Bulgaria September 2020: Renault (+106.9%), Peugeot (+60.5%) buck 8th straight double-digit drop (-11.6%)

October 7, 2020
Matt Gasnier
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Renault sales more than double year-on-year in September in Bulgaria.

New light vehicle sales in Bulgaria endure an 8th consecutive month of double-digit year-on-year drops in September at -11.6% to 2.197 registrations, leading to a year-to-date volume down -37.9% to 20.250. Renault (+106.9%) completely bucks the trend and surges ahead in the brands ranking with 13.7% share, cementing its YTD pole position at 11.9%. Toyota (+5.6%) is also up and gains 4 spots on August to #2 but 2019 leader Dacia (-25.2%) struggles down to #3. Peugeot (+60.5%) posts a sumptuous result as do Opel (+54.5%) and Ford (+22.1%) in the remainder of the Top 10. Kia (+3.5%) also manages an uptick but Nissan (-48.2%), Skoda (-10.2%) and Volkswagen (-3.5%) aren’t so lucky.

Because of lower prices than in the rest of the European Union, Bulgaria is with Lithuania the epicentre of re-export practices on the continent, with 10.8% (2.195) of all cars registered so far this year never seeing Bulgarian roads. They are instead on-sold for a profit as 0km used in other, dearer parts of the Union. The most aggressive culprits of re-exporting their cars out of Bulgaria in 2020 are Nissan with a huge 62.1% of its registrations never actually seeing the highways of the country, Bentley at 50%, Infiniti at 30%, Citroen at 23.6%, Alfa Romeo at 23.3%, Fiat at 21.2%, Kia at 17.7%, Dacia at 12.1% and Renault at 10%,

For the first time since December 2016 we have access to a year-to-date models ranking for Bulgaria. Hopefully we will be able to shift to complete monthly models data for this market from now on. It shows the Nissan Qashqai in the lead with 6% share but given the brand’s record re-export rate, the true best-seller should instead be the Renault Clio, Skoda Octavia or Dacia Dokker which follow in the ranking. The Dacia Duster rounds out the Top 5, with the Toyota Corolla, Citroen C3, Dacia Sandero and Toyota Yaris also making it into the Top 10.

Previous month: Bulgaria August 2020: Kia (+52.6%), Peugeot (+7.6%) defy market thrown into disarray again (-42.2%)

One year ago: Bulgaria September 2019: Nissan (+410.2%), Fiat (+416.7%) surge in market up 3.7%

Full September 2020 Top 35 All-brands and January-September Top 280 All-models below.

Bulgaria September 2020 – brands:

Pos	Brand	Sep-20	%	/19	Aug	2020	%	/19	Pos	FY19
1	Renault	300	13.7%	106.9%	2	2,403	11.9%	-16.3%	1	2
2	Toyota	266	12.1%	5.6%	6	1,884	9.3%	-24.9%	4	4
3	Dacia	244	11.1%	-25.2%	1	2,302	11.4%	-46.7%	2	1
4	Peugeot	191	8.7%	60.5%	4	1,381	6.8%	-33.8%	7	7
5	Skoda	168	7.6%	-10.2%	3	2,142	10.6%	-28.0%	3	3
6	Volkswagen	166	7.6%	-3.5%	5	1,705	8.4%	-37.8%	5	5
7	Nissan	156	7.1%	-48.2%	8	1,423	7.0%	-33.8%	6	6
8	Ford	116	5.3%	22.1%	11	683	3.4%	-51.2%	12	8
9	Kia	89	4.1%	3.5%	7	886	4.4%	-39.0%	8	9
10	Opel	68	3.1%	54.5%	14	467	2.3%	-64.9%	14	12
11	BMW	67	3.0%	-26.4%	10	751	3.7%	-26.0%	9	13
12	Hyundai	67	3.0%	4.7%	12	532	2.6%	-15.4%	13	16
13	Mercedes	66	3.0%	3.1%	9	728	3.6%	3.6%	10	11
14	Citroen	49	2.2%	16.7%	13	716	3.5%	-47.7%	11	10
15	Audi	29	1.3%	-12.1%	16	368	1.8%	-19.1%	15	19
16	Suzuki	29	1.3%	-3.3%	18	273	1.3%	-68.7%	17	15
17	Mazda	28	1.3%	-51.7%	15	273	1.3%	-46.0%	16	18
18	Fiat	15	0.7%	-91.9%	19	200	1.0%	-73.6%	18	14
19	Mitsubishi	14	0.6%	-12.5%	22	175	0.9%	1.7%	19	24
20	Seat	12	0.5%	-20.0%	20	122	0.6%	-61.5%	21	21
21	Volvo	11	0.5%	-21.4%	21	135	0.7%	-26.2%	20	17
22	Lexus	9	0.4%	-18.2%	26	72	0.4%	-44.6%	24	28
23	Land Rover	8	0.4%	60.0%	24	97	0.5%	-60.6%	23	22
24	Honda	5	0.2%	-75.0%	17	117	0.6%	-44.0%	22	23
25	Alfa Romeo	5	0.2%	66.7%	30	30	0.1%	-6.3%	30	34
26	Porsche	4	0.2%	-33.3%	23	72	0.4%	4.3%	25	30
27	Jeep	4	0.2%	-91.1%	29	56	0.3%	-69.1%	27	26
28	Mini	3	0.1%	-66.7%	25	70	0.3%	-64.6%	26	25
29	Subaru	2	0.1%	-60.0%	33	27	0.1%	-22.9%	31	33
30	Jaguar	2	0.1%	-66.7%	–	20	0.1%	-64.3%	33	32
31	Maserati	2	0.1%	100.0%	–	9	0.0%	-66.7%	35	37
32	Isuzu	1	0.0%	0.0%	32	33	0.2%	-42.1%	29	29
33	Haval	1	0.0%	0.0%	27	26	0.1%	-10.3%	32	35
34	DS	1	0.0%	n/a	34	6	0.0%	100.0%	36	40
35	SsangYong	1	0.0%	n/a	–	5	0.0%	-93.6%	38	31
36	Great Wall	0	0.0%	-100.0%	28	35	0.2%	9.4%	28	36
37	Infiniti	0	0.0%	-100.0%	–	10	0.0%	-93.0%	34	27
38	Tesla	0	0.0%	-100.0%	–	6	0.0%	-40.0%	37	38
39	Ferrari	0	0.0%	n/a	35	3	0.0%	-25.0%	39	39
40	Lamborghini	0	0.0%	n/a	–	3	0.0%	-25.0%	40	41
41	Bentley	0	0.0%	n/a	–	2	0.0%	-33.3%	41	42
42	Lada	0	0.0%	-100.0%	–	2	0.0%	-99.1%	42	20

