Spain April 2026: Seat (+23.4%), Peugeot (+18.3%) shine in biggest April volume in 7 years

Peugeot places the 2008 at #3 this month.

It’s another excellent month for new car sales in Spain: up 8.4% year-on-year in April to 106,862 units. This is the best April volume since pre-pandemic 2019 (123,833). The year-to-date tally after four month is up a solid 7.8% to 407,389. Rechargeable cars (BEV+PHEV) are up 42.5% for the month to 22,758 or 21.3% of the market vs. 16.2% a year ago and 9.7% in 2024. Year-to-date volumes are up 54% to 85,724 and 21% share vs. 14.7% over the first four months of 2025.

All channels are up, with private sales faring best at +11.2% to 44,102, while company sales are up 9.2% to 33,567 and sales to rental companies gain 3.7% to 29,193. Year-to-date, private sales are up 7% to 173,640, company sales up 5.8% to 128,653 and rental sales up 11.7% to 105,096. Looking at regions, Baleares (+65.7%), La Rioja (+46.8%), Navarra (+34.8%) and Extremadura (+29.8%) post the biggest gains while all important Madrid (44.8% of the total volume) is up 7.6%.

In the brands ranking, Toyota (+2.8%) is the clear leader again at 8% share, but this time it’s Seat (+23.4%), in excellent shape, that accesses the 2nd place with 6.5% share followed by Volkswagen (+8.3%). Peugeot (+18.3%) shines at #4, up two spots on last month. In contrast Renault (-10.5%), Kia (-10.5%) and Hyundai (-26.8%) all underperform. Further down, BYD (+161.4%) breaks its share record at 3.8%, with Omoda (+163.6%), Ebro (+137.8%), Jaecoo (+66.5%) and Cupra (+59.9%) all in excellent shape.

Model-wise, the Dacia Sandero (+22.7%) stays on top and even manages to significantly beat the market. In fact, the entire Top 5 is in the same position. The Seat Ibiza (+18.4%) returns to the 2nd place it holds year-to-date and distances the Peugeot 2008 (+35%) up 20 spots on last month to #3, the Toyota Corolla (+55%) and Peugeot 208 (+41.6%). The MG ZS (-4.6%) is back up 7 ranks to #6 but is down YoY unlike the Seat Arona (+40.2%) at #7.

Previous month: Spain March 2026: Toyota, Hyundai shoot up, BYD breaks records, highest monthly volume since June 2019

One year ago: Spain April 2025: Hyundai i20 surges to #2 in solid market

Full April 2026 Top 70 All brands and Top 363 All models below.