Italy January 2011: Alfa Romeo Giulietta #6!

The Italian car market is off to a slow start this year with 165,302 registrations in January, down 21% on last year. The Fiat Punto stays strong at 13,173 sales and 8% share, but the Panda drops to 6.1%. The VW Golf has a good month in 4th place and 3.5%, ahead of the Fiat 500.

The performance of the month goes to the Alfa Romeo Giulietta, breaking into the Top 10 for the first time at a formidable 6th place with 4,053 sales and 2.5% of the market. Other strong performances include the Dacia Duster at #21 (+37 spots on December!), the Nissan Juke at #22 (+9 spots) and the Hyundai ix35 at #32 (+22 spots).

Top 50 Ranking Table below.

Italy January 2011:

Pos	Model	Jan	%	Dec	2010	%	Pos
1	Fiat Punto	13,173	8.0%	1	155,301	7.9%	1
2	Fiat Panda	10,021	6.1%	2	138,530	7.0%	2
3	Ford Fiesta	6,951	4.2%	3	97,693	5.0%	3
4	VW Golf	5,796	3.5%	7	51,778	2.6%	5
5	Fiat 500	5,393	3.3%	6	68,461	3.5%	4
6	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	4,053	2.5%	26	14,399	0.7%	34
7	Lancia Ypsilon	3,980	2.4%	5	46,516	2.4%	9
8	VW Polo	3,774	2.3%	8	48,296	2.4%	7
9	Opel Corsa	3,451	2.1%	4	51,371	2.6%	6
10	Citroen C3	3,364	2.0%	11	48,143	2.4%	8
11	Nissan Qashqai	3,199	1.9%	15	31,856	1.6%	12
12	Toyota Yaris	2,862	1.7%	9	35,450	1.8%	11
13	Renault Clio	2,837	1.7%	19	40,751	2.1%	10
14	Ford Focus	2,440	1.5%	18	29,784	1.5%	13
15	Ford C-Max	2,398	1.5%	17	11,411	0.6%	46
16	Opel Meriva	2,396	1.4%	14	17,516	0.9%	26
17	Smart Fortwo	2,307	1.4%	24	26,039	1.3%	16
18	Fiat Bravo	2,297	1.4%	29	24,997	1.3%	18
19	Peugeot 207	2,059	1.2%	12	29,384	1.5%	14
20	Alfa Romeo Mi.To	2,016	1.2%	16	25,924	1.3%	17
21	Dacia Duster	1,958	1.2%	58	3,748	0.2%	n/a
22	Nissan Juke	1,924	1.2%	31	3,415	0.2%	n/a
23	Mini (e)	1,800	1.1%	10	18,044	0.9%	23
24	Opel Astra	1,753	1.1%	13	26,681	1.4%	15
25	Audi A4	1,590	1.0%	43	18,701	0.9%	22
26	Toyota Aygo	1,574	1.0%	22	14,008	0.7%	35
27	Lancia Delta	1,558	0.9%	39	16,846	0.9%	29
28	Peugeot 206 (e)	1,500	0.9%	28	18,021	0.9%	24
29	Lancia Musa	1,473	0.9%	33	22,429	1.1%	19
30	Renault Megane	1,472	0.9%	38	22,268	1.1%	20
31	Ford Ka	1,461	0.9%	36	17,269	0.9%	27
32	Hyundai ix35	1,405	0.8%	54	n/a	n/a	n/a
33	Renault Scenic	1,388	0.8%	42	17,863	0.9%	25
34	Chevrolet Spark	1,373	0.8%	20	13,530	0.7%	38
35	Dacia Sandero (e)	1,300	0.8%	34	15,279	0.8%	33
36	BMW X3	1,274	0.8%	55	n/a	n/a	n/a
37	Mercedes Classe A	1,228	0.7%	27	19,276	1.0%	21
38	Audi A3 (e)	1,200	0.7%	35	13,606	0.7%	37
39	Opel Insignia	1,192	0.7%	48	12,064	0.6%	42
40	VW Tiguan	1,155	0.7%	50	12,868	0.7%	39
41	BMW Serie 1 (e)	1,150	0.7%	23	9,602	0.5%	54
42	Ford Kuga	1,146	0.7%	52	12,249	0.6%	41
43	Peugeot 3008	1,123	0.7%	37	11,520	0.6%	44
44	Peugeot 308 (e)	1,100	0.7%	41	12,729	0.6%	40
45	Audi Q5	1,069	0.6%	59	10,473	0.5%	49
46	Renault Twingo	1,008	0.6%	56	11,647	0.6%	43
47	Toyota RAV4	980	0.6%	44	9,893	0.5%	52
48	Citroen C4 Picasso	977	0.6%	70	10,075	0.5%	51
49	Fiat Qubo	934	0.6%	47	16,048	0.8%	32
50	Hyundai i10	926	0.6%	32	16,908	0.9%	28

Source: www.unrae.it