Italy November 2012: Fiat 500L breaks into Top 10! UPDATE

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Italy November 2012: Fiat 500L breaks into Top 10! UPDATE

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Fiat 500L

* NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 50 best-selling models and brands! See title *

No improvement in sight for new car sales in Italy: down 20% year-on-year both in November to 107,269 registrations and year-to-date at 1,322,153 units. After breaking the 10% market share barrier for the first time in 23 years last month, the Fiat Panda stays at very high levels in November, selling 10,280 units for a 9.6% share and reinforcing its 2012 leadership at 110,978 sales and 8.4%. Reversely the Fiat Punto is stuck at lowest-ever levels: at 5,201 units and 4.8%, its 4th ever month below 5% share after last October (4.7%), last August (4.6%) and September 2008 (4.7%).

Ford B-Max

The Ford Fiesta stays #3 but drops to 3% share, ahead of the Lancia Ypsilon (+2), Fiat 500 (-1), Peugeot 208 (-1) and VW Polo (+1). The Nissan Qashqai spends its 2nd month in a row in the Top 10, up 2 spots on October to #8 with 2,328 sales and 2.2%, equalling its highest share ever in the country also reached in January 2009. But the biggest event by far this month in Italy is the arrival in the Top 10 of the Fiat 500L, up a huge 40 spots on October to land directly at #9 with 2,115 units and 2%.

Fiat Idea

If confirmed across Europe, the 500L could be the success story Fiat had been needing to get its finances back in order… It could be a case of the ‘right car at the right time’ for the Italian car manufacturer. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves (yet) but Fiat’s previous incursion into the mini MPV segment, the Fiat Idea, never did better than #11 in June 2005… So the Fiat 500L has already outperformed the Idea only a couple of months into its launch.

Land Rover sales are up 19% year-on-year in Italy this month.

Further down, the BMW 3 Series confirms its great shape, up one further spot to #22, the Mercedes A-Class is up 13 to #23 thanks to the new generation now widely available, the Ford B-Max lands at a world-best #26 with 956 sales and 0.9%, the BMW X3 stays really solid at #35 while the BMW X1 is up to #46. There is now also a Top 45 All-brands ranking available! The only car makers to progress this month are Peugeot at #5 (+6%), Kia at #16 (+10%), Land Rover at #23 (+19%), Jaguar at #32 (+17%), Infiniti at #38 (+50%) and Lamborghini at #43 (+50%)…

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Full November 2012 Top 50 models and Top 45 brands Ranking Tables below.

Italy November 2012 – models:

Pos	Model	Nov	%	Nov	2012	%	Pos	2011
1	Fiat Panda	10,280	9.6%	1	110,978	8.4%	1	2
2	Fiat Punto	5,201	4.8%	2	75,546	5.7%	2	1
3	Ford Fiesta	3,231	3.0%	3	39,821	3.0%	5	3
4	Lancia Ypsilon	3,098	2.9%	6	42,390	3.2%	3	5
5	Fiat 500	2,682	2.5%	4	40,676	3.1%	4	4
6	Peugeot 208	2,651	2.5%	5	17,321	1.3%	17	-
7	VW Polo	2,339	2.2%	8	30,017	2.3%	7	7
8	Nissan Qashqai	2,328	2.2%	10	22,398	1.7%	12	12
9	Fiat 500 L	2,115	2.0%	49	3,909	0.3%	n/a	-
10	Toyota Yaris	2,110	2.0%	11	25,405	1.9%	10	14
11	Renault Clio	2,026	1.9%	13	21,521	1.6%	13	13
12	VW Golf	1,924	1.8%	7	33,055	2.5%	6	6
13	Citroen C3	1,891	1.8%	15	27,591	2.1%	9	10
14	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	1,798	1.7%	9	28,079	2.1%	8	9
15	Opel Corsa	1,792	1.7%	12	24,063	1.8%	11	8
16	Smart Fortwo	1,599	1.5%	14	20,608	1.6%	14	16
17	Opel Astra	1,398	1.3%	19	17,995	1.4%	16	11
18	Ford C-Max	1,307	1.2%	32	15,783	1.2%	18	19
19	Lancia Musa	1,307	1.2%	16	13,243	1.0%	22	30
20	Fiat Freemont	1,118	1.0%	30	13,521	1.0%	21	45
21	Ford Focus	1,066	1.0%	22	18,326	1.4%	15	15
22	BMW Serie 3	1,062	1.0%	23	9,763	0.7%	33	58
23	Mercedes A Class	999	0.9%	36	7,490	0.6%	50	27
24	VW Tiguan	980	0.9%	20	14,171	1.1%	19	37
25	Hyundai ix35	969	0.9%	28	12,596	1.0%	23	42
26	Ford B-Max	956	0.9%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	-
27	Nissan Juke	951	0.9%	18	11,504	0.9%	24	25
28	Toyota Aygo	922	0.9%	21	9,579	0.7%	37	26
29	Mercedes B Class	876	0.8%	17	11,228	0.8%	25	n/a
30	Chevrolet Spark	861	0.8%	27	10,839	0.8%	27	31
31	Kia Sportage	828	0.8%	33	7,124	0.5%	55	n/a
32	Audi A4	826	0.8%	40	9,691	0.7%	34	28
33	VW Passat	822	0.8%	29	9,682	0.7%	35	32
34	Renault Megane	804	0.7%	45	10,579	0.8%	29	24
35	BMW X3	798	0.7%	31	7,903	0.6%	45	51
36	VW Up!	795	0.7%	35	8,004	0.6%	44	-
37	Fiat Qubo	766	0.7%	58	10,050	0.8%	30	38
38	Dacia Duster	756	0.7%	24	13,866	1.0%	20	22
39	Opel Zafira	742	0.7%	42	7,334	0.6%	52	n/a
40	Nissan Micra	731	0.7%	n/a	9,881	0.7%	32	35
41	Mini	730	0.7%	38	9,215	0.7%	39	17
42	Opel Meriva	727	0.7%	48	11,164	0.8%	26	21
43	Citroen C1	696	0.6%	n/a	3,961	0.3%	n/a	n/a
44	Audi A1	692	0.6%	37	9,233	0.7%	38	40
45	Lancia Delta	687	0.6%	43	9,590	0.7%	36	33
46	BMW X1	649	0.6%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
47	Hyundai i20	646	0.6%	47	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
48	Mini Countryman	645	0.6%	39	7,441	0.6%	51	n/a
49	Hyundai ix20	635	0.6%	52	8,101	0.6%	43	46
50	Range Rover Evoque	626	0.6%	41	6,984	0.5%	56	n/a

