Top 5 brands and models preferred by Spaniards in May

One month ends, another begins, and almost without realising it we are approaching the midpoint of 2016. Let us check which brands and which models have been the most in demand in the just-ended month of May among Spanish buyers, a month that closed with 113,671 deliveries.

The data is surprising because some brand that, without having entered the top 3 in the first months of the year, has made a significant leap this month, placing itself on the podium. The same goes for a few models.

Top 5 brands

In fifth place of the ranking we have Peugeot. The French lion’s firm closed May with 7,847 units sold. This figure means that in May they sold slightly more than their average over the first five months of the year, which in total amounts to 36,648 registrations. In the year-to-date ranking they are in third place.

The fourth best-selling brand in May is the multinational based in Martorell. Seat has managed to place itself above Peugeot by just over 100 units, selling a total of 7,956 cars. It has also been a good month for Seat when compared with its year-to-date average, having delivered 35,153 passenger cars.

The “bronze medal” goes to Volkswagen. It seems the emissions scandal that came to light in the last quarter of last year is not costing it too much in our country. Although far from the runner-up in May, the brand of the “people’s car” delivered 8,141 cars, selling about 200 units above its cumulative average, where it ranks second with 39,651 sales.

A very significant leap has been that of the French brand Renault, which slips into second place. With 9,926 sales, it secures a rewarding second place, well ahead of its German pursuer. Renault’s jump has been so large that it sold some 3,000 more cars than was usual. Across the first five months it sits in fifth place with 34,681 cars sold in Spain.

The best-selling brand last month was once again Opel. The German firm is achieving very good results that are reflected month after month, being the only brand to deliver more than 10,000 units, 10,560 to be exact. May sales were likewise above its accumulated average, where registrations total 43,287.

Top 5 models

We begin this top 5 of best-selling models in May with the Renault Clio. The B-segment model has placed itself in fifth place with 3,104 units. Just as has happened with its parent, Renault, the Clio has made a significant leap up the list: so far this year 10,436 units had been sold while it was then in ninth place, meaning it has sold almost a third of all its year’s sales in this fifth month.

Higher up we find a long-standing favourite of the sector and a regular on the podium, the Ibiza, which this time was left just short and, by very little, missed out on fourth place. 3,489 registrations for the Martorell B-segment car. Year to date it is indeed in third place, with almost 15,000 cars so far this year. Is it time for Seat to launch a new generation of the Ibiza?

Now, in the third step of the podium, we have a model bearing the stamp of Seat. The León has placed itself third with 3,509 units, a position its smaller sibling nearly snatched by a margin of just 20 units. Adding up the first five months’ sales of the Spanish compact gives a figure of 16,471, which places it in a respectable second place.

The Opel Corsa and the Renault Clio have made a significant leap in May As with the Clio, another B-segment car has given us a surprise this month. We are talking about the Opel Corsa, which has climbed to second place thanks to 3,672 sales. In this case, May’s registrations account for more than a third of the whole year’s registrations, which stand at 12,535 units. Great work from the Corsa last month.

Finally, the winner of the month, May’s best-selling model, was once again the Citroën C4. The French compact keeps up its pace and, without making much noise, places itself once more as the best-selling car with 3,726 sales. This is by no means a one-off: its 17,074 year-to-date deliveries also place it at the top of the year-to-date ranking, with a lead of 400 units over its pursuer. The C4 range is Citroën’s main driver, accounting for more than 50% of the brand’s total sales, although we should bear in mind that the C4 Picasso MPV and the C4 Cactus crossover also count under the C4 name.

Source | ANFAC