Bulgaria November 2018: Dacia (+36%), Citroen (+55%) can’t prevent market down 6%

December 5, 2018
Matt Gasnier
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Citroen sales soar 55% year-on-year in Bulgaria in November.

New car sales in Bulgaria drop 6% year-on-year in November to 3.542 registrations, meaning the year-to-date volume is now up 13% to 38.444. The top-selling brands all ignore the negative context to post double-digit gains: Dacia (+36%), Renault (+33%), Toyota (+33%) and Skoda (+10%) all shine as do Citroen (+55%) and Ford (+40%) in the remainder of the Top 10. In contrast, Kia (-69%), Nissan (-69%), Mercedes (-30%) and Volkswagen (-13%) all dive. further down, Jeep (+1267%), Mitsubishi (+650%), Infiniti (+153%), Subaru (+86%), Alfa Romeo (+50%), Honda (+41%), Jaguar (+40%), Lexus (+31%) and Land Rover (+19%) all impress but Hyundai (-61%), Audi (-46%), Volvo (-42%), Mini (-36%), Opel (-33%) and Mazda (-32%) freefall.

Previous month: Bulgaria October 2018: Dacia (+28%), Toyota (+18%) defy market down 9.4%

One year ago: Bulgaria November 2018: Dacia reclaims top spot in market up 32.8%

Full November 2018 Top 40 All-brands ranking below.

Bulgaria November 2018 – brands:

Pos	Brand	Nov-18	%	/17	Oct	2018	%	/17	Pos	FY17
1	Dacia	515	14.5%	36%	1	4,182	10.9%	7%	1	1
2	Renault	434	12.3%	33%	3	4,080	10.6%	15%	2	2
3	Toyota	346	9.8%	33%	2	3,133	8.1%	16%	4	3
4	Skoda	314	8.9%	10%	4	3,549	9.2%	38%	3	5
5	Volkswagen	220	6.2%	-13%	5	2,768	7.2%	30%	6	8
6	Ford	207	5.8%	40%	6	2,067	5.4%	-6%	8	7
7	Citroen	200	5.6%	55%	8	1,486	3.9%	56%	10	12
8	Peugeot	198	5.6%	-7%	7	2,233	5.8%	1%	7	6
9	Mercedes	111	3.1%	-30%	10	1,304	3.4%	37%	11	15
10	Kia	106	3.0%	-69%	15	1,886	4.9%	-33%	9	4
11	BMW	106	3.0%	6%	9	1,056	2.7%	16%	13	13
12	Nissan	102	2.9%	-69%	12	2,856	7.4%	50%	5	9
13	Opel	80	2.3%	-33%	13	1,116	2.9%	-10%	12	10
14	Volvo	73	2.1%	-42%	16	696	1.8%	6%	16	16
15	Suzuki	66	1.9%	32%	19	535	1.4%	10%	18	18
16	Mazda	46	1.3%	-32%	18	581	1.5%	15%	17	17
17	Mitsubishi	45	1.3%	650%	29	171	0.4%	148%	27	30
18	Audi	44	1.2%	-46%	20	755	2.0%	-5%	15	14
19	Hyundai	42	1.2%	-61%	14	792	2.1%	-13%	14	11
20	Fiat	41	1.2%	-16%	11	498	1.3%	14%	19	19
21	Jeep	41	1.2%	1267%	26	175	0.5%	173%	26	31
22	Infiniti	38	1.1%	153%	22	195	0.5%	21%	24	25
23	Lada	36	1.0%	3%	23	403	1.0%	17%	20	20
24	Land Rover	25	0.7%	19%	24	188	0.5%	-37%	25	21
25	Honda	24	0.7%	41%	25	223	0.6%	8%	23	23
26	Seat	17	0.5%	13%	21	326	0.8%	37%	22	22
27	Lexus	17	0.5%	31%	28	163	0.4%	23%	28	26
28	Subaru	13	0.4%	86%	30	65	0.2%	59%	32	32
29	Mini	7	0.2%	-36%	17	144	0.4%	32%	29	28
30	Jaguar	7	0.2%	40%	33	55	0.1%	31%	34	34
31	Alfa Romeo	6	0.2%	50%	35	63	0.2%	43%	33	33
32	Isuzu	4	0.1%	-20%	32	84	0.2%	12%	31	29
33	Great Wall	3	0.1%	-90%	27	398	1.0%	131%	21	24
34	Porsche	3	0.1%	-40%	31	119	0.3%	5%	30	27
35	Maserati	2	0.1%	-60%	36	17	0.0%	-39%	36	36
36	Bentley	1	0.0%	n/a	39	11	0.0%	175%	37	40
37	Lamborghini	1	0.0%	n/a	49	1	0.0%	-67%	42	42
38	Lancia	1	0.0%	n/a	–	1	0.0%	n/a	43	–
39	SsangYong	0	0.0%	-100%	34	50	0.1%	233%	35	37
40	Ferrari	0	0.0%	n/a	37	7	0.0%	17%	38	39