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Iceland mid-November 2012: Skoda Citigo and Dacia Duster up

November 17th, 2012 Leave a comment Go to comments

Dacia Duster

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332 new vehicles found a buyer over the first half of November in Iceland, bringing the year-to-date total to 7,710 units. The Skoda Octavia leads again with 30 sales and 9% share, and is now only 4 units below the Toyota Yaris in the 2012 year-to-date ranking at 481 units and 6.2% vs. 485 and 6.3% for the Yaris, down to #4 over the period. Volkswagen is the #1 brand in the country and places the Polo at #2 with 27 sales and 8.1% and the Golf at #3 with 21 units and 6.3%.

Other great performers include the VW Tiguan at #5 vs. #22 year-to-date, the Honda CR-V at #6, the Hyundai i30 at #8, Renault Megane at #9 and the Renault Clio at #10 thanks to the new generation. The Skoda Citigo is up to #14 with 6 sales while the Dacia Duster makes its first appearance in the Icelandic ranking, directly at #15 with 6 units sold also. Notice also the Volvo V40 at #19 with 5 sales.

Previous month: Iceland October 2012: Skoda Octavia catches up on Toyota Yaris

Previous year: Iceland Full Year 2011: Skoda Octavia takes the lead

Full mid-November 2012 Top 30 Ranking Table below.

Iceland mid-November 2012:

Pos Model 1/2 Nov % Oct 2012 % Pos 2011
1 Skoda Octavia 30 9.0% 1 481 6.2% 2 1
2 VW Polo 27 8.1% 44 337 4.4% 3 3
3 VW Golf 21 6.3% 12 223 2.9% 6 8
4 Toyota Yaris 14 4.2% 2 485 6.3% 1 5
5 VW Tiguan 9 2.7% 10 101 1.3% 22 n/a
6 Honda CR-V 8 2.4% 5 139 1.8% 13 9
7 Kia Rio 7 2.1%  - 164 2.1% 10 n/a
8 Hyundai i30 7 2.1% 9 127 1.6% 15 15
9 Renault Megane 7 2.1% 20 117 1.5% 19 n/a
10 Renault Clio 7 2.1% 28 29 0.4% n/a n/a
11 Toyota Land Cruiser 150 6 1.8% 45 251 3.3% 4 4
12 VW Caddy 6 1.8% 3 93 1.2% 26 n/a
13 Mercedes Sprinter 6 1.8% 38 57 0.7% 40 n/a
14 Skoda Citigo 6 1.8%  - 9 0.1% n/a  -
15 Dacia Duster 6 1.8%  - 8 0.1% n/a  -
16 Nissan Qashqai 5 1.5% 11 224 2.9% 5 13
17 Kia Cee’d 5 1.5% 4 209 2.7% 7 17
18 Kia Picanto 5 1.5% n/a 94 1.2% 25 n/a
19 Volvo V40 5 1.5%  - 6 0.1% n/a  -
20 VW Caravelle 5 1.5%  - 5 0.1% n/a n/a
21 Toyota Auris 4 1.2% 30 183 2.4% 9 n/a
22 VW Passat 4 1.2% 6 156 2.0% 11 12
23 Suzuki Grand Vitara 4 1.2% 15 137 1.8% 14 2
24 Toyota RAV4 4 1.2% 35 113 1.5% 20 21
25 Nissan Micra 4 1.2% 47 100 1.3% 23 16
26 Kia Sorento 4 1.2% 36 98 1.3% 24 14
27 Mazda2 4 1.2% 21 75 1.0% 29 n/a
28 Skoda Superb 4 1.2% 48 75 1.0% 30 27
29 Ford Fiesta 4 1.2% 25 65 0.8% 36 18
30 Peugeot 208 4 1.2% 8 31 0.4% 60  -
31 Subaru Forester 4 1.2% n/a 22 0.3% n/a n/a

Source: www.us.is

Categories: Iceland
  1. AndyT
    November 19th, 2012 at 20:06 | #1
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    Agree. Will be interesting to see how Dacia does in the UK when launched Dec/ Jan.

  2. Paul
    November 18th, 2012 at 11:46 | #2
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    Starting to look like Dacia may be the very thing that drags Renault through the Great European depression of 2011-2015 alive.

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