Italy May 2026: Leapmotor T03 threepeats at #3, BYD Atto 2 up to #5
The Leapmotor T03 ranks #3 again in Italy.
New car sales in Italy grow by a very healthy +7.6% year-on-year in May to 150,096. This is the best May result since pre-pandemic 2019 (197,876). The year-to-date tally is now up a robust 9.4% to 790,301. Encouragingly, private sales are up 15.7% to 80,485 and 53.1% share vs. 49.6% a year ago (+11.2% to 52.6% share YTD). Self registrations drop -3% to 16,038 and 10.6% share vs. 11.8% in May 2025 (+13.5% to 9.7% share YTD), long term leases are down -1.6% to 32,213 and 21.2% share vs. 23.3% (down -3.5% to 21.2% share YTD), short term rentals are up 13.6% to 14,843 and 9.8% share vs. 9.3% (up 35.8% to 11.3% share YTD) and company sales are off -4.2% to 8,080 and 5.3% vs. 6% (up 0.3% to 5.1% share YTD).
HEV sales soar 16.5% to 71,392 and 47.1% share vs. 43.7% a year ago, including 24,216 full hybrids (+34.4%) and 47,176 mild hybrids (+9%). PHEVs surge 71% to 15,433 and 10.2% share vs. 6.4% in May 2025 and BEVs shoot up 86.2% to 13,305 and 8.8% share vs. 5.1% last year. As a result rechargeable vehicles are up 77.7% to 28,738 and 19% share vs. 11.5% a year ago. Year-to-date, BEV sales are up 75.4% to 64,720 and 8.1% share vs. 5.1% over the first 5 months of 2025.
Looking at the brands ranking, Fiat (+27.4%) continues to recover year-on-year but at 10.1% share it delivers its lowest level so far this year, to be compared with 11.7% YTD. Volkswagen (+1%) overtakes Toyota (-7%) but the latter stays at #2 year-to-date. Excellent result for Dacia (+18.6%) up one spot on last month to #4 and Audi (+19.7%) up three to #5 for the second time this year after last February. BYD (+209.5%) is up 3-fold year-on-year and breaks into the Top 10 for the second time ever at #9, also hit last December. The Chinese carmaker sports a new volume record (6,019, previous best 5,193 last March) and share record (4%, previous best 3.1% last December). Leapmotor (+1277.2%) is up three spots on April to #13.
Model-wise, the Fiat Panda (+9.4%) outpaces its home market, climbing back up to 6% share vs. 5.5% last month. The Dacia Sandero (+23.5%) is up two spots to #2 but remains at #5 year-to-date. It’s a third consecutive month at a record third place for the Leapmotor T03 (+1739.8%), available from an incredible €4,900 after subventions and manufacturer rebates. Below a struggling Jeep Avenger (-15.1%), the BYD Atto 2 (+6717.9%) spectacularly breaks into the Top 5 at #5, with a previous best of #16 reached last March and for only its 4th appearance inside the Italian Top 50. The Fiat Grande Panda (+764.5%) recedes once again month-on-month to #9, after reaching #3 last February. It still ranks #3 year-to-date. Finally, notice the Fiat 500 (+1625.8%), not EV-only anymore, back up to #19 which is its highest ranking since June 2024.
Previous month: Italy April 2026: Leapmotor T03 repeats at #3, MG ZS up to record #5
One year ago: Italy May 2025: Jeep Avenger repeats at #2, Peugeot 208 up to record #3
Full May 2026 Top 58 All brands and Top 50 models below.
