Italy 2004: Fiat Punto & Panda dominate, Lancia Ypsilon #4

Fiat Punto

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2,264,568 new cars were sold in Italy in 2004. The Fiat Punto is the best-selling car in the country for the 11th time in a row with 177,001 sales (-7%) and 7.8% share. It reached its lowest ever market share in November at 6.2%. The new generation Fiat Panda is very solid through the year and sells 112,128 units for a strong 5% market share.

Fiat Panda

The Ford Focus is back up to #3 (up 5 spots) with 75,946 sales and 3.4% share, ahead of the new Lancia Ypsilon which started the year with a bang at #3 with 4.5% share. It ends up with 73,687 sales and 3.3% over the Full Year. The Toyota Yaris reaches its best-ever year-end position in Italy at #5 with 73,092 sales. The Alfa 147 breaks into the Top 10 for the first time in Nov at #8.

Previous year: Italy 2003: Fiat Punto, Citroen C3, Fiat Seicento on top, new Panda arrives

Next year: Italy 2005: Fiat Punto gives way to Grande Punto, Panda shines

Full Year Top 35 & every Monthly Top 10 Ranking Tables: click on ‘Read more’ below the Lancia Ypsilon pic.

Lancia Ypsilon