Croatia April 2025: Strongest month in 6 years, Renault dominates again

9,289 new cars hit Croatian roads in April, a fantastic 31.1% year-on-year surge. This is the largest monthly result since May 2019 (9,149). The year-to-date volume is now in frank positive, up 7.4% to 23,947. Renault (+72.6%) is on a roll again, improving its share further to 16%, its highest since June 2020 (16.1%). The French manufacturer is now up to #2 year-to-date. Skoda (-1.4%) is beaten whereas Volkswagen (+39.3%) and Dacia (+61.8%) both outrun the galloping market. Suzuki (+1.9%) is weak and rounds out the Top 5. Ford (+98.3%), Mercedes (+96.6%), Volvo (+90.4%), BMW (+73%) and Audi (+57%) shine below.

Over in the models lane, the Renault Clio (+50.7%) repeats at #1 and now ranks #2 year-to-date. This month it is followed by the Renault Captur (+140.1%) and Skoda Octavia (-19.3%). The VW T-Cross (+143.8%) and Dacia Duster (+99.4%) also impress. The Ford Kuga (+10450%) is up on a freakishly low year-ago result and climbs to #8. Notice also the Suzuki Swift (+322.2%), Skoda Kodiaq (+230%), Dacia Sandero (+116.7%) and VW Tiguan (+79.8%).

Previous month: Croatia March 2025: Renault (+27.9%), Clio (+35.6%) at highest in five years

One year ago: Croatia April 2024: Skoda (+66.6%), Opel (+58.7%) stand out in market up 13.5%

Full April 2025 Top 40 All brands and Top 20 models below.

Croatia April 2025 – brands:

Pos	Brand	Apr-25	%	/24	Mar	2025	%	/24	Pos	FY24
1	Renault	1,327	16.0%	+ 72.6%	1	2,658	11.1%	+ 33.5%	2	3
2	Skoda	1,068	12.9%	– 1.4%	2	3,042	12.7%	+ 0.9%	1	1
3	Volkswagen	896	10.8%	+ 39.3%	3	2,536	10.6%	+ 24.0%	3	2
4	Dacia	602	7.3%	+ 61.8%	5	1,646	6.9%	+ 20.4%	5	7
5	Suzuki	599	7.2%	+ 1.9%	4	1,879	7.8%	+ 5.7%	4	5
6	Opel	496	6.0%	– 30.2%	9	1,211	5.1%	– 11.2%	7	6
7	Toyota	490	5.9%	+ 0.0%	6	1,381	5.8%	– 11.0%	6	4
8	BMW	474	5.7%	+ 73.0%	11	943	3.9%	+ 14.7%	11	12
9	Hyundai	381	4.6%	+ 24.1%	10	1,086	4.5%	+ 2.0%	9	8
10	Kia	335	4.0%	+ 21.8%	8	1,094	4.6%	– 0.2%	8	9
11	Audi	325	3.9%	+ 57.0%	7	997	4.2%	+ 15.3%	10	10
12	Peugeot	298	3.6%	+ 32.4%	13	632	2.6%	– 8.4%	12	11
13	Ford	234	2.8%	+ 98.3%	16	623	2.6%	+ 25.4%	13	15
14	Mercedes	232	2.8%	+ 96.6%	15	535	2.2%	+ 11.2%	14	17
15	Citroen	164	2.0%	– 15.0%	14	498	2.1%	– 22.3%	15	13
16	Volvo	139	1.7%	+ 90.4%	19	349	1.5%	+ 14.1%	17	20
17	Mazda	131	1.6%	+ 0.0%	12	484	2.0%	– 11.0%	16	14
18	Cupra	108	1.3%	+ 217.6%	20	336	1.4%	+ 130.1%	18	22
19	Geely	108	1.3%	+ 881.8%	17	303	1.3%	+ 441.1%	19	23
20	Nissan	88	1.1%	+ 25.7%	18	302	1.3%	– 14.0%	20	19
21	Forthing	68	0.8%	n/a	25	141	0.6%	+ 487.5%	23	28
22	Seat	59	0.7%	– 37.9%	21	154	0.6%	– 58.4%	21	18
23	Jeep	58	0.7%	+ 262.5%	27	118	0.5%	+ 42.2%	24	27
24	MG	46	0.6%	– 44.6%	30	117	0.5%	– 50.4%	25	16
25	Mini	46	0.6%	+ 64.3%	32	84	0.4%	+ 15.1%	28	30
26	SsangYong	38	0.5%	+ 850.0%	22	101	0.4%	+ 1022.2%	27	33
27	Porsche	32	0.4%	– 5.9%	24	142	0.6%	– 34.6%	22	25
28	Alfa Romeo	28	0.3%	+ 180.0%	28	65	0.3%	+ 58.5%	30	32
29	Fiat	20	0.2%	– 59.2%	37	40	0.2%	– 84.4%	33	24
30	Land Rover	19	0.2%	+ 18.8%	23	109	0.5%	+ 49.3%	26	26
31	BYD	19	0.2%	n/a	34	30	0.1%	+ 2900.0%	37	52
32	Lexus	12	0.1%	+ 100.0%	31	66	0.3%	+ 94.1%	29	31
33	Subaru	10	0.1%	+ 233.3%	29	44	0.2%	+ 300.0%	32	35
34	DS	10	0.1%	+ 42.9%	35	32	0.1%	+ 68.4%	36	34
35	Honda	8	0.1%	– 57.9%	33	36	0.2%	– 41.0%	35	29
36	Tesla	7	0.1%	– 50.0%	26	53	0.2%	– 34.6%	31	21
37	Lynk & Co	4	0.0%	n/a	36	37	0.2%	+ 3600.0%	34	37
38	Jaecoo	1	0.0%	new	–	4	0.0%	new	41	–
39	Ferrari	1	0.0%	– 50.0%	–	1	0.0%	– 66.7%	47	42
40	Xpeng	1	0.0%	n/a	–	1	0.0%	n/a	48	47

