As the epicentre of the Euro zone economic crisis, car sales were never going to be good in Greece. A 40% drop from 2011 was to be expected. The high for the nation was 2004 when 290,000 cars were sold so 58,500 is a long way down from that. Out of the carnage came Opel with a healthy lead; the #1 spot it last held briefly in 2001. Of course in turbulent times, things move around more than in settled conditions. Somehow Citroen managed impressive growth and was catapulted up the sales chart as a result. The same thing happened with Volvo, which became the leading premium brand.
Will 2013 be any better? I have no idea, but can the sales get any lower? I thought both pictures of cars heading off into the distance symbolic of the uncertain future...
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.

2	2	1		Opel	7,066	-38%	12.1%
3	3	2		VW	6,009	-37%	10.3%
1	1	3		Toyota	5,744	-53%	9.8%
10	9	4		Citroen	4,206	17%	7.2%
6	5	5		Fiat	3,353	-43%	5.7%
8	6	6		Nissan	3,143	-45%	5.4%
4	4	7		Ford	3,006	-53%	5.1%
7	8	8		Skoda	2,837	-39%	4.9%
5	7	9		Hyundai	2,618	-46%	4.5%
11	10	10		Peugeot	2,543	-26%	4.3%
9	11	11		Suzuki	2,278	-27%	3.9%
14	13	12		Audi	1,811	-28%	3.1%
19	14	13		Kia	1,515	-35%	2.6%
25	21	14		Volvo	1,380	-4%	2.4%
17	16	15		BMW	1,329	-34%	2.3%
13	15	16		Mercedes	1,262	-39%	2.2%
12	12	17		Seat	1,243	-59%	2.1%
15	19	18		Renault	1,046	-31%	1.8%
16	17	19		Chevrolet	930	-50%	1.6%
24	18	20		Alfa Romeo	855	-49%	1.5%
30	30	21		Lancia	787	271%	1.3%
26	24	22		MINI	667	-29%	1.1%
18	23	23		Honda	657	-45%	1.1%
22	22	24		Mitsubishi	608	-58%	1.0%
20	20	25		smart	541	-64%
27	26	26		Dacia	347	-55%
23	27	27		Mazda	222	-51%
21	25	28		Daihatsu	188	-80%
				Others	291
				Total	58,482	-40%

Data source: Thanks to
www.seaa.gr
Picture source: Thanks to
www.netcarshow.com

Car Sales Greece: 2012

By Gavin Kalsi Friday, 21 July 2017

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As the epicentre of the Euro zone economic crisis, car sales were never going to be good in Greece. A 40% drop from 2011 was to be expected. The high for the nation was 2004 when 290,000 cars were sold so 58,500 is a long way down from that. Out of the carnage came Opel with a healthy lead; the #1 spot it last held briefly in 2001. Of course in turbulent times, things move around more than in settled conditions. Somehow Citroen managed impressive growth and was catapulted up the sales chart as a result. The same thing happened with Volvo, which became the leading premium brand.
Will 2013 be any better? I have no idea, but can the sales get any lower? I thought both pictures of cars heading off into the distance symbolic of the uncertain future...
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.

2	2	1		Opel	7,066	-38%	12.1%
3	3	2		VW	6,009	-37%	10.3%
1	1	3		Toyota	5,744	-53%	9.8%
10	9	4		Citroen	4,206	17%	7.2%
6	5	5		Fiat	3,353	-43%	5.7%
8	6	6		Nissan	3,143	-45%	5.4%
4	4	7		Ford	3,006	-53%	5.1%
7	8	8		Skoda	2,837	-39%	4.9%
5	7	9		Hyundai	2,618	-46%	4.5%
11	10	10		Peugeot	2,543	-26%	4.3%
9	11	11		Suzuki	2,278	-27%	3.9%
14	13	12		Audi	1,811	-28%	3.1%
19	14	13		Kia	1,515	-35%	2.6%
25	21	14		Volvo	1,380	-4%	2.4%
17	16	15		BMW	1,329	-34%	2.3%
13	15	16		Mercedes	1,262	-39%	2.2%
12	12	17		Seat	1,243	-59%	2.1%
15	19	18		Renault	1,046	-31%	1.8%
16	17	19		Chevrolet	930	-50%	1.6%
24	18	20		Alfa Romeo	855	-49%	1.5%
30	30	21		Lancia	787	271%	1.3%
26	24	22		MINI	667	-29%	1.1%
18	23	23		Honda	657	-45%	1.1%
22	22	24		Mitsubishi	608	-58%	1.0%
20	20	25		smart	541	-64%
27	26	26		Dacia	347	-55%
23	27	27		Mazda	222	-51%
21	25	28		Daihatsu	188	-80%
				Others	291
				Total	58,482	-40%

Data source: Thanks to
www.seaa.gr
Picture source: Thanks to
www.netcarshow.com