Dacia Duster leads above 3 Toyotas, Land Rover Defender #7, sales up 35.5% – Best Selling Cars Blog
The Dacia Duster is the best-selling vehicle in Iceland in May.
New car sales in Iceland continue to shoot up at +35.5% year-on-year in June to 2,842 units. This brings the year-to-date tally up 58.9% to 11,201 registrations. Toyota (+79.6%) climbs to 22.3% share vs. 18% so far this year but Kia (+3.7%) underperforms in 2nd place. Dacia (+317.2%), Hyundai (+100%) and Jeep (+366.7%) are all euphoric as is Mitsubishi (+477.3%) in the remainder of the Top 10 where Land Rover (+86.2%) also beats the market. Note Polestar (#13) outsells parent brand Volvo (#14) for the very first time.
Model-wise, the Dacia Duster is up five spots on May to snap the overall lead with 7.9% of the market vs. 3.7% year-to-date. It is followed this month by 3 Toyotas: the Prado, RAV4 and Yaris. The Jeep Renegade is up 8 ranks to #5, distancing the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross down five spots to #6 but remains in the YTD lead. The Land Rover Defender and Hyundai i20 lurch into the Top 10 at #7 and #8 respectively, while the Jeep Compass is up to #11. Notice also the Skoda Enyaq at #13.
Previous month: Iceland May 2022: Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross remains dominant, Hyundai Ioniq 5 in Top 10, market up 57.2%
Full June 2022 Top 50 All-brands and Top 20 models below.
Iceland June 2022 – brands:
| Pos | Brand | Jun-22 | % | /21 | May | 2022 | % | Pos |
| 1 | Toyota | 634 | 22.3% | 79.6% | 1 | 2,016 | 18.0% | 1 |
| 2 | Kia | 278 | 9.8% | 3.7% | 4 | 1,023 | 9.1% | 3 |
| 3 | Dacia | 242 | 8.5% | 317.2% | 5 | 438 | 3.9% | 7 |
| 4 | Hyundai | 242 | 8.5% | 100.0% | 3 | 991 | 8.8% | 4 |
| 5 | Jeep | 196 | 6.9% | 366.7% | 11 | 579 | 5.2% | 5 |
| 6 | Volkswagen | 152 | 5.3% | 42.1% | 13 | 373 | 3.3% | 9 |
| 7 | Mitsubishi | 127 | 4.5% | 477.3% | 2 | 1,172 | 10.5% | 2 |
| 8 | Suzuki | 120 | 4.2% | -11.1% | 7 | 236 | 2.1% | 16 |
| 9 | Skoda | 113 | 4.0% | -5.0% | 6 | 376 | 3.4% | 8 |
| 10 | Land Rover | 108 | 3.8% | 86.2% | 10 | 307 | 2.7% | 13 |
| 11 | Mercedes | 95 | 3.3% | 55.7% | 20 | 341 | 3.0% | 12 |
| 12 | Nissan | 80 | 2.8% | 37.9% | 9 | 518 | 4.6% | 6 |
| 13 | Polestar | 55 | 1.9% | new | 23 | 173 | 1.5% | 19 |
| 14 | Volvo | 51 | 1.8% | 6.3% | 8 | 355 | 3.2% | 10 |
| 15 | BMW | 50 | 1.8% | 16.3% | 16 | 251 | 2.2% | 15 |
| 16 | MG | 30 | 1.1% | -3.2% | 26 | 101 | 0.9% | 23 |
| 17 | Peugeot | 30 | 1.1% | -57.7% | 15 | 276 | 2.5% | 14 |
| 18 | Subaru | 26 | 0.9% | 73.3% | 28 | 120 | 1.1% | 21 |
| 19 | Audi | 25 | 0.9% | 38.9% | 24 | 142 | 1.3% | 20 |
| 20 | Honda | 23 | 0.8% | -34.3% | 18 | 100 | 0.9% | 24 |
| 21 | Ford | 21 | 0.7% | 23.5% | 19 | 185 | 1.7% | 17 |
| 22 | Renault | 16 | 0.6% | -79.5% | 14 | 107 | 1.0% | 22 |
| 23 | Lexus | 15 | 0.5% | 650.0% | 29 | 50 | 0.4% | 28 |
| 24 | Maxus | 15 | 0.5% | new | 25 | 27 | 0.2% | 33 |
