Bulgaria March 2016: Nissan Qashqai leads market up 7%

The Nissan Qashqai is #1 in Bulgaria in March.

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The Bulgarian new car market is up 7% year-on-year both in March to an estimated 2.871 registrations and year-to-date at 6.944 units. This month French carmaker Renault (+30%) overtakes its low-cost branch Dacia (-18%) but the latter stays well in control of Bulgarian year-to-date sales at 890 units and 12.8% (+16%) vs. 788 and 11.3% (+5%) for Renault. Nissan performs exceptionally well so far this year with sales up 61% in March and 52% year-to-date, placing the Qashqai atop the models charts above the Dacia Dokker – still by far the YTD leader though with 6.3% share. Audi (+39%), Volvo (+43%), Seat (+58%), Suzuki (+173%) and Fiat (+240%) also shine while in the models ranking the Ford Fiesta (#5), Renault Master (#8), Kangoo (#9) and Peugeot Partner (#10) perform particularly well in March.

Previous month: Bulgaria February 2016: Dacia Dokker sovereign, Toyota Hilux #5

One year ago: Bulgaria March 2015: Dacia Dokker leads, Lada Niva in Top 10

Full March 2016 Top 30 All-brands and Top 165 All-models below.