Slovakia March 2012: Kia Cee’d and Rio get noticed

April 18, 2012
Matt Gasnier
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Kia Cee’d

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Car sales in Slovakia slow their growth, up just 1% year-on-year this month at 6,427 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 16,598 units, up 6% on 2011. The usual Skodas dominate the ranking but their market shares fall this month to 8.9% for the Octavia and 7.4% for the Fabia. The new generation Kia Cee’d stays on the podium for the third time in the last 4 months with 183 sales and 2.8%.

Kia Rio

Kia manages to place a second model in the Top 4: the Rio is up 12 spots on February to land in 4th place at 157 units and 2.4% and now ranks #7 in the 2012 year-to-date ranking vs.#38 over the Full Year 2011! Other great performers in Slovakia in March include the Skoda Superb up 6 ranks to #7 with 129 sales and 2% and the Nissan Qashqai, decidedly excelling in absolutely every European country, up 7 spots to #10 at 119 units and 1.9%.

Previous month: Slovakia February 2012: Kia Cee’d back on podium

One year ago: Slovakia March 2012: Dacia Duster on podium

Full March 2012 Top 50 Ranking Table below.

Slovakia March 2012:

Pos	Model	Mar	%	Feb	2012	%	Pos	2011
1	Skoda Octavia	573	8.9%	1	1,909	11.5%	1	1
2	Skoda Fabia	474	7.4%	2	1,534	9.2%	2	2
3	Kia Cee’d	183	2.8%	3	454	2.7%	3	5
4	Kia Rio	157	2.4%	16	297	1.8%	7	38
5	Ford Focus	145	2.3%	12	273	1.6%	10	18
6	VW Polo	139	2.2%	4	366	2.2%	4	6
7	Skoda Superb	129	2.0%	13	257	1.5%	13	20
8	Hyundai i30	129	2.0%	30	216	1.3%	17	9
9	Suzuki SX4	124	1.9%	7	293	1.8%	8	4
10	Nissan Qashqai	119	1.9%	17	229	1.4%	15	24
11	Renault Fluence	113	1.8%	22	212	1.3%	18	16
12	Skoda Yeti	111	1.7%	10	303	1.8%	6	21
13	Kia Sportage	103	1.6%	8	314	1.9%	5	3
14	Renault Thalia	98	1.5%	27	200	1.2%	20	13
15	VW Passat	96	1.5%	11	258	1.6%	12	10
16	VW Golf	89	1.4%	9	286	1.7%	9	7
17	Hyundai ix35	89	1.4%	14	206	1.2%	19	12
18	Peugeot 207	83	1.3%	20	192	1.2%	22	19
19	Opel Astra 4	81	1.3%	28	168	1.0%	24	14
20	Peugeot 308	79	1.2%	29	162	1.0%	30	27
21	Citroen C4	77	1.2%	26	162	1.0%	29	34
22	Dacia Duster	76	1.2%	5	251	1.5%	14	8
23	Renault Clio 3	74	1.2%	41	186	1.1%	23	23
24	Hyundai i20	70	1.1%	38	135	0.8%	32	30
25	Toyota Yaris	69	1.1%	34	158	1.0%	31	36
26	Peugeot 3008	66	1.0%	23	168	1.0%	25	32
27	Opel Corsa	63	1.0%	60	94	0.6%	46	26
28	Ford Fiesta	62	1.0%	21	164	1.0%	27	22
29	Skoda Roomster	60	0.9%	6	267	1.6%	11	17
30	Chevrolet Cruze	60	0.9%	24	167	1.0%	26	28
31	Suzuki Swift	60	0.9%	55	115	0.7%	34	48
32	Honda CR-V	58	0.9%	32	124	0.7%	33	58
33	Mitsubishi ASX	58	0.9%	53	100	0.6%	43	47
34	Opel Astra 3	57	0.9%	79	88	0.5%	53	39
35	Renault Megane	51	0.8%	18	193	1.2%	21	11
36	Mercedes ML Class	50	0.8%	73	93	0.6%	47	62
37	Seat Leon	49	0.8%	15	223	1.3%	16	33
38	VW Tiguan	47	0.7%	19	163	1.0%	28	44
39	Peugeot Partner	46	0.7%	36	110	0.7%	36	42
40	Chevrolet Orlando	45	0.7%	45	107	0.6%	37	60
41	Peugeot 206+	42	0.7%	58	91	0.5%	48	37
42	Citroen Berlingo	40	0.6%	44	107	0.6%	38	45
43	Opel Insignia	40	0.6%	33	105	0.6%	39	41
44	Hyundai ix20	39	0.6%	52	81	0.5%	55	40
45	Seat Altea	38	0.6%	39	97	0.6%	44	31
46	VW Touareg	37	0.6%	n/a	61	0.4%	68	68
47	Kia Venga	36	0.6%	70	76	0.5%	59	46
48	Hyundai i40	36	0.6%	82	62	0.4%	66	n/a
49	VW Jetta	35	0.5%	54	104	0.6%	40	72
50	Dacia Sandero	35	0.5%	47	101	0.6%	42	61
51	BMW 3 Series	35	0.5%	40	77	0.5%	58	29

Source: www.zapsr.sk

Matt Gasnier

Comments (2)

Ian says:
April 19, 2012 at 9:37 pm
I understand that the new C’eed is all new,they are certainly saying that here. thanks Matt for a great site, sorry that the UK information is so limited, we are supposed to be in recession but there is a BMW and Mercedes in the top ten, strange!. Thanks again.
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LM says:
April 19, 2012 at 8:30 pm
The cee’d is not facelifted, but completely new right?
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