Best Selling Cars – Matt's blog

Skoda Octavia

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Over the first 3 months of 2013, the Hungarian new car market is down 10% to 12,559 registrations. Now that sales of the two generations of Opel Astra are separated again, the Skoda Octavia takes the lead of the models ranking in Hungary over the period thanks to 669 sales and 5.3% share, ahead of the Ford Focus at 492 units and 3.9% and the Dacia Duster up two spots on its FY 2012 ranking to land on the podium with 418 sales and 3.3%.

Dacia Duster

The Skoda Yeti makes a fantastic appearance within the Hungarian Top 5 at #4 with 377 units and 3%, already nearly doubles its sales over the Full Year 2012, while the Suzuki SX4 is up 4 ranks on 2012 to #6, the VW Golf up 5 to #7 and the Opel Astra Classic down 7 to #8. Brand-wise, lots of changes year-on-year: Skoda takes control with 11.8% share while Volkswagen is up 3 spots to #2 and both Opel and Ford are down 2 ranks to #3 and #4 respectively.

Previous post: Hungary 2 months 2013: Opel Astra and Skoda Yeti shine

One year ago: Hungary 3 months 2013: Opel Astra takes the lead

Full 3 months 2013 Top 10 models and brands Ranking Tables below.

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Skoda Yeti

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Over the first 2 months of 2013, the Hungarian passenger car market is down a worrying 19% year-on-year to 7,547 registrations while Light Commercial Vehicles are down 22% to 1,437 units. Like in 2012, the Opel Astra leads the way with 416 sales and 5.5% followed by the Skoda Ocatvia at 403 units and 5.3% and the Ford Focus with 272 sales and 3.6%.

Excellent showing of the Dacia Duster up one spot compared to the FY 2012 ranking to #4 at 243 units and 3.2% while the Skoda Yeti does even better: it is up from outside the Top 30 directly to 5th place with 235 sales and 3.1%. Notice also the VW Golf up from #12 in 2012 to #6, the Suzuki SX4 up from #10 to #7 and the VW Passat up from #15 to #8. The Fiat Ducato leads the LCV ranking at 179 units and 12.5% ahead of the Ford Transit with 149 sales and 10.4% and the Peugeot Boxer at 111 units and 7.7%.

Previous post: Hungary Full Year 2012: Previous gen Opel Astra new #1

One year ago: Hungary 3 months 2012: Opel Astra takes the lead

Full 2 months 2013 Top 10 models and brands Ranking Tables below.

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Opel Astra H

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New car sales in Hungary are up a very encouraging 17% year-on-year in 2012 to 53,059 units, the best year in the country since 2009 but still a far cry from the 234,000 units sold back in 2004…  Opel continues to sell the previous generation Opel Astra in Central Europe and in Hungary it takes the lead this year with 3,102 sales and 5.8% share! The current gen also ranks within the Top 10 at #7 with 1,395 units and 2.6%… Leader last year, the Skoda Octavia is down 7% to #2 and 2,865 sales while the Ford Focus is down 18% to #3 and 2,085 units.

Suzuki Swift

All the other models within the Hungarian Top 10 display explosive growth. Suzuki is back with a vengeance, placing the Swift at #4 (+162%) and the SX4 at #10 (+128%), the Dacia Duster is up 5 spots and 62% to an outstanding 5th position with 1,452 sales and 2.7%, the Skoda Fabia is up a massive 128% to #6 and the Nissan Qashqai up 90% to #9. Brand-wise, Opel leads the way ahead of Skoda and Ford.

Previous post: Hungary 6 months 2012: Opel Astra #1, Suzuki Swift on podium

Previous year: Hungary Full Year 2011: The Skoda Octavia spreads its wings

Full Year 2012 Top 25 models and All-brands Ranking Tables below.

