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Estonia Full Year 2012: Toyota Avensis takes the lead

January 7th, 2013 Leave a comment Go to comments

Toyota Avensis

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The Estonian new car market is up 14% year-on-year in 2012 to 19,408 registrations, and this year the pole position changes hands: the Toyota Avensis is up a fantastic 39% on 2011 to grab the top spot with 782 sales and 4% share, passing the Skoda Octavia down 22% to 747 units and 3.8% and the Nissan Qashqai down 6% to 622 sales and 3.2%. The Subaru Legacy is up 2 spots with stable sales at 506 units while the VW Golf remains #5 with 483 sales, down 7%.

Excellent performance of the Mitsubishi i-MiEV landing directly at #6, up 777% on 2011 for its first full year of sales with 456 units. The Kia Sportage is up 67% to #9, the Toyota Auris up 74% to #10, the Honda Civic up 136% to #12, the Toyota Land Cruiser 150 up 63% to #14, Toyota RAV4 up 33% to #16, the Dacia Duster up 74% to #18 and the Skoda Yeti up 72% to #19. Brand-wise, Toyota flamboyantly passes Skoda to take the lead this year thanks to sales up 43% to 2,493 units and 12.8% share, Kia is up 102% to #7, Subaru up 23% to #8, Mitsubishi up 55% to #12, Dacia up 41% to #15, Chevrolet up 88% to #16 and Audi up 62% to #18.

Previous month: Estonia November 2012: Skoda Octavia #1, Mitsubishi i-MiEV impresses

Previous year: Estonia Full Year 2011: Skoda Octavia and Nissan Qashqai dominate

Full Year 2012 Top 50 models and Top 44 All-brands Ranking Tables below.

Estonia Full Year 2012 – models:

Pos Model 2012 % /11 2011 % Pos 2010
1 Toyota Avensis 782 4.0% 39% 564 3.3% 3 3
2 Skoda Octavia 747 3.8% -22% 953 5.6% 1 2
3 Nissan Qashqai 622 3.2% -6% 661 3.9% 2 4
4 Subaru Legacy/Outback 506 2.6% 0% 504 3.0% 6 5
5 VW Golf 483 2.5% -7% 519 3.0% 5 12
6 Mitsubishi i-MiEV 456 2.3% 777% 52 0.3% n/a 11
7 Renault Megane 455 2.3% -18% 554 3.2% 4 1
8 Honda CR-V 423 2.2% -5% 444 2.6% 7 7
9 Kia Sportage 398 2.1% 67% 239 1.4% 19 n/a
10 Toyota Auris 393 2.0% 74% 226 1.3% 23 19
11 Skoda Superb 351 1.8% -6% 372 2.2% 9 13
12 Honda Civic 345 1.8% 136% 146 0.9% n/a n/a
13 Ford Focus 336 1.7% 12% 301 1.8% 12 6
14 Toyota Land Cruiser 150 299 1.5% 63% 184 1.1% n/a n/a
15 Toyota Corolla 295 1.5% 9% 271 1.6% 13 10
16 Toyota RAV4 294 1.5% 33% 221 1.3% 24 n/a
17 VW Passat 292 1.5% -3% 302 1.8% 11 n/a
18 Dacia Duster 291 1.5% 74% 167 1.0% n/a n/a
19 Skoda Yeti 288 1.5% 72% 167 1.0% n/a n/a
20 Hyundai i30 284 1.5% -29% 402 2.4% 8 16
21 Peugeot 508 275 1.4% 32% 208 1.2% 26  -
22 Opel Astra 271 1.4% -22% 348 2.0% 10 n/a
23 Citroen Berlingo 270 1.4% 12% 242 1.4% 17 14
24 Kia Cee’d 254 1.3% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
25 Hyundai ix35 251 1.3% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
26 Subaru XV 234 1.2% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
27 Skoda Fabia 233 1.2% -9% 257 1.5% 15 9
28 Nissan Juke 226 1.2% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
29 Toyota Yaris 215 1.1% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
30 VW Jetta 205 1.1% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
31 Hyundai i40 203 1.0% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
32 VW Tiguan 181 0.9% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
33 Mazda6 180 0.9% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
34 Subaru Forester 175 0.9% -25% 233 1.4% 21 15
35 Ford Mondeo 165 0.9% -29% 232 1.4% 22 n/a
36 Mitsubishi Outlander 151 0.8% -25% 201 1.2% 28 n/a
37 Honda Accord 140 0.7% -33% 209 1.2% 25 20
38 Chevrolet Cruze 137 0.7% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
39 Peugeot 308 132 0.7% -50% 265 1.6% 14 17
40 Dacia Sandero 127 0.7% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
41 Suzuki SX4 127 0.7% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
42 Hyundai i20 126 0.6% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
43 Peugeot Partner 126 0.6% -51% 257 1.5% 16 n/a
44 Citroen C4 124 0.6% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
45 Opel Insignia 121 0.6% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
46 Renault Trafic 116 0.6% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
47 Kia Rio 113 0.6% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
48 Volvo XC60 112 0.6% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
49 Mitsubishi ASX 109 0.6% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
50 Skoda Roomster 109 0.6% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
51 Renault Scenic 109 0.6% -46% 202 1.2% 27 8

