Skoda Rapid
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The Macedonian new car market continues to struggle: down 20% year-on-year in April to 298 registrations which brings the year-to-date total to 1,266 units, down 10% on 2012. Last month Macedonia became the first country in the world where the Skoda Rapid managed to grab the top spot, and it confirms in April but this time getting rid of the VW Golf to be alone in pole position with 25 sales and an improved 8.4% market share.
The Rapid is #3 year-to-date at 67 units and 5.3% behind the Golf at 89 sales and 7% and the Skoda Yeti at 159 and 12.6% solely thanks to deliveries to the Ministry of Interior back in January. Notice also the Ford Fiesta up 4 spot on March to #3, the Ford Focus up to #4 and now #10 year-to-date and the Chevrolet Spark (#8), Seat Leon (#9) and Toyota Auris (#10) making their appearance in the Macedonian Top 10.
Previous month: Macedonia March 2013: Skoda Rapid in the lead!
Previous year: Macedonia Full Year 2012: VW Golf and Opel Astra on top
Full April 2013 Top 10 models and brands Ranking Tables below.
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Skoda Rapid
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In March, 308 new vehicles found a buyer in Macedonia, bringing the year-to-date total to 968 units. Surprise on top: the Skoda Rapid celebrates its first pole position anywhere in the world thanks to 24 sales and 7.8% share, equal with the VW Golf. Granted, it’s a small market, but still an interesting achievement for the Czech model. Year-to-date, the Skoda Yeti is still by far the most popular model at 159 units and 16.4% solely thanks to deliveries to the Ministry of Interior. Notice also the Renault Fluence and Mitsubishi Colt both holding well at #5 and #7 respectively, the Lada Niva up to #8 and the Citroen C-Elysee making its first appearance in the Macedonian monthly Top 10 at #10.
Previous month: Macedonia February 2013: Skoda Rapid lands at #2
Previous year: Macedonia Full Year 2012: VW Golf and Opel Astra on top
Full March 2013 Top 10 models and brands Ranking Tables below.
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Skoda Rapid
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New car sales in Macedonia are down 8% year-on-year in February to 273 registrations, however thanks to the 150-strong order of National Police Skoda Yetis delivered in January, the market is still up 5% on 2012 year-to-date at 708 units. The VW Golf reclaims its traditional pole position this month thanks to 25 sales and an excellent 9.2% share, but the Skoda Yeti, even if down to just one unit in February, is still leader year-to-date by far with 156 sales and 22% vs. 43 and 6.1% for the Golf.
As early as for its first month in market, the Skoda Rapid brilliantly manages to climb into 2nd place at 18 units and 6.6%, a better score than at home in Czech Republic which is, granted, a much more sizeable market. The VW Passat remains #3 with 12 sales and 4.4% equal with the Skoda Octavia while the Renault Fluence (#5), Mitsubishi Colt (#7) and Fiat Linea (#9) also shine.
Previous month: Macedonia January 2013: Police order sends Skoda Yeti #1
Previous year: Macedonia Full Year 2012: VW Golf and Opel Astra on top
Full February 2013 Top 10 models and brands Ranking Tables below.
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Skoda Yeti
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The Macedonian new car market starts the year in a pretty unusual way: up 13% year-on-year to 435 registrations, however this progression is only due to the delivery to the Minister of Interior of 150 Skoda Yeti. Without them, the market would be down 26% on January 2012… With the Yeti artificially at 35.6% market share (!), Skoda logically dominates the brands ranking for once with 176 sales and 40.5% ahead of Volkswagen at 14.3% and Ford at 4.8%.
This January figure should enable the Skoda Yeri to feature on the 2013 year-end podium even if it sells nothing all year… In 2nd place we find the VW Golf at 18 units and 4.1%, followed by the VW Passat at 3% and the Opel Astra at 2.3%. The Ford Fiesta, Chevrolet Captiva and Skoda Octavia are equal #5 with 7 sales and 1.6% share.
Previous post: Macedonia November 2012: VW Golf reclaims pole position
Previous month: Macedonia December 2012: Great Wall Voleex C10 in Top 10
Full January 2013 Top 10 models and brands Ranking Tables below.
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VW Golf VII
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Difficult year for new car sales in Macedonia, down 31% on 2011 to 4,816 registrations, the weakest annual tally in the last 10 years and far off the 2008 record of 17,744 units… The VW Golf is the most popular model in the country with 258 sales and 5.4% share, well above the Opel Astra at 176 units and 3.8% with the VW Polo rounding up the podium with 134 sales and 2.8%. The VW Passat makes it 3 Volkswagens in the Top 4 by ranking #4 at 128 units and 2.7%, followed by the Skoda Fabia and Hyundai i30. The Fiat Punto and Citroen C4 round up the Top 10.
Previous post: Macedonia December 2012: Great Wall Voleex C10 in Top 10
Previous month: Macedonia November 2012: VW Golf reclaims pole position
Full Year 2012 Top 10 models and brands Ranking Tables below.
