Car/LCV Sales By Brand Portugal : 2014

Renault led the way in sales ...

In a market up 36%, it's hard to manufacture a decrease in sales, although a few brands managed it. It's the second year of improved sales, after two poor years. Sales are still well down on the best of years, but buoyant nevertheless.

.... with Peugeot trying to keep up

In a country that prefers European brands, Nissan did well with a 62% increase, as did Kia with a 54% upgrade. Including light commercial vehicles as I do here does assist some brands more than others. The French trio of Renault, Citroen and Peugeot are the three that gain the most. Renault has been the best seller in Portugal since 1998, taking over from Opel all those years ago.

10	11	12	13	14		2014	%	Diff
1	1	1	1	1	Renault	21,670	12.8	35%
2	2	3	2	2	Peugeot	16,893	10.0	39%
3	3	2	3	3	VW	16,014	9.5	34%
10	9	7	5	4	Mercedes	11,385	6.7	43%
5	4	5	6	5	Citroen	11,212	6.6	46%
11	11	6	7	6	BMW	10,617	6.3	39%
4	5	4	4	7	Opel	10,344	6.1	28%
8	10	11	10	8	Toyota	8,327	4.9	44%
7	7	8	8	9	Fiat	7,982	4.7	19%
13	13	9	9	10	Audi	7,954	4.7	33%
12	12	12	12	11	Nissan	7,645	4.5	62%
6	6	10	11	12	Ford	7,291	4.3	42%
9	8	13	13	13	Seat	6,895	4.1	78%
24	20	22	16	14	Dacia	3,893	2.3	96%
21	17	15	15	15	Volvo	2,677	1.6	34%
17	18	16	19	16	Kia	2,617	1.5	54%
16	19	17	17	17	Skoda	2,406	1.4	37%
15	14	19	20	18	Mitsubishi	2,265	1.3	38%
19	23	20	18	19	Honda	1,800	1.1	5%
25	24	23	22	20	MINI	1,564	0.9	26%
22	21	18	21	21	smart	1,430	0.8	-9%
20	16	21	23	22	Hyundai	1,104	0.7	24%
18	25	26	25	23	Mazda	1,092	0.6	78%
23	22	24	24	24	Alfa Romeo	743	0.4	-5%
34	33	25	27	25	Land Rover	586	0.3	18%
28	27	28	28	26	Iveco	513	0.3	50%
29	30	27	26	27	Lancia	480	0.3	-13%
31	31	29	29	28	Porsche	395	0.2	45%
14	15	14	14	29	Chevrolet	358	0.2	-84%
32	32	34	32	30	Lexus	295	0.2	89%
30	29	31	30	31	Isuzu	238	0.1	34%
33	34	33	31	32	Jaguar	168	0.1	-4%
27	28	30	33	33	Jeep/Dodge*	107	0.1	16%
26	26	32	34	34	Suzuki	25	0.0	-67%
					Others	41	0.0
					Total	169,026		36%

Data source: Auto Informa.

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