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Opel Astra

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The Hungarian car market continues to recover, up 20% year-on-year over the first 6 months of 2012 at 27,787 registrations. The Opel Astra is the most popular model over the period with 1,713 sales and 6.2%, split between 966 of the previous generation H model and 747 of the J model. The Skoda Octavia, leader in 2011, is #2 with 1,591 units and 5.7%.

Suzuki Swift

The Suzuki Swift confirms it is back in the game in third position with 1,140 sales and 4.1% share. If it holds this ranking until the end of the year it will be the first Suzuki to rank on the podium since 2008 when the Swift was the best-seller. The Ford Focus, Dacia Duster and Renault Fluence follow. Notice also the VW Polo up to #13, the Kia Cee’d up to #16 and the Fiat Grande Punto up to #19.

Previous post: Hungary 5 months 2012: Astra #1 – Has Suzuki got its mojo back?

Previous year: Hungary Full Year 2011: Skoda Octavia spreads its wings

Full 6 months 2012 Top 30 Ranking Table below.

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Opel Astra. Picture by Ciprian Mihai, all rights reserved.

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Hungarian car sales continue to recover brilliantly after a couple of hellish years, up 20% year-on-year over both the first 5 months of 2012 to 22,829 registrations and in May at 4,581 units. Thanks to Zsolti I am able to share with you a Top 20 models ranking for 2012 year-to-date. The Opel Astra confirms it is now Hugary’s favourite with 1,395 sales and 6.1% share. Note this figure include 2 generations of the model the H with 820 units and J with 575. The Skoda Octavia, leader in 2011, is #2 with 1,257 sales and 5.5%.

Suzuki Swift

There was a time when Suzuki dominated the Hungarian market head and shoulders with models built locally, even monopolising the podium in 2007 with the Swift, SX4 and Ignis. The economic crisis that saw Hungarian sales plunge by 60% in 2009 and by 26% in 2010 also took Suzuki with it: the Swift, best-seller in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, dropped to #4 in 2009 and #10 in 2010 before disappearing from the Top 10 completely in 2011. Will 2012 be the year Suzuki was reborn in Hungary? It looks like it, with the Swift up from a dismal #18 over the first 3 months of the year to a shiny #3 with 909 sales and 4% share over 5 months…

Dacia Duster

The other great performer in the Top 20 is the Dacia Duster: below the Ford Focus down to #4, it is up 2 spots to a brilliant 5th place with 693 units sold and a solid 3% market share. The Renault Fluence, Skoda Fabia, Ford Fiesta and Nissan Qashqai all lose ground while the VW Golf reclaims its spot in the Top 10 after finishing #4 both in 2010 and 2011.

Previous post: Hungary 3 months 2012: Opel Astra takes the lead

Previous year: Hungary Full Year 2011: Skoda Octavia spreads its wings

Full 5 months 2012 Top 20 Ranking Table below.

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Opel Astra

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Very healthy start of the year for the Hungarian car market, up 22% to 13,964 registrations over the first 3 months of 2012. #2 over the Full Year 2011, the Opel Astra takes the lead of the models ranking over the period with 831 sales and 6%, ahead of 2011′s best-seller the Skoda Octavia at 800 units and 5.7%. Like in 2011 the Ford Focus rounds up the podium with 522 sales and 3.7%.

Fiat 500

All the following 7 models rank way ahead of their 2011 level: the Renault Fluence is up 4 spots to #4, the Ford Fiesta up 6 to #5, the Skoda Fabia up 12 to #6, the Dacia Duster up 3 to #7, the Nissan Qashqai up 11 to #8, the Fiat 500 up a massive 43 ranks to #9 and the Ford Mondeo up 4 to #10. Notice also the Nissan Juke up 26 spots to a brilliant 15th place.

Previous post: Hungary Full Year 2011: The Skoda Octavia spreads its wings

Full 3 months 2012 Top 30 Ranking Table below.