Italy May 2026 – brands:
| Pos | Brand | May-26 | % | /25 | Apr | 2026 | % | /25 | Pos | FY25 |
| 1 | Fiat | 15,197 | 10.1% | + 27.4% | 1 | 92,677 | 11.7% | + 29.7% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Volkswagen | 10,857 | 7.2% | + 1.0% | 3 | 53,868 | 6.8% | + 2.4% | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Toyota | 10,319 | 6.9% | – 7.0% | 2 | 54,977 | 7.0% | – 1.1% | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Dacia | 9,295 | 6.2% | + 18.6% | 5 | 39,587 | 5.0% | – 15.2% | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Audi | 7,535 | 5.0% | + 19.7% | 8 | 36,632 | 4.6% | + 18.2% | 7 | 8 |
| 6 | Peugeot | 7,248 | 4.8% | – 16.1% | 4 | 37,820 | 4.8% | – 12.2% | 5 | 5 |
| 7 | Renault | 6,924 | 4.6% | – 10.9% | 6 | 37,307 | 4.7% | + 5.0% | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | BMW | 6,717 | 4.5% | – 1.9% | 7 | 34,247 | 4.3% | + 3.7% | 8 | 7 |
| 9 | BYD | 6,019 | 4.0% | + 209.5% | 14 | 23,446 | 3.0% | + 208.5% | 14 | 21 |
| 10 | MG | 5,360 | 3.6% | + 24.7% | 11 | 26,860 | 3.4% | + 6.8% | 11 | 13 |
| 11 | Citroen | 5,048 | 3.4% | – 3.3% | 10 | 28,950 | 3.7% | – 2.0% | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | Jeep | 4,961 | 3.3% | – 16.1% | 9 | 30,934 | 3.9% | – 3.9% | 9 | 9 |
| 13 | Leapmotor | 4,765 | 3.2% | + 1277.2% | 16 | 20,908 | 2.6% | + 1584.8% | 16 | 32 |
| 14 | Mercedes | 4,473 | 3.0% | – 6.4% | 12 | 25,590 | 3.2% | + 6.3% | 12 | 12 |
| 15 | Kia | 4,427 | 2.9% | + 27.7% | 17 | 22,441 | 2.8% | + 15.8% | 15 | 15 |
| 16 | Ford | 4,132 | 2.8% | – 40.1% | 13 | 24,793 | 3.1% | – 23.1% | 13 | 10 |
| 17 | Omoda+Jaecoo | 3,975 | 2.6% | + 302.3% | 18 | 16,820 | 2.1% | + 322.3% | 20 | 25 |
| 18 | Opel | 3,614 | 2.4% | + 0.5% | 15 | 20,202 | 2.6% | + 6.8% | 17 | 17 |
| 19 | Skoda | 3,343 | 2.2% | – 10.1% | 19 | 18,504 | 2.3% | + 10.5% | 18 | 16 |
| 20 | Suzuki | 2,744 | 1.8% | + 1.5% | 21 | 13,866 | 1.8% | – 5.6% | 22 | 19 |
| 21 | Hyundai | 2,549 | 1.7% | – 40.9% | 20 | 15,746 | 2.0% | – 25.1% | 21 | 14 |
| 22 | Cupra | 2,276 | 1.5% | – 2.4% | 22 | 10,549 | 1.3% | + 12.3% | 24 | 22 |
| 23 | Nissan | 2,097 | 1.4% | + 1.3% | 24 | 17,496 | 2.2% | + 0.7% | 19 | 18 |
| 24 | Alfa Romeo | 1,789 | 1.2% | – 27.9% | 23 | 11,362 | 1.4% | – 20.3% | 23 | 20 |
| 25 | Mini | 1,715 | 1.1% | + 22.7% | 25 | 8,154 | 1.0% | + 27.3% | 25 | 24 |
| 26 | Volvo | 1,474 | 1.0% | + 27.1% | 26 | 6,711 | 0.8% | + 8.2% | 26 | 26 |
| 27 | Honda | 1,244 | 0.8% | + 45.7% | 27 | 5,781 | 0.7% | + 46.4% | 28 | 29 |
| 28 | DR Motor | 1,110 | 0.7% | – 45.1% | 28 | 5,056 | 0.6% | – 33.0% | 30 | 23 |
| 29 | Mazda | 954 | 0.6% | – 0.2% | 30 | 6,244 | 0.8% | + 31.0% | 27 | 28 |