Croatia April 2025 – models:

Pos	Model	Apr-25	%	/24	Mar	2025	%	/24	Pos	FY24
1	Renault Clio	669	7.4%	+ 50.7%	1	1,295	5.4%	+ 24.9%	1	4
2	Renault Captur	533	5.9%	+ 140.1%	4	995	4.2%	+ 80.9%	4	8
3	Skoda Octavia	477	5.3%	– 19.3%	2	1,268	5.3%	– 18.2%	2	1
4	VW T-Cross	429	4.8%	+ 143.8%	3	1,120	4.7%	+ 123.6%	3	2
5	Dacia Duster	347	3.9%	+ 99.4%	5	895	3.7%	+ 44.1%	6	6
6	Opel Corsa	314	3.5%	– 20.5%	7	757	3.2%	– 5.4%	7	5
7	Suzuki Vitara	245	2.7%	– 33.1%	6	955	4.0%	– 2.8%	5	3
8	Ford Kuga	211	2.3%	#######	n/a	362	1.5%	+ 254.9%	15	n/a
9	Suzuki Swift	190	2.1%	+ 322.2%	12	413	1.7%	+ 201.5%	12	n/a
10	Dacia Sandero	169	1.9%	+ 116.7%	19	483	2.0%	+ 25.5%	10	15
11	VW Tiguan	169	1.9%	+ 79.8%	10	442	1.8%	+ 56.7%	11	7
12	Suzuki SX4 S-Cross	164	1.8%	+ 24.2%	8	505	2.1%	+ 0.6%	9	9
13	Skoda Scala	159	1.8%	+ 57.4%	17	362	1.5%	+ 30.7%	16	n/a
14	Toyota Yaris Cross	139	1.5%	– 32.5%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	11
15	Citroen C3	136	1.5%	+ 81.3%	16	386	1.6%	+ 55.6%	14	19
16	Hyundai i20	136	1.5%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
17	Skoda Kodiaq	132	1.5%	+ 230.0%	9	515	2.2%	+ 122.9%	8	n/a
18	Skoda Kamiq	130	1.4%	– 41.7%	n/a	344	1.4%	– 16.3%	19	13
19	Opel Mokka	128	1.4%	+ 42.2%	n/a	315	1.3%	+ 77.0%	20	n/a
20	BMW X1	125	1.4%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
n/a	Kia Sportage	110	1.2%	+ 69.2%	15	359	1.5%	+ 30.1%	17	n/a
n/a	Kia Stonic	109	1.2%	+ 9.0%	14	394	1.6%	+ 15.9%	13	14
n/a	Hyundai Tucson	76	0.8%	– 27.6%	18	349	1.5%	– 7.9%	18	10