Luxembourg May 2019: BMW up to 10.6% share, Audi Q3 up to #2

BMW holds 10.6% of the Luxembourg market in May.

This article has been updated with the Top 10 models.

New car sales in Luxembourg gain 1% year-on-year in May to 5.415 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 3.6% to 25.921. Volkswagen (11.6%) remains the most popular carmaker in the country, but if in April Audi was the hero at #2, this time it’s BMW that takes the honours at #2 with a splendid 10.3% share vs. 8.8% so far this year, knocking Audi (9.7%) down to #3 and Mercedes (9.6%) down to #4. Renault (8.1%) is now above compatriot Peugeot (5.4%) year-to-date, while Seat scores a second consecutive Top 10 finish vs. #13 in 2019. Other great performers include Porsche (#17) and Maserati (#33). Model-wise, below the VW Golf (-37.6%), the Audi Q3 (+209.3%) is up 4 spots on April to #2, the Mercedes A-Class (+235.1%) continues to evolve 3 times above its 2018 level at #3 and both the VW Tiguan (+30.5%) and T-Roc (+24.6%) impress in the remainder of the Top 10.

Previous month: Luxembourg April 2019: Audi leaps past Mercedes and BMW to #2

One year ago: Luxembourg May 2018: VW Golf and Audi A3 top market down 3.1%

Full May 2019 Top 50 All-brands and Top 10 models below.

Luxembourg May 2019 – brands:

Pos	Brand	May-19	%	Apr	2019	%	Pos	FY18
1	Volkswagen	626	11.6%	1	3,311	12.8%	1	1
2	BMW	560	10.3%	4	2,269	8.8%	3	2
3	Audi	524	9.7%	2	1,943	7.5%	4	5
4	Mercedes	519	9.6%	3	2,395	9.2%	2	3
5	Renault	439	8.1%	8	1,596	6.2%	5	4
6	Peugeot	293	5.4%	5	1,506	5.8%	6	6
7	Ford	229	4.2%	6	1,269	4.9%	7	7
8	Skoda	227	4.2%	7	1,219	4.7%	8	8
9	Volvo	217	4.0%	10	921	3.6%	9	9
10	Seat	172	3.2%	9	767	3.0%	13	14
11	Opel	168	3.1%	13	844	3.3%	11	10
12	Fiat	154	2.8%	11	814	3.1%	12	12
13	Citroen	150	2.8%	14	867	3.3%	10	13
14	Hyundai	143	2.6%	12	765	3.0%	14	11
15	Dacia	89	1.6%	20	421	1.6%	17	19
16	Mini	79	1.5%	15	429	1.7%	16	17
17	Porsche	79	1.5%	21	286	1.1%	24	18
18	Kia	73	1.3%	19	368	1.4%	19	21
19	Land Rover	73	1.3%	18	363	1.4%	20	20
20	Mazda	71	1.3%	24	309	1.2%	23	24
21	Jeep	66	1.2%	26	360	1.4%	21	23
22	Toyota	64	1.2%	16	413	1.6%	18	16
23	Nissan	51	0.9%	17	529	2.0%	15	15
24	Jaguar	50	0.9%	22	351	1.4%	22	22
25	Suzuki	49	0.9%	23	252	1.0%	25	25
26	Alfa Romeo	48	0.9%	25	226	0.9%	26	26
27	DS	31	0.6%	28	170	0.7%	27	28
28	Tesla	21	0.4%	27	166	0.6%	28	36
29	Smart	20	0.4%	30	113	0.4%	30	29
30	Honda	17	0.3%	29	141	0.5%	29	27
31	Ford (USA)	13	0.2%	37	34	0.1%	36	35
32	Lexus	12	0.2%	31	62	0.2%	32	30
33	Maserati	10	0.2%	36	33	0.1%	38	34
34	Subaru	9	0.2%	32	42	0.2%	33	32
35	Ferrari	8	0.1%	40	27	0.1%	39	37
36	Alpine	7	0.1%	34	33	0.1%	37	47
37	Bentley	7	0.1%	43	15	0.1%	42	42
38	Lamborghini	6	0.1%	39	37	0.1%	35	40
39	SsangYong	6	0.1%	41	26	0.1%	40	33
40	Chevrolet	5	0.1%	35	39	0.2%	34	38
41	Mitsubishi	4	0.1%	33	68	0.3%	31	31
42	Aston Martin	4	0.1%	38	17	0.1%	41	43
43	Lotus	4	0.1%	46	8	0.0%	47	46
44	Cadillac	2	0.0%	42	14	0.1%	44	41
45	Infiniti	2	0.0%	–	10	0.0%	45	39
46	McLaren	2	0.0%	45	8	0.0%	46	52
47	MG	1	0.0%	–	3	0.0%	49	–
48	Maxus	1	0.0%	49	2	0.0%	52	–
49	Borgward	0	0.0%	44	15	0.1%	43	48
50	Alpina	0	0.0%	–	5	0.0%	48	45
–	Others	9	0.2%	–	29	0.1%	–	–

Luxembourg May 2019 – models:

Note: This ranking features the Top 10 YTD models ordered based on their May sales and may therefore not be 100% accurate.

Pos	Model	May-19	%	/18	Apr	2019	%	/18	Pos	FY18
1	VW Golf	151	2.8%	-37.6%	1	937	3.6%	-17.8%	1	1
2	Audi Q3	133	2.5%	209.3%	6	393	1.5%	131.2%	6	n/a
3	Mercedes A Class	124	2.3%	235.1%	3	652	2.5%	127.2%	2	3
4	VW Tiguan	124	2.3%	30.5%	2	569	2.2%	18.5%	3	4
5	Renault Captur	110	2.0%	-59.7%	n/a	360	1.4%	31.9%	9	n/a
6	Audi A3	100	1.8%	-16.7%	n/a	345	1.3%	-25.6%	10	7
7	VW Polo	90	1.7%	-5.3%	4	427	1.6%	-0.9%	4	5
8	Mercedes GLC	71	1.3%	-34.9%	8	385	1.5%	-16.1%	7	2
9	VW T-Roc	71	1.3%	24.6%	5	409	1.6%	71.1%	5	n/a
10	Skoda Octavia	55	1.0%	-21.4%	7	367	1.4%	3.4%	8	n/a