Slovakia August 2024: Skoda Fabia up to #1, MG breaks records

The Skoda Fabia is the most popular vehicle in Slovakia in August.

The Slovak new car market slips -5.1% year-on-year in August to 7,107 sales. This means the year-to-date volume is now up just 0.2% to 61,068. Strikingly, the Top 4 brands all fall faster than the market, Skoda (-7.8%) resists best and leads the way as usual with 19.1% share. Kia (-13.2%) advances to #2 and snaps the 4th place year-to-date in the process. Toyota (-30.8%) is hit hard but climbs back to #3 vs. #5 in July, while Hyundai (-16.1%) stays at #4. Volkswagen (-1.6%) drops three spots on last month to #5. Below, Peugeot (+56.7%) and Citroen (+149.3%) both post surreal gains with Opel (+29.6%) also strong at #10 vs. #15 year-to-date. MG (+491.2%) breaks its ranking (#12), volume (201) and share (2.8%) records, with its previous best being #13 and 2.1% hit both in December 2023 and May 2024.

Model-wise, the Skoda Fabia (+22.3%) takes the lead for the first time since February, dislodging the Kia Ceed (-14.9%), surprise leader last month. The Fabia accesses the 2nd spot year-to-date as a result. The Skoda Karoq (+24.7%) lodges another excellent month at #3, its first ever stint on the Slovak podium. Outstanding performance by the Citroen C3 (+288.1%) up fourteen spots to #4, ahead of plunging Skoda Octavia (-42.6% – still #1 year-to-date though) and Hyundai i30 (-23.9%). The Skoda Kamiq (+8.2%) while the Dacia Duster (-7.5%), Kia Sportage (-23.4%) and Skoda Scala (-10.7%) round out the Top 10.

Previous month: Slovakia July 2024: Kia Ceed best-seller

One year ago: Slovakia August 2023: Skoda Octavia and Kia Ceed dominate in market up 11.8%

Full August 2024 Top 35 All brands and Top 258 All models below.