Spain April 2014: Seat Ibiza triumphs in market up 29%

Seat Ibiza

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Stuck in hell for a few very long years, the Spanish new car market is definitely smelling the roses now: up 28% year-on-year to 80,210 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 282,502 units, up 16% on 2013. In both cases (April and year-to-date), these are the best scores since 2010 and the 2nd best-performance since 2008. Very encouraging figures indeed. Brand-wise, Seat reclaims the throne thanks to 8,513 sales and 10.6% share, two percentage points above its year-to-date level, leaving Volkswagen in the dust this month at 7,808 units and 9.7%  but not year-to-date (9.2% vs. 8.6%) with Opel in third place in both rankings. Ford is up 48%, Citroen up 56%, Hyundai up 43%, Dacia up 133%, Kia up 48%, Skoda up 62%, Mazda up 105%, Lancia up 125% and Porsche up 93%. I told you – it’s a good month to be in Spain.

Dacia more than doubles its sales year-on-year in Spain in April.

In the models ranking, the Seat Ibiza confirms it loves the month of April – traditionally when car rental companies start to purchase big batches in preparation for Summer: it jumps up to 5% of the market thanks to 4,006 sales, its best share at home since… April 2013 (5.2%) and nearly double the market share it commended last January (2.7%). The Ibiza therefore leads the Spanish car sales for the 2nd month running, something that had not happened in at least two years.

The Macan is already Porsche’s best-seller in Spain.

The Seat Leon remains at an excellent second spot both this month with 3,155 sales and 3.9% and year-to-date at 9,545 units and 3.4%, and is followed in both rankings by the Opel Corsa, also boosted by rental companies. The Peugeot 208 is back up 5 spots on March to #5, the Ford Focus up 6 to #7, VW Tiguan up 7 to #15, Peugeot 3008 up 17 to #22 and the Fiat 500L is up 15 ranks to #23. Further down, the Kia Carens gains 24 ranks to #43, the Seat Alhambra enjoys a second wind, up 67 to #62, the Mercedes GLA maintains itself inside the Top 100 at #95 and the Porsche Macan is the brand’s best-seller already (it’s becoming a habit!) for its first appearance in the Spanish ranking at #135 with 72 sales.

Previous month: Spain March 2014: Seat Ibiza leads, only 20 sales above Leon

One year ago: Spain April 2013: “I’m not dead” says Seat Ibiza

Full April 2014 Top 215 models and Top 47 All-brands Ranking Tables below.