Bulgaria October 2015: Nissan Qashqai distances Dacia Dokker & Sandero

The Nissan Qashqai is the best-selling new vehicle in Bulgaria in October.

* See the Top 30 All-brands and Top 170 All-models by clicking on the title *

The Bulgarian new car market is up an estimated 11% year-on-year in October to 2.424 registrations, lifting the year-to-date total to 23.990 units, up a robust 12% on 2014. Dacia remains the most popular manufacturer with 12.3% share above Toyota (10.5%), Renault (10%), Skoda (8.4%) and Volkswagen (8%). This month the Nissan Qashqai leapfrogs all Dacia to install itself in pole position with 5.9% share above the Dacia Dokker (4.7%) – still comfortable leader year-to-date – and Sandero (3.4%). The Renault Captur jumps back up 11 spots on September to #4, the Toyota Aygo is up 10 to #11 vs. #33 year-to-date and the Great Wall Steed 5 reappears inside the Bulgarian Top 20.

A caveat to these results is the fact that Bulgaria sales figures are skewed by re-exports to other European Union countries, with a large portion of new car sales in the country never making it to local roads – as much as 30% – thanks to Bulgaria displaying some of the lowest car prices in the EU. See here for more on this phenomenon.

Previous month: Bulgaria September 2015: Dacia Dokker leads, Toyota Corolla up to #4

One year ago: Bulgaria October 2014: Skoda Octavia shines, Dacia Dokker #1 YTD

Full October 2015 Top 30 All-brands and Top 170 All-models below.