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Skoda Octavia

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Thanks to Zsolti, I can share with you very detailed information about the best-selling models in Hungary in 2011. Car sales in Hungary are up 7% on 2010 at 56,527 registrations, including 11,433 Light Commercial Vehicles, up 23% on last year.

The Skoda Octavia was #1 ‘only’ in Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland in 2010, and it slowly but surely spreads its wings all across Central and Eastern Europe, adding Croatia, Finland, Estonia, Iceland and now Hungary to the list of countries it conquered in 2011. Up 17% on 2010, it sells 3,079 units for a very robust 5.4% share of the Hungarian market.

Opel Astra GTC

The Opel Astra takes the 2nd spot, up 11% to 2,759 sales and 4.9% and the Ford Focus, #1 in 2010, is down 8% to #3 and 2,541 units. These 3 models are the only ones above 2.1% market share, and the #4, the VW Golf, sells only half of the #3 at 1,208 sales and 2.1%, down 24%.

Ford Transit

The VW Passat at #5, Ford Transit at #6 and #1 LCV and Opel Corsa at #8 are the newcomers in the Top 10. Further down the ranking, notice the Dacia Duster at #10 passenger car, the Suzuki Swift down to #18 overall and the only Suzuki in the Top 20 and the Skoda Superb at #19 overall.

Previous year: Hungary Full Year 2010: Ford Focus, Skoda Octavia and Opel Astra on podium

Full Year 2011 Top 50 Overall, Top 25 Passenger Cars and Top 30 LCV’s below.

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At some stage down 45% on 2009, the Hungarian car market closes the year at -26% in 2010 with 54,165 registrations. This is to be compared to the 223,884 units sold in 2005…

The Ford Focus is the best-selling car in Hungary again this year with 2,757 sales and 5.1% share, just ahead of the Skoda Octavia, up an impressive 30% to 2,632 units (4.9%). The Opel Astra takes the 3rd spot at 2,474 sales (4.6%), down 3%. The VW Golf is up 20% and 6 spots to #4 and is followed by the Skoda Fabia (+35%!), Renault Megane (-12%) and Nissan Qashqai (+12%).

Notice the Renault Fluence landing directly in 8th position for its first year of sales. While in 2007 Suzuki placed 3 models on Hungary’s podium, and in 2009 there were still 3 Suzukis in the Top 5, this year only the Suzuki Swift manages to rank within the Top 10 at #10 with 852 sales, down 65% year-on-year.

Full Year 2010 Top 10 Ranking Table below.

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The Hungarian car market is in dire straits: with only 17,391 registrations over the first 5 months 2010, it drops by 49% vs. 2009, which was already at -50% vs. 2008!

Suzuki models, built in the country, traditionally dominate the ranking, even posting a 1-2-3 in 2007 with the Swift, SX4 and Ignis, but in 2010 Suzuki loses 81% of its sales and only the SX4 survives in the Top 10 in 6th.

The Ford Focus takes the lead at 7% ahead of the Skoda Octavia (5.7%) and the Opel Astra (4.9%).

Full Top 10 Ranking Table below. Read more…

Ford Focus

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Car sales in Hungary have been laminated by the economic crisis: down 60% on 2008 to 61,143 registrations… This context completely reshuffles the models ranking: for only the second time in 10 years after 2003, the best-selling car in the country is not a Suzuki: it’s the Ford Focus, which had discreetly climbed the ladder over the last few years. Its drop of ‘only’ 44% over 2007 enables it to take the lead of the models ranking with 3,304 sales and 5.4% share.

The Suzuki SX4 is now the brand’s best-seller and stays #2 with sales down 65% to 2,997 units and 4.9%. It is followed by the Opel Astra, up 2 spots but down 54% to 2,561 sales and 4.2%. Leader for the last 4 years, the Suzuki Swift is down 72% to #4 and 2,442 units, just above the Suzuki Splash at 2,200 sales (-56%).

Full Year 2009 Top 10 Ranking Table below.

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