Portugal June 2024: Citroen C3 and Tesla Model Y top negative market

Citroen C3 sales are up 6-fold year-on-year. Next generation pictured.

20,193 new cars found a buyer in Portugal in June, a steep -8.4% year-on-year decline. The H1 2024 tally stands at 116,417, up 5.7% on the same period in 2023. Peugeot (-43.6%) stays on top of the brands charts despite a debilitating loss and holds 8.7% of the market vs. 9.9% over H1. Citroen (+19%) surges six spots on May to end the month in 2nd place with 7.2% share. Mercedes (+6.9%) is only 8 sales below and ascends to the third spot YTD. Volkswagen (-3.9%) keeps its fall below the market rate unlike Dacia (-13.1%). Tesla (+42.1%) is the only additional Top 10 member to show a positive year-on-year result. Further down, Volvo (+66.7%), Hyundai (+39.3%), Skoda (+33.8%) and Cupra (+146.5%) stand out. Finally notice BYD (+830.8%) up to #22 and outselling MG (+102.9%).

Rushed sales of the outgoing generation before new safety regulations are put in place in early July push the Citroen up 6-fold year-on-year (+503.1%) to snap its first pole position since April 2022. It ranks #5 year-to-date with sales up 147% vs. #13 over the Full Year 2023. The Tesla Model Y (+96.4%) is down one spot on last month to a still very impressive 2nd place, a ranking it also holds year-to-date vs. #7 over FY2023. The Dacia Sandero (+67.9%) stays at #3 and holds onto its YTD pole position. The Peugeot 308 (+22.4%) is up 20 ranks on May to #4 with the Peugeot 2008 (-67.6%) in great difficulty at #5. The VW Taigo (+43.1%) and Seat Ibiza (+0.2%) are the only additional gainers inside the Top 10, ranking #9 and #7 respectively.

Previous month: Portugal May 2024: Tesla Model Y best-seller for the 2nd time ever

One year ago: Portugal June 2023: Peugeot and 2008 in control

Full June 2024 Top 45 All brands and Top 297 All models below.