Switzerland June 2016: Skoda Octavia tops half-year charts

The Skoda Octavia outsells the VW Golf halfway through 2016. 

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It’s a fourth consecutive month of year-on-year decline for new car sales in Switzerland, down 6% in June to 31.259 registrations and pulling the H1 2016 total down 2% to 158.037 units. Volkswagen plunges faster than the market at -10% but remains solid leader at 12.6% share vs. 7.6% for BMW (-2%) and 7.2^ for Mercedes (+5%), its direct followers. Ford stumbles down 18%, Peugeot is down 19%, Toyota down 20%, Audi and Citroen down 25%, Seat down 29% and Nissan down 43% but Dacia gains 23%, Hyundai 29%, Mazda 42%, Mitsubishi 55%, Jaguar 62%, Subaru 63%, Honda 141% and Infiniti 320%.

The Opel Astra is up 117% to third position in June. 

Model-wise, the VW Golf remains on top but drops 22% to 1.178 sales, just 37 above the Skoda Octavia (-1%), the leader year-to-date. The Opel Astra is up 117% to #3, the Renault Megane up 137% to #7 and the BMW X1 up 139% to #23. Among recent launches, the VW T6 edges up 4 spots on May to #11, the Subaru Levorg is up 54 to #27, the Mercedes GLC up 11 to #29, Mazda CX-3 up 12 to #42, Suzuki Baleno up 54 to #109, Renault Talisman up 61 to #111 and Jaguar F-Pace up 11 to #112. This month we welcome the Alfa Romeo Giulia (#165), Maserati Levante (#217), Volvo S90 (#242), Fiat 124 Spider (#246) and Citroen E-Mehari (#270) in the Swiss charts.

Previous month: Switzerland May 2016: Volkswagen up 5% in market down 2%

One year ago: Switzerland June 2015: Seat Alhambra and BMW 2 Series shoot up

Full June 2016 Top 40 brands and Top 340 All-models below.