Cyprus Sales By Brand : 2013

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The economy in Cyprus isn't doing well. Bank accounts with deposits exceeding €100,000 were raided. Various austerity measures have been implemented to meet bail out conditions. Frankly, raiding bank accounts was an immoral and appalling way of gaining funds. It punishes those who save, ie. responsible citizens. Funny how normally if anyone takes money from your account, it is theft but if a government does so, it's OK. Not in my opinion. Cyprus is still reeling under such measures.

Understandably, car sales in Cyprus took a hit in 2013, with a 36% drop in sales. Nissan took the top spot in 2008, and has held on to it since. Before that, no one brand had a clear ascendancy. On the chart below, pale blue shows brands that has sales reduce, but did gain market share. Green reveals the few brands that managed to increase.

11	12	13		Sales	Share	+/-
1	1	1	Nissan	845	12.0%	-37%
4	3	2	Toyota	789	11.2%	-24%
2	2	3	Ford	701	9.9%	-45%
11	4	4	Kia	571	8.1%	-45%
3	5	5	Volkswagen	566	8.0%	-25%
7	8	6	Mercedes	481	6.8%	-15%
6	9	7	Audi	356	5.1%	-31%
5	7	8	BMW	318	4.5%	-44%
10	6	9	Hyundai	302	4.3%	-58%
18	11	10	Renault	265	3.8%	-1%
9	13	11	Honda	193	2.7%	-27%
12	12	12	Peugeot	185	2.6%	-30%
8	10	13	Opel	170	2.4%	-43%
17	17	14	Chevrolet	154	2.2%	-29%
13	14	15	Volvo	146	2.1%	-45%
16	16	16	Suzuki	118	1.7%	-47%
15	15	17	Skoda	109	1.5%	-57%
20	19	17	Fiat	109	1.5%	-34%
23	20	19	Citroen	96	1.4%	-33%
19	27	20	Mazda	84	1.2%	140%
-	-	21	Dacia	70	1.0%	n/a
26	18	22	Land Rover	66	0.9%	-63%
22	23	23	MINI	62	0.9%	-39%
32	32	24	Subaru	48	0.7%	300%
21	22	25	Seat	43	0.6%	-59%
24	25	26	Porsche	40	0.6%	-25%
14	21	27	Mitsubishi	31		-73%
30	29	28	Jeep	27		17%
30	26	29	Jaguar	25		-32%
24	24	30	Alfa Romeo	24		-59%
			Other	0
			Total	7047		-36%

Data source: Thanks to Cyprus Government Statistics.

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