Hungary April 2022: Suzuki S-Cross retains lead in market off -16.9%

The Suzuki S-Cross cements its best-seller status in Hungary.

In April, the Hungarian new car and light vehicle market falls -16.9% year-on-year to 10,673 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now down -14.2% to 43,620. In the PC + LCV charts, Ford takes the lead for the month with 13% share ahead of Suzuki at 12.7%, Toyota at 11.5% and Volkswagen at 8.2%. In the PC-only ranking and over the first 4 months of the year, Suzuki (-19.5%) is #1 above Toyota (+20.2%), Ford (-12.7%), Volkswagen (+12.9%) and Kia (+0.9%). Opel (+90.3%), Ssangyong (+84.2%), Porsche (+44%), Abarth (+70%), Tesla (+3180%) and Cupra (+164%) make themselves noticed with fantastic gains.

Over in the models ranking, the Suzuki S-Cross remains in the overall lead with 6.6% share vs. 6.4% year-to-date, distancing the Suzuki Vitara at 5.3% and the Toyota Corolla at 3.1%. The Kia Ceed follows at 4.8% above the Ford Tourneo Custom, Puma and Transit. The Toyota C-HR, VW T-Roc and Dacia Duster close out the Top 10.

Previous month: Hungary March/Q1 2022: Toyota and Suzuki S-Cross best-seller, volumes down -13.3%

Previous year: Hungary Full Year 2021: Suzuki Vitara sports 6th straight win, Kia up 45% in market off -4.8%

Full April 2022 Top 5 PC + LCV brands, Top 8 PC brands, Top 25 models and Top 50 models YTD below.