Economic Environment

Tunisian economic growth likely remained subdued in the fourth quarter. In October, industrial production declined for the 14th straight month and credit growth eased, while merchandise exports were down sharply in October–November.

The ongoing political paralysis could further delay much-needed economic policy reforms. Meanwhile, on the fiscal front, Parliament recently approved an expansionary budget for 2020, which aims to boost economic growth to 2.7% this year while simultaneously reducing the fiscal deficit to 3.0% of GDP.

Market Trend

The Tunisian vehicles market in the last decade have been almost dynamic. In the period 2014-2017 the market hit the all record in sequence, despite data do not include a grey market, which is estimated in over 10% of the “official”. After the record of 63.678 units sold in the 2017, the market declined sharply in the 2018, hit by economic crisis, falling down at 52.935 (-16.9%).

In 2019 the negative path has not been broken in 2019. Indeed, Total sales in 2019 have been 50.275, down 16.9% from the previous year. However, this is primarily due to the drop of the LCV segment, while the Passenger Car actually grew moderately from the previous year.

Despite registering a strong decline, the Japanese Isuzu was able to keep the total market leadership, holding over 10% of market share. Kia jumped in second place, soaring in double-digits and landing ahead of Renault, Peugeot and Volkswagen.

Tables with sales figures

In the tables below we report sales for Top Brands

Best selling Cars in Italy in the 2017 dominated by the Fiat Panda with a wide gap over the Lancia Ypsilon and the Fiat Tipo. The leader among imported vehicles was the Renault Clio ahead of a raising star, the last generation of Citroen C3.

Best selling car ranking in Italy has always been a feud of Fiat, a brand holding over 20% of market share. Mirroring the sales distribution by class, on top of the list there are all city and small cars and in the final 2016 ranking, there was only one C class car within the top 10.

In the 2017, while the total market is growing faster than expected, the ranking of top 50 models has not dramatically changed, considering the low-level of new models introduced in the market so far.

In the 2017, the best-selling car in the market was, for the 6th consecutive, the city-car Fiat Panda with 146.033 sales (-0.6%), followed by the Lancia Ypsilon with 60.320 units (-8.1%) and the Fiat Tipo with 56.049 (+77.6%).

In fourth place the Fiat 500 with 43.963 (+18.9%) ahead of the leader of imported vehicles, the Renault Clio with 52.629 units (+5.7%), the Citroen C3 with 48.667 (+55.6%), the Fiat 500L with 46.459 (-14.9%).

In eight place the Fiat 500X with 45.793 (-0.9%) followed by the Volkswagen Golf with 41.829 units (-10.4%) and the Ford Fiesta with 41.289 units (-5.2%).