Italy November 2012 – brands:

Pos	Brand	Nov-12	%	/11	2012	%	/11	Pos	2011
1	Fiat	23,269	21.7%	-14%	276,595	20.9%	-19%	1	1
2	Ford	7,762	7.2%	-21%	93,699	7.1%	-33%	3	2
3	Volkswagen	7,724	7.2%	-27%	107,534	8.1%	-17%	2	3
4	Opel	6,061	5.7%	-33%	74,599	5.6%	-31%	4	4
5	Peugeot	5,780	5.4%	6%	65,025	4.9%	-12%	7	8
6	Lancia/Chrysler	5,188	4.8%	-23%	67,256	5.1%	-16%	5	5
7	Citroen	4,626	4.3%	-24%	65,175	4.9%	-16%	6	7
8	Renault	4,413	4.1%	-42%	55,171	4.2%	-30%	8	6
9	Toyota	4,407	4.1%	-9%	49,987	3.8%	-19%	9	9
10	Nissan	4,139	3.9%	-17%	46,332	3.5%	-22%	11	10
11	BMW	3,681	3.4%	-6%	39,379	3.0%	-17%	14	13
12	Audi	3,587	3.3%	-17%	48,123	3.6%	-15%	10	11
13	Hyundai	3,354	3.1%	-14%	40,624	3.1%	0%	12	15
14	Mercedes	3,051	2.8%	-27%	38,940	2.9%	-17%	15	14
15	Alfa Romeo	2,649	2.5%	-26%	39,610	3.0%	-28%	13	12
16	Kia	2,310	2.2%	10%	25,460	1.9%	43%	17	21
17	Chevrolet	2,061	1.9%	-26%	29,361	2.2%	-3%	16	16
18	Dacia	1,762	1.6%	-17%	24,287	1.8%	1%	18	17
19	Smart	1,599	1.5%	-5%	20,606	1.6%	-10%	19	18
20	Mini	1,375	1.3%	-32%	16,658	1.3%	-16%	20	20
21	Volvo	1,242	1.2%	-12%	13,749	1.0%	-21%	21	22
22	Suzuki	1,202	1.1%	-24%	13,663	1.0%	-32%	22	19
23	Land Rover	1,098	1.0%	19%	11,881	0.9%	39%	23	25
24	Skoda	849	0.8%	-20%	9,423	0.7%	-29%	25	24
25	Seat	761	0.7%	-46%	9,934	0.8%	-34%	24	23
26	Jeep/Dodge	543	0.5%	-11%	6,038	0.5%	-17%	26	27
27	Subaru	368	0.3%	-15%	3,390	0.3%	-24%	29	30
28	Mazda	349	0.3%	-26%	3,990	0.3%	-37%	28	29
29	Honda	334	0.3%	-53%	5,046	0.4%	-40%	27	26
30	Porsche	250	0.2%	-35%	3,219	0.2%	-21%	31	31
31	Mitsubishi	167	0.2%	-72%	3,385	0.3%	-53%	30	28
32	Jaguar	115	0.1%	17%	1,138	0.1%	-3%	33	36
33	SsangYong	99	0.1%	-29%	1,103	0.1%	-39%	34	34
34	Daihatsu	93	0.1%	-54%	1,353	0.1%	-54%	32	32
35	Lexus	76	0.1%	-48%	1,064	0.1%	-21%	35	35
36	DR Motor	41	0.0%	-69%	677	0.1%	-76%	36	33
37	Tata	25	0.0%	-64%	238	0.0%	-72%	38	39
38	Infiniti	18	0.0%	50%	219	0.0%	-58%	39	41
39	Ferrari	13	0.0%	-28%	244	0.0%	-56%	37	40
40	Mahindra	12	0.0%	n/a	43	0.0%	330%	43	45
41	Lada	7	0.0%	n/a	67	0.0%	0%	40	44
42	Aston Martin	4	0.0%	-69%	53	0.0%	-44%	42	42
43	Lamborghini	3	0.0%	50%	59	0.0%	-17%	41	43
44	Saab	2	0.0%	-91%	39	0.0%	-95%	44	38
45	Great Wall	0	0.0%	-100%	10	0.0%	-99%	45	37
-	Others	18	0.0%	-50%	316	0.0%	-35%	-	-