Europe’s Top Ten In May 2012

Europe's car market is slowly swirling down the drain. Sales in May were down by 8.7 percent. Five months into the year, the market is down 7.7 percent. Europe's best-selling cars are impacted disproportionately. Eight out of ten suffered double-digit percentage losses. Only one car managed a slight increase in May.  Europe's Top 10 Models, May 2012 Make & Model May_12 May_11 %  YoY May YtD_12 May YtD_11 % YtD VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 41,420 47,904 -13.5% 200,640 213,986 -6.2% FORD FIESTA 28,611 32,660 -12.4% 145,616 163,033 -10.7% OPEL CORSA 26,771 30,126 -11.1% 120,310 138,839 -13.3% VOLKSWAGEN POLO 24,087 32,463 -25.8% 135,428 157,992 -14.3% OPEL  ASTRA 23,149 29,341 -21.1% 106,786 133,697 -20.1% FORD FOCUS 22,611 26,983 -16.2% 117,247 119,662 -2.0% RENAULT MEGANE 21,817 21,258 +2.6% 87,885 107,396 -18.2% RENAULT CLIO 21,244 25,386 -16.3% 108,012 136,745 -21.0% FIAT PANDA 19,300 19,402 -0.5% 84,890 91,688 -7.4% VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 17,836 23,902 -25.4% 89,635 99,744 -10.1% According to data released by Yato Dynamics, Volkswagen's Golf (-13.5%), and Ford's Fiesta (12.4%) retain their first and second places, despite double digit losses. The only gainer is the Renault Megane. Up 2.6%, it managed a place in the Top 10. Outside the Top Ten, Toyota Yaris, Audi A6 and Mercedes B-Class recorded significant increases in sales during May. New models such as the Volkswagen Up, Audi Q3 and Peugeot 208 also had solid sales last month. from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com

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