Estonia Full Year 2012 – brands:

Pos Brand 2012 % /11 2011 % Pos
1 Toyota 2,493 12.8% 43% 1,743 10.2% 2
2 Skoda 1,740 9.0% -4% 1,807 10.6% 1
3 Volkswagen 1,719 8.9% 9% 1,573 9.2% 3
4 Peugeot 1,140 5.9% -9% 1,256 7.4% 4
5 Nissan 1,118 5.8% 9% 1,025 6.0% 6
6 Honda 1,001 5.2% 6% 948 5.6% 7
7 Kia 948 4.9% 102% 470 2.8% 14
8 Subaru 923 4.8% 23% 753 4.4% 9
9 Renault 910 4.7% -20% 1,132 6.6% 5
10 Hyundai 886 4.6% 20% 741 4.3% 10
11 Ford 837 4.3% 1% 831 4.9% 8
12 Mitsubishi 767 4.0% 55% 496 2.9% 13
13 Citroen 597 3.1% 1% 593 3.5% 12
14 Opel 591 3.0% -13% 680 4.0% 11
15 Dacia 549 2.8% 41% 389 2.3% 15
16 Chevrolet 405 2.1% 88% 216 1.3% 21
17 Volvo 397 2.0% 12% 355 2.1% 16
18 Audi 349 1.8% 62% 215 1.3% 22
19 BMW 303 1.6% 22% 249 1.5% 20
20 Seat 270 1.4% -14% 314 1.8% 17
21 Mazda 266 1.4% 1% 263 1.5% 19
22 Mercedes 256 1.3% 31% 195 1.1% 23
23 Suzuki 203 1.0% -30% 292 1.7% 18
24 Fiat 160 0.8% 58% 101 0.6% 25
25 Lexus 149 0.8% 71% 87 0.5% 26
26 Jeep 131 0.7% 22% 107 0.6% 24
27 Land Rover 119 0.6% 113% 56 0.3% 27
28 Porsche 61 0.3% 36% 45 0.3% 28
29 Mini 31 0.2% 48% 21 0.1% 29
30 Alfa Romeo 23 0.1% 44% 16 0.1% 31
31 Jaguar 12 0.1% 50% 8 0.0% 34
32 Bentley 10 0.1% 233% 3 0.0% 37
33 Cadillac 7 0.0% 75% 4 0.0% 35
34 Infiniti 7 0.0% 75% 4 0.0% 36
35 Lamborghini 4 0.0% 100% 2 0.0% 39
36 Maserati 4 0.0% 300% 1 0.0% 40
37 Lancia 4 0.0% new 0 0.0%  -
38 Dodge 3 0.0% -79% 14 0.1% 33
39 Micro-Vett 3 0.0% new 0 0.0%  -
40 Chrysler 2 0.0% -87% 15 0.1% 32
41 Ferrari 2 0.0% 100% 1 0.0% 41
42 Saab 1 0.0% -94% 17 0.1% 30
43 Lotus 1 0.0% -67% 3 0.0% 38
44 Aston Martin 1 0.0% 0% 1 0.0% 42

Source: www.mnt.ee, www.whatcar.ee, many thanks to Manic for the tip!

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  1. Steam
    January 11th, 2013 at 04:16 | #1
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    @Adam
    Estonia is a small country. ;)

  2. Adam
    January 8th, 2013 at 10:24 | #2
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    interesting to see an electric car there

  3. miev
    January 7th, 2013 at 20:14 | #3
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    I-Miev is there because Gov. sold CO2 credits to Mitsubishi and bought in turn 500 I-Mievs with low price for (mainly) social workers to use. Of course nordic climate means that during the coldest months of winter range is only about 30 km (20 miles approx)……
    These cars are the bad joke.

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