Spain February 2026: Seat Ibiza signs first #1 ranking in almost 8 years

The Seat Ibiza is the best-seller at home for the first time since April 2018.

The Spanish new car market returns to very dynamic growth rates in February at +7.5% year-on-year to 97,082 units. This lift would be even higher at +13.5% if we remove the extra 4,800 year-ago sales linked to insurance replacements in the wake of the devastating 2024 floods. The year-to-date tally is now up 4.6% to 170,186. Exactly like last month, sales to rental companies pull the market up at +22.6% to 24,968 with other channels weaker but in positive: private sales are up 4.1% to 41,988 and company sales up 1.6% to 30,126. Year-to-date, rental sales are up 32.1% to 34,984, private sales off -1% to 77,763 and company sales down -0.4% to 57,439.

Rechargeable vehicle sales (BEV+PHEV) soar 61.2% to 20,981 and 21.6% share vs. 14.4% in January 2025 and are up 55.6% YTD to 36,196 and 21.3% share vs. 14.3% in 2025. Galicia (+31%), La rioja (+29.2%), Aragon (+25.5%), Cantabria (+18.3%), Andalucia (+18.1%) and Madrid (+17.4%) are the most dynamic regions.

The BYD Atto 2 is up to a record 15th place in February.

In the brands ranking, Toyota (+3.3%) continues to dominate at 8.7% share, distancing Renault (-10.1%) in great difficulty but back up four spots on January to #2, Volkswagen (+7.8%) up one rank to #3 and Seat (-1.4%) down two to #4. Kia (-10.3%) struggles at #5 while Mercedes (+34.1%) lodges another fantastic month at #6. Audi (+34.9%), BMW (+21%) and Skoda (+19.8%) also surge ahead below. BYD (+203%) triples its sales year-on-year and reaches a record 3.1% share, also hit in November and December. Local Chery assembler Ebro (+592.4%) breaks all records: #18 (also hit in December), 2,361 sales and 2.4% share. Omoda (+131%) reaches an all time high #19 just as Tesla (+73.7%) is back up to #23.

Model-wise, the Seat Ibiza (+18.6%) lurches to the first place at home, a very rare event as it hasn’t happened in almost 8 years: since April 2018. By the same token the Ibiza takes the YTD lead whereas it ranked #4 over the Full Year 2025. The Dacia Sandero (+5%) is back in positive and ends the months just 10 sales below the Ibiza. Its YTD tally remains in the red at -18.7% but it ranks #2 there also. The Toyota C-HR (+31.9%) is up to the third step of the podium, its best ranking since December 2024 when it led the charts outright. The Toyota Yaris Cross (+38.6%) posts the biggest gain in the Top 13 and is up 9 ranks on January to #5. Notice also the Nissan Qashqai up 15.4% to #8 and the BYD Atto 2 up 6861.1% to a record #15, its previous best being… #65 last August.

Previous month: Spain January 2026: Mercedes up to record #5, Peugeot 208 lodges first win in almost 5 years

One year ago: Spain February 2025: MG breaks records, pushes ZS to #1

Full February 2026 Top 70 All brands and Top 347 All models below.