Bulgaria September 2020 – models:

Pos	Model	2020	%
1	Nissan Qashqai	1,214	6.0%
2	Renault Clio	1,111	5.5%
3	Skoda Octavia	1,042	5.1%
4	Dacia Dokker	843	4.2%
5	Dacia Duster	772	3.8%
6	Toyota Corolla	584	2.9%
7	Renault Master	525	2.6%
8	Citroen C3	454	2.2%
9	Dacia Sandero	420	2.1%
10	Toyota Yaris	375	1.9%
11	Kia Sportage	329	1.6%
12	Skoda Superb	328	1.6%
13	Renault Megane	320	1.6%
14	VW T Roc	270	1.3%
15	Peugeot 3008	258	1.3%
16	Toyota RAV4	244	1.2%
17	Toyota C-HR	235	1.2%
18	VW Golf	229	1.1%
19	VW Caddy	226	1.1%
20	Ford Transit/Custom	221	1.1%
21	Hyundai Kona	215	1.1%
22	Peugeot Boxer	210	1.0%
23	Peugeot 308	204	1.0%
24	Renault Captur	196	1.0%
25	Dacia Logan MCV	193	1.0%
26	Mercedes GLE	183	0.9%
27	Peugeot 208	176	0.9%
28	Toyota Hilux	167	0.8%
29	VW T Cross	164	0.8%
30	Peugeot 2008	163	0.8%
31	Skoda Scala	160	0.8%
32	Skoda Fabia	159	0.8%
33	Kia Ceed	156	0.8%
34	Skoda Karoq	147	0.7%
35	VW Passat	142	0.7%
36	Kia Rio	138	0.7%
37	Skoda Kodiaq	132	0.7%
38	Mercedes GLC	122	0.6%
39	Skoda Kamiq	122	0.6%
40	VW Arteon	117	0.6%
41	Ford Ranger	116	0.6%
42	Citroen Berlingo	115	0.6%
43	Toyota Aygo	106	0.5%
44	BMW X5	105	0.5%
45	Hyundai i20	105	0.5%
46	Hyundai Tucson	102	0.5%
47	Mercedes GLS	102	0.5%
48	Suzuki Vitara	102	0.5%
49	VW Tiguan	100	0.5%
50	BMW 3 Series	99	0.5%
51	Mazda CX 30	99	0.5%
52	VW Polo	99	0.5%
53	Ford Fiesta	98	0.5%
54	BMW X7	94	0.5%
55	Ford Focus	91	0.4%
56	BMW X6	90	0.4%
57	Nissan X-Trail	90	0.4%
58	Kia Stonic	89	0.4%
59	Opel Crossland X	89	0.4%
60	VW Up!	87	0.4%
61	Kia Xceed	85	0.4%
62	Mazda CX-5	85	0.4%
63	Citroen Jumper	84	0.4%
64	Fiat Tipo	84	0.4%
65	Opel Grandland X	84	0.4%
66	Mercedes Sprinter	79	0.4%
67	Peugeot Rifter	78	0.4%
68	Peugeot 301	76	0.4%
69	VW Crafter	76	0.4%
70	Opel Corsa	75	0.4%
71	Audi Q8	74	0.4%
72	Dacia Lodgy	74	0.4%
73	Audi Q7	73	0.4%
74	Opel Astra	73	0.4%
75	Peugeot Partner	73	0.4%
76	Renault Kadjar	71	0.4%
77	Toyota Camry	68	0.3%
78	BMW X1	66	0.3%
79	VW Touareg	65	0.3%
80	Peugeot 5008	63	0.3%
81	Ford Ecosport	60	0.3%
82	Mitsubishi Outlander	59	0.3%
83	Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross	57	0.3%
84	Renault Trafic	57	0.3%
85	Peugeot 508	56	0.3%
86	Toyota Land Cruiser	56	0.3%
87	BMW X3	53	0.3%
88	Opel Combo	52	0.3%
89	Skoda Citigo	52	0.3%
90	Audi Q5	51	0.3%
91	Nissan Juke	51	0.3%
92	Opel Insignia	50	0.2%
