Cyprus Car Sales : 2004-09

Another period of great change. Peugeot kicked off with top spot in 2004, only to find itself 7th the following year! Honda took over in 2005 and was 5th next year. Was getting to the top a poisoned chalice? No, as Ford was then top for two years and then 2nd for the next two. Nissan went from 15th in 2006 to number one for 2008 and 2009. BMW and Audi made gains at the expense of Mercedes.

Renault had been top in 2003 but was 19th by 2008. European brands were at the top in the period prior but now Asian makes were growing in stature. No region had taken control but European mainstream brands had lost out somewhat.

Brand	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Nissan	1,139	775	440	1,728	2,785	2,102
Ford	172	910	2,321	2,603	2,316	1,777
Toyota	1,818	1,800	1,721	2,112	2,074	1,342
Volkswagen	2,193	1,509	2,021	2,082	2,123	1,308
BMW	703	882	1,152	1,631	1,981	1,172
Audi	829	700	611	936	882	1,006
Honda	1,908	2,046	1,537	1,888	1,686	1,001
Mercedes	1,291	1,792	1,753	2,168	1,518	884
Mitsubishi	777	725	626	597	889	630
Opel/Vauxhall	1,472	1,280	1,287	1,418	987	600
Peugeot	2,243	1,271	910	866	822	471
Suzuki	340	293	409	703	642	405
Hyundai	88	231	320	374	441	347
Kia	190	210	382	543	583	341
Chevrolet	229	428	528	421	359	337
Mazda	449	569	719	793	727	302
Renault	2,012	1,373	895	711	352	260
Citroën	318	521	463	555	519	227
Volvo	121	412	417	498	320	220
Fiat	95	121	82	130	178	199
Škoda	88	242	193	330	457	189
Seat	400	211	305	335	192	182
Proton	1		354	366	106	88
Subaru	58	48	90	93	95	82
MINI	150	157	121	153	138	64
smart	58	111	90	43	75	52
Land Rover	56	78	30	181	187	51
Porsche	15	18	21	73	52	49
Daihatsu	56	71	138	349	325	47
Alfa Romeo	125	82	37	90	41	41
Chrysler	13	2	2	2	84	39
Jaguar	48	147	138	89	84	36
Saab	93	153	124	134	95	35
Lexus	16	12	40	49	34	13
Ssangyong	5	3	13	11	12	12
GM US				21	14	3
Perodua	25	11	9	6	3
Reva		4	22	5	3
Isuzu	40	4	1		1
Other	16	8	22	20	31	31
Total	19,650	19,210	20,344	25,107	24,213	15,945

Data source: Ministry of Finance, Cyprus.