| 25 | Mazda | 14 | 0.5% | -70.8% | 12 | 177 | 1.6% | 18 |
| 26 | Fiat | 12 | 0.4% | 500.0% | 36 | 28 | 0.2% | 32 |
| 27 | Opel | 12 | 0.4% | 140.0% | 21 | 59 | 0.5% | 26 |
| 28 | Mini | 8 | 0.3% | -20.0% | 35 | 18 | 0.2% | 34 |
| 29 | Porsche | 8 | 0.3% | 60.0% | 27 | 44 | 0.4% | 29 |
| 30 | Citroen | 7 | 0.2% | -70.8% | 22 | 83 | 0.7% | 25 |
| 31 | Weinsberg | 6 | 0.2% | -76.0% | n/a | 54 | 0.5% | 27 |
| 32 | Jaguar | 5 | 0.2% | -58.3% | n/a | 31 | 0.3% | 31 |
| 33 | Aiways | 4 | 0.1% | new | 31 | 9 | 0.1% | 36 |
| 34 | DFSK | 4 | 0.1% | new | – | 4 | 0.0% | 40 |
| 35 | Hobby | 4 | 0.1% | -69.2% | 30 | 17 | 0.2% | 35 |
| 36 | Ssangyong | 4 | 0.1% | -33.3% | – | 5 | 0.0% | 37 |
| 37 | Dodge | 2 | 0.1% | n/a | – | 3 | 0.0% | 42 |
| 38 | Randger | 2 | 0.1% | n/a | – | 2 | 0.0% | 44 |
| 39 | Cadillac | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | 33 | 4 | 0.0% | 38 |
| 40 | Chevrolet | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | – | 1 | 0.0% | 45 |
| 41 | Chrysler | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | n/a | 4 | 0.0% | 39 |
| 42 | Nobel Art | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | – | 1 | 0.0% | 48 |
| 43 | Plymouth | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | 2 | 0.0% | 49 | |
| 44 | Tesla | 1 | 0.0% | -99.4% | 34 | 345 | 3.1% | 11 |
| 45 | Benimar | 0 | 0.0% | -100.0% | 37 | 2 | 0.0% | 43 |
| 46 | Capron | 0 | 0.0% | -100.0% | 17 | 39 | 0.3% | 30 |
| 47 | Dethleffs | 0 | 0.0% | n/a | 32 | 3 | 0.0% | 41 |
| 48 | Kassbohrer | 0 | 0.0% | n/a | – | 1 | 0.0% | 46 |
| 49 | Knaus | 0 | 0.0% | n/a | – | 1 | 0.0% | 47 |
Iceland June 2022 – models:
| Pos | Model | Jun-22 | % | May | 2022 | % | Pos |
| 1 | Dacia Duster | 225 | 7.9% | 6 | 411 | 3.7% | 4 |
| 2 | Toyota Land Cruiser Prado | 205 | 7.2% | 3 | 488 | 4.4% | 3 |
| 3 | Toyota RAV4 | 182 | 6.4% | 2 | 694 | 6.2% | 2 |
| 4 | Toyota Yaris | 128 | 4.5% | 5 | 323 | 2.9% | 6 |
| 5 | Jeep Renegade | 113 | 4.0% | 13 | 226 | 2.0% | 10 |
| 6 | Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross | 111 | 3.9% | 1 | 1,001 | 8.9% | 1 |
| 7 | Land Rover Defender | 98 | 3.4% | n/a | 168 | 1.5% | 17 |
| 8 | Hyundai i20 | 97 | 3.4% | n/a | 189 | 1.7% | 13 |
| 9 | Kia Ceed | 83 | 2.9% | 10 | 199 | 1.8% | 12 |
| 10 | Hyundai Tucson | 76 | 2.7% | 4 | 335 | 3.0% | 5 |
| 11 | Jeep Compass | 66 | 2.3% | n/a | 242 | 2.2% | 9 |
| 12 | Kia Sportage | 60 | 2.1% | 7 | 178 | 1.6% | 14 |
| 13 | Polestar 2 | 55 | 1.9% | n/a | 173 | 1.5% | 15 |
| 14 | Suzuki Swift | 53 | 1.9% | 9 | 112 | 1.0% | 25 |
| 15 | Skoda Octavia | 50 | 1.8% | n/a | 99 | 0.9% | 30 |
| 16 | Kia Xceed | 49 | 1.7% | n/a | 110 | 1.0% | 27 |
| 17 | Suzuki Vitara | 46 | 1.6% | n/a | 69 | 0.6% | 32 |
| 18 | Nissan Qashqai | 44 | 1.5% | 15 | 150 | 1.3% | 20 |
| 19 | Skoda Enyaq | 39 | 1.4% | 16 | 159 | 1.4% | 19 |
| 20 | VW Golf | 39 | 1.4% | n/a | 147 | 1.3% | 21 |
| 21 | VW ID.4 | 39 | 1.4% | n/a | 73 | 0.7% | 39 |
Source: Manufacturers