Italy June 2026: BYD Atto 2 up to record third place

2 July 2026 at 08:40

The BYD Atto 2 scores its first Italian podium.

New car sales in Italy are up a robust +10.6% year-on-year in June to 146,423 units, leading to a H1 tally up 9.6% to 936,783. However remember June 2025 was off -17.4% on the year prior. Private sales outpace the market at +17.3% to 79,568 and 53.7% share vs. 50.8% a year ago (+12.1% to 52.7% share YTD). Self registrations drop -12.3% to 16,848 and 11.4% share vs. 14.4% in June 2025 (+7.9% to 10% share YTD), long term leases edge up 0.1% to 31,813 and 21.5% share vs. 23.8% last year (-2.7% to 21.3% share YTD), short term rentals surge 78.3% to 11,611 and 7.8% share vs. 4.9% a year ago (+38.8% to 10.7% share YTD) and company sales are up 2.1% to 8,284 and 5.6% share vs. 6.1% in June 2025 (+0.5% to 5.2% share YTD).

HEV sales shoot up 17.9% to 68,363 and 46.1% share vs. 43.4% last year, including 23,726 full hybrids (+38.5%) and 44,627 mild hybrids (+9.3%). PHEVs soar 61.9% to 15,723 and 10.6% share vs. 7.3% in June 2025 and BEVs surge 87.1% to 14,894 and 10.1% share vs. 6% a year ago. As a result rechargeable vehicles are up 73.3% to 30,617 and 20.7% share vs. 13.3% last year. Over H1, BEVs are up 77.5% to 79,613 and 8.4% share vs. 5.2% over the same period in 2025.

In the brands ranking, Fiat (+27.2%) is up significantly year-on-year but delivers its lowest market share so far this year at 9.6%. In fact, its share has gone down month-on-month since January (13.5%). Toyota (-0.7%) and Dacia (+20.6%) leapfrog past Volkswagen (-2.7%) while Peugeot (+34.1%) shoots up to #5, outselling fellow French Renault (-6.1%). Audi (+10.8%) is down two spots on last month to #7 and matches the market. Once again the hero of the month is BYD, tripling its sales YoY (+217%), repeating at an all-time high #9 and reaches a record volume (6,057) and share (4.1%). Below, Leapmotor (+932.5%) and Omoda+Jaecoo (+215.5%) stand out.

Model-wise, the Fiat Panda (+10.2%) drops to 5.6% share vs. 6.7% so far this year. The Dacia Sandero (+20.1%) has regained its shine and repeats at #2, however it still ranks #4 year-to-date. Massive event in third place: the BYD Atto 2 (+7614.3%) is up two spots on May to sign its first ever Italian podium ranking. It replaces the Leapmotor T03 (+927.7%) down to #10 after spending three straight months in third place. Note 96% of Atto 2 sales are from its PHEV variant (3,637 units), dominating the segment ahead of the VW Tiguan (956). The Fiat Grande Panda (+309.8%) is back up five ranks on last month to #4, its highest ranking since last February (#3). The Citroen C3 (+49%) and Peugeot 208 (+36.4%) are also very solid below.

Previous month: Italy May 2026: Leapmotor T03 threepeats at #3, BYD Atto 2 up to #5

One year ago: Italy June 2025: Devastated market (-17.4%), Dacia places two models on podium for the first time

Full June 2026 Top 58 All brands and Top 50 models below.

Italy June 2026 – brands:

