Spain October 2025: Peugeot 2008, Dacia Duster impress in market up 15.9%

Peugeot 2008 sales are up by a whopping 164.5% year-on-year.

It’s another fantastic month for the Spanish new car market, up 15.9% year-on-year in October to 96,785 units. Contrary to most main European markets, we are almost at the pre-pandemic levels of October 2019 (97,986), which was the best month in a decade. The year-to-date tally is up 14.8% to 951,516. A sign of a healthy market, private sales lead the charge at +23.9% to 51,359 units and 53.1% share vs. 49.6% a year ago, company sales are up 10.2% to 39,860 and short term rental sales drop -5.2% to 5,566. Year-to-date, private sales rise 20.2% to 440,081, company sals are up 12.1% to 335,679 and rental sales grow 8.1% to 175,756.

The main headline this month is rechargeable cars (BEV+PHEV) hitting a record 22.4% share thanks to sales up 119% YoY to 21,687, with YTD volumes doubling YoY to 180,429 and 19% share vs. 11% a year ago. Looking at sales by region, Comunidad Valencia (+38.1%) continues to benefit from replacement cars in the wake of the storm, with Castilla la Mancha (+54.7%),an Cantabria (+54.1%) and Andalucia (+21.6%) also very dynamic. Madrid is up 16.2% to 38.6% share.

 As for the brands ranking, Toyota (-17.4%) remains in the lead despite an atrocious YoY evolution, distancing Renault (+18.3%) up to 7.3% share. The Top 4 is unchanged on last month with Volkswagen (+12.4%) and Dacia (+32.5%) in tow. Dacia advances to #5 year-to-date, passing Hyundai (-7.9%). Peugeot (+37%) lodges the biggest YoY gain in the Top 10, with BMW (+22.2%) also beating the market at #10. BYD (+251.2%) breaks its monthly volume record for 2nd month in a row and climbs to a best-ever #14, also reached last August. Newcomer Ebro, assembling and selling rebadged Chery cars, steps into the Top 20 for the second time at #20. Meanwhile Chery-owned Jaecoo (+211.2%) and Omoda (+50.4%) shine below. Tesla is off -30.6%.

Model-wise, the Dacia Sandero (+9.5%) is well ahead of the competition with 3.6% share vs. 3.4% year-to-date. The Peugeot 2008 (+165.5%) literally takes up and climbs 18 spots on last month to #2. It now ranks #10 year-to-date vs. #12 last year. The Renault Clio (+52.2%) surges ahead in an excellent month for French vehicles. The Seat Ibiza (+15.3%) and Toyota C-HR (+13.2%) exchange spots vs. last month to #4 and #5 respectively, and although they trail the market slightly they still post solid gains. The Nissan Qashqai (+3.1%) is shy YoY but improve 9 ranks on September to #6. Outstanding scores also for the Dacia Duster (+67.6%) and VW T-Roc (+53.1%). The BYD Dolphin Surf (#42) is the best-selling recent launch.

Previous month: Spain September 2025: Toyota and Dacia Sandero dominate in market up 16.4%

One year ago: Spain October 2024: Toyota (+23.7%), VW (+39.7%), Renault (+38.4%) highlight positive market

Full October 2025 Top 64 All brands and Top 325 All models below.