeot 3008 222 3.1% 78% 5 8 24
5 Toyota Avensis 217 3.0% 32% 8 11 5
6 VW Passat 216 3.0% -13% 6 3 2
7 Skoda Yeti 212 2.9% 88% 4 9 20
8 VW Tiguan 181 2.5% -28% 7 7 3
9 Ford Focus 164 2.3% -35% 9 10 10
10 VW Jetta 159 2.2% 238% 12 12 23
11 Opel Astra 159 2.2% 16% 10 16 6
12 Toyota Land Cruiser Prado 145 2.0% 26% 11 5 11
13 Toyota RAV4 134 1.8% 8% 13 13 7
14 Nissan Qashqai 132 1.8% -5% 14 6 12
15 Skoda Octavia 113 1.6% -17% 15 14 9
16 Dacia Duster 101 1.4% 25% 16 19 16
17 Kia Sportage 92 1.3% 51% 18 27 28
18 Toyota Auris 90 1.2% 3% 20 21 17
19 Mitsubishi Outlander 88 1.2% -7% 22 18 15
20 Renault Laguna 88 1.2% 2833% 17  - n/a
21 Subaru Outback 83 1.1% 15% 25 25 n/a
22 Hyundai ix35 80 1.1% 60% 27 23 27
23 Ford Fiesta 80 1.1% 129% 19 67 48
24 Peugeot 508 76 1.0% 100% 23 29 35
25 Citroen Berlingo 75 1.0% 108% 37 20 38
26 Toyota Corolla 75 1.0% -18% 24 39 18
27 Nissan Note 75 1.0% 971% 21 53 75
28 Ford S-Max 73 1.0% 630% n/a n/a n/a
29 Suzuki SX4 69 1.0% -27% 44 24 19
30 Hyundai i30 69 1.0% -38% 29 28 13
31 Fiat 500 69 1.0% 1% 26 22 82
32 Hyundai i20 69 1.0% 60% 28 43 36
33 Lexus RX 67 0.9% 20% 33 38 30
34 Toyota Verso 66 0.9% 40% 53 44 26
35 VW Caddy 65 0.9% -38% 31 31 8
36 Kia Cee’d 62 0.9% 82% 65 n/a 41
37 Toyota Yaris 62 0.9% 51% 42 40 43
38 Opel Insignia 62 0.9% 24% 30 34 32
39 Hyundai i40 61 0.8% 771% 38 47 94
40 Renault Trafic 60 0.8% 33% 39 30 39
41 Range Rover Evoque 60 0.8% new 35 35 42
42 Citroen C4 59 0.8% -16% 40 32 33
43 Skoda Fabia 55 0.8% -10% 32 15 29
44 Honda CR-V 54 0.7% 8% 34 26 31
45 Renault Scenic 52 0.7% -52% 36 17 88
46 VW Polo 50 0.7% -33% 48 56 25
47 Porsche Cayenne 50 0.7% 9% 41 37 52
48 BMW X3 48 0.7% 30% 43 42 58
49 Volvo XC60 46 0.6% 35% 46 36 37
50 Audi A6 45 0.6% 80% 54 55 59
51 Honda Civic 42 0.6% 31% 52 80 64
52 Volvo V70/XC70 42 0.6% -2% 45 41 40
53 VW Sharan 41 0.6% 41% 49 79 61
54 Mitsubishi ASX 40 0.6% 11% 47 33 34
55 BMW X6 39 0.5% -22% 64 58 45
56 Opel Corsa 38 0.5% 41% 50 n/a 67
57 VW Caravelle/Multivan 37 0.5% -70% n/a 60 55
58 BMW 5 Series 36 0.5% -12% 59 45 44
59 Renault Megane 35 0.5% -88% 56 61 14
60 Mercedes ML Class 34 0.5% 209% 63 63 96
61 Mercedes E Class 34 0.5% 113% 60 59 57
62 Renault Master 34 0.5% 1600% 61 54  -
63 Audi Q5 32 0.4% 45% 55 51 53
64 Hyundai Santa Fe 31 0.4% 35% 67 52 60
65 Subaru Forester 31 0.4% -6% n/a 70 46
66 VW Touareg 31 0.4% 19% 58 50 70
67 Peugeot Bipper 31 0.4% 138% 51 n/a n/a
68 Fiat Punto 30 0.4% 650% 62 n/a n/a
69 VW CC 28 0.4% 87% 68 65 n/a
70 Toyota Land Cruiser V8 27 0.4% 50% n/a n/a n/a
71 Citroen C3 Picasso 27 0.4% 2600% n/a 93 76
72 Mitsubishi Pajero 27 0.4% -27% 66 48 50
73 BMW 3 Series 26 0.4% 18% 69 86 77
74 BMW X5 26 0.4% -7% 70 62 66
75 VW Up! 25 0.3% new 72 57  -
76 Peugeot 308 24 0.3% -17% n/a 75 65
77 Audi A4 24 0.3% -17% n/a 46 74
78 Opel Meriva 23 0.3% -18% 71 68
79 Audi Q3 22 0.3% new n/a  -  -
80 Citroen DS5 22 0.3% new n/a  -  -

Source: www.lpaa.lv

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