Pos	Brand	Jun-26	%	/25	May	2026	%	/25	Pos	FY25
1	Fiat	14,016	9.6%	+ 27.2%	1	106,693	11.4%	+ 29.4%	1	1
2	Toyota	9,991	6.8%	– 0.7%	3	64,968	6.9%	– 1.0%	2	2
3	Dacia	9,549	6.5%	+ 20.6%	4	49,136	5.2%	– 10.0%	4	4
4	Volkswagen	9,361	6.4%	– 2.7%	2	63,232	6.7%	+ 1.6%	3	3
5	Peugeot	7,828	5.3%	+ 34.1%	6	45,648	4.9%	– 6.6%	5	5
6	Renault	7,197	4.9%	– 6.1%	7	44,504	4.8%	+ 3.0%	6	6
7	Audi	7,169	4.9%	+ 10.8%	5	43,802	4.7%	+ 17.0%	7	8
8	BMW	6,431	4.4%	– 3.8%	8	40,679	4.3%	+ 2.4%	8	7
9	BYD	6,057	4.1%	+ 217.0%	9	29,502	3.1%	+ 210.2%	13	21
10	Mercedes	4,803	3.3%	– 9.1%	14	30,397	3.2%	+ 3.5%	12	12
11	Citroen	4,629	3.2%	+ 20.3%	11	33,579	3.6%	+ 0.6%	10	11
12	Kia	4,464	3.0%	+ 19.8%	15	26,926	2.9%	+ 16.5%	15	15
13	Ford	4,343	3.0%	– 24.2%	16	29,136	3.1%	– 23.3%	14	10
14	MG	4,295	2.9%	+ 3.6%	10	31,155	3.3%	+ 6.4%	11	13
15	Jeep	4,133	2.8%	– 12.0%	12	35,067	3.7%	– 5.0%	9	9
16	Omoda+Jaecoo	4,086	2.8%	+ 215.5%	17	20,906	2.2%	+ 295.9%	19	25
17	Opel	3,471	2.4%	+ 13.1%	18	23,673	2.5%	+ 7.7%	17	17
18	Leapmotor	3,366	2.3%	+ 932.5%	13	24,274	2.6%	+ 1449.1%	16	32
19	Skoda	2,960	2.0%	– 4.2%	19	21,464	2.3%	+ 8.2%	18	16
20	Suzuki	2,846	1.9%	– 11.7%	20	16,716	1.8%	– 6.7%	22	19
21	Hyundai	2,780	1.9%	– 36.3%	21	18,526	2.0%	– 27.0%	21	14
22	Tesla	2,423	1.7%	+ 42.8%	31	7,918	0.8%	+ 22.4%	26	27
23	Nissan	2,382	1.6%	– 17.0%	23	19,878	2.1%	– 1.8%	20	18
24	Cupra	1,779	1.2%	– 18.5%	22	12,328	1.3%	+ 6.5%	24	22
25	DR Motor	1,617	1.1%	– 7.5%	28	6,674	0.7%	– 26.4%	30	23
26	Mini	1,572	1.1%	+ 17.6%	25	9,726	1.0%	+ 25.6%	25	24
27	Alfa Romeo	1,526	1.0%	– 40.7%	24	12,889	1.4%	– 23.5%	23	20
28	EVO	1,166	0.8%	+ 122.1%	38	4,270	0.5%	+ 27.2%	33	35
29	Volvo	1,087	0.7%	– 15.3%	26	7,798	0.8%	+ 4.2%	27	26
30	Honda	1,065	0.7%	+ 29.1%	27	6,846	0.7%	+ 43.4%	29	29
31	Mazda	930	0.6%	+ 1.3%	29	7,174	0.8%	+ 26.2%	28	28
32	Seat	774	0.5%	+ 57.6%	32	4,679	0.5%	– 3.0%	32	31
33	Lexus	710	0.5%	+ 29.1%	33	3,563	0.4%	+ 3.2%	35	36
34	Lancia	598	0.4%	– 16.8%	37	5,262	0.6%	– 2.0%	31	30
35	Geely	584	0.4%	new	36	2,597	0.3%	new	38	–
36	Porsche	579	0.4%	– 7.7%	35	3,165	0.3%	– 11.0%	36	33
37	Land Rover	488	0.3%	– 25.9%	34	3,660	0.4%	– 11.7%	34	34
38	DS	474	0.3%	+ 9.0%	40	2,257	0.2%	– 22.3%	39	37
39	EMC	474	0.3%	+ 69.3%	30	3,127	0.3%	+ 124.8%	37	38
40	DFSK	406	0.3%	+ 366.7%	39	1,748	0.2%	+ 212.7%	40	43
41	Ich-X	273	0.2%	+ 1606.3%	41	835	0.1%	+ 601.7%	45	n/a
42	Subaru	203	0.1%	– 35.4%	42	1,432	0.2%	+ 3.8%	41	39
43	KGM	201	0.1%	+ 246.6%	43	1,170	0.1%	+ 701.4%	43	50
44	Lynk & Co	170	0.1%	+ 750.0%	44	1,034	0.1%	+ 427.6%	44	45
45	Maserati	166	0.1%	– 30.5%	47	624	0.1%	– 38.6%	47	41
46	Ferrari	115	0.1%	+ 53.3%	48	585	0.1%	+ 29.4%	48	44
47	Polestar	111	0.1%	+ 26.1%	51	385	0.0%	+ 57.8%	51	49
48	Sportequipe	96	0.1%	– 51.8%	45	1,389	0.1%	+ 28.8%	42	40
49	Mitsubishi	86	0.1%	– 64.9%	49	350	0.0%	– 64.2%	52	42
50	Deepal	79	0.1%	new	n/a	249	0.0%	new	54	–
51	Lamborghini	76	0.1%	– 6.2%	50	419	0.0%	+ 27.0%	50	48
52	SWM	60	0.0%	+ 9.1%	46	638	0.1%	+ 118.5%	46	n/a
53	Alpine	51	0.0%	+ 50.0%	52	251	0.0%	+ 56.9%	53	n/a
54	Smart	44	0.0%	– 58.5%	53	206	0.0%	– 55.0%	55	46
55	Tiger	30	0.0%	– 90.1%	54	516	0.1%	+ 20.8%	49	n/a
56	Aston Martin	13	0.0%	+ 18.2%	56	71	0.0%	+ 7.6%	57	53
57	Lotus	12	0.0%	– 45.5%	55	92	0.0%	– 36.1%	56	51
58	Jaguar	2	0.0%	+ 0.0%	57	7	0.0%	– 96.2%	58	52
59	Mahindra	0	0.0%	– 100.0%	–	1	0.0%	– 99.8%	59	47
–	Others	226	0.2%	+ 0.4%	–	967	0.1%	+ 6.5%	–	–

