Greece August 2024: Toyota hits record share in freefalling market

The Toyota Yaris Cross is the best-selling vehicle in Greece in August.

New car sales in Greece freefall -21.4% year-on-year in August, yet thanks to a solid start of the year the YTD tally remains in positive at +5.7% to 98,374. Brand leaders Toyota (+19.3%) and Suzuki (+8.7%) defy the poor market to lodge significant year-on-year upticks. Toyota notably hits 23.1% share, a new record eclipsing the 21.8% it reached last June. In contrast Peugeot (-42.4%), Kia (-38.3%) and Hyundai (-25.8%) crumble while Volkswagen (-1.8%) resists at #5 vs. #12 last month. BMW (+64.7%) and Ford (+9.1%) also excel in the remainder of the Top 10. 

Over in the models charts, the Toyota Yaris Cross (+148.7%) surges back to #1, a ranking it also holds year-to-date vs. #4 over the Full Year 2023. At 10.7% share, it however can’t quite match its record of 12.8% hit last June. The Toyota Yaris (-34.1%) follows but struggles. The Peugeot 2008 (+6%) and Suzuki Vitara (-27.9%) camp on their July ranking at #3 and #4 respectively while the Hyundai i20 (-9.5%) rounds out the Top 5. Outstanding performances also for the Suzuki Ignis (+378.6%), BMW X1 (+209.3%), Toyota Corolla Cross (+178.7%), breaking into the Top 10 for the first time at #9, and Toyota C-HR (+90.7%).

Previous month: Greece July 2024: Toyota Yaris back in charge in negative market

One year ago: Greece August 2023: Fiat Panda repeats at #1, sales up 19.8%

Full August 2024 Top 40 All brands and Top 205 All models below.