by Toyota C-HR sales are up 7.9% on two years ago in May.
The Italian new car market soars 43% year-on-year in May to 142.730 sales, lifting the year-to-date tally up 62.8% to 735.125. However a more telling comparison is with pre-pandemic May 2019, and this time sales sink -27.9% which is much worse than in March (-12.4%) and April (-16.7%). The year-to-date tally is now down -19.3% on the same period two years ago. All evolutions below are vs. May 2019. Private sales resist at -19.6% to 84.529 and 58.7% share vs. 52.9% in May 2019, long term leases also at -21.7% to 26.210 and 18.2% vs. 16.9%, while short term rentals dive -49.9% to 12.911 and 9% vs. 13% and self-registrations also struggle -49.4% to 12.544. Sales of petrol vehicles are off -48.4% to 44.664 and 31% share vs. 43.6% in May 2019, diesel is down -59.6% to 33.653 and 23.4% share vs. 41.9%, HEV soars 295.1% to 40.343 and 28% share vs. 5.1%, PHEV surges 1499.8% to 7.727 and 5.4% share vs. 0.2% and BEV is up 340.5% to 5.163 and 3.6% vs. 0.6%.
In the brands ranking, both Fiat (-31.8%) and Volkswagen (-30.5%) fall faster than the market but they manage higher market shares than year-to-date at 16.7% and 9.2% respectively. Toyota (-3.6%) minimises its losses and climbs two spots on April to crack the Italian podium for what is believed to be the first time ever, eclipsing its previous best of #4 hit last December. Peugeot (-21.1%) is knocked down to #4 ahead of Ford (-35.4%) and Citroen (-23.4%). Audi (-8.4%) is the only remaining Top 10 brand managing a single-digit fall just as Renault (-56.3%) and Opel (-48.8%) struggle. Further down, Volvo (+26.5%), Land Rover (+4.9%), Suzuki (+4.2%) and Mazda (+0.1%) are the only gainers in the Top 30 while newcomer Cupra is up 8 spots on last month to #26 and 0.5% share. Below, DR Motor (+275.8%) and Tesla (+166.3%) stand out.
Model-wise, the Fiat Panda (-28.1%) easily holds onto the top spot with the Mild Hybrid variant (MHEV) accounting for 74% of its May volume. The Fiat 500 (-14.4%) threepeats at #2 as the MHEV variant accounts for 76.6% of its May volume and the BEV variant for 18.9%. Lastly in an unchanged podium the Lancia Ypsilon (-24.2%) ranks third with MHEV sales representing 84.7% of its May total. Stellantis monopolises the Top 4 with the Fiat 500X (-21.4%) up one spot on April to #4. The Ford Puma gains two ranks on last month to slip inside the Top 5 at #5, distancing the Toyota Yaris (-4%) and Jeep Compass (+6.8%). Outside the Top 10, the Peugeot 2008 (+8.4%), VW T-Cross (+2.6%), Toyota Aygo (+37.2%), Opel Crossland (+0.7%), Volvo XC40 (#26), Toyota C-HR (+7.9%), Hyundai Tucson (+30.4%) and Suzuki Ignis (+50%) manage gains vs. two years ago.
Previous month: Italy April 2021: Fiat 500 up 45.5% in market down -16.7% on two years ago
One year ago: Italy May 2020: Registrations bounce back to -49.4%, VW T-Roc up to record 2nd place
Full May 2021 Top 43 brands and Top 50 models below.
