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Austria September 2020: Audi (+86.2%), Seat (+43.5%), VW (+33.3%) help trigger first market gain this year (+5.9%), VW ID.3 at #16
Audi sales surge 86.2% year-on-year in Austria in September.
12/10 update: Now with Top 20 models and final brands data.
In September, new car sales in Austria snap a dreadful streak of seven consecutive months of double-digit declines and manage their first year-on-year gain since last December at +5.3% to 22.162, leading to a year-to-date tally down -30.1% to 180.639. Volkswagen (+33.1%) vastly outpaces the market but its share remains below its YTD level at 14.5% vs. 15.5%. In fact and quite strikingly, the entire Top 6 improves faster than the market, with Seat (+43.4%), Hyundai (+36.7%) and Skoda (+15.2%) posting the most spectacular gains while Ford (+8.2%) and Mercedes (+6.5%) are also solid but more muted. Audi (+85.9%) and Mazda (+15.6%) also impress in the remainder of the Top 10, while further down Ssangyong (+650%), Mitsubishi (+138%), Suzuki (+84.8%), Lamborghini (+50%), Land Rover (+36.8%), Subaru (+34.7%), Tesla (+30.6%) and Kia (+16.7%) also stand out. In the naughty corner: DS (-54.5%), Lexus (-53.1%), Jaguar (-42.6%), Opel (-40.4%), Porsche (-38.8%), Renault (-34.6%), Peugeot (-28.7%), Mini (-28.57%), Honda (-28%) and BMW (-24.6%).
Over in the models ranking, the Skoda Octavia (+55.4%) reclaims the top spot it holds YTD while the Seat Alhambra (+271.6%) is up 4-fold on year-ago volumes and 10 spots on last month to #2 overall, scoring a spit in the YTD Top 20 as a result (#13). The VW Golf (+27.5%) remains at #3 and seems unaffected by the arrival of the VW ID.3 directly at #16, meaning it now appears within the September Top 20 of 9 European markets so far: Norway (#1), Ireland (#1), Iceland (#3), Denmark (#5), Finland (#6), Switzerland (#9), the Netherlands (#11), Sweden (#15) and Austria (#16). The Tesla Model 3 (+41.1%) lurches up to #4, with the VW Sharan (+269.2%), Bus (+114.3%), Ford Galaxy (+87.3%), Hyundai i30 (+86.5%), Mazda CX-30 (+69.2%), Fiat 500 family (+63%), Seat Ateca (+58.5%), Hyundai Kona (+56.5%), VW Tiguan (+54.8%) and Hyundai Tucson (+38.1%) all posting surreal gains in the remainder of the Top 20.
Previous month: Austria August 2020: Ford (-11.7%), Peugeot (-15.6%) resist in market back in hell (-30.1%)
One year ago: Austria September 2019: Renault Clio, Ford Focus & Tesla Model 3 shine in market up 22.4%
Full September 2020 Top 45 brands and Top 20 models below.
Austria September 2020 – brands:
| Pos | Brand | Sep-20 | % | /19 | Aug | 2020 | % | /19 | Pos | FY19 |
| 1 | Volkswagen | 3,217 | 14.5% | 33.1% | 1 | 27,921 | 15.5% | -33.2% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Skoda | 1,966 | 8.9% | 15.2% | 2 | 17,732 | 9.8% | -19.7% | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Hyundai | 1,582 | 7.1% | 36.7% | 5 | 9,210 | 5.1% | -25.7% | 8 | 8 |
| 4 | Ford | 1,408 | 6.4% | 8.2% | 3 | 10,110 | 5.6% | -31.7% | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | Seat | 1,367 | 6.2% | 43.4% | 6 | 12,163 | 6.7% | -27.8% | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Mercedes | 1,292 | 5.8% | 6.5% | 4 | 9,681 | 5.4% | -16.2% | 7 | 9 |