| 30 | EMC | 837 | 0.6% | + 183.7% | 38 | 2,653 | 0.3% | + 138.8% | 36 | 38 |
| 31 | Tesla | 654 | 0.4% | – 23.5% | 37 | 5,495 | 0.7% | + 15.2% | 29 | 27 |
| 32 | Seat | 651 | 0.4% | + 8.0% | 31 | 3,905 | 0.5% | – 9.9% | 32 | 31 |
| 33 | Lexus | 633 | 0.4% | + 3.4% | 36 | 2,853 | 0.4% | – 1.7% | 35 | 36 |
| 34 | Land Rover | 563 | 0.4% | – 1.1% | 32 | 3,172 | 0.4% | – 9.0% | 33 | 34 |
| 35 | Porsche | 558 | 0.4% | – 10.3% | 35 | 2,586 | 0.3% | – 11.7% | 37 | 33 |
| 36 | Geely | 553 | 0.4% | new | 34 | 2,013 | 0.3% | new | 38 | – |
| 37 | Lancia | 535 | 0.4% | – 16.3% | 29 | 4,664 | 0.6% | + 0.3% | 31 | 30 |
| 38 | EVO | 527 | 0.4% | + 26.1% | 33 | 3,104 | 0.4% | + 9.6% | 34 | 35 |
| 39 | DFSK | 295 | 0.2% | + 181.0% | 40 | 1,342 | 0.2% | + 184.3% | 40 | 43 |
| 40 | DS | 230 | 0.2% | – 58.9% | 39 | 1,783 | 0.2% | – 27.8% | 39 | 37 |
| 41 | Ich-X | 222 | 0.1% | + 692.9% | 53 | 563 | 0.1% | + 446.6% | 46 | n/a |
| 42 | Subaru | 197 | 0.1% | – 31.4% | 41 | 1,229 | 0.2% | + 15.3% | 42 | 39 |
| 43 | KGM | 189 | 0.1% | + 509.7% | 43 | 968 | 0.1% | + 554.0% | 43 | 50 |
| 44 | Lynk & Co | 188 | 0.1% | + 652.0% | 44 | 864 | 0.1% | + 390.9% | 44 | 45 |
| 45 | Sportequipe | 134 | 0.1% | – 31.3% | 42 | 1,293 | 0.2% | + 47.1% | 41 | 40 |
| 46 | SWM | 114 | 0.1% | + 58.3% | 45 | 578 | 0.1% | + 143.9% | 45 | n/a |
| 47 | Maserati | 111 | 0.1% | – 20.7% | 47 | 457 | 0.1% | – 41.3% | 49 | 41 |
| 48 | Ferrari | 105 | 0.1% | + 36.4% | 46 | 470 | 0.1% | + 25.3% | 48 | 44 |
| 49 | Mitsubishi | 95 | 0.1% | – 22.8% | 50 | 264 | 0.0% | – 64.0% | 52 | 42 |
| 50 | Lamborghini | 60 | 0.0% | + 13.2% | 48 | 343 | 0.0% | + 38.3% | 50 | 48 |
| 51 | Polestar | 59 | 0.0% | + 84.4% | 52 | 274 | 0.0% | + 75.6% | 51 | 49 |
| 52 | Alpine | 54 | 0.0% | + 28.6% | 49 | 200 | 0.0% | + 58.7% | 53 | n/a |
| 53 | Smart | 52 | 0.0% | + 0.0% | 54 | 162 | 0.0% | – 54.0% | 54 | 46 |
| 54 | Tiger | 37 | 0.0% | – 11.9% | 51 | 486 | 0.1% | + 291.9% | 47 | n/a |
| 55 | Lotus | 15 | 0.0% | – 48.3% | 55 | 80 | 0.0% | – 34.4% | 55 | 51 |
| 56 | Aston Martin | 10 | 0.0% | + 42.9% | 56 | 58 | 0.0% | + 5.5% | 56 | 53 |
| 57 | Jaguar | 1 | 0.0% | – 90.9% | – | 5 | 0.0% | – 97.2% | 57 | 52 |
| 58 | Mahindra | 0 | 0.0% | – 100.0% | – | 1 | 0.0% | – 99.8% | 58 | 47 |
| – | Others | 256 | 0.2% | + 120.7% | – | 908 | 0.1% | + 32.9% | – | – |
Italy May 2026 – models:
| Pos | Model | May-26 | % | /25 | Apr | 2026 | % | /25 | Pos | FY25 |
| 1 | Fiat Panda | 8,965 | 6.0% | + 9.4% | 1 | 54,597 | 6.9% | – 0.4% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Dacia Sandero | 4,404 | 2.9% | + 23.5% | 4 | 17,823 | 2.3% | – 26.0% | 5 | 2 |
| 3 | Leapmotor T03 | 4,250 | 2.8% | + 1739.8% | 3 | 19,097 | 2.4% | + 1848.6% | 4 | n/a |
