Car Sales Austria: 2012

Car sales in Austria were only down 6%. VW has been number one for so many years and Opel was always #2. VW remained on the top but Opel took a big hit in sales and slumped to 6th. Hyundai and Kia keep making inroads, while Fiat slips back. Nissan keeps chipping away at the leader board and is amazingly the highest placed Japanese brand at 15th.
The first three columns show 2010 to 2012 ranking, the second column in from the right is increase or decrease, and the extreme right shows market share for the major brands.

1	1	1	VW	61,627	-5%	18.3%
4	4	2	Skoda	21,698	7%	6.5%
3	3	3	Ford	21,624	-9%	6.4%
5	5	4	Audi	20,910	4%	6.2%
8	7	5	Hyundai	19,286	6%	5.7%
2	2	6	Opel	19,269	-26%	5.7%
6	6	7	Renault	16,928	-10%	5.0%
11	10	8	BMW	15,851	1%	4.7%
10	8	9	Seat	14,316	-13%	4.3%
9	9	10	Peugeot	14,264	-11%	4.2%
15	13	11	Kia	12,641	13%	3.8%
7	11	12	Fiat	12,422	-17%	3.7%
12	12	13	Citroen	11,216	-16%	3.3%
13	14	14	Mercedes	10,615	-3%	3.2%
18	17	15	Nissan	8,607	18%	2.6%
14	15	16	Mazda	8,424	-12%	2.5%
16	16	17	Toyota	7,393	-8%	2.2%
19	19	18	Dacia	6,222	18%	1.9%
17	18	19	Suzuki	5,880	-18%	1.7%
20	20	20	Chevolet	4,713	1%	1.4%
21	21	21	Mitsubishi	3,772	-15%	1.1%
22	22	22	Volvo	3,126	-13%
24	23	23	Alfa Romeo	2,330	-26%
23	25	24	Honda	2,200	-4%
25	24	25	MINI	2,110	-17%
29	28	26	Land Rover	1,913	95%
26	27	27	Subaru	1,516	19%
30	31	28	Lancia	1,350	83%
31	30	29	Porsche	960	22%
28	29	30	Jeep	881	-5%
27	26	31	smart	738	-46%
33	34	32	Jaguar	300	12%
34	32	33	Lexus	285	-25%
32	33	34	Daihatsu	254	-19%
			Other	369
			Total	336,010	-6%

Data source: Thanks to
www.automotive.co.at
Picture source: Thanks to
www.netcarshow.com