| 7 | BMW | 980 | 4.4% | -24.6% | 7 | 11,013 | 6.1% | -21.1% | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | Audi | 959 | 4.3% | 85.9% | 8 | 7,747 | 4.3% | -22.4% | 9 | 11 |
| 9 | Renault | 907 | 4.1% | -34.6% | 9 | 9,884 | 5.5% | -25.9% | 6 | 6 |
| 10 | Mazda | 895 | 4.0% | 15.6% | 14 | 4,957 | 2.7% | -33.8% | 14 | 13 |
| 11 | Fiat | 853 | 3.8% | -21.7% | 11 | 6,294 | 3.5% | -39.0% | 11 | 10 |
| 12 | Opel | 741 | 3.3% | -40.4% | 10 | 7,014 | 3.9% | -51.4% | 10 | 7 |
| 13 | Kia | 658 | 3.0% | 16.7% | 13 | 5,185 | 2.9% | -29.2% | 13 | 14 |
| 14 | Peugeot | 611 | 2.8% | -28.7% | 12 | 6,257 | 3.5% | -29.8% | 12 | 12 |
| 15 | Tesla | 598 | 2.7% | 30.6% | 23 | 2,237 | 1.2% | -11.0% | 21 | 24 |
| 16 | Dacia | 517 | 2.3% | -11.5% | 17 | 4,587 | 2.5% | -37.6% | 15 | 15 |
| 17 | Suzuki | 488 | 2.2% | 84.8% | 18 | 4,044 | 2.2% | -42.2% | 17 | 16 |
| 18 | Citroen | 463 | 2.1% | -19.9% | 16 | 4,231 | 2.3% | -30.7% | 16 | 17 |
| 19 | Toyota | 451 | 2.0% | 2.7% | 15 | 4,041 | 2.2% | -22.3% | 18 | 18 |
| 20 | Mitsubishi | 338 | 1.5% | 138.0% | 22 | 2,499 | 1.4% | -33.6% | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | Nissan | 297 | 1.3% | 2.1% | 19 | 2,098 | 1.2% | -38.5% | 22 | 21 |
| 22 | Volvo | 289 | 1.3% | -19.9% | 24 | 2,468 | 1.4% | -25.6% | 20 | 19 |
| 23 | Mini | 236 | 1.1% | -28.5% | 20 | 1,883 | 1.0% | -29.3% | 23 | 23 |
| 24 | Jeep | 234 | 1.1% | -6.4% | 21 | 1,625 | 0.9% | -48.6% | 24 | 22 |
| 25 | Land Rover | 223 | 1.0% | 36.8% | 28 | 1,117 | 0.6% | -9.6% | 26 | 26 |
| 26 | Honda | 157 | 0.7% | -28.0% | 25 | 1,019 | 0.6% | -43.3% | 27 | 25 |
| 27 | Alfa Romeo | 103 | 0.5% | -21.4% | 27 | 649 | 0.4% | -43.4% | 28 | 28 |
| 28 | Porsche | 74 | 0.3% | -38.8% | 26 | 1,163 | 0.6% | 34.8% | 25 | 29 |
| 29 | Subaru | 66 | 0.3% | 34.7% | 31 | 356 | 0.2% | 0.6% | 30 | 31 |
| 30 | Cupra | 38 | 0.2% | new | – | 38 | 0.0% | new | 38 | – |
| 31 | Jaguar | 31 | 0.1% | -42.6% | 29 | 365 | 0.2% | -46.3% | 29 | 30 |
| 32 | SsangYong | 30 | 0.1% | 650.0% | 34 | 135 | 0.1% | -10.0% | 34 | 34 |
| 33 | MG | 25 | 0.1% | new | 35 | 110 | 0.1% | new | 35 | – |
| 34 | Smart | 16 | 0.1% | -68.6% | 32 | 154 | 0.1% | -89.6% | 33 | 27 |
| 35 | Lexus | 15 | 0.1% | -53.1% | 30 | 179 | 0.1% | -32.2% | 32 | 32 |
| 36 | DS | 10 | 0.0% | -54.5% | 33 | 191 | 0.1% | 1.1% | 31 | 33 |
| 37 | Ferrari | 9 | 0.0% | n/a | 38 | 53 | 0.0% | 23.3% | 37 | 39 |
| 38 | Lamborghini | 6 | 0.0% | 50.0% | 41 | 35 | 0.0% | -32.7% | 39 | 36 |
| 39 | Maserati | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 37 | 30 | 0.0% | -26.8% | 40 | 38 |
| 40 | Dodge | 2 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 44 | 12 | 0.0% | -7.7% | 43 | 42 |
| 41 | Aston Martin | 2 | 0.0% | n/a | 40 | 11 | 0.0% | -26.7% | 44 | 43 |
| 42 | McLaren | 2 | 0.0% | n/a | – | 3 | 0.0% | 50.0% | 50 | 51 |
| 43 | Bentley | 1 | 0.0% | -66.7% | 39 | 21 | 0.0% | -46.2% | 41 | 40 |
| 44 | MAN | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | 42 | 18 | 0.0% | n/a | 42 | – |
