The Skoda Enyaq is the best-selling car in Finland in October.
The Finnish new car market slowed its decline in October to “just” -7.6% year-on-year to 5,828 units. The decline continues for the 11th month in a row, resulting in a frightening year-to-date result of -18.5% to 60,100. Toyota (-1.2%) holds the top spot well with a share of 15.3% versus 18.1%. this year, and the following three automakers are challenging the market with year-on-year gains: Skoda’s share rose 7.9% to 12.9%, up from 9.4% year-to-date, Volvo up 5.9 %, and Volkswagen rose by a whopping 38.1% to take fourth place. Nissan (+6.7%) is the only one to gain in the top 10, behind Ford (+49.2%), Polestar (+205.3%), BYD (+80.8%), Lexus (+78 .3%) and Porsche (+56.6%). ) is impressive. Note also that Tesla (-2.7%) returned to 8th place with a share of 2.4% versus 4.5% year-to-date.
In the model charts, after achieving a record second place last month, the Skoda Enyaq (+2.7%) takes pole position for the first time in history with a share of 4.5%, up from 9th place and 2.1% this year. The Toyota Corolla (-24.6%) climbed back up 8 spots to No. 2 in September and remains in first place year-to-date despite a terrible loss (-26.1%). Toyota Yaris Cross (+17.9%) rose 12 places to third place, maintaining second place since the beginning of the year with sales growth of 43.9%. Sensational growth was also observed in the VW Tiguan (+86.1%), ID.4 (+61.8%), Skoda Kamiq (+434.8%) and Volvo V60 (+74.6%). The VW ID.7 climbed six positions to a record 12th place.
Previous month: Finland September 2024: Tesla Model Y and Skoda Enyaq in the top market with a -38.3% discount.
One year ago: Finland October 2023: Peugeot 2008 teases Toyota Corolla for top spot
Full October 2024 Below are the top 30 brands and top 20 models.
Finland, October 2024 – brands:
| Pos. | Brand | October 24 | % | /23 | September | 2024 | % | /23 | Pos. | FY23 |
| 1 | Toyota | 892 | 15.3% | – 1.2% | 1 | 10,887 | 18.1% | – 11.3% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Skoda | 750 | 12.9% | + 7.9% | 2 | 5,672 | 9.4% | – 19.0% | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Volvo | 611 | 10.5% | + 5.9% | 5 | 6,609 | 11.0% | + 8.2% | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Volkswagen | 580 | 10.0% | + 38.1% | 4 | 5.143 | 8.6% | – 24.3% | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | Kia | 455 | 7.8% | – 23.9% | 6 | 4618 | 7.7% | – 20.2% | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | BMW | 273 | 4.7% | – 30.7% | 8 | 2976 | 5.0% | – 29.5% | 7 | 8 |
| 7 | Audi | 246 | 4.2% | – 17.7% | 11 | 2150 | 3.6% | – 31.8% | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | Mercedes | 242 | 4.2% | – 33.7% | 9 | 3269 | 5.4% | – 31.2% | 6 | 7 |
| 9 | Hyundai | 214 | 3.7% | – 13.4% | 7 | 2622 | 4.4% | + 34.3% | 10 | 11 |
| 10 | Nissan | 208 | 3.6% | + 6.7% | 12 | 2693 | 4.5% | + 15.6% | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | Ford | 197 | 3.4% | + 49.2% | 10 | 1826 | 3.0% | – 17.2% | 12 | 12 |
| 12 | Peugeot | 159 | 2.7% | – 56.3% | 13 | 971 | 1.6% | – 57.0% | 13 | 13 |
| 13 | Tesla | 145 | 2.5% | – 2.7% | 3 | 2777 | 4.6% | – 44.8% | 8 | 6 |
| 14 | North Star | 116 | 2.0% | + 205.3% | 14 | 593 | 1.0% | – 24.2% | 18 | 17 |
| 15 | Mazda | 86 | 1.5% | – 43.0% | 17 | 709 | 1.2% | – 22.8% | 15 | 16 |
| 16 | Porsche | 83 | 1.4% | + 56.6% | 20 | 311 | 0.5% | + 47.4% | 25 | 27 |
| 17 | Opel | 76 | 1.3% | – 20.8% | 15 | 755 | 1.3% | – 57.8% | 14 | 14 |
| 18 | Renault | 75 | 1.3% | + 23.0% | 16 | 607 | 1.0% | – 2.1% | 17 | 19 |
| 19 | BID | 47 | 0.8% | + 80.8% | 18 | 484 | 0.8% | + 469.4% | 20 | n/a |
| 20 | Suzuki | 45 | 0.8% | + 21.6% | 23 | 664 | 1.1% | + 12.7% | 16 | 20 |