Italy June 2026 – models:

Pos	Model	Jun-26	%	/25	May	2026	%	/25	Pos	FY25
1	Fiat Panda	8,255	5.6%	+ 10.2%	1	62,852	6.7%	+ 0.9%	1	1
2	Dacia Sandero	4,340	3.0%	+ 20.1%	2	22,163	2.4%	– 20.0%	4	2
3	BYD Atto 2	3,780	2.6%	+ 7614.3%	5	13,428	1.4%	+ 6450.2%	18	n/a
4	Fiat Grande Panda	3,139	2.1%	+ 309.8%	9	23,011	2.5%	+ 1313.4%	3	37
5	Peugeot 208	3,130	2.1%	+ 36.4%	6	17,840	1.9%	– 16.4%	9	8
6	Citroen C3	3,079	2.1%	+ 49.0%	7	20,795	2.2%	– 18.3%	6	4
7	Jeep Avenger	3,001	2.0%	– 3.7%	4	27,767	3.0%	+ 0.9%	2	3
8	Toyota Yaris Cross	2,983	2.0%	+ 7.1%	8	18,594	2.0%	– 0.8%	7	5
9	Toyota Yaris	2,945	2.0%	+ 5.2%	13	16,072	1.7%	– 16.7%	12	6
10	Leapmotor T03	2,744	1.9%	+ 927.7%	3	21,841	2.3%	+ 1651.5%	5	n/a
11	Renault Captur	2,672	1.8%	+ 25.3%	11	15,969	1.7%	+ 13.0%	13	13
12	Renault Clio	2,636	1.8%	– 17.7%	14	17,230	1.8%	+ 5.0%	10	9
13	Peugeot 3008	2,566	1.8%	+ 97.8%	40	10,961	1.2%	+ 19.7%	25	23
14	Dacia Duster	2,491	1.7%	– 23.6%	17	15,364	1.6%	– 24.8%	15	7
15	Toyota Aygo X	2,385	1.6%	– 8.3%	10	18,259	1.9%	+ 46.5%	8	14
16	MG ZS	2,317	1.6%	– 8.1%	15	16,407	1.8%	– 4.6%	11	10
17	Audi Q3	2,218	1.5%	+ 111.8%	18	12,613	1.3%	+ 93.0%	22	40
18	VW T-Roc	2,162	1.5%	+ 4.2%	12	15,407	1.6%	+ 10.3%	14	11
19	Kia Sportage	2,086	1.4%	+ 42.7%	20	12,661	1.4%	+ 23.4%	21	20
20	VW Tiguan	2,080	1.4%	– 5.2%	23	12,861	1.4%	– 0.2%	20	15
21	Ford Puma	2,025	1.4%	– 12.6%	21	13,620	1.5%	– 9.7%	17	12
22	VW T-Cross	1,940	1.3%	+ 0.1%	16	13,764	1.5%	+ 12.2%	16	17
23	Opel Corsa	1,907	1.3%	+ 24.1%	25	12,954	1.4%	– 5.7%	19	18
24	Dacia Spring	1,802	1.2%	+ 858.5%	27	5,300	0.6%	+ 98.1%	n/a	n/a
25	BMW X1	1,648	1.1%	– 28.8%	24	12,375	1.3%	+ 3.4%	23	16
26	Omoda 5	1,563	1.1%	+ 204.1%	30	8,469	0.9%	+ 270.8%	31	n/a
27	Suzuki Swift	1,556	1.1%	+ 32.1%	31	7,939	0.8%	+ 35.2%	34	35
28	Fiat 500	1,551	1.1%	+ 887.9%	19	9,373	1.0%	+ 782.6%	29	n/a
29	Tesla Model 3	1,543	1.1%	+ 94.6%	n/a	3,698	0.4%	+ 8.9%	n/a	n/a