| 4 | Jeep Avenger | 4,004 | 2.7% | – 15.1% | 2 | 24,763 | 3.1% | + 1.5% | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | BYD Atto 2 | 3,818 | 2.5% | + 6717.9% | 28 | 9,648 | 1.2% | + 6084.6% | 24 | n/a |
| 6 | Peugeot 208 | 3,728 | 2.5% | – 0.1% | 7 | 14,712 | 1.9% | – 22.7% | 9 | 8 |
| 7 | Citroen C3 | 3,407 | 2.3% | + 5.4% | 8 | 17,715 | 2.2% | – 24.3% | 6 | 4 |
| 8 | Toyota Yaris Cross | 3,319 | 2.2% | – 2.4% | 11 | 15,611 | 2.0% | – 2.1% | 8 | 5 |
| 9 | Fiat Grande Panda | 2,974 | 2.0% | + 764.5% | 6 | 19,867 | 2.5% | + 2204.8% | 3 | 37 |
| 10 | Toyota Aygo X | 2,814 | 1.9% | + 12.2% | 9 | 15,874 | 2.0% | + 60.9% | 7 | 14 |
| 11 | Renault Captur | 2,691 | 1.8% | + 18.5% | 14 | 13,297 | 1.7% | + 10.8% | 12 | 13 |
| 12 | VW T-Roc | 2,644 | 1.8% | + 5.9% | 10 | 13,245 | 1.7% | + 11.3% | 13 | 11 |
| 13 | Toyota Yaris | 2,556 | 1.7% | – 15.1% | 13 | 13,125 | 1.7% | – 20.4% | 14 | 6 |
| 14 | Renault Clio | 2,516 | 1.7% | – 21.5% | 12 | 14,594 | 1.8% | + 10.5% | 10 | 9 |
| 15 | MG ZS | 2,324 | 1.5% | – 10.4% | 5 | 14,090 | 1.8% | – 4.0% | 11 | 10 |
| 16 | VW T-Cross | 2,287 | 1.5% | + 12.2% | 15 | 11,824 | 1.5% | + 14.5% | 16 | 17 |
| 17 | Dacia Duster | 2,219 | 1.5% | – 33.5% | 19 | 12,873 | 1.6% | – 25.0% | 15 | 7 |
| 18 | Audi Q3 | 2,168 | 1.4% | + 183.0% | 23 | 10,395 | 1.3% | + 89.4% | 23 | 40 |
| 19 | Fiat 500 | 2,140 | 1.4% | + 1625.8% | 31 | 7,822 | 1.0% | + 764.3% | 29 | n/a |
| 20 | Kia Sportage | 2,102 | 1.4% | + 39.1% | 21 | 10,564 | 1.3% | + 20.0% | 21 | 20 |
| 21 | Ford Puma | 2,099 | 1.4% | – 31.3% | 16 | 11,595 | 1.5% | – 9.3% | 17 | 12 |
| 22 | MG 3 | 2,096 | 1.4% | + 140.6% | 38 | 8,373 | 1.1% | + 13.2% | 28 | 31 |
| 23 | VW Tiguan | 2,050 | 1.4% | – 9.6% | 25 | 10,780 | 1.4% | + 0.8% | 19 | 15 |
| 24 | BMW X1 | 1,838 | 1.2% | – 8.1% | 24 | 10,727 | 1.4% | + 11.0% | 20 | 16 |
| 25 | Opel Corsa | 1,758 | 1.2% | + 0.8% | 17 | 11,047 | 1.4% | – 9.5% | 18 | 18 |
| 26 | Peugeot 2008 | 1,743 | 1.2% | – 24.5% | 18 | 9,293 | 1.2% | – 13.3% | 25 | 21 |
| 27 | Dacia Spring | 1,447 | 1.0% | + 510.5% | n/a | 3,498 | 0.4% | + 40.6% | n/a | n/a |
| 28 | Audi A3 | 1,425 | 0.9% | – 13.8% | n/a | 5,621 | 0.7% | – 21.8% | 40 | 25 |
| 29 | VW Golf | 1,419 | 0.9% | + 16.2% | 33 | 6,917 | 0.9% | – 1.1% | 33 | 29 |
| 30 | Omoda 5 | 1,366 | 0.9% | n/a | 30 | 6,906 | 0.9% | n/a | 34 | n/a |
| 31 | Suzuki Swift | 1,298 | 0.9% | + 30.3% | 42 | 6,383 | 0.8% | + 35.9% | 37 | 35 |
| 32 | Kia Picanto | 1,253 | 0.8% | – 0.2% | 32 | 6,988 | 0.9% | + 22.1% | 31 | 30 |
| 33 | Toyota C-HR | 1,214 | 0.8% | – 2.2% | 29 | 7,534 | 1.0% | – 7.2% | 30 | 24 |
| 34 | Hyundai Tucson | 1,136 | 0.8% | – 11.9% | 37 | 6,785 | 0.9% | + 11.9% | 35 | 32 |