Italy May 2021 – brands:
| Pos | Brand | May-21 | % | /20 | /19 | Apr | 2021 | % | /20 | Pos | FY20 |
| 1 | Fiat | 23,798 | 16.7% | 70.3% | -31.8% | 1 | 116,500 | 15.8% | 63.1% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Volkswagen | 13,127 | 9.2% | 47.3% | -30.5% | 2 | 62,695 | 8.5% | 47.1% | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Toyota | 8,618 | 6.0% | 100.0% | -3.6% | 5 | 42,069 | 5.7% | 107.4% | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | Peugeot | 8,093 | 5.7% | 29.3% | -21.1% | 3 | 48,470 | 6.6% | 67.6% | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Ford | 7,695 | 5.4% | 12.0% | -35.4% | 4 | 46,036 | 6.3% | 60.0% | 4 | 3 |
| 6 | Citroen | 6,594 | 4.6% | 38.2% | -23.4% | 6 | 37,919 | 5.2% | 65.1% | 6 | 7 |
| 7 | Audi | 6,171 | 4.3% | 60.7% | -8.4% | 9 | 29,363 | 4.0% | 83.7% | 10 | 11 |
| 8 | Jeep | 6,020 | 4.2% | 30.6% | -28.8% | 7 | 30,883 | 4.2% | 74.2% | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | Renault | 5,680 | 4.0% | -8.7% | -56.3% | 10 | 33,324 | 4.5% | 29.7% | 7 | 4 |
| 10 | Opel | 5,475 | 3.8% | 37.3% | -48.8% | 8 | 31,016 | 4.2% | 55.7% | 8 | 9 |
| 11 | Mercedes | 5,016 | 3.5% | 40.8% | -16.4% | 13 | 24,352 | 3.3% | 71.7% | 12 | 13 |
| 12 | BMW | 4,986 | 3.5% | 30.9% | -10.1% | 12 | 26,104 | 3.6% | 72.6% | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | Lancia | 4,611 | 3.2% | 89.1% | -24.3% | 11 | 22,770 | 3.1% | 49.2% | 14 | 14 |
| 14 | Dacia | 4,555 | 3.2% | 0.5% | -49.1% | 14 | 24,150 | 3.3% | 53.3% | 13 | 10 |
| 15 | Hyundai | 3,922 | 2.7% | 66.3% | -15.8% | 17 | 18,988 | 2.6% | 82.1% | 16 | 17 |
| 16 | Kia | 3,800 | 2.7% | 55.4% | -5.2% | 16 | 18,654 | 2.5% | 42.2% | 17 | 15 |
| 17 | Suzuki | 3,631 | 2.5% | 26.6% | 4.2% | 15 | 20,093 | 2.7% | 97.7% | 15 | 16 |
| 18 | Skoda | 2,851 | 2.0% | 49.3% | -1.6% | 18 | 14,063 | 1.9% | 73.1% | 18 | 19 |
| 19 | Nissan | 2,314 | 1.6% | 40.8% | -41.9% | 20 | 13,085 | 1.8% | 39.3% | 19 | 18 |
| 20 | Volvo | 2,231 | 1.6% | 45.1% | 26.5% | 21 | 9,468 | 1.3% | 86.0% | 21 | 22 |
| 21 | Seat | 2,070 | 1.5% | 29.4% | -27.7% | 19 | 10,733 | 1.5% | 55.1% | 20 | 20 |
| 22 | Mini | 1,808 | 1.3% | 54.9% | -13.3% | 22 | 8,871 | 1.2% | 80.3% | 22 | 23 |
| 23 | Land Rover | 1,230 | 0.9% | 24.9% | 4.9% | 23 | 6,379 | 0.9% | 41.3% | 23 | 24 |
| 24 | Alfa Romeo | 1,113 | 0.8% | -5.0% | -52.6% | 25 | 5,132 | 0.7% | -3.0% | 25 | 21 |
