Norway March 2011: Mitsubishi ASX up to #5!

Car sales are up 12% this month in Norway at 12,901 units, and the best seller is the VW Golf again, at 5.5% and 714 sales, a comfortable 310 sales above the Volvo V70, up 2 spots at #2 with 404 sales and 3.1% share. All other models are under 3%, including the Toyota Avensis (2.9%) and the VW Passat (2.7%).

For the third month in a row the Mitsubishi ASX is the star in Norway: from #11 and 1.9% in January, to #10 and 2.1% in February, it is now up to #5 and 2.6%, passing its closest competitor the Nissan Qashqai (#9)… On the podium in April?

Full Top 15 Ranking Table below.

Norway March 2011:

Pos	Model	Mar	%	Feb	2011	%	Pos	2010
1	VW Golf	714	5.5%	1	1,883	5.6%	1	1
2	Volvo V70	404	3.1%	3	930	2.8%	5	2
3	Toyota Avensis	369	2.9%	2	1,109	3.3%	2	3
4	VW Passat	347	2.7%	4	935	2.8%	4	6
5	Mitsubishi ASX	336	2.6%	10	760	2.2%	8	–
6	Toyota Auris	322	2.5%	6	1,014	3.0%	3	9
7	Ford Focus	321	2.5%	13	718	2.1%	11	12
8	VW Tiguan	296	2.3%	14	637	1.9%	13	17
9	Nissan Qashqai	282	2.2%	8	857	2.5%	6	4
10	Ford Mondeo	280	2.2%	5	838	2.5%	7	5
11	Volvo V50	257	2.0%	9	666	2.0%	12	11
12	VW Polo	252	2.0%	11	753	2.2%	9	7
13	Volvo XC60	240	1.9%	15	544	1.6%	14	19
14	Opel Astra	213	1.7%	19	517	1.5%	18	–
15	Suzuki Swift	212	1.6%	20	535	1.6%	16	–

Source: www.ofvas.no