Italy June 2021: Dacia Sandero up to record #2 in market up 12.6%
The Dacia Sandero is up to #2 overall in Italy in June. Picture lastampa.it
New car sales in Italy gain 12.6% year-on-year in June to 150.331 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 51.6% to 892.548. When comparing with pre-pandemic levels of two years ago, the market is down -13.3% for the month and -17.9% or roughly 200.000 units year-to-date. A worrying sign that Italian sales are still on shaky ground in terms of recovery is private sales actually down year-on-year this month at -1.1% to 85.728 and 57% share vs. 64.9% a year ago. All other channels are in positive. Self-registrations are up 22.8% to 16.699, long term leases are up 37.8% to 29.326, short-term rentals up 139% to 10.686 and company sales up 4.9% to 7.892. Year-to-date, private sales are up 55.7% to 548.892 and 61.5% share vs. 59.9% over the First Half of 2019, self-registrations are up 37.3% to 88.853, long term leases up 59% to 153.874, short-term rentals up 22.4% to 53.668 and company sales up 53.6% to 47.261.
Looking at sales by fuel source, petrol sales are down -14.3% to 45.492 and 30.3% share vs. 39.7% in June 2020, diesel registrations implode -29.5% to 33.635 and 22.4% share vs. 35.7%, GPL is up 27.1% to 12.259, HEV up 156.1% to 41.200 and 27.4% share vs. 12% a year ago, PHEV up 332.2% to 7.118 and 4.7% share vs. 1.2% and BEV up 214% to 7.025 and 4.7% share vs. 1.7% in June 2020. Year-to-date, petrol is up 13.2% to 285.962 but down to 32% share vs. 42.9% over the same period in 2020, diesel edges up 4.6% to 216.010 and 24.2% share vs. 35.1%, GPL is up 53.2% to 57.134, HEV up 289.7% to 244.537 and 27.4% share vs. 10.7% in 2020, PHEV is up 553.9% to 37.937 and 4.3% vs. 1% a year ago and BEV soars 205.1% to 30.384 and 3.4% vs. 1.7% last year.
Over in the brands ranking, Fiat (+19.4%) outpaces its home market but has to settle for 14.8% share vs. 15.7% so far this year. Volkswagen (+19.2%) evolves similarly but achieves a higher share than YTD at 9.1% vs. 8.6%. After a paltry start of the year (it ranks #7 YTD vs. #4 over the Full Year 2020), Renault (-9.5%) is in negative but soars back up 6 spots on May to lodge its first podium finish since last December at #3. Toyota (+10.8%) and Peugeot (+11.5%) can’t quite match the market growth rate and round out the Top 5. Citroen (+27%) remains at #6 while Dacia (+8.7%) is up 7 spots on last month to #7, its highest ranking in a year. Opel (+33.3%) and Jeep (+21%) also shine in the remainder of the Top 10. Further down, Hyundai (+74.7%), Volvo (+37%), Kia (+35.5%), Seat (+32.6%), Lancia (+23.5%) impress in the Top 20 and DR Motor (+158.6%), Tesla (+156.2%) and Smart (+130.6%) make waves below.
Model-wise, the Fiat Panda (+20.7%) easily retains the top spot, with its mild hybrid variant accounting for 77.2% of its June total. We have a surprise in 2nd place: the Dacia Sandero (+32.3%) finally takes full advantage of its new generation and is up 9 spots on May to break its Italian ranking record (previous best: #3 in August 2019). The Lancia Ypsilon (+23.7%) remains in third place but is now up to #2 year-to-date, with its mild hybrid version accounting for 81% of its June volume. The Jeep Compass (+48.6%) is up three spots on last month to #4 and leads the PHEV charts. It distances the Toyota Yaris (+27.2%) and Fiat 500 (+26.6%) ending a stint of three consecutive months at #2. The Opel Corsa (+53.6%) and Citroen C3 (+28.1%) also beat the market in the remainder of the Top 10 while the Renault Captur (+2.1%) is up 14 ranks on May to #10. Further down, great performers include the Tesla Model 3 (+208.5%), Citroen C1 (+126%), Hyundai Tucson (+90%), Kia Picanto (+78.1%), BMW 1 Series (+75.8%) and Volvo XC40 (+71.9%). The Tesla Model 3 is the best-selling EV in Italy in June ahead of the Fiat 500, Renault Twingo, Dacia Spring and Smart Fortwo.
Previous month: Italy May 2021: Toyota cracks podium in worsening market (-27.9% on two years ago)
One year ago: Italy June 2020: Electrified vehicles, private sales reduce market decline to -23.3%
Full June 2021 Top 43 All-brands and Top 50 models below.
