Finland August 2024: Toyota Yaris Cross repeats at #1, Opel Astra up to #5

The Opel Astra hits its highest Finnish ranking in 4.5 years.

The Finnish new car market remains in hell in August at -16.7% year-on-year to just 6,389 sales. The year-to-date tally is now off -17.2% or over 10,000 units to 49,714. Toyota (-8.9%) maintains its grip on the brands charts but sees its market share thaw to 16.1% vs. 19.1% year-to-date. Volvo (+22.8%) defies the negative context but at 9.6% share it is well below its YTD level of 11.2%. If Volkswagen (-10.2%) manages to keep its loss below the market rate, it is not the case for Kia (-23.7%) and Skoda (-24.2%). Hyundai (+19.3%) is the only remaining Top 10 member in positive just as Ford (-1.6%) is stable at #10 but Mercedes (-26.6%), BMW (-44.6%) and Tesla (-45.5%) all implode. Below, Subaru (+780%), Opel (+227.1%), BYD (+182.3%) and Renault (+130%) shoot up.

Model-wise, the Toyota Yaris Cross (+92.8%) repeats at #1 for its 2nd ever monthly win with a dominant 5% share. It however remains #2 year-to-date, far below the Toyota Corolla, down a ghastly -37.5% for the month. The new Volvo EX30 is up one spot on last month to climb back onto the podium at #3 and now ranks #4 year-to-date. #1 over the Full Year 2023 but down to #7 so far in 2024, the Tesla Model Y (-56.7%) freefalls at #4. The Opel Astra steps up a further four ranks on July to break into the Top 5 at #5, earning a spot inside the YTD Top 30 as a result at #28. This is the nameplate’s first Top 5 finish since December 2019 (#3). Outstanding performance also by the Toyota C-HR (+47.4%) at #8.

Previous month: Finland July 2024: Toyota Yaris Cross signs first ever win, C-HR up to #3

One year ago: Finland August 2023: Peugeot 2008 best-seller for the first time

Full August 2024 Top 30 brands and models below.