30	Nissan Qashqai	1,411	1.0%	– 25.5%	36	11,855	1.3%	+ 9.0%	24	22
31	Peugeot 2008	1,323	0.9%	– 9.3%	26	10,616	1.1%	– 12.8%	26	21
32	Audi Q5	1,246	0.9%	+ 126.1%	38	5,455	0.6%	+ 61.3%	50	n/a
33	Mercedes GLA	1,238	0.8%	– 2.5%	35	6,800	0.7%	– 1.2%	40	33
34	DR 5	1,208	0.8%	+ 91.4%	n/a	1,208	0.1%	– 75.8%	n/a	49
35	Audi A3	1,201	0.8%	– 15.5%	28	6,822	0.7%	– 20.8%	39	25
36	Toyota C-HR	1,170	0.8%	+ 7.9%	33	8,704	0.9%	– 5.4%	30	24
37	Jeep Compass	1,149	0.8%	+ 42.6%	43	6,924	0.7%	+ 46.7%	38	n/a
38	VW Golf	1,086	0.7%	+ 0.6%	29	8,004	0.9%	– 0.8%	33	29
39	Kia Picanto	1,069	0.7%	– 21.7%	32	8,067	0.9%	+ 13.8%	32	30
40	Hyundai Tucson	1,065	0.7%	+ 20.3%	34	7,850	0.8%	+ 13.0%	35	32
41	MG 3	1,049	0.7%	+ 15.1%	22	9,422	1.0%	+ 13.4%	28	31
42	Hyundai i20	968	0.7%	+ 0.6%	49	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
43	Jaecoo 7	898	0.6%	n/a	44	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
44	BMW X3	896	0.6%	– 19.6%	39	5,766	0.6%	+ 25.9%	46	47
45	Mercedes GLC	892	0.6%	+ 19.6%	n/a	5,461	0.6%	+ 28.4%	49	n/a
46	Suzuki Vitara	885	0.6%	+ 6.0%	45	5,778	0.6%	+ 0.7%	45	41
47	Ford Kuga	874	0.6%	– 1.4%	n/a	5,904	0.6%	– 6.2%	44	43
48	Tesla Model Y	863	0.6%	– 4.3%	n/a	4,160	0.4%	+ 36.2%	n/a	n/a
49	Renault Symbioz	818	0.6%	– 18.1%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
50	Citroen C3 Aircross	817	0.6%	n/a	37	7,460	0.8%	n/a	37	n/a
n/a	Nissan Juke	786	0.5%	– 4.4%	n/a	6,142	0.7%	– 15.9%	42	34
n/a	Skoda Fabia	757	0.5%	+ 5.4%	41	6,115	0.7%	+ 5.5%	43	36
n/a	Skoda Kamiq	720	0.5%	– 3.7%	n/a	5,469	0.6%	– 3.2%	48	38
n/a	Fiat 600	689	0.5%	– 65.6%	48	9,458	1.0%	– 31.6%	27	19
n/a	BYD Seal U	662	0.5%	– 54.2%	n/a	7,636	0.8%	+ 7.2%	36	26
n/a	Audi A1	560	0.4%	– 41.5%	n/a	5,604	0.6%	+ 6.7%	47	46
n/a	Alfa Romeo Junior	535	0.4%	– 52.6%	n/a	6,506	0.7%	– 23.0%	41	28

Source: UNRAE

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