…meanwhile Ssangyong is up 3700%!
Slovak new car sales continue to be battered by the coronavirus crisis with May registrations down another -58.3% year-on-year to 4.123, showing only a slight improvement on the -61.5% from April. The year-to-date tally is now down -37.9% to 26.513. Brand leader Skoda (-57.1%) roughly follows the market to 21% share vs. 22.1% so far this year, while Hyundai (-46.9%) overtakes Volkswagen (-63.7%) both this month with 10% share and YTD with 9.4%. For its part Toyota (-35.1%) manages the best hold in the Top 13, earning the May 4th spot and toppling Kia (-62.7%). Renault (-35.8%) does almost as well, with Mercedes (-38.5%) and BMW (-48.4%) also shining with somewhat thinned drops in the current context. However Opel (-80.7%), Citroen (-70.3%), Suzuki (-67.3%), Dacia (-65.7%) and Peugeot (-63.7%) all underperform. Further down, Mitsubishi (-32.4%) rallies back up 10 spots on last month to #14, Volvo (-28.2%) posts the best performance in the Top 20 while Ssangyong (+3700%), Lexus (+54.5%) and Land Rover (+32.1%) secure the only year-on-year gains in market just as Porsche (-5.4%) limits its fall.
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Previous month: Slovakia April 2020: Citroen C3 triumphs in market down -61.5%
One year ago: Slovakia May 2019: Skoda Octavia now #1 YTD, Kia (+23.9%) and Cee’d (+27.4%) shine
Full May 2020 Top 35 All-brands ranking below.
Slovakia May 2020 – brands:
| Pos | Brand | May-20 | % | /19 | Apr | 2020 | % | /19 | Pos | FY19 |
| 1 | Skoda | 864 | 21.0% | -57.1% | 1 | 5,856 | 22.1% | -29.6% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Hyundai | 413 | 10.0% | -46.9% | 3 | 2,488 | 9.4% | -34.3% | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Volkswagen | 342 | 8.3% | -63.7% | 2 | 2,440 | 9.2% | -33.7% | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | Toyota | 315 | 7.6% | -35.1% | 5 | 1,787 | 6.7% | -8.0% | 5 | 7 |
| 5 | Kia | 300 | 7.3% | -62.7% | 4 | 1,970 | 7.4% | -39.5% | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | Renault | 248 | 6.0% | -35.8% | 11 | 1,049 | 4.0% | -45.3% | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | Dacia | 214 | 5.2% | -65.7% | 8 | 1,418 | 5.3% | -49.6% | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | Peugeot | 213 | 5.2% | -63.4% | 6 | 1,627 | 6.1% | -40.4% | 6 | 5 |
| 9 | Citroen | 152 | 3.7% | -70.3% | 7 | 1,186 | 4.5% | -33.1% | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | Mercedes | 134 | 3.3% | -38.5% | 12 | 765 | 2.9% | -26.7% | 12 | 12 |
| 11 | BMW | 130 | 3.2% | -48.4% | 9 | 849 | 3.2% | -26.8% | 11 | 13 |
| 12 | Opel | 101 | 2.4% | -80.7% | 10 | 893 | 3.4% | -61.2% | 10 | 8 |
| 13 | Suzuki | 96 | 2.3% | -67.3% | 15 | 726 | 2.7% | -51.8% | 13 | 11 |
| 14 | Mitsubishi | 73 | 1.8% | -32.4% | 24 | 359 | 1.4% | -26.4% | 15 | 20 |
| 15 | Seat | 63 | 1.5% | -69.9% | 13 | 449 | 1.7% | -36.8% | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | Audi | 54 | 1.3% | -69.8% | 16 | 315 | 1.2% | -48.0% | 16 | 17 |
| 17 | Mazda | 54 | 1.3% | -64.5% | 17 | 267 | 1.0% | -66.5% | 21 | 14 |
| 18 | Volvo | 51 | 1.2% | -28.2% | 20 | 289 | 1.1% | -21.0% | 18 | 22 |
| 19 | Ford | 41 | 1.0% | -72.5% | 14 | 290 | 1.1% | -57.7% | 17 | 16 |
| 20 | Honda | 38 | 0.9% | -69.6% | 19 | 281 | 1.1% | -47.9% | 20 | 19 |
| 21 | Ssangyong | 38 | 0.9% | 3700.0% | 22 | 103 | 0.4% | 758.3% | 25 | 32 |
| 22 | Land Rover | 37 | 0.9% | 32.1% | 23 | 156 | 0.6% | -21.6% | 23 | 25 |
| 23 | Fiat | 34 | 0.8% | -71.9% | 18 | 282 | 1.1% | -49.8% | 19 | 18 |
| 24 | Nissan | 30 | 0.7% | -70.9% | 21 | 158 | 0.6% | -55.7% | 22 | 23 |
| 25 | Subaru | 19 | 0.5% | -42.4% | 26 | 97 | 0.4% | -27.1% | 26 | 26 |
| 26 | Porsche | 18 | 0.4% | -5.3% | 27 | 72 | 0.3% | 2.9% | 28 | 27 |
| 27 | Jeep | 17 | 0.4% | -54.1% | 25 | 121 | 0.5% | -41.0% | 24 | 24 |
| 28 | Lexus | 17 | 0.4% | 54.5% | 29 | 79 | 0.3% | -16.0% | 27 | 29 |
| 29 | Mini | 9 | 0.2% | -62.5% | 28 | 44 | 0.2% | -50.6% | 30 | 30 |
| 30 | Jaguar | 5 | 0.1% | -50.0% | 30 | 48 | 0.2% | -52.9% | 29 | 28 |
| 31 | Alfa Romeo | 2 | 0.0% | -80.0% | 31 | 18 | 0.1% | -64.7% | 32 | 31 |
| 32 | Lada | 1 | 0.0% | -98.8% | – | 3 | 0.0% | -99.2% | 33 | 21 |
| 33 | DS | 0 | 0.0% | n/a | – | 25 | 0.1% | n/a | 31 | – |
| 34 | Smart | 0 | 0.0% | -100.0% | – | 3 | 0.0% | -25.0% | 34 | 34 |
Source: ZAP
