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Portugal June 2013: Renault takes off in market up 18%
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It seems too good to be true: after years of absolute hell with 2011 down 31% and 2012 down 38%, new car sales in Portugal are up 18% year-on-year in June to 12,706 registrations, the largest year-on-year monthly increase in 2.5 years… Renault is the main beneficiary atop the ranking, potentially helped by the success of the Clio and Megane, traditional best-sellers in the country, but also perhaps a good start for the Captur. We will know more about the Portuguese models ranking in a week or so, so stay tuned. Back to brands: Renault is up 29% in June to 1,700 sales and 13.4% share vs. 10.9% year-to-date, now frankly ahead of Volkswagen at 10.6% and Peugeot at 9%.
BMW is up a mammoth 50% on June 2012 to 4th place with 901 units and 7.1%, Opel is up 30% to #5, Citroen up 27% to #6 and Mercedes up 36% to #7. Further down, notice also Seat up a huge 85% year-on-year to #11, Ford up 52% to #13, Dacia up 27% to #19 and Mini up 84% to #21.
Previous month: Portugal May 2013: Renault snaps back top spot away from Volkswagen
One year ago: Portugal June 2012: Peugeot 208 and Fiat Panda shine
Full June 2013 Top 35 All-brands Ranking Table below.
Portugal June 2013 – brands:
| Pos | Brand | June | % | /12 | May | 2013 | % | /12 | Pos | 2012 |
| 1 | Renault | 1,700 | 13.4% | 29% | 1 | 5,999 | 10.9% | 0% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Volkswagen | 1,348 | 10.6% | 8% | 2 | 5,613 | 10.2% | 3% | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Peugeot | 1,149 | 9.0% | 21% | 3 | 4,886 | 8.9% | 4% | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | BMW | 901 | 7.1% | 50% | 9 | 3,971 | 7.2% | 18% | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Opel | 839 | 6.6% | 30% | 4 | 3,776 | 6.9% | 14% | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Citroen | 730 | 5.7% | 27% | 5 | 2,852 | 5.2% | 3% | 8 | 9 |
| 7 | Mercedes | 692 | 5.4% | 36% | 7 | 3,600 | 6.6% | 32% | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | Fiat | 648 | 5.1% | 7% | 8 | 2,791 | 5.1% | -1% | 9 | 10 |
| 9 | Audi | 631 | 5.0% | -4% | 6 | 3,298 | 6.0% | 1% | 7 | 6 |
| 10 | Toyota | 605 | 4.8% | 9% | 10 | 2,307 | 4.2% | -5% | 11 | 12 |
| 11 | Seat | 586 | 4.6% | 85% | 13 | 1,761 | 3.2% | 20% | 13 | 13 |
| 12 | Nissan | 571 | 4.5% | 13% | 12 | 2,274 | 4.1% | 13% | 12 | 11 |
| 13 | Ford | 488 | 3.8% | 52% | 11 | 2,340 | 4.3% | -16% | 10 | 8 |
| 14 | Volvo | 195 | 1.5% | 0% | 16 | 959 | 1.7% | -13% | 15 | 15 |
| 15 | Chevrolet | 176 | 1.4% | -18% | 14 | 1,119 | 2.0% | -15% | 14 | 14 |
| 16 | Smart | 173 | 1.4% | -1% | 19 | 778 | 1.4% | -22% | 19 | 18 |
| 17 | Mitsubishi | 165 | 1.3% | 20% | 22 | 590 | 1.1% | 6% | 22 | 24 |
| 18 | Skoda | 163 | 1.3% | -34% | 15 | 940 | 1.7% | -10% | 16 | 17 |
| 19 | Dacia | 149 | 1.2% | 27% | 20 | 726 | 1.3% | 48% | 20 | 21 |
| 20 | Kia | 147 | 1.2% | -28% | 17 | 781 | 1.4% | -33% | 18 | 16 |
| 21 | Mini | 140 | 1.1% | 84% | 21 | 676 | 1.2% | 20% | 21 | 22 |
| 22 | Alfa Romeo | 98 | 0.8% | -17% | 23 | 463 | 0.8% | -15% | 24 | 23 |
| 23 | Lancia | 95 | 0.7% | 61% | 25 | 264 | 0.5% | 27% | 25 | 27 |
| 24 | Honda | 91 | 0.7% | -37% | 18 | 903 | 1.6% | 8% | 17 | 19 |
| 25 | Hyundai | 78 | 0.6% | -57% | 24 | 469 | 0.9% | -31% | 23 | 20 |
| 26 | Mazda | 50 | 0.4% | 25% | 27 | 239 | 0.4% | 30% | 26 | 26 |
| 27 | Land Rover | 37 | 0.3% | 61% | 26 | 233 | 0.4% | 23% | 27 | 25 |
| 28 | Porsche | 24 | 0.2% | 20% | 28 | 112 | 0.2% | -21% | 28 | 28 |
| 29 | Jaguar | 17 | 0.1% | 467% | 29 | 91 | 0.2% | 38% | 29 | 30 |
| 30 | Lexus | 9 | 0.1% | 125% | 30 | 57 | 0.1% | 18% | 30 | 31 |
| 31 | Suzuki | 3 | 0.0% | -82% | 31 | 51 | 0.1% | -49% | 31 | 29 |
| 32 | Dodge | 3 | 0.0% | n/a | 33 | 9 | 0.0% | -53% | 32 | 32 |
| 33 | Ferrari | 2 | 0.0% | 100% | 32 | 5 | 0.0% | 0% | 33 | 34 |
| 34 | Aston Martin | 2 | 0.0% | 100% | 34 | 5 | 0.0% | 150% | 34 | 35 |
| 35 | Bentley | 1 | 0.0% | 0% | 35 | 3 | 0.0% | 0% | 35 | 37 |
Source: ACAP, www.autoinforma.pt
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Hmmm. I don’t know whether to keep my hopes up for Portugal or not. It’s a lovely country, but is relatively poor still and suffered from the economic crash pretty harshly.