Portugal 2017. Cars sales up 7.1%, the best since 2008

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Portuguese Auto Market 2017
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Portuguese Auto Market kept momentum int he 2017 improving 7.1% at the best level in a decade. Renault runs fast on top of the competitive arena gaining the race for leadership over Peugeot and Volkswagen.

Portuguese economy is experiencing a momentous turnaround. Quarter-on-quarter growth in Q3 was confirmed at 0.5%, up from 0.3% in Q2. A rebound in private consumption, bolstered by positive consumer confidence and the ongoing recovery in the labor market, was behind Q3’s higher print. Although confidence among households fell in November from October’s record high, overall economic sentiment in the month remained strong and points to a solid economic performance in the final quarter. A critical turning point in Portugal’s recovery from the debt crisis that brought it to the brink of default five years ago came on 15 December, when Fitch Ratings upgraded the nation’s credit rating by two notches.

Portuguese vehicles market was hit by a huge crisis in the 2008 losing 75% of volume. However, since 2012 a strong recovery is in place and in the last five years car passenger’s sales doubled from 95.000 in the 2012 to 207.315 in the 2016. The momentum is still in place and the 2017 ended with over 220.000 sales, up 7.1% and the run will continue during the 2018.

Sales 2012Sales 2013Sales 2014Sales 2015Sales 2016Sales 2017 eSales 2018 e
Car95.290105.907142.826178.503207.315222.060230.921
LCV14.03918.22426.26230.80933.68238.60440.143
Total109.329124.131169.088209.312240.997260.664271.064
2012 Var2013 Var2014 Var2015 Var2016 Var2017 Var e.2018 var e
Car-37,9%11,1%34,9%25,0%16,1%7,1%4,0%
LCV-59,8%29,8%44,1%17,3%9,3%14,6%4,0%
Total-41,9%13,5%36,2%23,8%15,1%8,2%4,0%

According to data released by the A.C.A.P., the Portuguese Association of Car Producers, in the Q1 sales grew only 2.5%, before to accelerate in Q2 ending the first half at 127.179 units, up 7.2%. In the Q3 sales improved 8.4%. In October sales have been 15.898 (+6.4%), in November 17.629 (+6.7%) and in December 17.058 (+0.4%) with full year figures at 222.060, up 7.1%.

Renault triumphed on top of the market with a wide gap over the more immediate challengers, selling 30.112 cars (+16.4%).

In second place Peugeot with 21.104 units (+6.3%) andin third Volkswagen, with 16.473 (-3.3%).

In fourth place Mercedes with 16.276 sales (+6.3%) followed by BMW with 14.524 (+1.9%), Opel with 13.186 (+9.3%), Nissan with 12.976 units (+10.8%), Fiat with 12.025 (+18.2%) and Citroen with 10.782 sales (+8.8%).

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Rank 2017Ran DecBrandSales 2017Sales DecVariation DecVariation 2017Share 2017Share Dec
11Renault30.1122.215-11,1%16,4%13,6%13,0%
22Peugeot21.1041.587-10,0%6,3%9,5%9,3%
33Volkswagen16.4731.2088,7%-3,3%7,4%7,1%
46Mercedes16.2761.0445,1%6,3%7,3%6,1%
54BMW14.5241.14946,6%1,9%6,5%6,7%
68Opel13.186954-10,7%9,3%5,9%5,6%
75Nissan12.9761.1402,5%10,8%5,8%6,7%
89Fiat12.0257628,9%18,2%5,4%4,5%
911Citroen10.782721-5,6%8,8%4,9%4,2%
107Audi9.6131.0288,9%1,2%4,3%6,0%
1113Ford8.76166616,8%7,5%3,9%3,9%
1210Toyota8.528733-26,1%1,5%3,8%4,3%
1314Seat8.234563-10,6%-1,0%3,7%3,3%
1412Dacia6.61270627,9%22,1%3,0%4,1%
1516Kia5.48935318,9%13,3%2,5%2,1%
1615Volvo4.6055436,5%5,5%2,1%3,2%
1717Hyundai3.47634968,6%37,2%1,6%2,0%
1818Smart3.126225-4,7%3,0%1,4%1,3%
1920Mini2.798184-1,6%7,6%1,3%1,1%
2019Mazda2.765200-7,8%5,7%1,2%1,2%
2121Skoda2.280180-23,7%-20,8%1,0%1,1%
2223Mitsubishi2.127114-16,2%-2,8%1,0%0,7%
2322Honda1.498137-22,2%-33,9%0,7%0,8%
2425Land Rover1.03546-31,3%9,6%0,5%0,3%
2528Alfa Romeo88840-44,4%24,2%0,4%0,2%
2629Jaguar69738-5,0%10,3%0,3%0,2%
2724DS64747-4,1%-9,3%0,3%0,3%
2827Lexus4534132,3%21,8%0,2%0,2%
2926Suzuki4234235,5%66,5%0,2%0,2%
3030Jeep23625212,5%37,2%0,1%0,1%
3131Porsche2071137,5%56,8%0,1%0,1%
3233Maserati521
3333Ferrari201
3432Aston Martin164
3533Bentley101

Rank 2017Ran DecGroupSales 2017Sales DecVariation DecVariation 2017Share 2017Share Dec
11Renault Nissan Alliance51.8274.175-2,7%14,7%23,3%24,5%
22P.S.A.45.7193.309-9,2%7,5%20,6%19,4%
33Volkswagen Group36.8212.9912,1%-2,8%16,6%17,5%
45Mercedes Benz19.4021.2693,3%5,8%8,7%7,4%
54BMW17.3221.33337,3%2,8%7,8%7,8%
66F.C.A.13.2238295,7%18,5%6,0%4,9%
77Toyota M.C.8.981774-24,3%2,4%4,0%4,5%
88Hyundai-Kia8.96570239,3%21,5%4,0%4,1%
99Ford M.C.8.76166616,8%7,5%3,9%3,9%
1010Geely Group4.6055436,5%5,4%2,1%3,2%