Cyprus Car Sales : 2010-14

Could the Nissan Qashqai help Nissan win back the top spot in Cyprus?

You would have to be living under a rock not to know about the Cypriot economic crisis. car sales are an accurate barometer for the strength of, and confidence in, the financial system. Neither were good. Still Toyota coped better than most and came back from a huge deficit against Nissan to be number one in 2014. Near the top of the list Kia did well but VW, Mercedes, Ford, BMW and Audi had a run similar to Nissan.

Land Rover had a grin inducing 2014, leaping 10 places in ranking, with sales up 376%! Peugeot, Opel and & Škoda had a shockingly bad few years. It just goes to show that turmoil creates unusual amounts of change, with some doing well and others not.

	Make	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
1	Toyota	1,139	933	1,036	789	1,052
2	Nissan	1,812	2,223	1,350	845	961
3	Kia	464	553	1,034	571	637
4	Volkswagen	1,175	1,171	756	566	631
5	Mercedes	1,051	762	566	481	511
6	Ford	1,204	1,625	1,267	701	479
7	BMW	1,233	868	570	318	444
8	Audi	1,042	864	513	356	405
9	Volvo	286	447	264	146	356
10	Honda	629	558	265	193	354
11	Renault	285	266	269	265	319
12	Land Rover	228	85	178	66	314
13	Hyundai	267	556	715	302	312
14	Peugeot	610	500	266	185	185
15	Citroën	173	111	143	96	156
16	Opel	782	577	300	170	150
17	Suzuki	337	330	222	118	145
18	Mazda	232	202	35	84	137
19	Fiat	238	198	166	109	124
20	Chevrolet	369	321	218	154	109
21	Porsche	71	89	53	40	104
22	Dacia				70	61
23	Mitsubishi	487	445	113	31	55
24	Škoda	377	395	253	109	50
25	Seat	157	162	105	43	41
26	MINI	72	135	101	62	36
27	Subaru	60	18	12	48	35
28	Jaguar	10	21	37	25	28
29	Lexus	12	32	17	12	23
30	Chrysler	63	21	23	27	22
31	Alfa Romeo	41	89	59	24	11
32	smart	27	39	24	11	11
33	Maserati	4	2	3	2	7
34	Saab	19	14	5	6
35	Daihatsu	35	28	13	5
36	Proton	31	15	3	1
37	Perodua	26	4
38	Other	13	6	13	16	6
39	Total	15,061	14,665	10,967	7,047	8,271

Data source: Ministry of Finance, Cyprus.