Italy February 2026: Fiat Grande Panda up to #3, €4,900 Leapmotor T03 up to #4

The Leapmotor T03 is sold at €4,900 in Italy, earning it a 4th place overall in February.

It’s an excellent month for new car sales in Italy at +14% year-on-year in February to 157,334 units. This way, the year-to-date tally is up a robust 10.2% to 299,373 sales. Private sales are up 9.5% 82,826 and 52.2% share vs. 54.4% in February 2025 (up 2.5% to 54.4% share YTD), self registrations are up 21.2% to 15,073 and 9.5% share vs. 8.9% last year (up 25.2% to 9.8% YTD), long term rentals are up 2.1% to 34,270 and 21.6% share vs. 24.1% a year ago (up 2.9% to 20.5% YTD), short term rentals shoot up 92.7% to 18,566 and 11.7% share vs. 6.9% (up 121.2% to 10.2% YTD) and company sales edge up 1.5% to 7,975 and 5% share vs. 5.6% (down -1% to 5% YTD).

Looking at sales by alimentation, Petrol is down -12% to 32,012 and 20.2% share vs. 26.1% in February 2025 (off -18.7% to 19.5% share YTD), diesel sinks -23.8% to 10,278 and 6.5% share vs. 9.7% (down -20.2% to 6.9% YTD), LPG implodes -42.7% to 8,008 and 5% share vs. 10% (down -37.8% to 5.7% YTD), HEVs are up 32.6% to 82,315 and 51.9% share vs. 44.6% a year ago (up 28.4% to 52.1% YTD). This is split between 23,985 full hybrids (+38.1%) and 58,330 mild hybrids (+30.4%). PHEVs shoot up 116.2% to 13,525 and 8.5% share vs. 4.5% a year ago (up 130.1% to 8.6% YTD) and finally BEVs gain 80.5% to 12,572 and 7.9% share vs. 5% in February 2025 (up 60.9% to 7.3% share YTD). This means rechargeable cars account for 16.4% of the Italian market this month vs. 9.5% a year ago. (15.9% vs. 9.1% YTD).

First podium finish at home for the Fiat Grande Panda

In the brands ranking, Fiat surges 42.9% year-to-date and finally regains some of its shine. At 13.4% share, and after hitting 13.5% last month, the brands returns to levels not seen in 3 years. Toyota (+0.8%) is stable at #2 but underperforms given the market growth rate. It’s the same story for Volkswagen (+3.7%). In contrast Renault (+33.8%) is up three spots on January to #4, toppling Peugeot (-2.8%), Audi (+27.8%) and Dacia (-39.8%) enduring another awful month. At #10, MG (+18.5%) is inside the Italian Top 10 for the third time after March and December 2025 when it also ranked #10. Extraordinary month for Leapmotor (+2197.2%), more than doubling its previous record volume to over 5,000 sales and 3.2% share, thanks to BEV subsidies coupled with strong incentives. Also benefitting is BYD (+204.4%) up to #15 and 2.6% share.

Looking at the models ranking, the Fiat Panda (+5.9%) trails the market to 8% share, selling more than twice the #2, the Jeep Avenger (+28.3%) at 3.8%. We have a little event in third place: the new Fiat Grande Panda delivers its first ever podium finish at home and seems to finally find its groove as production in Serbia gears up. It holds 3.5% of the market and only 5.4% of its February volume comes from the BEV variant. The big event of the month is the 4th place of the Leapmotor T03 with just under 4,800 sales and 3% share. This is because its price reduced to €4,900 after incentives and a further €3,000 rebate from the manufacturer. Its advertising campaign promotes it as “cheaper than your bike”. The Toyota Aygo X (+93.6%), Renault Clio (+57.6%), Captur (+35.7%) and Toyota Yaris Cross (+25%) also impress among the Top 10 best-sellers. Two recent launches break into the Top 50 for the first time: the BYD Atto 2 at #37 and the Dacia Bigster at #50.

Previous month: Italy January 2026: Fiat hits highest share in 3 years, places Grande Panda at #4

One year ago: Italy February 2025: Fiat (-16.1%) embattled but in the lead

Full February 2026 Top 57 All brands and Top 50 models below.