Denmark Full Year 2019: Nissan Qashqai signs first ever win in record market (+3.2%)

The Nissan Qashqai is the first SUV to ever top the annual Danish charts.

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In 2019 the Danish new car market ends two consecutive years of decline and steps up 3.2% year-on-year to 225.593 which is a new all-time annual volume record, beating the 223.168 units of 2016. Neither Volkswagen (-2.8%) or Peugeot (-7.2%) take advantage of this uptick but both remain the most popular brands in the country, followed like in 2018 by Toyota (+7.3%) and Citroen (+12.1%) in much better shape. But it’s Audi (+30.5%), Hyundai (+12.3%) and Skoda (+16.5%) that master the largest gain in the Top 10, while further down Land Rover (+159.1%), DS (+52.5%), Jeep (+52.4%), Seat (+36.2%), Mazda (+33%), Volvo (+19.1%), Porsche (+13.9%), BMW (+16.9%) and Mitsubishi (+10.3%) shine. Tesla is up 28-fold from #31 to #19.

We have a surprise in the Danish models ranking for 2019, with the Nissan Qashqai (-5.4%), not in particularly great shape elsewhere in Europe and towards the end of its model cycle, signing its first ever annual win despite a drop and becoming the first SUV to top the annual Danish charts. The Qashqai takes advantage of the generation changeover and consequent freefall of the Peugeot 208 (-22.1%) which led for the past 3 years. The Citroen C3 (+33.9%) leaps up 3 spots on 2018 to land in 2nd place, with the VW Polo (+10.4%) and Toyota Yaris (+3.6%) rounding out the Top 5. The Citroen C1 (+42.1%), Renault Clio (+7%) and Skoda Octavia (+7%) also shine in the Top 10 while the BMW 3 Series (+59.6%), Ford Focus (+49.9%), Audi A3 (+32.4%) and VW T-Roc (20.5%) stand out further down. The Toyota Corolla (#23) is the best-selling 2019 launch ahead of the VW T-Cross (#28) and Tesla Model 3 (#29), the latter strikingly topping the overall December charts after ranking #6 in June and #4 in September.

Previous month: Denmark November 2019: Peugeot 208 back in charge in record market

Previous year: Denmark 2018: Volkswagen and Peugeot 208 on top again in market down 1.5%

Two years ago: Denmark 2017: Peugeot 208 holds on to #1, market down 0.5%

Full Year 2019 Top 75 All-brands and Top 380 All-models vs. Full Year 2018 figures below.

Full December 2019 Top 40 All-brands and Top 220 All-models below.