| 25 | Mazda | 996 | 0.7% | 39.7% | 0.1% | 24 | 5,759 | 0.8% | 83.6% | 24 | 25 |
| 26 | Cupra | 784 | 0.5% | new | new | 34 | 2,393 | 0.3% | new | 30 | – |
| 27 | Smart | 700 | 0.5% | 93.4% | -70.9% | 26 | 3,247 | 0.4% | 179.4% | 26 | 29 |
| 28 | DR Motor | 699 | 0.5% | 277.8% | 275.8% | 28 | 2,875 | 0.4% | 262.5% | 28 | 34 |
| 29 | Honda | 605 | 0.4% | 55.5% | -28.7% | 27 | 2,882 | 0.4% | 40.5% | 27 | 26 |
| 30 | Porsche | 522 | 0.4% | -4.9% | -43.5% | 30 | 2,805 | 0.4% | 37.7% | 29 | 27 |
| 31 | Mitsubishi | 499 | 0.3% | 110.5% | -45.8% | 31 | 1,986 | 0.3% | 23.4% | 34 | 31 |
| 32 | Jaguar | 485 | 0.3% | 124.5% | -18.2% | 29 | 2,201 | 0.3% | 54.3% | 31 | 33 |
| 33 | DS | 444 | 0.3% | 34.1% | 8.8% | 32 | 1,933 | 0.3% | 9.4% | 35 | 28 |
| 34 | Tesla | 426 | 0.3% | 432.5% | 166.3% | 42 | 2,152 | 0.3% | 123.0% | 33 | 32 |
| 35 | Lexus | 371 | 0.3% | 10.1% | -52.0% | 33 | 2,186 | 0.3% | 60.9% | 32 | 30 |
| 36 | Subaru | 217 | 0.2% | 25.4% | -0.5% | 35 | 1,041 | 0.1% | 50.9% | 36 | 35 |
| 37 | Maserati | 148 | 0.1% | 68.2% | -24.5% | 37 | 723 | 0.1% | 77.2% | 37 | 36 |
| 38 | SsangYong | 104 | 0.1% | 131.1% | -51.6% | 40 | 375 | 0.1% | -1.8% | 39 | 38 |
| 39 | Great Wall | 96 | 0.1% | 57.4% | n/a | 38 | 371 | 0.1% | 228.3% | 40 | 40 |
| 40 | Mahindra | 90 | 0.1% | 45.2% | 7.1% | 36 | 406 | 0.1% | -7.5% | 38 | 37 |
| 41 | Ferrari | 40 | 0.0% | -35.5% | -4.8% | 39 | 276 | 0.0% | 39.4% | 41 | 39 |
| 42 | Lamborghini | 37 | 0.0% | 131.3% | -22.9% | 41 | 149 | 0.0% | 40.6% | 42 | 41 |
| 43 | Aston Martin | 6 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 50.0% | 43 | 26 | 0.0% | 73.3% | 43 | 42 |
| – | Others | 52 | 0.0% | 79.3% | 116.7% | – | 222 | 0.0% | 79.0% | – | – |
Italy May 2021 – models:
| Pos | Model | May-21 | % | /20 | /19 | Apr | 2021 | % | /20 | Pos | FY20 |
| 1 | Fiat Panda | 9,871 | 6.9% | 52.4% | -28.1% | 1 | 56,913 | 7.7% | 53.2% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Fiat 500 | 5,444 | 3.8% | 204.1% | -14.4% | 2 | 22,981 | 3.1% | 155.5% | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Lancia Ypsilon | 4,619 | 3.2% | 89.5% | -24.2% | 3 | 22,798 | 3.1% | 49.4% | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | Fiat 500X | 4,326 | 3.0% | 85.4% | -21.4% | 5 | 19,447 | 2.6% | 91.7% | 5 | 3 |
| 5 | Ford Puma | 3,522 | 2.4% | 120.1% | new | 7 | 17,363 | 2.3% | 160.0% | 8 | 14 |