93	Suzuki Ignis	48	0.2%
94	Honda Civic	46	0.2%
95	Renault Kangoo	46	0.2%
96	Suzuki Jimny	45	0.2%
97	VW Combi	45	0.2%
98	Hyundau i10	42	0.2%
99	Mazda3	41	0.2%
100	Mercedes S class	41	0.2%
101	Volvo XC60	41	0.2%
102	Mercedes GLB	40	0.2%
103	Audi A6	39	0.2%
104	BMW 5 Series	39	0.2%
105	Mercedes A class	39	0.2%
106	Suzuki Swift	39	0.2%
107	Suzuki SX4	39	0.2%
108	Hyundai Santa Fe	38	0.2%
109	Toyota Proace	38	0.2%
110	Volvo XC90	38	0.2%
111	Honda CR-V	36	0.2%
112	Citroen C5 Aircross	35	0.2%
113	Mini Cooper	35	0.2%
114	Nissan Micra	34	0.2%
115	BMW 7 Series	33	0.2%
116	BMW X4	33	0.2%
117	Fiat Ducato	33	0.2%
118	Seat Leon	33	0.2%
119	Audi Q3	32	0.2%
120	BMW 2 Series	32	0.2%
121	Mazda6	32	0.2%
122	Porsche Cayenne	32	0.2%
123	Audi A8	31	0.2%
124	Renault Talisman	31	0.2%
125	Volvo XC40	29	0.1%
126	VW Transporter	29	0.1%
127	Kia Niro	28	0.1%
128	Kia Proceed	28	0.1%
129	Mini Countryman	28	0.1%
130	Seat Arona	28	0.1%
131	Alfa Romeo Stelvio	27	0.1%
132	Fiat Doblo	27	0.1%
133	Ford Mondeo	27	0.1%
134	Jeep Compass	27	0.1%
135	Renault Koleos	27	0.1%
136	BMW 8 series	26	0.1%
137	Mitsubishi L200	26	0.1%
138	Fiat 500	25	0.1%
139	Haval H6	25	0.1%
140	VW Amarok	25	0.1%
141	BMW i3	24	0.1%
142	BMW X2	24	0.1%
143	Great Wall Steed 6	24	0.1%
144	Porsche 911	24	0.1%
145	BMW 1 Series	23	0.1%
146	Isuzu Turquoise	23	0.1%
147	Seat Tarraco	23	0.1%
148	Ford Puma	22	0.1%
149	Ford Tourneo	22	0.1%
150	Kia Sorento	22	0.1%
151	Seat Ibiza	22	0.1%
152	Lexus PX	21	0.1%
153	Land Rover Discovery Sport	20	0.1%
154	Audi A3	19	0.1%
155	Opel Movano	19	0.1%
156	Honda Jazz	18	0.1%
157	Mercedes B class	18	0.1%
158	Mercedes G class	18	0.1%
159	Mercedes GLA	18	0.1%
160	Opel Vivaro	18	0.1%
161	Renault Zoe	18	0.1%
162	Honda HR-V	17	0.1%
163	Mitsubishi Space Star	17	0.1%
164	Nissan Navara	17	0.1%
165	Audi A4	16	0.1%
166	Lexus RX	16	0.1%
167	Mitsubishi ASX	16	0.1%
168	Range Rover	16	0.1%
169	Seat Ateca	16	0.1%
170	VW Touran	16	0.1%
171	Jeep Wrangler	15	0.1%
172	Lexus NX	15	0.1%
173	Peugeot Expert	15	0.1%
174	Range Rover Evoque	15	0.1%
175	Lexus UX	14	0.1%
176	Mercedes AMG GT	14	0.1%
177	Mercedes CLA	14	0.1%
178	Range Rover Sport	14	0.1%
179	Audi A7	13	0.1%
180	Fiat 500X	13	0.1%
181	Ford Kuga	12	0.1%
182	Mazda2	12	0.1%
183	Subaru Forester	12	0.1%
184	Volvo S60	12	0.1%
185	Citroen C3 Aircross	11	0.1%
186	Land Rover Defender	11	0.1%
