The Suzuki S-Cross confirms it is the favourite of Hungarian buyers in February.
New light vehicle sales in Hungary drop -14.4% year-on-year in February to 11,007 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -14.2% to 20,157 units. Among them, Passenger Cars sold 9,454 units in February and 17,542 year-to-date. In the PC+LCV ranking, Suzuki is up one spot to lead the charts with 13.3% ahead of Ford at 12.8% and Toyota at 12.3%. Toyota remains the best-seller year-to-date however. Volkswagen and Skoda follow. In the PC only ranking, this time Toyota leads the way ahead of Suzuki but the latter is #1 year-to-date despite a -14.1% drop over the same period in 2021. Toyota is up 27.6%. Skoda, Ford, Kia and Volkswagen follow. Note the outstanding performances year-to-date of Opel (+316.3%), Abarth (+106.2%), Cupra (+106.2%) and Ssangyong (+102.6%) whereas Jeep (-92.8%), Land Rover (-90.1%) and Fiat (-73.6%) implode.
Over in the models ranking, the Suzuki S-Cross cements its lead with 7.9% share ahead of the Suzuki Vitara at 4.4% while the Kia Ceed is up one spot on January to land on the third step of the podium with 3.1% of the market. It dislodges the Skoda Octavia at 3%. The Dacia Duster is up one rank to #4 ahead of the Toyota Corolla, Yaris and RAV4. The Ford Tourneo Custom is up five spots to #9 while the Ford Transit is up 15 to #10. The Toyota Yaris Cross slides down one rank to exit the Top 10 at #11. Notice also the Ford Ranger up 7 spots to #13 and the Renault Master up three to #15.
Previous month: Hungary January 2022: Suzuki S-Cross #1, Ssangyong Korando up to #8, market off -14%
Previous year: Hungary Full Year 2021: Suzuki Vitara sports 6th straight win, Kia up 45% in market off -4.8%
Full February 2022 Top 5 brands and Top 20 models below.
Hungary February 2022 – brands (PC+LCV):
| Pos | Brand | Feb-22 | % | Jan | 2022 | % | Pos | FY21 |
| 1 | Suzuki | 1,466 | 13.3% | 2 | 2,547 | 12.6% | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Ford | 1,406 | 12.8% | 3 | 2,470 | 12.3% | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Toyota | 1,359 | 12.3% | 1 | 2,634 | 13.1% | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Volkswagen | 712 | 6.5% | 5 | 1,373 | 6.8% | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Skoda | 658 | 6.0% | 4 | 1,331 | 6.6% | 5 | 5 |
Hungary February 2022 – brands (PC only):
| Pos | Brand | Feb-22 | % | Jan | 2022 | % | /21 | Pos | FY21 |
| 1 | Toyota | 1,442 | 15.3% | 3 | 2,270 | 12.9% | 27.6% | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Suzuki | 1,362 | 14.4% | 1 | 2,477 | 14.1% | -14.1% | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Skoda | 755 | 8.0% | 5 | 1,327 | 7.6% | -6.1% | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | Ford | 741 | 7.8% | 2 | 1,770 | 10.1% | -14.3% | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | Kia | 694 | 7.3% | 6 | 1,331 | 7.6% | 13.6% | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | Volkswagen | 516 | 5.5% | 4 | 1,189 | 6.8% | -1.9% | 6 | 5 |
| n/a | Opel | 407 | 4.3% | n/a | 741 | 4.2% | 316.3% | n/a | 11 |
| n/a | Dacia | 769 | 4.4% | -47.3% | n/a | 6 | |||
| n/a | Hyundai | 554 | 3.2% | 21.4% | n/a | 10 | |||
| n/a | Audi | 443 | 2.5% | 31.4% | n/a | 18 | |||
| n/a | SsangYong | 385 | 2.2% | 102.6% | n/a | 23 | |||
| n/a | Fiat | 326 | 1.9% | -73.6% | n/a | 8 | |||
| n/a | Renault | 299 | 1.7% | -41.0% | n/a | 16 | |||
| n/a | Peugeot | 203 | 1.2% | -41.8% | n/a | 17 | |||
| n/a | Porsche | 75 | 0.4% | 59.6% | n/a | 29 | |||
| n/a | Abarth | 66 | 0.4% | 106.2% | n/a | 30 | |||
| n/a | Jeep | 44 | 0.3% | -92.8% | n/a | 14 | |||
| n/a | Cupra | 33 | 0.2% | 106.2% | n/a | 32 | |||
| n/a | Land Rover | 9 | 0.1% | -90.1% | n/a | 28 |
Hungary February 2022 – models:
| Pos | Model | Feb-22 | % | Jan | 2022 | % | Pos | FY21 |
| 1 | Suzuki S-Cross | 868 | 7.9% | 1 | 1,386 | 6.9% | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Suzuki Vitara | 489 | 4.4% | 2 | 870 | 4.3% | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Kia Ceed | 340 | 3.1% | 4 | 650 | 3.2% | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | Skoda Octavia | 330 | 3.0% | 3 | 708 | 3.5% | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Dacia Duster | 289 | 2.6% | 6 | 536 | 2.7% | 6 | 4 |
| 6 | Toyota Corolla | 264 | 2.4% | 5 | 565 | 2.8% | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | Toyota Yaris | 231 | 2.1% | 12 | 369 | 1.8% | 8 | 14 |
| 8 | Toyota RAV4 | 196 | 1.8% | 7 | 410 | 2.0% | 7 | 16 |
| 9 | Ford Tourneo Custom | 188 | 1.7% | 14 | 321 | 1.6% | 10 | 9 |
| 10 | Ford Transit | 182 | 1.7% | 25 | 267 | 1.3% | 16 | 6 |
| 11 | Toyota Yaris Cross | 172 | 1.6% | 10 | 341 | 1.7% | 9 | n/a |
| 12 | Opel Astra K | 172 | 1.6% | 13 | 310 | 1.5% | 12 | 36 |
| 13 | Ford Ranger | 156 | 1.4% | 20 | 255 | 1.3% | 18 | n/a |
| 14 | Ford Focus | 148 | 1.3% | 9 | 320 | 1.6% | 11 | 20 |
| 15 | Renault Master | 148 | 1.3% | 18 | 261 | 1.3% | 17 | n/a |
| 16 | Ford Puma | 145 | 1.3% | 11 | 308 | 1.5% | 13 | 13 |
| 17 | Kia Sportage | 142 | 1.3% | 15 | 273 | 1.4% | 15 | 10 |
| 18 | Toyota C-HR | 129 | 1.2% | 17 | 253 | 1.3% | 19 | 18 |
| 19 | Ford Kuga | 123 | 1.1% | 16 | 252 | 1.3% | 20 | n/a |
| n/a | Ssangyong Korando | 94 | 0.9% | 8 | 301 | 1.5% | 14 | 38 |
Source: Datahouse, many thanks to Csaba