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Austria October 2012: VW Tiguan passes Golf and takes the lead!

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VW Tiguan

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The Austrian new car market is down 9% year-on-year in October to 26,322 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 293,212 units, down 3% on 2011. It was close in September but this month it has happened: for the first time in 3 years – since October 2009 exactly when the VW Polo ranked #1, the VW Golf is not the best-selling car in Austria in October, the VW Tiguan is, thanks to 892 sales and 3.4% share vs. 839 and 3.2% for the Golf, handicapped by the imminent arrival of the 7th generation. It is the first time the Tiguan leads the Austrian models ranking but not its strongest volume (1,213 units last June) not share (4.3% last December)

In fact the Tiguan is only the 5th model in the last 6 years to have managed to passed the Golf in a monthly ranking after the Audi A4 in August 2008, the Skoda Octavia in February 2009, the Seat Ibiza in June 2009 and the VW Polo in October 2009. Volkswagen monopolises the Austrian podium this month for the 4th time in the last 5 months and like in the 2012 year-to-date ranking with the Polo taking the third position with 765 sales and 2.9%.

Great performances of the Hyundai i30 up 10 spots on September to #4, the Ford Fiesta up 7 to #5 and the Audi A3 up 4 to #6. The Fiat 500 is up 11 ranks to #9, the BMW 3 Series up 13 to #12, the Peugeot 208 up 8 to #16, the Dacia Duster up 33 to #18 and the BMW X3 up 21 to #25. The Dacia Lodgy breaks into the Austrian Top 50 for the first time, landing directly at #33 with 251 sales and 1% share while the Ford B-Max arrives at #60 with 164 units and 0.6% and the Opel Mokka is #88 with 97 sales and 0.4%.

Previous month: Austria September 2012: VW Tiguan only 45 units from #1 spot!

One year ago: Austria October 2011: VW Tiguan and BMW X3 take off

Full October 2012 Top 50 Ranking Table below.

Austria October 2012:

Pos Model Oct % Sep 2012 % Pos 2011
1 VW Tiguan 892 3.4% 2 8,148 2.8% 2 10
2 VW Golf 839 3.2% 1 11,993 4.1% 1 1
3 VW Polo 765 2.9% 13 7,961 2.7% 3 2
4 Hyundai i30 690 2.6% 14 5,322 1.8% 7 7
5 Ford Fiesta 565 2.1% 12 4,739 1.6% 8 13
6 Audi A3 533 2.0% 10 3,618 1.2% 17 19
7 Skoda Octavia 500 1.9% 3 6,554 2.2% 4 6
8 Skoda Fabia 457 1.7% 4 6,269 2.1% 5 5
9 Fiat 500 421 1.6% 20 3,126 1.1% 25 26
10 Kia Cee’d 394 1.5% 7 3,699 1.3% 16 20
11 Seat Ibiza 370 1.4% 8 5,361 1.8% 6 4
12 BMW Serie 3 354 1.3% 25 2,793 1.0% 34 48
13 VW Passat 347 1.3% 15 4,341 1.5% 10 9
14 Audi A4 340 1.3% 11 4,181 1.4% 11 12
15 Ford Focus 338 1.3% 19 3,740 1.3% 14 14
16 Peugeot 208 338 1.3% 24 2,308 0.8% 43  -
17 Opel Astra 316 1.2% 17 4,409 1.5% 9 3
18 Dacia Duster 305 1.2% 51 2,536 0.9% 40 36
19 VW Caddy 304 1.2% 30 2,812 1.0% 32 32
20 VW Bus 301 1.1% 28 2,925 1.0% 30 30
21 Opel Corsa 298 1.1% 22 3,085 1.1% 26 15
22 Nissan Qashqai 281 1.1% 29 3,849 1.3% 13 27
23 Hyundai i20 278 1.1% 6 3,736 1.3% 15 37
24 VW Touran 278 1.1% 26 3,562 1.2% 19 17
25 BMW X3 272 1.0% 46 2,767 0.9% 38 41
26 VW Sharan 262 1.0% 52 3,586 1.2% 18 11
27 VW Up! 259 1.0% 27 2,533 0.9% 41 n/a
28 Audi Q3 258 1.0% 37 2,771 0.9% 37 158
29 Renault Megane 256 1.0% 16 3,412 1.2% 21 18
30 BMW X1 256 1.0% 31 2,023 0.7% 54 31
31 Skoda Yeti 253 1.0% 9 3,319 1.1% 22 44
32 Renault Clio 253 1.0% 36 3,210 1.1% 23 23
33 Dacia Lodgy 251 1.0% n/a 595 0.2% 118  -
34 Citroen C4 Picasso 248 0.9% 42 2,882 1.0% 31 28
35 Seat Alhambra 248 0.9% 48 2,528 0.9% 42 47
36 VW Golf Plus 237 0.9% 44 2,700 0.9% 39 24
37 Renault Scenic 232 0.9% 5 4,008 1.4% 12 16
38 Ford Galaxy 226 0.9% 18 3,178 1.1% 24 25
39 Kia Rio 222 0.8% 43 2,772 0.9% 36 85
40 Hyundai ix35 217 0.8% 47 3,034 1.0% 28 35
41 Fiat Punto 216 0.8% n/a 1,931 0.7% 56 22
42 Kia Sportage 215 0.8% 41 2,297 0.8% 44 50
43 Audi A6 215 0.8% 49 2,275 0.8% 45 59
44 Fiat Panda 213 0.8% 33 2,789 1.0% 35 34
45 Opel Zafira 205 0.8% 32 3,425 1.2% 20 46
46 Ford C-Max 205 0.8% 50 2,812 1.0% 33 29
47 BMW Serie 1 202 0.8% 23 2,953 1.0% 29 61
48 Hyundai ix20 201 0.8% n/a 2,188 0.7% 49 40
49 Toyota Yaris 198 0.8% n/a 2,233 0.8% 46 66
50 Audi Q5 197 0.7% n/a 1,326 0.5% 71 54

Source: www.automotive.co.at

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