Spain June 2024: Cupra breaks all records, rental sales pull market up 2.2%

Cupra is up to a record #13 this month.

The Spanish new car market edges up 2.2% year-on-year in June to 103,357 sales, leading to a year-to-date volume up 5.9% to 535,243. Like last month, sales to rental companies single-handedly pull the market in positive territory as they progress +15.4% year-on-year to 28,504 units and 27.6% share vs. 24.4% a year ago. In contrast private sales drop -1.7% to 37,8907 and company sales fall -2.3% to 36,946. Year-to-date, rental sales are by far the best performing again at +37.9% to 138,489 while private sales grow +6.1% to 216,492 and company sales sink -10.3% to 180,262. La rioja is the most dynamic region by far at +24.8% year-on-year, followed by Cantabria (+8%), Madrid (+7%) and Canarias (+5.7%). 

Toyota (+20.8%) sports a fantastic gain to remain in the lead of the brands charts with 8.4% share vs. 9.1% so far this year. Seat (+27.8%) does even better and rallies back up five spots on last month to #2, a ranking it also holds year-to-date. Volkswagen (+3%) and Renault (+1.1%) both advance one spot to #3 and #4 respectively, with Renault up to #6 year-to-date. Hyundai (-9.7%) is in difficulty at #5 but climbs to #4 YTD, passing Peugeot (-10%). Mercedes (+28.5%), Citroen (+12.1%) and Dacia (+5.5%) also beat the market below. Further down, Cupra (+64.5%) breaks all its records at #13 with 3,377 sales and 3.3% share, its previous best being 2,697 sales in March 2023 and #15 and 2.9% share last April. Chinese fare Omoda is up to a record #24.

Model-wise, the Dacia Sandero (+14.2%) reclaims the top spot it holds year-to-date with 3.1% share, but the Seat Arona (+33.7%) rallies back up 10 spots on last month to end June at #2 only 60 units below the Sandero. As a result the Arona climbs up to #2 year-to-date, like over the Full Year 2023. The Seat Ibiza (+44.6%) also lodges a fantastic month at #3, distancing the Toyota Corolla (+12.9%) and Citroen C3 (+42.3%), leader last month. The Toyota C-HR (+17.3%) and Kia Sportage (+16.9%) also shine in the remainder of the Top 10. The Citroen C4 (+36.2%) surges 28 ranks on May to #11 and the Cupra Leon is up 110% to #15, vastly outselling the Seat Leon at #35. The Renault Symbioz makes its first appearance in the charts at #98.

Previous month: Spain May 2024: Rental sales push market up 3.4%, Citroen C3 best-seller for the first time

One year ago: Spain June 2023: MG breaks ranking, volume and share records, Sandero #1 YTD, market up 13.3%

Full June 2024 Top 60 All brands and Top 316 All models below.