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Iceland January 2013: Honda CR-V triumphs

February 3rd, 2013 Leave a comment Go to comments

Honda CR-V

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As the days reach their shortest of the year and with the country pretty much in darkness for most of the month, 507 new vehicles found a buyer in Iceland in January. Surprise on top: the Honda CR-V triumphs, helped by the arrival of the new generation of the model, with 40 sales and 7.9% share. It is followed by the 2012 leader the Toyota Yaris at 37 units and 7.3% while the Chevrolet Captiva brilliantly rounds up the podium with 29 sales and 5.7% vs. #21 and 1.4% over the Full Year 2012.

Dodge Durango

Other great performers this month in Iceland include the Chevrolet Spark at #6 vs. #14 in 2012, the Suzuki Grand Vitara up to #8 vs. #15, the VW Caddy up to #9 vs. #23, Kia Sportage at #10 vs. #25, the Dodge Durango at an exceptional 13th place whereas it didn’t break into the FY2012 Top 100, the Mitsubishi Pajero at #16 vs. #32, the Chevrolet Cruze at #19 vs. #28 and the Mazda6 at #21 vs. #79.

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Full January 2013 Top 50 models and Top 20 brands Ranking Tables below.

Iceland January 2013 – brands:

 


Pos Brand Jan %
1 Volkswagen 70 13.8%
2 Toyota 69 13.6%
3 Chevrolet 53 10.5%
4 Honda 43 8.5%
5 Suzuki 31 6.1%
6 Kia 30 5.9%
7 Renault 25 4.9%
8 Mercedes 24 4.7%
9 Ford 21 4.1%
10 Nissan 19 3.7%
11 Skoda 13 2.6%
12 Audi 12 2.4%
13 Citroen 11 2.2%
14 Mazda 11 2.2%
15 Dodge 9 1.8%
16 Hyundai 9 1.8%
17 Volvo 8 1.6%
18 Mitsubishi 7 1.4%
19 BMW 6 1.2%
20 Opel 6 1.2%

Iceland January 2013 – models:

Pos Model Jan % 1/2 Dec 2012 % Pos
1 Honda CR-V 40 7.9% 3 6 163 1.9% 12
2 Toyota Yaris 37 7.3% 1 13 523 6.2% 1
3 Chevrolet Captiva 29 5.7% 2 n/a 119 1.4% 21
4 VW Golf 26 5.1% 4 5 246 2.9% 6
5 Toyota Auris 17 3.4% 7 23 189 2.2% 10
6 Chevrolet Spark 16 3.2% 5 n/a 146 1.7% 14
7 Nissan Qashqai 16 3.2% 6 22 232 2.7% 7
8 Suzuki Grand Vitara 16 3.2% n/a 35 140 1.6% 15
9 VW Caddy 12 2.4% 8 16 115 1.4% 23
10 Kia Sportage 10 2.0% 12 24 102 1.2% 25
11 VW Tiguan 10 2.0% 22 4 137 1.6% 16
12 Renault Megane 9 1.8% 13 37 120 1.4% 20
13 Dodge Durango 8 1.6% 9 26 n/a n/a n/a
14 Skoda Octavia 8 1.6% 14 19 495 5.8% 2
15 Kia Rio 7 1.4% 10 14 175 2.1% 11
16 Mitsubishi Pajero 7 1.4% 11  - 77 0.9% 32
17 Toyota Land Cruiser 150 7 1.4% 19 9 280 3.3% 5
18 VW Passat 7 1.4% 20 2 205 2.4% 8
19 Chevrolet Cruze 6 1.2% n/a 10 84 1.0% 28
20 Kia Cee’d 6 1.2% 17 1 281 3.3% 4
21 Mazda6 6 1.2% 26  - 21 0.2% 79
22 Mercedes Sprinter 6 1.2% 28 41 60 0.7% 42
23 Renault Master 6 1.2% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
24 Suzuki Jimny 6 1.2% n/a 12 135 1.6% 17
25 VW Polo 6 1.2% 21 8 354 4.2% 3
26 Ford Focus 5 1.0% n/a 28 134 1.6% 18
27 Audi A4 4 0.8% 15 7 65 0.8% 38
28 Audi Q7 4 0.8% 16 11 25 0.3% 72
29 Dacia Duster 4 0.8% n/a 21 16 0.2% 92
30 Hyundai Santa Fe 4 0.8% n/a 20 63 0.7% 40
31 Kia Sorento 4 0.8% n/a 15 115 1.4% 22
32 Mercedes GLK Class 4 0.8% 27 n/a 29 0.3% 67
33 Peugeot 208 4 0.8% 29 n/a 38 0.4% 52
34 Renault Clio 4 0.8% 30 n/a 34 0.4% 60
35 Renault Kangoo 4 0.8% n/a n/a 38 0.4% 53
36 Subaru Legacy 4 0.8% 18 n/a 31 0.4% 66
37 Suzuki Kizashi 4 0.8% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
38 Suzuki Swift 4 0.8% 31 34 190 2.2% 9
39 BMW X5 3 0.6% n/a n/a 24 0.3% 74
40 Citroen C-Zero 3 0.6% 23  - n/a n/a n/a
41 Ford Transit 3 0.6% n/a n/a 69 0.8% 36
42 Ford Transit Connect 3 0.6% 24  - 16 0.2% 94
43 Land Rover Discovery 3 0.6% n/a n/a 68 0.8% 37
44 Mazda3 3 0.6% 25 42 52 0.6% 45
45 Mercedes B Class 3 0.6% n/a n/a 37 0.4% 55
46 Opel Insignia 3 0.6% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
47 Skoda Superb 3 0.6% n/a 39 80 0.9% 30
48 Toyota Avensis 3 0.6% n/a 40 76 0.9% 33
49 Toyota Prius 3 0.6% n/a  - 18 0.2% 89
50 Volvo V40 3 0.6% n/a 33 10 0.1% n/a
51 VW Touareg 3 0.6% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
52 VW Up! 3 0.6% n/a n/a 14 0.2% 100

Source: www.us.is

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    February 3rd, 2013 at 02:42 | #1
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    Shouldn’t the vitara be considered 6th also since it’s a tie? It loses two positions for being alphabetically challenged.

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