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Rank 2017	Rank 2016	Model	Sales 2017	Sales 2016	Variation 2017
1	1	Fiat Panda	146.033	147.283	-0,8%
2	2	Lancia Ypsilon	60.320	65.663	-8,1%
3	14	Fiat Tipo	56.049	31.555	77,6%
4	7	Fiat 500	53.963	45.400	18,9%
5	4	Renault Clio	52.629	49.798	5,7%
6	15	Citroen C3	48.667	31.274	55,6%
7	3	Fiat 500L	46.459	54.578	-14,9%
8	6	Fiat 500x	45.793	46.232	-0,9%
9	5	Volkswagen Golf	41.829	46.708	-10,4%
10	9	Ford Fiesta	41.289	43.573	-5,2%
11	10	Volkswagen Polo	39.498	43.096	-8,3%
12	12	Jeep Renegade	37.638	34.331	9,6%
13	8	Fiat Punto	37.261	45.208	-17,6%
14	13	Toyota Yaris	36.948	32.110	15,1%
15	11	Peugeot 208	36.712	34.793	5,5%
16	17	Nissan Qashqai	31.350	28.823	8,8%
17	18	Renault Captur	29.901	28.255	5,8%
18	31	Volkswagen Tiguan	29.167	15.400	89,4%
19	16	Opel Corsa	28.796	30.508	-5,6%
20	20	Opel Mokka	28.133	23.799	18,2%
21	24	Dacia Sandero	27.658	20.693	33,7%
22	23	Dacia Duster	24.572	22.370	9,8%
23	21	Peugeot 2008	23.374	23.369	0,0%
24	19	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	20.907	23.831	-12,3%
25	22	Hyundai Tucson	20.871	22.893	-8,8%
26	28	Ford Ecosport	19.247	17.199	11,9%
27	43	Ford Kuga	18.194	11.584	57,1%
28	25	Smart Fortwo	18.012	19.477	-7,5%
29	29	Kia Sportage	16.964	16.613	2,1%
30	84	Peugeot 3008	16.856	5.165	226,4%
31	40	Nissan Micra	16.852	11.934	41,2%
32		Toyota C-HR	16.616
33	39	Volkswagen Up!	16.206	12.081	34,1%
34	37	Hyundai i10	15.739	13.440	17,1%
35	26	Peugeot 308	15.425	19.396	-20,5%
36	30	Mercedes A Class	14.909	16.349	-8,8%
37	32	Renault Kadjar	14.654	15.151	-3,3%
38	27	Audi A3	14.156	17.837	-20,6%
39	34	Ford Focus	14.136	14.396	-1,8%
40	55	Renault Mégane	14.057	9.567	46,9%
41	46	BMW X1	13.342	10.841	23,1%
42	36	Toyota Aygo	12.919	13.465	-4,1%
43	33	Ford C-Max	12.148	14.399	-15,6%
44	52	Mini	11.770	9.947	18,3%
45	61	BMW 1 Series	11.471	8.552	34,1%
46	35	Audi A4	11.437	14.067	-18,7%
47		Audi Q2	11.045
48	51	Opel Karl	10.840	9.970	8,7%
49	99	Renault Scénic	10.608	3.200	231,5%
50	47	Hyundai i20	10.476	10.803	-3,0%
51	38	Opel Astra	10.177	13.251	-23,2%
52	44	Kia Rio	10.004	11.542	-13,3%
53	57	Citroen C4	9.956	9.303	7,0%
54	63	Ford B-Max	9.946	8.513	16,8%
55	41	BMW 2 Series	9.893	11.832	-16,4%
56	88	Alfa Romeo Giulia	9.774	4.628	111,2%
57	64	Skoda Octavia	9.677	8.271	17,0%
58	42	Audi Q3	9.620	11.634	-17,3%
59	120	Ford Ka+	9.432	2.253	318,6%
60	53	Land Rover Range Rover Evoque	9.189	9.901	-7,2%
61	50	Mini Countryman	9.029	10.083	-10,5%
62	184	Suzuki Ignis	8.941	610	1365,7%
63	49	Toyota Auris	8.790	10.328	-14,9%
64	58	Smart Forfour	8.654	8.933	-3,1%
65	48	BMW 3 Series	8.652	10.499	-17,6%
66	54	Renault Twingo	8.531	9.598	-11,1%
67	45	Volkswagen Passat	8.527	10.929	-22,0%
68	62	Mercedes GLA	8.460	8.541	-0,9%
69	71	Skoda Fabia	8.175	7.094	15,2%
70	59	Mercedes C Class	8.062	8.869	-9,1%
71	86	Kia Picanto	7.938	4.896	62,1%
72	68	Toyota RAV4	7.833	7.706	1,6%
73	56	Mercedes B Class	7.772	9.440	-17,7%
74	65	Citroen C1	7.730	8.102	-4,6%
75		Jeep Compass	7.668
76	54	Suzuki Vitara	7.621	9.598	-20,6%
77	60	Nissan Juke	7.291	8.554	-14,8%
78	92	Audi Q5	7.240	4.241	70,7%
79	66	Citroen C4 Cactus	7.086	8.031	-11,8%
80	67	Alfa Romeo MiTo	7.064	7.734	-8,7%
81	78	Nissan X-Trail	6.888	5.658	21,7%
82	69	Peugeot 108	6.803	7.457	-8,8%
83	75	Hyundai ix20	6.565	6.227	5,4%
84	107	Mercedes E Class	6.015	2.704	122,4%
85	70	Land Rover Discovery Sport	5.951	7.197	-17,3%
86		Opel Crossland X	5.676
87	72	Audi A1	5.670	6.910	-17,9%
88	77	Mercedes GLC	5.602	5.795	-3,3%
89	79	Seat Ibiza	5.562	5.589	-0,5%
90	76	Seat Leon	5.430	5.950	-8,7%
91	82	Volvo V40	5.426	5.386	0,7%
92	74	Opel Adam	5.169	6.305	-18,0%
93	83	Mercedes CLA	4.665	5.267	-11,4%
94	94	BMW 5 Series	4.624	3.974	16,4%
95	95	Abarth 595	4.571	3.792	20,5%
96	73	Opel Meriva	4.558	6.400	-28,8%
97	91	Volvo XC60	4.338	4.370	-0,7%
98	151	Seat Ateca	4.205	1.200	250,4%
99	81	Audi A6	4.027	5.429	-25,8%
100	80	Mini Clubman	3.874	5.431	-28,7%
101	90	Kia Venga	3.837	4.372	-12,2%