| 6 | Toyota Yaris | 3,186 | 2.2% | 77.2% | -4.0% | 6 | 19,859 | 2.7% | 196.3% | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | Jeep Compass | 3,171 | 2.2% | 35.7% | 6.8% | 16 | 11,551 | 1.6% | 54.1% | 17 | 11 |
| 8 | Citroen C3 | 3,161 | 2.2% | 39.3% | -22.6% | 8 | 17,950 | 2.4% | 84.2% | 7 | 9 |
| 9 | VW T-Roc | 3,111 | 2.2% | 24.4% | -22.6% | 9 | 14,761 | 2.0% | 66.8% | 10 | 12 |
| 10 | Jeep Renegade | 2,779 | 1.9% | 31.6% | -47.2% | 4 | 19,235 | 2.6% | 97.2% | 6 | 6 |
| 11 | Dacia Sandero | 2,735 | 1.9% | 31.0% | -29.3% | 13 | 12,197 | 1.6% | 72.9% | 14 | 10 |
| 12 | Peugeot 2008 | 2,457 | 1.7% | 47.7% | 8.4% | 12 | 13,654 | 1.8% | 196.2% | 12 | 21 |
| 13 | VW Golf | 2,330 | 1.6% | 358.7% | -34.2% | 23 | 8,239 | 1.1% | 73.5% | 27 | 20 |
| 14 | VW T-Cross | 2,305 | 1.6% | 46.3% | 2.6% | 14 | 11,335 | 1.5% | 35.2% | 18 | 17 |
| 15 | Renault Clio | 2,296 | 1.6% | 8.4% | -64.2% | 25 | 12,615 | 1.7% | 16.3% | 13 | 4 |
| 16 | Opel Corsa | 2,249 | 1.6% | 19.9% | -6.0% | 10 | 15,460 | 2.1% | 74.1% | 9 | 13 |
| 17 | Fiat 500L | 2,114 | 1.5% | 34.3% | -52.1% | 34 | 8,376 | 1.1% | 12.6% | 26 | 22 |
| 18 | Peugeot 208 | 2,029 | 1.4% | 13.6% | -29.6% | 11 | 14,404 | 1.9% | 70.6% | 11 | 16 |
| 19 | Fiat Tipo | 2,019 | 1.4% | 34.7% | -28.3% | 22 | 8,939 | 1.2% | 28.8% | 24 | 26 |
| 20 | VW Tiguan | 1,964 | 1.4% | 35.5% | -27.0% | 18 | 9,605 | 1.3% | 68.5% | 21 | 25 |
| 21 | Toyota Aygo | 1,942 | 1.3% | 166.8% | 37.2% | 32 | 7,479 | 1.0% | 74.6% | 29 | 28 |
| 22 | Opel Crossland X | 1,931 | 1.3% | 75.4% | 0.7% | 27 | 8,509 | 1.1% | 29.3% | 25 | 27 |
| 23 | Peugeot 3008 | 1,831 | 1.3% | 36.3% | -13.5% | 17 | 11,024 | 1.5% | 41.2% | 19 | 23 |
| 24 | Renault Captur | 1,829 | 1.3% | -17.4% | -31.9% | 15 | 11,746 | 1.6% | 85.3% | 16 | 8 |
| 25 | Dacia Duster | 1,800 | 1.3% | -20.7% | -59.5% | 19 | 11,828 | 1.6% | 44.9% | 15 | 15 |
| 26 | Volvo XC40 | 1,711 | 1.2% | 110.7% | n/a | 36 | 6,022 | 0.8% | 128.7% | 36 | 42 |
| 27 | Toyota C-HR | 1,644 | 1.1% | 141.4% | 7.9% | 46 | 6,269 | 0.8% | 61.7% | 35 | 34 |
| 28 | Hyundai Tucson | 1,531 | 1.1% | n/a | 30.4% | 33 | 7,213 | 1.0% | 316.0% | 33 | n/a |
| 29 | Suzuki Ignis | 1,521 | 1.1% | 91.3% | 50.0% | 28 | 7,379 | 1.0% | 179.3% | 32 | 33 |
| 30 | Audi Q3 | 1,394 | 1.0% | 39.4% | 5.7% | 29 | 7,415 | 1.0% | 93.3% | 31 | 36 |
| 31 | Ford Fiesta | 1,392 | 1.0% | -23.8% | -51.0% | 21 | 9,498 | 1.3% | 24.5% | 22 | 19 |