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Great Wall Voleex C10
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The Macedonian new car market continues to crumble, down 40% year-on-year in December to 301 registrations, bringing the Full Year 2012 total to 4,816 units, the weakest annual tally in the last 10 years… The models podium is unchanged on November, with the VW Golf in the lead at 17 sales and 5.6% share, followed by the Opel Astra at 3.7% and the Ford Fiesta at 3.3%, now equal with the Citroen C1. Now that Great Wall manufactures cars in Bulgaria and is met there with great sales success, its expansion throughout Eastern Europe has started. This month, the Great Wall Voleex C10 ranks #5 in Macedonia with 9 sales and 3% share and Great Wall jumps into the Top 10 most popular brands at #10 and 4.7% share. Still very small numbers, but the invasion is on its way…
Previous month: Macedonia November 2012: VW Golf reclaims pole position
Full December 2012 Top 10 models and brands Ranking Tables below.
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VW Golf
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The Republic of Macedonia is now a monthly fixture on BSCB thanks to Rutger, and November brings the Macedonian new car market deeper into recession, with sales down 32% to 301 units and the year-to-date total now standing at 3,798 registrations, down 33% on 2011. The VW Golf reclaims its traditional pole position with an excellent 24 units sold for a 8% market share, reinforcing its 2012 year-to-date leadership at 238 sales and 6.3%. The Opel Astra is down to #2 with 16 units and 5.3% along with the Ford Fiesta, and stays #2 year-to-date at 165 sales and 4.3%.
Mitsubishi Colt
Excellent month for the Suzuki SX4 at #4 with 12 units and the Mitsubishi Colt at #5 with 11 sales, while the Ford Focus (#7), Peugeot Partner (#9) and Citroen C3 (#10) also shine. Year-to-date, there are still 3 Volkswagens in the Top 4 with the VW Polo ranking #3 at 128 units and 3.4% and the VW Passat at #4 with 123 sales and 3.3%. Brand-wise, Volkswagen continues to dominate with 11.6% share in November and 15.3% year-to-date, Opel is up to #2 at 9.3%, and Ford (#3), Peugeot (#5), Mitsubishi (#8) and Suzuki (#9) shine.
Previous month: Macedonia October 2012: Opel Astra #1, VW Golf leads year-to-date
Full November 2012 Top 10 models and brands Ranking Tables below.
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Opel Astra
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Thanks to Rutger it looks like the Republic of Macedonia will now become a monthly update on BSCB, with local car website Auto Plus now regularly publishing a Top 10 models and brands… October new car sales in the country are down 31% year-on-year to 315 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 3,497 units, down a similarly daunting 33% on 2011. Very small figures mean very volatile models ranking and the Opel Astra only needs 21 sales for a 6.7% market share to take the lead this month ahead of the Skoda Fabia at 12 and the Dacia Duster, Peugeot Bipper and VW Passat all at 11.
VW Golf
Year-to-date, the VW Golf is in the lead by far with 214 units and 6.1% share, ahead of the Opel Astra at 149 and 4.3%, the VW Polo at 124, VW Passat at 121 and Skoda Fabia at 119. The brands ranking is much more stable, with Volkswagen the runaway winner both this month and year-to-date with 13.3% and 15.7% share respectively, followed each time by Skoda (8.9% and 7.9%) and Opel (8.3% and 6.7%).
Previous post: Macedonia 2011: VW Golf and Renault Megane popular
Full October and YTD 2012 Top 10 models and brands Ranking Tables below.
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VW Golf
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Today Macedonia becomes a little less unloved, with the first models ranking since 2007, albeit dating back to January-February 2011. The Macedonian new car market is down 23% year-on-year in January 2011 to 586 registrations, but up 16% in February to 569 units. Volkswagen monopolises the Top 2 in January with the VW Golf topping the models ranking with 38 sales and 6.5% share, ahead of the VW Polo at 34 units and 5.8% with the Dacia Sandero rounding up the podium at 27 sales and 4.6%.
Kia Venga
In February, the VW Golf is ahead again but share the pole position with the Renault Megane, both at 43 units and 7.6% share. The previous gen Opel Astra is in third position with 20 units and 3.5% equal with the Skoda Fabia. Other models staying in the Macedonian Top 10 both months are the Ford Focus (#6 then #5), Chevrolet Cruze (#8 and #6) and Ford Fiesta (#9 and #7). Other great performers include the Dacia Duster at #5 in Jan, new Opel Astra at #8 in Feb and Kia Venga at #11.
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Full January 2011 Top 30 and February 2011 Top 10 Ranking Tables below.
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The Opel Corsa could potentially be the best-selling model in Macedonia.
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Macedonia is another unloved country on Best Selling Cars Blog, with the only information until now a Top 10 models ranking dating back to 2007. Thanks to Goran I can share with you some more recent data. The Macedonian new car market hit a record year in 2008, up 19% to 17,744 registrations, then fell by 34% in 2009 to 11,682 units, down 32% in 2010 to 8,000 and down 38% in 2011 to just 5,000 sales.
The most recent brands info dates back to the first half of 2009 and back then Opel dominated the ranking with 712 sales ahead of Volkswagen at 682 and Ford at 654. Peugeot and Chevrolet were equal-4th with 583 units each, followed by Fiat (537), Citroen (454), Toyota (394), Skoda (321) and Kia (301).
Previous post: Macedonia 2007: Chevrolet Spark leads the way
Full H1 2009 Top 20 Ranking Table below.
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