Denmark August 2020: Ford Kuga and Citroen C3 top market back down -5.8%

The Citroen C3 is now #1 year-to-date in Denmark.

After soaring 13.4% in July, the Danish new car market falls back into negative in August at -5.8% to 17.608 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -20.7% to 124.991. Ford (+191.3%) is up almost 3-fold over its August 2019 volumes and repeats as the #1 brand in the country with a mammoth 11.8% share vs. 7.5% so far in 2020. Citroen (+37.2%) also defies the negative context with a double-digit gain lifting it to #2 overall at 10.1% share vs. 7.8% YTD. Peugeot (-23%) is also up one spot on July to #3 whereas the YTD leader, Volkswagen (-33.6%) tumbles down to #4. Tesla (+100.8%), Dacia (+95.1%), Mini (+77.8%), Mitsubishi (+59.1%), Porsche (+48%), Renault (+44.1%), Hyundai (+32.9%) and Kia (+2.1%) also post gains. Model-wise, the Ford Kuga (+1816.3%) 3peats at #1 with 8.7% share and ranks #3 YTD while the Citroen C3 (+107.3%) more than doubles its sales year-on-year to remain at #2 but also snaps the YTD top spot off the Peugeot 208 (+10.5%) which ranks #3 this month.

Previous month: Denmark July 2020: Kuga up to 8.9% share, lifts Ford to #1 brand in market up 13.4%

One year ago: Denmark August 2019: Peugeot places 208 and 108 atop models ranking in market down -9.8%

Full August 2020 Top 40 All-brands and Top 215 All-models below.