Switzerland April 2016: Skoda Octavia dominant, BMW X1 in Top 10

The BMW X1 ranks 8th overall in Switzerland in April. 

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The Swiss new car market is stuck in negative territory in April at -1% year-on-year to 28.698 registrations, leading to a year-to-date total down 0.6% to 100.655 units. Volkswagen keeps the lead of the brands charts despite sales down a harsh 11% to 3.348 and 11.7% share, distancing BMW at 8.2% (+2%), Mercedes up a flamboyant 49% to 2.263 and 7.9% but losing the #2 YTD ranking to BMW, Skoda up 15% to 2.012 and Audi down 10% to 1.737. Further down, notice Renault up 10%, Mazda up 30%, Seat up 9%, Subaru up 36%, Honda up 100% and Jaguar up 85%. Model-wise, the Skoda Octavia manages to hold the VW Golf at bay both in April (1.252 vs. 1.172) and year-to-date (3.960 vs. 3.774), the BMW 2 Series is up 28% to #6, the Mercedes C-Class up 89% to #7, BMW X1 up 107% to #8 and Seat Alhambra up 133% to #11. Further down, notice the Subaru Levorg up 29 ranks on March to #34, the Mercedes SLC landing at #139, the Jaguar F-Pace at #180 and the Suzuki Baleno at #224.

Previous month: Switzerland March 2016: VW Group monopolises Top 7

One year ago: Switzerland April 2015: VW Golf reclaims top spot for… one unit

Full April 2016 Top 40 brands and Top 335 All-models below.