| 32 | BMW X1 | 1,364 | 0.9% | 81.4% | 26.4% | 30 | 7,133 | 1.0% | 147.5% | 34 | 38 |
| 33 | VW Polo | 1,351 | 0.9% | -1.8% | -56.2% | 20 | 9,727 | 1.3% | 13.7% | 20 | 18 |
| 34 | Mercedes A Class | 1,333 | 0.9% | 32.0% | -27.1% | 41 | 5,514 | 0.7% | 28.4% | 41 | 32 |
| 35 | Citroen C3 Aircross | 1,293 | 0.9% | 28.7% | -25.3% | 24 | 9,081 | 1.2% | 70.7% | 23 | 31 |
| 36 | Ford Kuga | 1,244 | 0.9% | 62.2% | -14.6% | 26 | 7,854 | 1.1% | 400.6% | 28 | 39 |
| 37 | Suzuki Swift | 1,142 | 0.8% | 25.8% | n/a | 35 | 7,429 | 1.0% | 128.8% | 30 | 40 |
| 38 | Kia Picanto | 1,141 | 0.8% | 95.7% | -0.1% | 39 | 5,909 | 0.8% | 78.0% | 37 | 43 |
| 39 | Audi A3 | 1,135 | 0.8% | n/a | -12.9% | 31 | 5,705 | 0.8% | 244.7% | 39 | 45 |
| 40 | Hyundai i10 | 1,072 | 0.7% | 58.6% | -2.8% | 38 | 5,632 | 0.8% | 94.3% | 40 | 37 |
| 41 | BMW Serie 1 | 1,039 | 0.7% | 22.8% | -27.0% | 40 | 5,849 | 0.8% | 73.5% | 38 | 44 |
| 42 | Citroen C1 | 948 | 0.7% | 104.8% | 24.4% | n/a | 4,635 | 0.6% | 126.2% | 45 | 49 |
| 43 | Toyota RAV4 | 932 | 0.6% | 77.2% | -38.4% | 45 | 3,997 | 0.5% | 70.5% | n/a | n/a |
| 44 | Renault Twingo | 928 | 0.6% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 45 | Mini Hatch | 894 | 0.6% | 54.1% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 46 | Kia Sportage | 888 | 0.6% | 69.8% | -11.2% | 50 | 0 | 0.0% | -100.0% | n/a | n/a |
| 47 | Hyundai Kona | 873 | 0.6% | 32.3% | -27.6% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 41 |
| 48 | Audi A1 | 869 | 0.6% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 4,067 | 0.5% | n/a | 50 | n/a |
| 49 | Nissan Juke | 856 | 0.6% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 50 | Skoda Kamiq | 854 | 0.6% | 42.3% | new | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | Mini Countryman | 779 | 0.5% | n/a | n/a | 48 | 4,907 | 0.7% | n/a | 44 | n/a |
| n/a | Nissan Qashqai | 763 | 0.5% | -9.8% | -68.1% | n/a | 5,511 | 0.7% | -5.6% | 42 | 24 |
| n/a | Ford Ecosport | 722 | 0.5% | -41.5% | -76.5% | 49 | 5,208 | 0.7% | -20.4% | 43 | 30 |
| n/a | VW Up! | 665 | 0.5% | -22.0% | -60.3% | 37 | 4,203 | 0.6% | 13.7% | 49 | 35 |
| n/a | Seat Arona | 659 | 0.5% | 15.6% | n/a | 44 | 4,484 | 0.6% | 67.6% | 47 | 47 |
| n/a | Mercedes GLA | 658 | 0.5% | n/a | -22.2% | 42 | 4,495 | 0.6% | n/a | 46 | n/a |
| n/a | Ford Focus | 431 | 0.3% | -55.5% | -78.1% | 47 | 4,215 | 0.6% | -3.9% | 48 | 29 |
Source: UNRAE