187	Land Rover Discovery	11	0.1%
188	Toyota Prius	11	0.1%
189	Ford Mustang	10	0.0%
190	Hyundai Ioniq	10	0.0%
191	Range Rover Velar	10	0.0%
192	Mercedes C class	10	0.0%
193	Mercedes E class	10	0.0%
194	Nissan Leaf	10	0.0%
195	VW Multivan	10	0.0%
196	Haval H2	9	0.0%
197	Isuzu ATFS	9	0.0%
198	Jaguar E Pace	9	0.0%
199	Mercedes X class	9	0.0%
200	Peugeot 108	9	0.0%
201	BMW 6 Series	8	0.0%
202	Hyundai Elantra	8	0.0%
203	Jeep Renegade	8	0.0%
204	Subaru Outback	8	0.0%
205	Audi A5	7	0.0%
206	Audi Q2	7	0.0%
207	Citroen C-Elysée	7	0.0%
208	Fiat Fullback	7	0.0%
209	Hyundai i30	7	0.0%
210	Infinity Q 30	7	0.0%
211	Jaguar F-Pace	7	0.0%
212	Maserti Levante	7	0.0%
213	Opel Zafira	7	0.0%
214	Subaru XV	7	0.0%
215	Porsche Macan	6	0.0%
216	Porsche Taycan	6	0.0%
217	Audi E-Tron	5	0.0%
218	Citroen Jumpy	5	0.0%
219	DS 7 Crossback	5	0.0%
220	Fiat Panda	5	0.0%
221	Jeep Grand Cherokee	5	0.0%
222	Kia Picanto	5	0.0%
223	Mercedes Vito	5	0.0%
224	Mini Clubman	5	0.0%
225	Volvo V40	5	0.0%
226	VW ID.3	5	0.0%
227	Fiat Fiorino	4	0.0%
228	Hyundai H1	4	0.0%
229	Lexus LC	4	0.0%
230	Nissan GT-R	4	0.0%
231	Ssangyong Korando	4	0.0%
232	Volvo V60	4	0.0%
233	Volvo V90	4	0.0%
234	Alfa Romeo Giullia	3	0.0%
235	Citroen C4 Spacetourer	3	0.0%
236	Ford Galaxy	3	0.0%
237	Infinity Q 50	3	0.0%
238	Kia Optima	3	0.0%
239	Kia Stinger	3	0.0%
240	Lamborghini Urus	3	0.0%
241	Mazda MX-5	3	0.0%
242	Mercedes Citan	3	0.0%
243	Porsche Panamera	3	0.0%
244	Tesla Model 3	3	0.0%
245	Bentley Flying Spur	2	0.0%
246	BMW 4 Series	2	0.0%
247	Haval F7X	2	0.0%
248	Jaguar XF	2	0.0%
249	Lada 4×4	2	0.0%
250	Lexus ES	2	0.0%
251	Maserati Grand Turismo	2	0.0%
252	Mercedes CLS	2	0.0%
253	Mini One	2	0.0%
254	Nissan e NV 200	2	0.0%
255	Tesla Model S	2	0.0%
256	Volvo S90	2	0.0%
257	Audi R8	1	0.0%
258	Citroen C1	1	0.0%
259	Citroen C4 Cactus	1	0.0%
260	DS 5	1	0.0%
261	Ferrari F8 Spider	1	0.0%
262	Ferrari F8 Tributo	1	0.0%
263	Ferrari Portofino	1	0.0%
264	Fiat 500L	1	0.0%
265	Fiat Abarth 500	1	0.0%
266	Ford S-Max	1	0.0%
267	Haval H9	1	0.0%
268	Hyundai H 350	1	0.0%
269	Isuzu N1R	1	0.0%
270	Jaguar F-Type	1	0.0%
271	Jaguar XE	1	0.0%
272	Jeep Cherokee	1	0.0%
273	Mazda MX 30	1	0.0%
274	Mercedes Inturo M	1	0.0%
275	Nissan 370Z	1	0.0%
276	Porsche 718	1	0.0%
277	Renault Trucks	1	0.0%
278	Ssangyong Musso	1	0.0%
279	Tesla Model X	1	0.0%