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Europe February 2016: 30th consecutive month of year-on-year gains
Fiat Tipo – Fiat surges to #6 overall in Europe, a ranking it had not held yet this decade.
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European new car sales celebrate 30 consecutive months of year-on-year gains in February at a strong +14% to get back above the one million sales mark at 1.090.104, stopping only 2.000 sales short of equalling January’s score. Only four countries out of 30 show year-on-year declines: Greece (-32%), Netherlands (-17%), Portugal (-3%) and Switzerland (-1%). SUV sales continue to lift Europe with sales up 31% to 265.500 units or 24.4% share. The year-to-date total is up a very vigorous 10% to 2.182.792 units. After dropping 4% last month, market leader Volkswagen is back in positive but just: +4% to 124.317 deliveries, resulting in the loss of one full market share point at 11.4% vs. 12.4% a year ago. We certainly haven’t seen the end of the emissions scandal aftermath yet. Renault jumps to #2 but also underperforms slightly at +10%, followed by Ford (+17%), Peugeot (+13%) and Vauxhall (+17%).
The Fiat Panda hits its highest European ranking in five years.
Now that it is starting to finally have all its ducks in a row with its once convoluted lineup and stable of brands, Italian manufacturer Fiat is showing great health in this start of 2016. Sales are up 22% to propel the brand past all three German premium manufacturers Audi (+16%), BMW (+15%) and Mercedes (+21%) up to #6 overall, a ranking it had not held yet this decade. Fiat’s performance is still heavily relying on its home market where it is up 36%, with Italian sales accounting for 61% of its European total this month. See the reasons behind this regain of form in our Italian February 2016 report. Accordingly, the Fiat Panda shoots up to #7 and delivers the largest year-on-year gain inside the Top 10 at +38%. This is the Panda’s highest European ranking in exactly five years, since February 2010.
European Skoda Fabia sales are up 49% year-on-year in February.
The VW Golf remains the most popular nameplate on the continent but posts a shy 1% improvement at 36.117 sales, seconded by its smaller shadow the VW Polo (+6%). The Renault Clio jumps on the podium both this month and (temporarily) year-to-date while the Peugeot 208 distances the Ford Fiesta thanks to sales up a very impressive 20%. The Opel Corsa (+15%) is also strong in 6th place, with the Peugeot 2008 (+15%), 308 (+28%), Opel Astra (+35%) and Skoda Fabia (+49%) delivering the most dynamic progressions inside the Top 20. Further down, the Hyundai Tucson (#24) is the 2nd best-selling compact SUV below the Nissan Qashqai but above the VW Tiguan and Renault Kadjar.
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Full February 2016 Top 10 brands and Top 20 models below.
Europe February 2016 – brands:
| Pos | Brand | Feb-16 | /15 | Jan | 2016 | /15 | Pos | FY15 |
| 1 | Volkswagen | 124,317 | 4% | 1 | 252,901 | 0% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Renault | 76,816 | 10% | 4 | 143,986 | 6% | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Ford | 73,924 | 17% | 2 | 151,041 | 13% | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Peugeot | 70,616 | 13% | 5 | 136,246 | 8% | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | Opel/Vauxhall | 70,577 | 17% | 3 | 141,820 | 14% | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | Fiat | 59,597 | 22% | 9 | 112,567 | 17% | 7 | 9 |
| 7 | Audi | 57,796 | 16% | 6 | 120,346 | 15% | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | BMW | 55,407 | 15% | 8 | 110,090 | 10% | 9 | 7 |
| 9 | Mercedes | 54,459 | 21% | 7 | 111,687 | 15% | 8 | 8 |
| 10 | Skoda | 50,061 | 15% | 11 | 97,511 | 11% | 10 | 10 |
Europe February 2016 – models:
| Pos | Model | Feb-16 | /15 | Jan | 2016 | /14 | Pos | FY15 |
| 1 | VW Golf | 36,117 | 1% | 1 | 73,508 | -4% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | VW Polo | 22,854 | 6% | 2 | 47,685 | 5% | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Renault Clio | 21,713 | 0% | 4 | 42,614 | -2% | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Peugeot 208 | 20,575 | 20% | 5 | 39,910 | 20% | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | Ford Fiesta | 20,522 | 11% | 3 | 41,685 | 3% | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | Opel Corsa | 19,167 | 15% | 7 | 37,226 | -2% | 6 | 5 |
| 7 | Fiat Panda | 18,942 | 38% | 10 | 35,923 | 34% | 7 | 18 |
| 8 | Skoda Octavia | 18,189 | 11% | 8 | 35,642 | 6% | 8 | 10 |
| 9 | Nissan Qashqai | 17,054 | 10% | 6 | 35,078 | 4% | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | Peugeot 308 | 16,991 | 28% | 14 | 32,311 | 17% | 11 | 11 |
| 11 | Opel Astra | 16,634 | 35% | 9 | 33,497 | 42% | 10 | 13 |
| 12 | VW Passat | 16,492 | 4% | 13 | 32,068 | 4% | 12 | 9 |
| 13 | Renault Captur | 15,428 | 11% | 16 | 29,968 | 4% | 15 | 14 |
| 14 | Ford Focus | 14,535 | 5% | 15 | 29,446 | 4% | 16 | 6 |
| 15 | Audi A3 | 14,377 | 2% | 12 | 30,169 | 2% | 13 | 12 |
| 16 | Toyota Yaris | 14,003 | 9% | 11 | 30,035 | 6% | 14 | 15 |
| 17 | Peugeot 2008 | 13,469 | 15% | 22 | 25,427 | 7% | 18 | 21 |
| 18 | Fiat 500 | 13,316 | 0% | 17 | 26,941 | -1% | 17 | 16 |
| 19 | Skoda Fabia | 12,607 | 49% | 21 | 24,659 | 38% | 19 | 20 |
| 20 | Opel Mokka | 12,015 | 0% | 20 | 24,218 | 4% | 20 | 19 |
Source: JATO Dynamics
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Tuscon is not second after Duster. There is also Qashqai at 10!!
That is correct ItsMe – thank you for picking this up!
All the best,
Matt
I don’t think the European market is punishing VW for the emissions scandal, otherwise Audi woudn’t lead the premium league and Skoda wouldn’t place two models in the top 20.
Fiat Tipo looks like a VW.