| 35 | Mercedes GLA | 1,102 | 0.7% | – 1.6% | 35 | 5,562 | 0.7% | – 0.9% | 41 | 33 |
| 36 | Nissan Qashqai | 1,081 | 0.7% | – 0.6% | 39 | 10,444 | 1.3% | + 16.3% | 22 | 22 |
| 37 | Citroen C3 Aircross | 1,079 | 0.7% | n/a | 26 | 6,643 | 0.8% | n/a | 36 | n/a |
| 38 | Audi Q5 | 1,064 | 0.7% | + 146.9% | 50 | 4,209 | 0.5% | + 48.7% | n/a | n/a |
| 39 | BMW X3 | 1,056 | 0.7% | + 11.7% | 40 | 4,869 | 0.6% | + 40.5% | 47 | 47 |
| 40 | Peugeot 3008 | 1,032 | 0.7% | – 43.5% | 34 | 8,395 | 1.1% | + 6.8% | 27 | 23 |
| 41 | Skoda Fabia | 1,012 | 0.7% | – 4.2% | n/a | 5,358 | 0.7% | + 5.5% | 42 | 36 |
| 42 | Alfa Romeo Tonale | 962 | 0.6% | + 7.2% | 43 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 39 |
| 43 | Jeep Compass | 961 | 0.6% | + 59.9% | 22 | 5,775 | 0.7% | + 47.6% | 39 | n/a |
| 44 | Jaecoo 7 | 940 | 0.6% | n/a | 41 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 45 | Suzuki Vitara | 906 | 0.6% | + 8.4% | n/a | 4,892 | 0.6% | – 0.2% | 46 | 41 |
| 46 | Opel Mokka | 891 | 0.6% | + 4.3% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 47 | MG HS | 875 | 0.6% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 48 | Fiat 600 | 868 | 0.6% | – 69.1% | 20 | 8,769 | 1.1% | – 25.8% | 26 | 19 |
| 49 | Hyundai i20 | 838 | 0.6% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 50 | Cupra Leon | 835 | 0.6% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | Mercedes GLC | 830 | 0.6% | n/a | 49 | 4,569 | 0.6% | + 556.5% | 50 | n/a |
| n/a | Ford Kuga | 773 | 0.5% | – 25.6% | 36 | 5,030 | 0.6% | – 6.9% | 45 | 43 |
| n/a | BYD Seal U | 769 | 0.5% | – 52.4% | 27 | 6,974 | 0.9% | + 22.8% | 32 | 26 |
| n/a | Skoda Kamiq | 756 | 0.5% | – 26.1% | n/a | 4,749 | 0.6% | – 3.1% | 48 | 38 |
| n/a | Nissan Juke | 755 | 0.5% | – 1.8% | n/a | 5,356 | 0.7% | – 17.4% | 43 | 34 |
| n/a | Audi A1 | 673 | 0.4% | – 21.0% | 45 | 5,044 | 0.6% | + 17.4% | 44 | 46 |
| n/a | Alfa Romeo Junior | 620 | 0.4% | – 49.0% | 44 | 5,971 | 0.8% | – 18.4% | 38 | 28 |
| n/a | Lancia Ypsilon | 532 | 0.4% | – 16.7% | 46 | 4,658 | 0.6% | + 0.2% | 49 | 44 |
Source: UNRAE
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Toby manual just started advertising… First deliveries are expected after the summer. Fiat 600 should be little bit faster than Lancia Y
Poor Lancia! Maybe the manual hasn’t reached dealer showrooms yet? But it’s looking fire for the brand. And the Fiat 600, sales have absolutely collapsed. There’s a lot of talk of Fiat Grande Panda production being at full output, but not seeing that in any sales figures
Agree Toby. GP “output close to full capacity (>150.000 p/a)” but this isn’t reflected in a significant sales volume across Europe, not even Italy.