The Austria car market follows the general trend already seen in other European countries and in the first quarter sales have closed with negative numbers. Specifically sales fell 9.85% in the previous year to reach a total volume of 80,024 units.
Segments B and C are still the most important in this market are the crossover while those who resist better the general fall sales. Electric vehicles are not going through its best in Austria and in the first quarter were sold only 29 units of which 7 are the Opel Ampera and the Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric both.
Regarding brands that closed in positive first quarter must mention Toyota (+34.3%), Land Rover (+48.7%), Mercedes-Benz (+16.5%) and SEAT (+10.5%). The success is mainly due to the launch of the new Toyota Auris, the introduction of the new generation of Range Rover, A-Class and SEAT focusing on the arrival of Toledo and Leon, the latter garnering very good data.
BRANDS RANKING JANUARY-MARCH :
- Volkswagen / 14.700
- Skoda / 6.294
- Audi / 5.021
- Hyundai / 4.753
- Opel / 4.651
- Renault / 4.198
- Ford / 4.171
- SEAT / 4.128
- BMW / 3.699
- Mercedes-Benz / 3.080
- Fiat / 2.968
- Nissan / 2.622
- Toyota / 2.522
- Peugeot / 2.364
- Mazda / 2.176
- Kia / 2.135
- Citroën / 1.859
- Dacia / 1.437
- Suzuki / 1.005
- Mitsubishi / 948
- Chevrolet / 904
- Volvo / 771
- Honda / 754
- Land Rover / 730
- MINI / 438
- Alfa Romeo / 429
- Smart / 253
- Porsche / 250
- Jeep / 196
- Lancia / 187
- Subaru / 166
- Jaguar / 87
- Lexus / 50
- Infiniti / 16
- Ferrari / 15
- Bentley / 14
- KTM / 9
- Lada / 5
- Aston Martin / 3
- Cadillac / 3
- Dodge / 2
- Lotus / 2
- McLaren / 2
- TATA / 2
- Daihatsu / 1
- Lamborghini / 1
- Maserati / 1
- Morgan / 1
- Tesla / 1
Surprise fall in Citroën’s important, it loses 41.92% and drops to 17th place in the overall ranking. Others, like Ford (-27.9%), Peugeot (-33.1%), Kia (-39.2%) and Suzuki (-37.3%) have not started this 2013 with good data. Among firms with less volume, Subaru drops 61.9%, 52.5% and Lancia Daihatsu 98.4%, which makes sense since the cessation of activity in the old continent.
TOP 40 MODELS :
- Volkswagen Golf / 4.051
- Volkswagen Polo / 2.568
- Skoda Octavia / 2.168
- Volkswagen Tiguan / 2.098
- Skoda Fabia / 1.856
- Nissan Qashqai / 1.728
- Hyundai i20 / 1.409
- SEAT Ibiza / 1.376
- Hyundai i30 / 1.312
- Renault Mégane / 1.232
- Renault Clio / 1.219
- Fiat 500 / 1.198
- Audi A3 / 1.168
- Volkswagen Sharan / 1.116
- BMW 3-Series / 1.099
- Volkswagen Touran / 1.068
- Opel Astra / 1.066
- Skoda Yeti / 1.040
- Audi A4 / 1.010
- Kia Cee’d / 979
- SEAT León / 977
- Renault Scénic / 976
- Volkswagen Passat / 952
- Ford Fiesta / 946
- Audi Q3 / 933
- Peugeot 208 / 930
- Mercedes-Benz A-Class / 905
- SEAT Alhambra / 881
- Opel Mokka / 864
- Ford Focus / 861
- Opel Corsa / 822
- Hyundai ix35 / 793
- Toyota Verso / 707
- Mazda CX-5 / 676
- Audi Q5 / 656
- Hyundai ix20 / 642
- Ford C-Max / 641
- Opel Meriva / 632
- Mercedes-Benz B-Class / 620
- BMW X3 / 619
- BMW X1 / 576
- SEAT Altea / 569
- BMW 1-Series /566
- BMW 5-Series / 562
- Fiat Panda / 559
- Mazda6 / 558
- Fiat Punto / 554
- Toyota Yaris / 534
- Opel Zafira / 530
- Toyota Auris / 522
There are some models that have increased their sales exponentially, as the SEAT Leon, Serie3 BMW, Fiat 500 (includes 500L), Mercedes-Benz A-Class and the Mazda6. On the opposite side are the significant decrease of 59% of the Opel Zafira, 23% of SEAT Ibiza (partly because of the new Leon, which is not bad), Opel Astra (-41%), Ford Fiesta ( -32%) and Fiat Panda (-37%).
