Italy November 2021: Toyota Yaris Cross up to #7, sales down -24%
The Toyota Yaris Cross breaks into the Italian Top 10 for the first time in November.
New car sales in Italy slide down -24% year-on-year in November to 106,690 units, an improvement on the -35.7% of October but still a very significant loss. This leads to a year-to-date tally up 8.9% to 1,386,108 registrations. As a result we have upped our 2021 Forecast slightly to 1.47 million units. Private sales drop -26.2% year-on-year to 68,410 units and 64.1% share vs. 66% a year ago, self-registrations are down -24.9% to 9,985 and 9.4% vs. 9.5%, long term leases limit their fall to -13.7% at 19,822 units and 18.6% share vs. 16.4% a year ago, while short-term rentals implode at -62.4% to just 1,520 and 1.4% share vs. 2.9% last year and company sales resist at -6.6% to 6,953 and 6.5% share vs. 5.3% in November 2020. Year-to-date, private sales gain 7.3% to 870,084 and 62.8% share vs. 63.7% over the same period in 2020, self-registrations edge down -2.1% to 134,256 and 9.7% share vs. 10.8% last year, long term leases soar 24.3% to 242,160 and 17.5% share vs. 15.3% a year ago, short-term rentals dip down -2.3% to 62,462 and 4.5% share vs. 5% and company sales improve by 17.8% to 77,146 and 5.6% share vs. 5.1% last year.
In terms of fuel type, petrol skids down -34.3% in November to 28,656 and 26.9% share vs. 31.1% in November 2020, diesel implodes -50.3% to 20,247 and 19% share vs. 29% a year ago and GPL drops -12% to 9,862 and 9.2% share vs. 8% last year. Alternatively fuelled vehicles on the other hand excel. HEV is up 3.5% to 33,474 and 31.4% share vs. 23% a year ago, including 9,156 full hybrid (+19.9%) and 24,318 mild hybrid (-1.6%). PHEV is up 12.4% to 5,560 and 5.2% share vs. 3.5% last year, and BEV is up 44.3% to 6,958 and 6.5% share vs. 3.4% a year ago. Year-to-date, petrol is down -14.2% to 414,554 and 29.9% share vs. 38% over the same period in 2020, diesel is hit -26.7% to 315,167 and 22.7% share vs. 33.8% and GPL is up 15.7% to 100,620 and 7.3% share vs. 6.8%. HEV soars 103.1% to 400,976 and 28.9% share vs. 15.5% last year, including 93,801 full hybrid (+65.1%) and 307,175 mild hybrid (+118.5%). PHEV surges 202.4% to 63,652 and 4.6% share vs. 1.7% and BEV is up 142.6% to 61,331 and 4.4% share vs. 2% over the first 11 months of 2020.
In the brands ranking, the top two sellers all fall faster than the market and lose share year-on-year: Fiat is down -28.5% to 14.6% share vs. 15.3% so far this year while Volkswagen skids -26.6% to 8.3% share vs. 8.6% YTD. Toyota (-16.5%) resists better and stays in third position but it’s Dacia (+2.4%) that lodges the only year-on-year gain in the Top 9, edging up one spot on October to #4 overall. It distances sister brand Renault (-37.1%), Ford (-41.9%), Peugeot (-41%), Citroen (-36%) and Jeep (-40.4%) all in freefall. Below, both Kia (+38.1%) and Hyundai (+44.1%) blissfully ignore the negative context and post splendid double-digit year-on-year upticks. We then have to wait until #23 to find another carmaker in positive: DR Motor (+165%) reaching 1.1% share vs. 0.5% so far the year. Cupra (+2845.8%), Tesla (+66.5%), Porsche (+34.6%), Lexus (+25.7%), Great Wall (+10.7%), Subaru (+8.8%), Ferrari (+7.5%) and DS (+6.5%) also advance further down.
Model-wise, the Fiat Panda (-19.2%) easily retains the pole position, selling 2.7 times the amount of the #2, the Lancia Ypsilon (-23.9%) up one spot on last month to #2. The Dacia Duster scores the only year-on-year gain in the Top 6 and soars 29% to land in third place overall. Dacia even places two nameplates in the November Top 4 with the Sandero (-20.4%) up four ranks on October to #4. The Fiat 500 (-31.5%) is knocked down three spots to #5 while the Citroen C3 (-18%) is down two to #6. The best performance in the Top 10 goes to the new Toyota Yaris Cross up 8 ranks on last month to break into the Italian Top 10 for the first time at #7. However this success seems to be cannibalising the Yaris which is down an abysmal -89.8% year-on-year and steps out of the Top 50 altogether. The VW T-Roc (+25.1%) is the only additional Top 10 gainer just as the Jeep Compass (-40.3%) and Renegade (-36.7%) fall heavily. Notice also a swan song for the Ford Ecosport (+471%) at #11, the VW Polo up 31.4%, the Toyota C-HR up 84.5% to a new record #17 (previous best #22 in April 2018), the Hyundai Tucson up 160.1%, Kia Sportage up 122.4% and Toyota RAV4 up 65.4%. Finally the Renault Arkana breaks into the Italian Top 50 for the first time at #42.
Previous month: Italy October 2021: Fiat Panda hits highest share in 32 years, Toyota Yaris Cross up to #15, market down -35.7%
One year ago: Italy November 2020: Toyota Yaris, Fiat 500 can’t prevent market back down -8.2%
Full November 2021 Top 45 All-brands and Top 50 models below.