Denmark Best Selling Cars 2017 still lead by the Peugeot 208 ahead of the last generation Nissan Qashqai, up 7 spots, and the Volkswagen Up!. Volkswagen holds 4 models out of top 10 while Peugeot 3008 was the best new entrance.

Danish vehicles market is in a record track since 2012, when cars sales had been 170.683 up a record in the 2016 of 223.154 units. During the 2017 the market has lost steam and moved horizontally from the previous year, missing to hit a new record for few thousands units. Indeed, according to data released by the Danish Car Importers Association – De Danske Bilimportører (DBI), in the 2017, car passenger’s sales have been 221.809 (-0.6%).

With regard to the best-selling cars, the 2017 ranking was animated by several new entrance.

However, the leadership unchanged remaining solidly in the hands of the Peugeot 208 with 9.922 units (+4.6%) and a wide gap over the second, the Nissan Qashqai, up 9 spots, with 7.284 sales (+53.2%) and the third, the Volkswagen Up! with 7.232 units (-1.8%).

In fourth place the Volkswagen Golf with 6.443 sales (+33.5%) ahead of the Toyota Yaris with 5.453 (-6.3), the Renault Clio, up 2 spots, with 5.430 units (+10.1%) and the Volkswagen Polo with 4.839 units (-20.5%).

In eight place the Toyota Aygo with 4.668 (-13.2%) followed by the Volkswagen Passat with 4.664 (+4.3%) and the Citroen C1 with 4.515 sales (+18.0%).

Tables with sales figures

In the tables below we report sales for top 100 models.

France Auto Sales in the 2017 at the best since the 2008 not far from the all time record, pushed up by consumer confidence and rebound in annual fixed investment and industrial production. Hybrid solution gave to Toyota a clear competitive advantage.

French economic activity is on a steady growth track and should close the year at one of the fastest rates in years on the back of a rebound in annual fixed investment and industrial production growth. Recent indicators for the fourth quarter suggest that economic activity is picking up steam. In November, business confidence reached a ten-year high on the back of higher production expectations, while declining unemployment and growing optimism on France’s economic outlook pushed consumer confidence higher.

French vehicles market is in a positive momentum since early 2015 and the Macron government active policy ha corroborated the market pushing up consumer confidence and expectations. Consequently, according to data released by the C.C.F.A, the French Associations of Car Manufacturers, after a yet strong 2016, in the 2017 the market raised at the highest level in this decade, not far from the all time record, with over 2.1 million car passenger’s sold, the best score since the 2008. The next year outlook is positive and the market is foreseen over 2.2 million cars.

Brand wise, Renault kept market leadership with 416.586 sales (+2.4%), ahead of Peugeot with 366.876 (+9.2%), Citroen with 201.376 (+3.3%), Volkswagen with 139.364 units (-2.6%) and Dacia with 117.877 (+6.6%).

Toyota was sixth with 88.689 sales (+14.1%) followed by Ford with 84.391 (+6.6%), Opel with 72.568 (+6.3%), Nissan with 71.496 (+3.5%) and Fiat with 68.196 (+9.0%).

At model wise, on top of the list again the Renault Clio with 116.615 sales (+4.0%) followed by the Peugeot 208 with 97.665 (-6.1%) and the Peugeot 3008 with 74.297 (+127%).

Updates on the Top 100 models ranking are available here.