| 45 | Morgan | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | – | 8 | 0.0% | 60.0% | 45 | 45 |
| 46 | Chevrolet | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | – | 1 | 0.0% | -80.0% | 53 | 46 |
Austria September 2020 – models:
| Pos | Model | Sep-20 | % | /19 | Aug | 2020 | % | /19 | Pos | FY19 |
| 1 | Skoda Octavia | 813 | 3.7% | 55.4% | 2 | 6,019 | 3.3% | -30.3% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Seat Alhambra | 602 | 2.7% | 271.6% | 12 | 2,333 | 1.3% | -1.7% | 13 | 33 |
| 3 | VW Golf | 580 | 2.6% | 27.5% | 3 | 4,602 | 2.5% | -38.6% | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Tesla Model 3 | 546 | 2.5% | 41.1% | n/a | 1,982 | 1.1% | -2.6% | 21 | 51 |
| 5 | Hyundai Tucson | 540 | 2.4% | 38.1% | 6 | 2,321 | 1.3% | -22.2% | 14 | 11 |
| 6 | VW Tiguan | 480 | 2.2% | 54.8% | 10 | 2,712 | 1.5% | -30.6% | 10 | 7 |
| 7 | Fiat 500 Family | 440 | 2.0% | 63.0% | 4 | 3,540 | 2.0% | 16.2% | 5 | 15 |
| 8 | Hyundai I30 | 414 | 1.9% | 86.5% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 30 |
| 9 | Ford Focus | 390 | 1.8% | -0.3% | n/a | 2,309 | 1.3% | -31.3% | 15 | 9 |
| 10 | VW T-Cross | 390 | 1.8% | 32.7% | 15 | 3,155 | 1.7% | 24.5% | 7 | 22 |
| 11 | Hyundai Kona | 338 | 1.5% | 56.5% | 11 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 45 |
| 12 | Seat Ateca | 325 | 1.5% | 58.5% | 8 | 2,652 | 1.5% | -16.6% | 11 | 13 |
| 13 | VW Bus | 285 | 1.3% | 114.3% | 5 | 2,903 | 1.6% | -42.4% | 8 | 6 |
| 14 | Skoda Fabia | 282 | 1.3% | -27.1% | 16 | 3,842 | 2.1% | -25.4% | 4 | 5 |
| 15 | Mazda CX-30 | 264 | 1.2% | 69.2% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 119 |
| 16 | VW ID.3 | 251 | 1.1% | new | – | 251 | 0.1% | new | n/a | – |
| 17 | Ford Galaxy | 251 | 1.1% | 87.3% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 57 |
| 18 | Opel Corsa | 249 | 1.1% | -27.4% | 9 | 2,299 | 1.3% | -29.7% | 16 | 12 |
| 19 | VW Caddy | 242 | 1.1% | 5.2% | 14 | 2,068 | 1.1% | -21.5% | 19 | 18 |
| 20 | VW Sharan | 240 | 1.1% | 269.2% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 53 |
| n/a | Skoda Karoq | 224 | 1.0% | -20.8% | n/a | 2,381 | 1.3% | -18.8% | 12 | 17 |
| n/a | VW Polo | 217 | 1.0% | -10.0% | 1 | 4,247 | 2.4% | -24.0% | 3 | 3 |
| n/a | VW T-Roc | 204 | 0.9% | -18.4% | 7 | 3,424 | 1.9% | -43.5% | 6 | 4 |
| n/a | Renault Captur | 188 | 0.8% | -11.3% | n/a | 2,048 | 1.1% | -14.5% | 20 | 25 |
| n/a | Renault Clio | 185 | 0.8% | -53.4% | 13 | 2,732 | 1.5% | -23.2% | 9 | 8 |
| n/a | Seat Ibiza | 104 | 0.5% | -49.8% | n/a | 2,292 | 1.3% | -39.9% | 17 | 10 |
| n/a | Seat Arona | 96 | 0.4% | -46.1% | n/a | 2,154 | 1.2% | -30.8% | 18 | 19 |
Source: Statistik Austria
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Seat Alhambra at #2. Thats supposed to be a record !?
Hi Pedro – thank you for the pickup! It could be although I have a feeling it happened before. Looking back 4 years I could find #6 in December 2017 but haven’t look further back just yet…
Hello Matt !!
Austria brand’s ranking for September is missing.
Best wishes !!
Thank you Balbino! Amended now.