Sweden March 2012: Volvo V70, V60 and VW Passat sovereign

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The Swedish car market performs better than expected in this start of the year at just -3% both in March with 28,555 registrations and year-to-date at 67,976 units. The Top 5 best-selling models in the country have stayed unchanged since January: the Volvo V70 leads the way with 1,990 sales and 7% share this month vs. 8% year-to-date, while the VW Passat continues to impress at 1,680 units and 5.9% and 4,821 sales and 7.1% year-to-date, up 103% on 2011!The Volvo V60 rounds up the podium with 1,371 sales and 4.8%, its strongest share since last November, ahead of the VW Golf at 4.3%, its highest point since last August, and the Volvo V50 at 2.7%. The Renault Megane continues to progress, up to #6 and 2.4% in March, the Audi A4 is up 12 spots on last month to #7, the Skoda Fabia up 21 to #8, the BMW 3 Series holding itself within the Top 10 at #10 and the Audi A6 up 5 ranks to #1Full March 2012 Top 50

Ranking Table below

Volvo V70	1,990	5,418
VW Passat	1,680	4,821
Volvo V60	1,371	3,039
VW Golf	1,226	2,545
Volvo V50	766	2,029
Renault Megane	694	1,410
Audi A4	629	1,172
Skoda Fabia	601	1,034
Kia Cee’d	532	1,406
BMW 3-Serie	525	1,142
Audi A6	496	1,119
Hyundai i20	494	660
Nissan Qashqai	491	1,051
Peugeot 508	451	872
BMW 5-Serie	434	1,086
Hyundai i30	430	619
Volvo XC60	414	1,264
Ford Focus	413	1,351
Mercedes C Class	380	886
Kia Sportage	369	867
VW Tiguan	361	883
Toyota Avensis	356	1,015
Skoda Octavia	328	892
Toyota Yaris	327	943
Renault Clio	315	1,136
Toyota Auris	307	780
Fiat Ducato	274	n/a	349
Hyundai i40	266	693
Peugeot 308	245	738
Subaru Legacy	241	617
Mercedes E Class	238	556
Audi A5	234	512
Citroen C4	217	482
Opel Astra	212	540
Audi Q5	207	465

[TD="width: 23"]Pos[/TD]
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[TD="width: 38"]Mar[/TD]
[TD="width: 38"]%[/TD]
[TD="width: 23"]Feb[/TD]
[TD="width: 38"]2012[/TD]
[TD="width: 38"]%[/TD]
[TD="width: 23"]Pos[/TD]
[TD="width: 26"]2011[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]7.0%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]8.0%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]5.9%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]7.1%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]4.8%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]4.5%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]4[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]4[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]4.3%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]4[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]3.7%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]4[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]5[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]2.7%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]5[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]3.0%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]5[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]5[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]6[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]2.4%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]8[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]2.1%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]6[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]9[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]7[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]2.2%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]19[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1.7%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]10[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]7[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]8[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]2.1%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]29[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1.5%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]16[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]13[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]9[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1.9%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]6[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]2.1%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]7[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]6[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]10[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1.8%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]10[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1.7%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]11[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]15[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]11[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1.7%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]16[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1.6%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]13[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]19[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]12[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1.7%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]52[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1.0%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]27[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]37[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]13[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1.7%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]17[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1.5%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]15[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]20[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]14[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1.6%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]30[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1.3%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]22[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]41[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]15[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1.5%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]13[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1.6%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]14[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]11[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]16[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1.5%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]55[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]0.9%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]28[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]25[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]17[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1.4%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]9[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1.9%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]9[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]8[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]18[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1.4%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]7[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]2.0%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]8[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]10[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]19[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1.3%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]18[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1.3%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]20[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]17[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]20[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1.3%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]25[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1.3%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]23[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]27[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]21[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1.3%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]22[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1.3%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]21[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]33[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]22[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1.2%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]11[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1.5%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]17[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]26[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]23[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1.1%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]20[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1.3%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]19[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]16[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]24[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1.1%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]14[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1.4%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]18[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]24[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]25[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1.1%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]12[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1.7%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]12[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]12[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]26[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1.1%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]23[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1.1%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]24[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]18[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]27[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1.0%[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]0.5%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]52[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]28[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]28[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]0.9%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]24[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1.0%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]26[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]76[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]29[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]0.9%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]21[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1.1%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]25[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]36[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]30[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]0.8%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]15[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]0.9%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]29[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]38[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]31[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]0.8%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]26[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]0.8%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]31[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]23[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]32[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]0.8%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]33[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]0.8%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]37[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]51[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]33[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]0.8%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]34[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]0.7%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]38[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]35[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]34[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]0.7%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]32[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]0.8%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]32[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]21[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]35[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]0.7%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]39[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]0.7%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]40[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]46[/TD]

 

[Tumbo]

The Swedes always loved Audi. Nice to have 4 models in top 35!

 

[Centurion]

Gosh that list makes me nostalgic. Not having lived in Sweden in the past four years I see a Volvo about twice a week here in London versus about 100s of them everyday in Sweden. It's not uncommon there to see 3-4 Volvo in a row driving down a road.

 

[Tumbo]

Hehe, the V70 in Sweden is like a Land Cruiser in the Middle East

 

[purplehenk]

During a short visit to Stockholm I noticed the V70 is Sweden's VW Golf.
Did expect more XC70s though.