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Rank 2017	Ran Dec	Brand	Sales 2017	Sales Dec	Variation 2017	Variation Dec	Share 2017	Share Dec
1	1	Renault	416.586	39.864	2,4%	-7,8%	19,7%	20,6%
2	2	Peugeot	366.876	29.196	9,2%	6,6%	17,4%	15,1%
3	4	Citroen	201.376	14.277	3,3%	-2,3%	9,5%	7,4%
4	3	Volkswagen	139.364	14.596	-2,6%	4,4%	6,6%	7,5%
5	5	Dacia	117.877	10.961	6,6%	12,2%	5,6%	5,7%
6	7	Toyota	88.669	8.351	14,1%	-1,7%	4,2%	4,3%
7	9	Ford	84.391	6.882	6,6%	-1,1%	4,0%	3,6%
8	13	Opel	72.568	5.385	6,3%	-5,6%	3,4%	2,8%
9	11	Nissan	71.496	5.953	3,5%	-20,9%	3,4%	3,1%
10	12	Fiat	68.196	5.546	9,0%	-11,9%	3,2%	2,9%
11	6	Mercedes	68.015	9.481	9,6%	-1,0%	3,2%	4,9%
12	10	Audi	65.706	6.509	1,6%	0,7%	3,1%	3,4%
13	8	BMW	61.318	7.147	1,3%	11,0%	2,9%	3,7%
14	14	Kia	37.235	3.059	10,5%	1,9%	1,8%	1,6%
15	15	Hyundai	29.573	3.042	5,5%	8,6%	1,4%	1,6%
16	18	Skoda	26.799	2.372	13,5%	4,4%	1,3%	1,2%
17	16	Mini	26.434	2.864	5,0%	22,8%	1,3%	1,5%
18	19	Suzuki	25.293	2.258	23,2%	-2,6%	1,2%	1,2%
19	17	Seat	24.717	2.550	14,2%	10,0%	1,2%	1,3%
20	21	DS	21.327	1.913	-24,1%	-0,2%	1,0%	1,0%
21	20	Volvo	16.220	1.933	4,0%	17,4%	0,8%	1,0%
22	22	Mazda	11.778	1.337	14,1%	43,0%	0,6%	0,7%
23	23	Jeep	10.892	1.208	9,1%	39,8%	0,5%	0,6%
24	25	Alfa Romeo	9.205	934	25,5%	2,9%	0,4%	0,5%
25	24	Land Rover	9.079	1.002	-12,6%	-8,7%	0,4%	0,5%
26	26	Honda	8.491	898	-7,1%	-12,5%	0,4%	0,5%
27	27	Smart	8.164	886	-9,1%	-27,9%	0,4%	0,5%
28	28	Porsche	5.458	847	1,1%	10,7%	0,3%	0,4%
29	29	Lexus	5.390	547	5,7%	0,2%	0,3%	0,3%
30	30	Jaguar	3.541	442	-5,3%	6,8%	0,2%	0,2%
31	31	Mitsubishi	2.378	354	-18,6%	-20,6%	0,1%	0,2%
32	33	Infiniti	1.985	118	-39,8%	-71,6%	0,1%	0,1%
33	32	Tesla	1.368	174	44,9%	-8,4%	0,1%	0,1%
34	35	Maserati	665	89	-9,2%	-41,8%	0,0%	0,0%
35	34	Subaru	662	110	-22,2%	15,8%	0,0%	0,1%
36	36	SsangYong	605	58
37	39	Ferrari	220	26
38	37	Lotus	161	50
39	42	Chevrolet	138	13
40	38	Bolloré	134	39
41	40	Aston Martin	115	19
42	43	Bentley	82	12
43	41	Caterham	70	15
44	42	Lamborghini	68	13
45		Lancia	29
46	44	Morgan	27	10
47	45	McLaren	11	7
47	46	Cadillac	11	2
48		Rolls-Royce	1

Denmark Best Selling Cars 2016 with Peugeot 208 as new leader ahead of the Volkswagen Up! and the Peugeot 308. Therefore the star of the year was the new Opel Astra jumped up by 273%.

Danish car market is dominated by small vehicles and this peculiarity is clearly shown in the top 100 ranking we are reporting here,

During the 2016 a new leader came out.

It was the Peugeot 208 registered in 9.381 units (+18.1%) . The Peugeot 208 was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2012 replacing the 207 and is one of the top models in Europe and the best-selling model for Peugeot worldwide. It is produced in Slovakia and in French.

In the second place the former leader, the Volkswagen Up! with 7.361 sales (-7.5%) ahead of the Peugeot 308 with 6.135 (+10.5%),  the Toyota Yaris with 5.482 (+17.6%), the Toyota Aygo with 5.375 units (-5.7%) and the Opel Astra with 5.091 (+273%), the star of the year!

In eight place the Ford Fiesta with 4.471 sales (-3.4%) ahead of the Volkswagen Golf with 4.450 units (-4.7%) and in 10th place the Volkswagen Passat with 4.384 (+38.6%).

Tables with sales figures

In the tables below we report sales for Top 100 models.