Finland December 2012: Skoda Fabia & BMW 3 Series shoot up
BMW 3 Series
* NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 20 best-selling models! Many thanks to Rolf *
* See the Full Year 2012 post here *
New car sales in Finland are down 6% year-on-year in December to 6,375 registrations, bringing the Full Year 2012 total to 109,856 units, down 12% on 2011. The Nissan Qashqai enjoys its 6th consecutive month atop the models ranking and 7th time overall thanks to 355 sales and 5.6% and thus finishes the year at #1 for the first time. The entire Top 4 best-sellers are unchanged vs. November, with the VW Golf taking the 2nd spot followed by the Skoda Octavia and VW Passat.
Mercedes E Class
Excellent performances of the Skoda Fabia up to #5, Volvo V40 solid at #7, Volvo V70 up 14 spots on last month to #8 with 156 units and 2.4% vs. #14 in 2012, Audi A4 up 7 to #9 and BMW 3 Series up 6 to #11 vs. #30 in the Full Year. Notice also the BMW 5 Series up 3 spots to #18 and the Mercedes E-Class up 5 to #19.
Full Year post: Finland Full Year 2012: Nissan Qashqai #1 for the first time
Previous month: Finland November 2012: Hyundai i30 and Honda CR-V impress
One year ago: Finland Full Year 2011: Skoda Octavia new best-seller
Full December 2012 Top 20 Ranking Table below.
Finland December 2012:
| Pos | Model | Dec | % | Nov | 2012 | % | Pos | 2011 |
| 1 | Nissan Qashqai | 355 | 5.6% | 1 | 5,102 | 4.6% | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | VW Golf | 334 | 5.2% | 2 | 4,224 | 3.8% | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | Skoda Octavia | 284 | 4.5% | 3 | 4,534 | 4.1% | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | VW Passat | 263 | 4.1% | 4 | 2,683 | 2.4% | 7 | 5 |
| 5 | Skoda Fabia | 233 | 3.7% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 30 |
| 6 | Ford Focus | 173 | 2.7% | 9 | 3,398 | 3.1% | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | Volvo V40 | 158 | 2.5% | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | - |
| 8 | Volvo V70 | 156 | 2.4% | 22 | 1,524 | 1.4% | 14 | 13 |
| 9 | Audi A4 | 155 | 2.4% | 16 | 2,103 | 1.9% | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Kia Cee’d | 154 | 2.4% | 7 | 2,183 | 2.0% | 8 | 8 |
| 11 | BMW 3 Series | 120 | 1.9% | 17 | 1,067 | 1.0% | 30 | n/a |
| 12 | Toyota Avensis | 110 | 1.7% | 5 | 4,263 | 3.9% | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | Ford Mondeo | 101 | 1.6% | 20 | 1,471 | 1.3% | 15 | 10 |
| 14 | Skoda Superb | 95 | 1.5% | 25 | 1,455 | 1.3% | 16 | 18 |
| 15 | Toyota Auris | 92 | 1.4% | 10 | 1,691 | 1.5% | 12 | 14 |
| 16 | Volvo V60 | 90 | 1.4% | 18 | 1,298 | 1.2% | 22 | 26 |
| 17 | Toyota Yaris | 86 | 1.3% | 8 | 3,299 | 3.0% | 6 | 11 |
| 18 | BMW 5 Series | 84 | 1.3% | 21 | 1,314 | 1.2% | 21 | 20 |
| 19 | Mercedes E Class | 81 | 1.3% | 24 | 1,233 | 1.1% | 24 | 22 |
| 20 | Mercedes C Class | 79 | 1.2% | 27 | 1,390 | 1.3% | 19 | 19 |
Source: www.autoalantiedotuskeskus.fi
Hi Matt,
Happy new year and many thanks for the pleasure you are bringing to so many people all over the world by collecting and publishing all these data.
You can find the real top 10 in Finland for every month at the bottom of http://www.autoalantiedotuskeskus.fi under Pc 10 models. For instance the Volvo V40 has been in the top 10 for the last three months.
Many greetings
Rolf