Hyundai i30 surprise leader, Cupra Formentor on podium, sales off -24% – Best Selling Cars Blog

The Cupra Formentor signs its first podium finish in Austria.

New car sales in Austria fall another -24% year-on-year in May to 17,107 units, leading to a year-to-date volume off -20.7% to 85,846. Volkswagen (-35.8%) and Skoda (-32.9%) fall even faster than the market but still top the brands charts as they do year-to-date. BMW (-19.1%) is down one spot on last month to #3 while Seat (-13.3%) resists best in the Top 5 and is up three ranks to #4. Audi (-23%) roughly matches the market at #5. Toyota (+52.8%) sports a fantastic year-on-year gain, one of only two in the Top 10 alongside Ford (+0.6%). Hyundai (-2.1%), Kia (-2.8%) and Mercedes (-16.3%) manage to contain their losses below the market rate. Below, Cupra (+259.4%) shoots up to #12, a new ranking record for the brand eclipsing its previous best of #13 hit just last month.

Model-wise, the Hyundai i30 (+214.5%) shoots up 19 spots on April to become the surprise leader of the month with 2.2% share, showing an extreme fragmentation of the Austrian market (even more than Switzerland and Germany this month). The Skoda Fabia (-17%) stays at the 2nd place like last month and YTD while we have a newcomer on the podium: the Cupra Formentor (+125.9%) up four spots to break its Austrian ranking record at #3. The Seat Ibiza (+16.9%) rallies back 11 ranks on April to #4 and the Toyota Yaris/Cross (+96.2%) rounds out the Top 5. The Ford Focus (+47.8%), Seat Alhambra (+368.4%), Cupra Born (#14), Audi Q5 (+95.6%), Kia Ceed (+25.3%) and Sportage (+210.8%) also impress in the remainder of the Top 20.

Previous month: Austria April 2022: VW T-Cross best-seller in market down another -26.6%

One year ago: Austria May 2021: VW Golf back to #1, Skoda Enyaq in Top 10

Full May 2022 Top 45 All-brands and Top 20 models below.

Austria May 2022 – brands:

Pos	Brand	May-22	%	/21	Apr	2022	%	/21	Pos	FY21
1	Volkswagen	2,309	13.5%	-35.8%	1	11,478	13.4%	-35.1%	1	1
2	Skoda	1,508	8.8%	-32.9%	3	7,687	9.0%	-24.8%	2	2
3	BMW	1,263	7.4%	-19.1%	2	6,356	7.4%	-5.9%	3	3
4	Seat	1,156	6.8%	-13.3%	7	4,614	5.4%	-43.8%	6	4
5	Audi	1,106	6.5%	-23.0%	4	5,997	7.0%	-0.3%	4	6
6	Ford	1,055	6.2%	0.6%	6	4,581	5.3%	-18.6%	7	7
7	Hyundai	989	5.8%	-2.1%	11	3,536	4.1%	-6.6%	11	8
8	Mercedes	885	5.2%	-16.3%	5	4,676	5.4%	-15.9%	5	5
9	Toyota	807	4.7%	52.8%	9	3,842	4.5%	50.1%	8	16
10	Kia	788	4.6%	-2.8%	8	3,800	4.4%	13.0%	9	12
11	Renault	625	3.7%	-47.0%	10	3,589	4.2%	-29.6%	10	9
12	Cupra	611	3.6%	259.4%	13	2,203	2.6%	226.4%	16	25
13	Mazda	439	2.6%	-42.2%	12	2,729	3.2%	-15.6%	13	14
14	Peugeot	433	2.5%	-51.1%	16	2,767	3.2%	-24.1%	12	13
15	Opel	399	2.3%	-44.5%	15	2,245	2.6%	-45.1%	15	11
16	Dacia	361	2.1%	-6.7%	14	2,349	2.7%	3.1%	14	15
17	Fiat	327	1.9%	-62.8%	19	1,601	1.9%	-62.4%	17	10
18	Suzuki	245	1.4%	-47.2%	17	1,481	1.7%	-41.0%	19	17
19	Volvo	237	1.4%	-8.5%	18	1,282	1.5%	-6.4%	21	20
20	Nissan	224	1.3%	17.3%	27	784	0.9%	-26.8%	24	22
21	Citroen	193	1.1%	-62.2%	21	1,354	1.6%	-43.5%	20	18
22	Mitsubishi	168	1.0%	-9.7%	20	786	0.9%	-18.6%	23	23
23	Mini	165	1.0%	-28.3%	22	852	1.0%	-18.3%	22	21
24	Honda	117	0.7%	-13.3%	23	566	0.7%	14.8%	27	28
25	Porsche	111	0.6%	-23.4%	25	609	0.7%	3.7%	26	27
26	Jeep	106	0.6%	-17.2%	24	632	0.7%	-29.4%	25	24
27	Land Rover	85	0.5%	-34.6%	26	431	0.5%	-40.1%	28	26
28	Polestar	82	0.5%	1540.0%	32	210	0.2%	2525.0%	30	36
29	MG	81	0.5%	26.6%	28	369	0.4%	43.6%	29	30
30	Alfa Romeo	46	0.3%	-17.9%	31	192	0.2%	-3.0%	31	31
31	Subaru	37	0.2%	-11.9%	33	167	0.2%	10.6%	32	32
32	DS	33	0.2%	57.1%	36	83	0.1%	29.7%	35	35
33	Tesla	30	0.2%	-82.4%	29	1,528	1.8%	-15.4%	18	19
34	Lexus	30	0.2%	100.0%	35	115	0.1%	59.7%	34	34
35	Jaguar	18	0.1%	-80.6%	30	156	0.2%	-66.7%	33	29
36	Smart	9	0.1%	-18.2%	37	47	0.1%	-25.4%	37	33
37	Ferrari	8	0.0%	-27.3%	34	54	0.1%	20.0%	36	37
38	Lamborghini	5	0.0%	0.0%	38	15	0.0%	-28.6%	40	38
39	Bentley	4	0.0%	100.0%	41	15	0.0%	150.0%	39	42
40	Aston Martin	3	0.0%	-57.1%	39	20	0.0%	25.0%	38	40
41	SsangYong	2	0.0%	100.0%	46	7	0.0%	-46.2%	42	39
42	JAC	2	0.0%	100.0%	43	6	0.0%	-53.8%	44	43
43	Maserati	1	0.0%	-75.0%	40	9	0.0%	12.5%	41	41
44	Chrysler	1	0.0%	n/a	45	6	0.0%	n/a	43	47
45	KTM	1	0.0%	n/a	42	5	0.0%	n/a	46	53
46	Chevrolet	1	0.0%	n/a	–	3	0.0%	n/a	47	55

