Austria June 2012: VW Tiguan and Hyundai ix35 at their highest

Hyundai ix35

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The Austrian new car market is back in positive in June at +3% year-on-year to 33,068 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 186,958 units, now down just 0.3% on 2011. For the first time since last December, Volkswagen monopolises the models podium with the VW Golf at #1 with 1,378 sales and 4.2%, the VW Tiguan reaching its strongest ever monthly volume in Austria, highest ranking at #2 and 2nd best ever market share at 3.7%, below the 4.3% it reached last December. The VW Polo is up two spots on May to rank #3, followed by the Skoda Octavia also up 2 to #4.

Exceptional performance of the Hyundai ix35, up a huge 44 ranks on last month to land at a best-ever 5th position with 699 sales and 2.1%, beating ranking, volume and market share records for the model in Austria, its previous best being #10 last December. Other great performers in the Top 10 include the Renault Scenic up 17 spots to #6, the Renault Clio up 37 to #7, the Audi A4 up 5 to #8 and the VW Sharan up 6 to #9. Further down, notice also the VW Touran up 14 ranks to #14, the Seat Alhambra up 11 to #29 and the Mazda CX-5 breaking into the Austrian Top 50 for the first time at #50.

Previous month: Austria May 2012: Hyundai i30 up to #2, Audi Q3 in Top 20

One year ago: Austria June 2011: VW Sharan and Audi A1 shine

Full June 2012 Top 50 Ranking Table below.