Sales of new passenger cars fell by a quarter year-on-year to 12,670 in October. It was thus 36 percent lower than in 2019. Sales in the ten months of this year reached 174,494 cars and were 5.7 percent above the same period last year and lagged by 17 percent behind the previous year 2019. This follows from the data of the Association of Car Importers.
The decline in sales in the autumn months is mainly due to outages in car deliveries due to a lack of chips and other components, along with stagnant logistics, the union said.
The best-selling company is Škoda, which delivered 59,834 cars in ten months in ten months, despite a decline of almost 5%. This is followed by Hyundai and Volkswagen, which, on the other hand, recorded more than a 20 percent increase in sales. Hyundai increased sales by almost 25 percent to 16,419 cars and Volkswagen improved by 21 percent year-on-year to 15,043 cars sold. Toyota finished in fourth place and Kia in fifth.
The staggering supply of chips can also be seen in the order of the individual models. The traditional market leader, the Škoda Octavia, ended up with a drop of almost 60 percent to third, surpassed by the second Škoda Scala and the first Fabia. Although both smaller Škoda cars also recorded a decline in sales, they were significantly smaller. The Škoda Octavia does not seem to occupy the first place in the sales ranking for the whole of 2021. This would be the first time since 2008.
A significant drop in sales was also reflected in the large cars of the domestic brand: the Superb finished 11th with a 50 percent drop, the Kodiaq finished 10th with a 60% drop. Hyundai, which has two models in the top five, took advantage of Škoda’s problems. The fourth type of lower middle class i30 and the fifth Tucson SUV, it was the only one in the top 5 to show an increase in sales. Peugeot 2008 is also celebrating success in tenth position. For an overview of the twenty best-selling cars in October, see the gallery.
The number of imported used cars continues to exceed the number of new ones in sales. According to the union’s representatives, their composition has a negative effect on the overall condition of the vehicle fleet, as over 21 percent of imported used cars are older than 15 years.
Sales of light commercial vehicles increased by 15.5 percent to 15,789 vehicles from January to the end of October. In October alone, registrations were 16 percent lower. The market leader was Fiat with an increase of 23 percent to 1988 cars, followed by Renault with an increase of 64 percent to 1933 cars. In third place is despite a decline of 19 percent to 1894 Peugeot commercial vehicles.
Overall, truck registrations increased 21 percent year-on-year to 6,897 cars. Compared to 2019, they fell by 18 percent. The first is the Mercedes-Benz brand with 1242 registered cars, followed by MAN and DAF.
Bus sales are 21 percent lower this year than a year ago and fell 52 percent in October. The first is the Iveco Bus brand with 300 registered buses, the second is SOR and the third Setra.
The category of motorcycles recorded a year-on-year increase of five percent to 20,093 machines sold. Compared to 2019, this means an increase of 14 percent. The first is Honda with 3965 registered motorcycles, followed by Yamaha, CF Moto, Piaggio and BMW.
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