Norway July 2012: Subaru XV breaks into Top 10
spotted hereby Serg Pearl
Subaru XV
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New car sales in Norway continue to perform very solidly in a sluggish European environment, up 6% year-on-year in July to 11.920 registrations and bringing the year-to-date total to 81,275 units, up 2% on 2011. After being passed by the Ford Focus in June, the VW Golf is back in the Norwegian pole position, a place it has held 10 of the last 12 months. It sells 612 units for a 5.1% market share and leads year-to-date with 3,687 sales and 4.5%.
The VW Passat is up one spot to #2 with 420 units and 3.5%, followed by the Toyota Avensis at 3.2%, the Ford Focus down 3 spots to #4 with 3.1% share and the Skoda Octavia and VW Tiguan both at 3% share. But the big event this month is the arrival of the Subaru XV in the Norwegian monthly Top 10 at a brilliant 9th place with 263 sales and 2.2% share. It is now #19 year-to-date at 1,140 units and 1.4%, with Norway being by far the XV’s best performing country in the world.
Further down, the Skoda Superb gains 12 ranks to land at #16, the Mazda CX-5 maintains itself within the Top 20 for the second month in a row at #18 and the Skoda Yeti is up 10 to #25.
Previous month: Norway June 2012: Ford Focus leads, BMW X3 up to #11
One year ago: Norway July 2011: Toyota Avensis back on podium
Full July 2012 Top 20 Ranking Table below.
Norway July 2012:
| Pos | Model | July | % | Jun | 2012 | % | Pos | 2011 |
| 1 | VW Golf | 612 | 5.1% | 2 | 3,687 | 4.5% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | VW Passat | 420 | 3.5% | 3 | 2,468 | 3.0% | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | Toyota Avensis | 378 | 3.2% | 4 | 2,547 | 3.1% | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Ford Focus | 369 | 3.1% | 1 | 2,657 | 3.3% | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Skoda Octavia | 356 | 3.0% | 7 | 1,733 | 2.1% | 9 | 8 |
| 6 | VW Tiguan | 352 | 3.0% | 5 | 2,417 | 3.0% | 5 | 13 |
| 7 | Volvo V70 | 340 | 2.9% | 6 | 2,300 | 2.8% | 6 | 5 |
| 8 | Nissan Qashqai | 275 | 2.3% | 8 | 1,808 | 2.2% | 8 | 7 |
| 9 | Subaru XV | 263 | 2.2% | 15 | 1,140 | 1.4% | 19 | - |
| 10 | Toyota Auris | 245 | 2.1% | 13 | 1,626 | 2.0% | 10 | 10 |
| 11 | Volvo V60 | 244 | 2.0% | 10 | 1,519 | 1.9% | 11 | 12 |
| 12 | Ford Mondeo | 218 | 1.8% | 9 | 1,431 | 1.8% | 12 | 9 |
| 13 | Audi A4 | 218 | 1.8% | 21 | 1,108 | 1.4% | 22 | 14 |
| 14 | Toyota Yaris | 212 | 1.8% | 12 | 2,028 | 2.5% | 7 | 18 |
| 15 | VW Polo | 198 | 1.7% | 33 | 1,197 | 1.5% | 17 | 11 |
| 16 | Skoda Superb | 186 | 1.6% | 28 | 764 | 0.9% | 32 | 29 |
| 17 | Mitsubishi ASX | 182 | 1.5% | 16 | 1,393 | 1.7% | 13 | 4 |
| 18 | Mazda CX-5 | 177 | 1.5% | 14 | 610 | 0.8% | 49 | - |
| 19 | Kia Sportage | 176 | 1.5% | 17 | 1,113 | 1.4% | 21 | 50 |
| 20 | Nissan Leaf | 174 | 1.5% | 24 | 1,207 | 1.5% | 16 | 88 |
| 21 | Volvo XC60 | 173 | 1.5% | 18 | 1,144 | 1.4% | 18 | 16 |
| 22 | BMW X3 | 165 | 1.4% | 11 | 1,366 | 1.7% | 14 | 35 |
| 23 | Audi Q5 | 152 | 1.3% | 39 | 776 | 1.0% | 28 | 38 |
| 24 | Hyundai i30 | 149 | 1.3% | 27 | 998 | 1.2% | 24 | 58 |
| 25 | Skoda Yeti | 143 | 1.2% | 35 | 700 | 0.9% | 40 | 37 |
| 26 | Peugeot 508 | 128 | 1.1% | 19 | 1,098 | 1.4% | 23 | 17 |
| 27 | Toyota RAV4 | 124 | 1.0% | 29 | 1,135 | 1.4% | 20 | 25 |
| 28 | Toyota Prius | 113 | 0.9% | 20 | 886 | 1.1% | 25 | 31 |
| 29 | Hyundai i40 | 113 | 0.9% | 32 | 763 | 0.9% | 33 | 53 |
| 30 | Hyundai ix35 | 112 | 0.9% | 30 | 711 | 0.9% | 39 | 28 |
| 31 | BMW 3 Series | 110 | 0.9% | 34 | 769 | 0.9% | 31 | 49 |
| 32 | Audi A1 | 108 | 0.9% | 40 | 650 | 0.8% | 43 | 41 |
| 33 | Audi A6 | 108 | 0.9% | 46 | 714 | 0.9% | 38 | 69 |
| 34 | BMW 5 Series | 106 | 0.9% | 47 | 775 | 1.0% | 29 | 33 |
| 35 | Audi Q3 | 105 | 0.9% | 52 | 662 | 0.8% | 41 | n/a |
| 36 | Peugeot 208 | 104 | 0.9% | 26 | 428 | 0.5% | 59 | - |
| 37 | Volvo V50 | 103 | 0.9% | 23 | 1,280 | 1.6% | 15 | 15 |
| 38 | Mercedes C Class | 100 | 0.8% | 31 | 777 | 1.0% | 27 | 27 |
| 39 | Audi A3 | 100 | 0.8% | 45 | 880 | 1.1% | 26 | 21 |
| 40 | Opel Astra | 99 | 0.8% | 51 | 640 | 0.8% | 45 | 19 |
| 41 | Mercedes B Class | 99 | 0.8% | 53 | 726 | 0.9% | 36 | 84 |
| 42 | Mitsubishi Outlander | 96 | 0.8% | 41 | 645 | 0.8% | 44 | 24 |
| 43 | VW Touran | 96 | 0.8% | 44 | 659 | 0.8% | 42 | 23 |
| 44 | Ford Fiesta | 92 | 0.8% | 37 | 762 | 0.9% | 34 | 22 |
| 45 | BMW 1 Series | 88 | 0.7% | 25 | 772 | 0.9% | 30 | 54 |
| 46 | Kia Cee’d | 86 | 0.7% | 48 | 405 | 0.5% | 64 | 57 |
| 47 | Mercedes E Class | 81 | 0.7% | n/a | 449 | 0.6% | 58 | 40 |
| 48 | Peugeot 3008 | 79 | 0.7% | 42 | 618 | 0.8% | 47 | 20 |
| 49 | Skoda Fabia | 76 | 0.6% | 57 | 636 | 0.8% | 46 | 32 |
| 50 | Nissan Juke | 73 | 0.6% | n/a | 408 | 0.5% | 63 | 64 |
Source: www.ofvas.no, many thanks to Alex for complete data!
