Austria May 2013: Skoda Fabia at highest in 16 months

Skoda Fabia

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In May the Austrian new car market is down 10% to 29,094 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 139,925 units, down 9% on 2012. If the VW Golf unsurprisingly keeps the lead with 1,196 sales and 4.3% adding up to 6,672 and 4.8% year-to-date, the #2 model had not ranked that high since January 2012: the Skoda Fabia is up a huge 13 spots on April to land in second position thanks to 918 units sold for a 3.2% market share. The VW Tiguan rounds up the podium with 833 sales and 2.9% ahead of the VW Polo at 2.4% and the Hyundai i20 at 2.1%.

Hyundai ix35

The Hyundai ix35 delivers its second best-ever ranking in the country below the #5 it reached last June, up 3 ranks to #6 at 578 units and 2%. Other great performers this month include the Ford Fiesta up 12 spots to #10, the Seat Leon up 5 to #12, Dacia Sandero up to #26 vs. #48 year-to-date, Ford C-Max up to #36 vs. #113 in 2012 and the Mazda3 up to #44 vs. #128 in 2012…

Previous month: Austria April 2013: BMW 3 Series and Audi Q3 on fire

One year ago: Austria May 2012: Hyundai i30 up to #2, Audi Q3 in Top 20

Full May 2013 Top 50 models and Top 40 All-brands Ranking Tables below.