Iceland July 2013: Honda Accord shoots up to #1

Honda Accord

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New car sales in Iceland are up a very healthy 20% year-on-year in July to 710 registrations, meaning the year-to-date total is now down 15% to 4,885 units. Whereas it had not appeared in any monthly Top 50 this year, the Honda Accord shoots up directly to pole position this month thanks to 54 sales for a very imposing 7.6% market share, 28% of which are the Touring version. Given a new generation of the model is due any time now, this looks like runout prices designed to absorb the stock of the current model turned out to be really successful in the country.

The Skoda Octavia remains the most popular model in Iceland so far in 2013.

In 2nd place, the Skoda Octavia is back up 23 spots on June to 35 units and 4.9% and reinforces its year-to-date top spot with 356 sales and 7.3%. The VW Golf also remains solid at #3 and 34 units while the Kia Rio is up 21 ranks to #5, the Dacia Duster up two to #8, the Kia Sorento up 39 to #10, Ford Fiesta up 32 to #11, VW Transporter up to #12 and the Renault Clio is up 23 to #18.

Previous month: Iceland June 2013: VW Polo grabs 10% market share

One year ago: Iceland July 2012: Toyota Yaris keeps lead thanks to hybrid version

Full July 2013 Top 50 models and Top 36 All-brands Ranking Tables below.