Austria May 2022 – models:

Pos	Model	May-22	%	/21	Apr	2022	%	/21	Pos	FY21
1	Hyundai I30	368	2.2%	214.5%	20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2	Skoda Fabia	333	1.9%	-17.0%	2	1,663	1.9%	-21.7%	2	6
3	Cupra Formentor	314	1.8%	125.9%	7	1,121	1.3%	127.4%	11	n/a
4	Seat Ibiza	312	1.8%	16.9%	15	1,206	1.4%	-44.2%	9	8
5	Toyota Yaris/Cross	310	1.8%	96.2%	4	1,591	1.9%	91.9%	3	n/a
6	VW Bus	304	1.8%	-23.8%	8	1,527	1.8%	-9.0%	4	5
7	VW Golf	303	1.8%	-50.3%	13	1,365	1.6%	-45.3%	6	3
8	VW T-Roc	301	1.8%	-4.7%	10	1,229	1.4%	-51.3%	8	4
9	VW Polo	275	1.6%	0.4%	3	1,671	1.9%	-11.1%	1	7
10	Ford Focus	269	1.6%	47.8%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
11	Skoda Octavia	267	1.6%	-46.8%	11	1,475	1.7%	-48.5%	5	2
12	Seat Alhambra	267	1.6%	368.4%	16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
13	VW T-Cross	252	1.5%	-13.1%	1	1,100	1.3%	-39.0%	13	11
14	Cupra Born	250	1.5%	new	n/a	975	1.1%	new	18	n/a
15	Seat Arona	232	1.4%	-17.7%	17	1,043	1.2%	-41.4%	15	13
16	Audi Q5	221	1.3%	95.6%	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
17	BMW X3	219	1.3%	-15.4%	5	985	1.1%	5.8%	17	18
18	Fiat 500 lineup	209	1.2%	-64.6%	n/a	1,035	1.2%	-62.3%	16	1
19	Kia Ceed	208	1.2%	25.3%	9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
20	Kia Sportage	202	1.2%	210.8%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
n/a	VW Caddy	196	1.1%	-41.7%	n/a	956	1.1%	-12.0%	20	n/a
n/a	Dacia Sandero	193	1.1%	12.2%	12	1,365	1.6%	17.6%	7	9
n/a	Audi A3	184	1.1%	-20.0%	14	1,078	1.3%	5.8%	14	n/a
n/a	Audi Q3	179	1.0%	10.5%	19	957	1.1%	4.5%	19	n/a
n/a	VW Tiguan	163	1.0%	-40.9%	n/a	1,133	1.3%	-33.4%	10	17
n/a	Renault Zoe	151	0.9%	7.9%	n/a	488	0.6%	-35.0%	n/a	n/a
n/a	Skoda Enyaq	127	0.7%	-66.4%	n/a	627	0.7%	-12.6%	n/a	n/a
n/a	Ford Mustang Mach-E	101	0.6%	new	n/a	494	0.6%	new	n/a	n/a
n/a	Polestar 2	80	0.5%	1500.0%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
n/a	Kia EV6	76	0.4%	new	n/a	426	0.5%	new	n/a	n/a
n/a	Tesla Model Y	26	0.2%	new	n/a	1,114	1.3%	new	12	n/a
n/a	Tesla Model 3	4	0.0%	-97.6%	n/a	414	0.5%	-76.8%	n/a	10

Source: Statistik Austria