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Finland January 2013: Opel Mokka at world-best #18!

February 2nd, 2013 Leave a comment Go to comments

Opel Mokka

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The Finnish new car market is down a horrid 28% year-on-year in January to 10,167 registrations. The Nissan Qashqai confirms it is the country’s favourite vehicle and amazingly delivers its 7th consecutive month in pole position thanks to 486 sales and 4.8% share. The VW Golf (4.6%), Toyota Avensis (4.3%) and Ford Focus (3%) follow while the Volvo V40 breaks into the Finnish monthly Top 5 for the very first time at #5 with 278 units and 2.7%.

Honda CR-V

The Honda CR-V takes advantage of the new generation to jump up to a fantastic 7th place with 269 sales and 2.6% vs. #25 and 1.1% in the Full Year 2012 and the BMW 3 Series continues its impressive progression, up a further 3 spots on December to #8 at 259 units and 2.5% vs. #30 and 1% in FY2012. But the most noticeable arrival in the Finnish Top 30 this month is the all-new Opel Mokka, up to a promising (and world-best so far) #18 spot thanks to 151 sales for a 1.5% market share.

Previous post: Finland Full Year 2012: Nissan Qashqai #1 for the first time

Previous month: Finland December 2012: Skoda Fabia and BMW 3 Series shoot up

One year ago: Finland January 2012: Nissan Qashqai #1 for the first time (yes, same title)

Full January 2013 Top 30 Ranking Table below.

Finland January 2013 – models:

Pos Model Jan % Dec 2012 % Pos
1 Nissan Qashqai 486 4.8% 1 5,102 4.6% 1
2 VW Golf 465 4.6% 2 4,224 3.8% 4
3 Toyota Avensis 439 4.3% 12 4,263 3.9% 3
4 Ford Focus 310 3.0% 6 3,398 3.1% 5
5 Volvo V40 278 2.7% 7 n/a n/a n/a
6 VW Passat 276 2.7% 4 2,683 2.4% 7
7 Honda CR-V 269 2.6% n/a 1,227 1.1% 25
8 BMW 3 Series 259 2.5% 11 1,067 1.0% 30
9 Audi A4 252 2.5% 9 2,103 1.9% 9
10 Kia Cee’d 249 2.4% 10 2,183 2.0% 8
11 Toyota Yaris 244 2.4% 17 3,299 3.0% 6
12 Skoda Octavia 241 2.4% 3 4,534 4.1% 2
13 Kia Rio 235 2.3% n/a 1,551 1.4% 13
14 Volvo V70 205 2.0% 8 1,524 1.4% 14
15 Opel Astra 188 1.8% n/a 2,032 1.8% 10
16 Toyota Auris 184 1.8% 15 1,691 1.5% 12
17 Hyundai i30 174 1.7% n/a 1,341 1.2% 20
18 Opel Mokka 151 1.5% n/a n/a n/a n/a
19 BMW 5 Series 147 1.4% 18 1,314 1.2% 21
20 VW Polo 141 1.4% n/a 1,400 1.3% 18
21 Kia Sportage 132 1.3% n/a 1,088 1.0% 29
22 Ford Fiesta 131 1.3% n/a 1,881 1.7% 11
23 Mercedes E Class 128 1.3% 19 1,233 1.1% 24
24 Volvo V60 112 1.1% 16 1,298 1.2% 22
25 Mercedes C Class 110 1.1% 20 1,390 1.3% 19
26 Skoda Superb 103 1.0% 14 1,455 1.3% 16
27 BMW 1 Series 98 1.0% n/a n/a n/a n/a
28 Audi A6 91 0.9% n/a 1,227 1.1% 26
29 Hyundai i20 87 0.9% n/a 1,422 1.3% 17
30 Volvo XC60 85 0.8% n/a 1,251 1.1% 23

Finland January 2013 – brands:

Pos Brand Jan % 2012 % Pos
1 Volkswagen 1,379 13.6% 13,914 12.7% 1
2 Toyota 1,142 11.2% 13,388 12.2% 2
3 Volvo 773 7.6% 7,553 6.9% 5
4 Kia 718 7.1% 6,361 5.8% 7
5 Ford 634 6.2% 8,503 7.7% 4
6 BMW 622 6.1% 4,198 3.8% 11
7 Nissan 614 6.0% 7,196 6.6% 6
8 Audi 581 5.7% 6,168 5.6% 8
9 Skoda 547 5.4% 8,696 7.9% 3
10 Mercedes 488 4.8% 4,911 4.5% 9
11 Opel 480 4.7% 3,824 3.5% 12
12 Hyundai 428 4.2% 4,390 4.0% 10
13 Honda 348 3.4% 3,140 2.9% 14
14 Citroen 262 2.6% 2,982 2.7% 15
15 Peugeot 226 2.2% 3,326 3.0% 13
16 Mazda 156 1.5% 1,345 1.2% 17
17 Seat 111 1.1% 1,449 1.3% 16
18 Mitsubishi 110 1.1% 1,291 1.2% 18
19 Renault 98 1.0% 1,267 1.2% 19
20 Chevrolet 87 0.9% 1,127 1.0% 20
21 Suzuki 83 0.8% 814 0.7% 22
22 Dacia 72 0.7% 613 0.6% 24
23 Fiat 61 0.6% 682 0.6% 23
24 Mini 39 0.4% 269 0.2% 27
25 Subaru 36 0.4% 1,025 0.9% 21
26 Land Rover 29 0.3% 328 0.3% 25
27 Alfa Romeo 16 0.2% 311 0.3% 26
28 Lexus 10 0.1% 203 0.2% 29
29 Jeep 6 0.1% 251 0.2% 28
30 Jaguar 4 0.0% 97 0.1% 30
31 Porsche 4 0.0% n/a n/a n/a

Source: www.autoalantiedotuskeskus.fi

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  1. Lars
    February 8th, 2013 at 02:39 | #1
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    Hi Max!

    French cars have always sold well in Sweden (Lots of Francophiles!)
    The Citroên B11, DS, CX, GS, Peugeot 404. 204, 504, 205, Renault 4, 16
    -so many memories!

    Fiat used to sell a lot of cars too in the 50´s, 60´s and the early 70´s
    before rust heaps like the 131 Mirafiori, Ritmo etc etc. almost -or
    killed the make here.

  2. Reijo
    February 3rd, 2013 at 07:03 | #2
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    Finland people in general have bad taste; in clothes, interior design and cars. I know cause I am finnish too. Anything that is bland, dull or safe bet would be great success here. Failures are usually original, good looking and rare things.

  3. Steam
    February 3rd, 2013 at 00:46 | #3
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    Sales of Skoda Octavia are going down – probably because of the introduction of the new model. They might recover when the production of the new model really has started.

    Qashqai is really impressive. This is remarkable because it is not a new model.

  4. Max
    February 2nd, 2013 at 22:31 | #4
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    Renault is strong in Sweden, but non-existent in Finland and Norway…why ?

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