| 21 | Lexus | 41 | 0.7% | + 78.3% | 19 | 366 | 0.6% | + 2.8% | 24 | 24 |
| 22 | Citroen | 40 | 0.7% | – 66.9% | 24 | 423 | 0.7% | – 61.6% | 21 | 15 |
| 23 | Mitsubishi | 38 | 0.7% | – 32.1% | 21 | 566 | 0.9% | + 12.7% | 19 | 21 |
| 24 | Cupra | 34 | 0.6% | – 44.3% | 26 | 304 | 0.5% | – 36.0% | 26 | 22 |
| 25 | Subaru | 27 | 0.5% | – 10.0% | 25 | 388 | 0.6% | + 68.7% | 23 | 26 |
| 26 | Land Rover | 23 | 0.4% | – 30.3% | 28 | 245 | 0.4% | – 39.5% | 27 | 23 |
| 27 | Dacia | 19 | 0.3% | – 65.5% | 22 | 419 | 0.7% | – 37.7% | 22 | 18 |
| 28 | Mini | 11 | 0.2% | – 56.0% | 29 | 115 | 0.2% | – 27.7% | 30 | 28 |
| 29 | Honda | 9 | 0.2% | – 47.1% | 27 | 186 | 0.3% | – 1.1% | 29 | 29 |
| 30 | Seat | 7 | 0.1% | – 77.4% | 30 | 202 | 0.3% | – 35.5% | 28 | 25 |
Finland, October 2024 – models:
| Pos. | Model | October 24 | % | /23 | September | 2024 | % | /23 | Pos. | FY23 |
| 1 | Skoda Enyak | 265 | 4.5% | + 2.7% | 2 | 1281 | 2.1% | – 36.6% | 9 | 4 |
| 2 | Toyota Corolla | 239 | 4.1% | – 24.6% | 10 | 3231 | 5.4% | – 26.1% | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Toyota Yaris Cross | 231 | 4.0% | + 17.9% | 15 | 2496 | 4.2% | + 43.9% | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Volvo XC60 | 205 | 3.5% | + 7.3% | 6 | 1397 | 2.3% | – 32.5% | 8 | 5 |
| 5 | Kia Sid | 178 | 3.1% | + 10.6% | 11 | 1279 | 2.1% | – 2.2% | 10 | 12 |
| 6 | Toyota RAV4 | 156 | 2.7% | + 19.1% | 4 | 1204 | 2.0% | – 19.7% | 11 | 9 |
| 7 | Volkswagen Tiguan | 134 | 2.3% | + 86.1% | 5 | 705 | 1.2% | – 4.2% | 18 | 24 |
| 8 | Toyota Yaris | 133 | 2.3% | + 44.6% | 9 | 2133 | 3.5% | + 10.5% | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | Volkswagen ID.4 | 123 | 2.1% | + 61.8% | 8 | 1148 | 1.9% | – 30.5% | 12 | 10 |
| 10 | Skoda Kamik | 123 | 2.1% | + 434.8% | n/a | 543 | 0.9% | – 20.5% | 27 | 27 |
| 11 | Volvo B60 | 117 | 2.0% | + 74.6% | 16 | 1083 | 1.8% | + 25.3% | 14 | 19 |
| 12 | Volkswagen ID.7 | 105 | 1.8% | new | 18 | 569 | 0.9% | new | 24 | n/a |
| 13 | Nissan Qashqai | 103 | 1.8% | + 10.8% | 12 | 1632 | 2.7% | + 47.0% | 7 | 15 |
| 14 | Tesla Model Y | 102 | 1.8% | – 25.5% | 1 | 1795 | 3.0% | – 56.7% | 5 | 1 |
| 15 | Skoda Octavia | 99 | 1.7% | – 51.2% | n/a | 1750 | 2.9% | – 1.7% | 6 | 3 |
| 16 | Volvo EX30 | 91 | 1.6% | new | 7 | 1867 | 3.1% | new | 4 | 210 |
| 17 | Volkswagen Golf | 82 | 1.4% | + 134.3% | n/a | 682 | 1.1% | – 10.7% | 19 | 25 |
| 18 | Kia Stonic | 81 | 1.4% | + 50.0% | 14 | 659 | 1.1% | – 18.1% | 21 | 22 |
| 19 | Toyota C-HR | 74 | 1.3% | + 5.7% | n/a | 1136 | 1.9% | – 7.9% | 13 | 14 |
| 20 | Skoda Superb | 71 | 1.2% | n/a | n/a | 488 | 0.8% | – 28.0% | 31 | 26 |
| n/a | Opel Astra | 65 | 1.1% | + 75.7% | 20 | 545 | 0.9% | + 51.8% | 25 | 54 |
| n/a | Kia Niro | 56 | 1.0% | – 42.9% | n/a | 638 | 1.1% | – 16.1% | 23 | 23 |
| n/a | BMW X1 | 51 | 0.9% | – 26.1% | 17 | 652 | 1.1% | + 8.7% | 22 | 33 |
| n/a | Hyundai Kona | 46 | 0.8% | n/a | n/a | 478 | 0.8% | + 7.9% | 33 | 41 |
| n/a | Hyundai Ionic 5 | 44 | 0.8% | – 49.4% | n/a | 484 | 0.8% | + 5.9% | 32 | 40 |
| n/a | Audi K4 | 42 | 0.7% | – 73.2% | 13 | 754 | 1.3% | – 33.0% | 17 | 16 |
| n/a | Ford Kuga | 42 | 0.7% | + 5.0% | n/a | 545 | 0.9% | – 19.9% | 26 | 31 |
| n/a | Mercedes GLC | 41 | 0.7% | – 16.3% | n/a | 682 | 1.1% | + 23.8% | 20 | 39 |
| n/a | Tesla Model 3 | 37 | 0.6% | + 640.0% | 3 | 940 | 1.6% | + 33.0% | 15 | 18 |
| n/a | Skoda Fabia | 34 | 0.6% | – 5.6% | n/a | 513 | 0.9% | + 16.3% | 28 | 49 |
| n/a | BMW i4 | 32 | 0.5% | – 79.7% | n/a | 502 | 0.8% | – 60.7% | 29 | 11 |
| n/a | Kia Sportage | 29 | 0.5% | – 52.4% | n/a | 499 | 0.8% | – 23.9% | 30 | 30 |
| n/a | Volvo XC40 | 26 | 0.4% | – 85.4% | n/a | 939 | 1.6% | – 44.8% | 16 | 7 |
Source: Author.
