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According to our local partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, the Cypriot market is up 8.1% year-on-year in April to 1,185 units. The YTD tally is now down -13.5% to 4,799. This month Kia (+78.9%) easily reclaims the brands top spot after a freak #1 spot by Nissan last month. Hyundai (+42.5%) also shines to 2nd place ahead of Volkswagen (-18.9%). Newcomer BYD is up to #4 with 7% share which are both new records. Toyota (-46.9%) closes out the Top 5 in party form. #1 last month, Nissan (stable) falls to #7.

Model-wise, the Hyundai Tucson (+77.2%) shoots up to #1 with 8.5% share ahead of the Kia Stonic (+196.6%) which climbs three spots YTD to reclaim the pole position it held over the Full Year 2025. In fact Kia places no less than five models inside the Top 6 with the Xceed (+1200%) at #3, the EV3 (+163.2%) at #4, the Sportage (-4.7%) at #5 and the Picanto (estimated at +11.1%) at #6. The BYD Atto 3 and Dolphin Surf are both inside the Top 10.

Previous month: Cyprus March 2026: Nissan Juke and Qashqai dominate in market off -24.2%

One year ago: Cyprus April 2025: Renault Arkana up to #2 in market down -31.8%

Full April 2026 Top 33 All brands and Top 20 models below.

Cyprus April 2026 – brands:

Pos	Brand	Apr-26	%	/25	Mar	2026	%	/25	Pos	FY25
1	Kia	272	23.0%	+ 78.9%	2	773	16.1%	– 24.7%	1	1
2	Hyundai	124	10.5%	+ 42.5%	5	328	6.8%	– 32.5%	5	3
3	Volkswagen	90	7.6%	– 18.9%	4	347	7.2%	– 22.2%	4	4
4	BYD	83	7.0%	new	6	299	6.2%	new	6	18
5	Toyota	76	6.4%	– 46.9%	3	349	7.3%	– 28.8%	3	2
6	BMW	62	5.2%	+ 14.8%	7	290	6.0%	– 12.7%	7	6
7	Nissan	43	3.6%	+ 0.0%	1	502	10.5%	+ 5.7%	2	5
8	Renault	34	2.9%	– 53.4%	13	177	3.7%	– 25.6%	9	8
9	Mercedes	33	2.8%	– 55.4%	12	226	4.7%	– 27.6%	8	7
10	Jeep	32	2.7%	– 45.8%	8	158	3.3%	– 29.1%	10	9
11	Land Rover	31	2.6%	+ 6.9%	11	116	2.4%	– 5.7%	13	15
12	Dacia	30	2.5%	+ 36.4%	9	152	3.2%	+ 20.6%	11	11
13	Peugeot	29	2.4%	+ 107.1%	10	96	2.0%	+ 84.6%	14	19
14	Audi	28	2.4%	– 49.1%	19	127	2.6%	– 33.5%	12	10
15	Skoda	28	2.4%	+ 7.7%	17	85	1.8%	– 23.4%	17	13
16	Ford	26	2.2%	– 13.3%	21	88	1.8%	– 54.2%	15	12
17	MG	21	1.8%	+ 75.0%	15	67	1.4%	+ 157.7%	20	21
18	Mini	21	1.8%	+ 61.5%	16	73	1.5%	– 51.0%	19	14
19	Seat	17	1.4%	+ 142.9%	31	26	0.5%	– 54.4%	26	24
20	Porsche	15	1.3%	– 21.1%	14	85	1.8%	– 24.8%	16	16
21	Ssangyong	15	1.3%	+ 150.0%	20	44	0.9%	+ 57.1%	24	25
22	Lexus	14	1.2%	+ 0.0%	22	61	1.3%	– 9.0%	21	20
23	Cupra	13	1.1%	+ 30.0%	24	44	0.9%	+ 29.4%	23	22
24	Honda	11	0.9%	– 21.4%	23	48	1.0%	+ 20.0%	22	23
25	Suzuki	7	0.6%	+ 133.3%	28	23	0.5%	+ 15.0%	28	27
26	Volvo	7	0.6%	– 22.2%	18	84	1.8%	– 23.6%	18	17
27	BAIC	6	0.5%	new	25	22	0.5%	new	29	–
28	Mazda	5	0.4%	+ 25.0%	27	23	0.5%	– 23.3%	27	26
29	Opel	5	0.4%	+ 0.0%	29	18	0.4%	+ 63.6%	30	29
30	Citroen	4	0.3%	+ 100.0%	26	39	0.8%	+ 550.0%	25	28
31	Alfa Romeo	1	0.1%	+ 0.0%	–	8	0.2%	+ 100.0%	32	31
32	Lamborghini	1	0.1%	n/a	–	3	0.1%	– 25.0%	34	34
33	Maserati	1	0.1%	+ 0.0%	30	11	0.2%	+ 57.1%	31	32

Cyprus April 2026 – models:

Note: This ranking features the Top 30 models YTD ordered based on their April sales and may therefore not be 100% accurate.

Pos	Model	Apr-26	%	/25	Mar	2026	%	/25	Pos	FY25
1	Hyundai Tucson	101	8.5%	+ 77.2%	9	184	3.8%	– 11.1%	5	3
2	Kia Stonic	86	7.3%	+ 196.6%	3	231	4.8%	– 29.6%	1	1
3	Kia Xceed	52	4.4%	+ 1200.0%	13	119	2.5%	+ 15.5%	8	14
4	Kia EV3	50	4.2%	+ 163.2%	7	106	2.2%	+ 116.3%	11	19
5	Kia Sportage	41	3.5%	– 4.7%	4	229	4.8%	– 23.7%	2	2
6	Kia Picanto (est)	40	3.4%	+ 11.1%	65	70	1.5%	– 51.7%	15	17
7	VW T-Roc	35	3.0%	– 20.5%	6	123	2.6%	– 33.5%	7	5
8	BYD Atto 3	29	2.4%	new	n/a	89	1.9%	new	12	n/a
9	BYD Dolphin Surf	27	2.3%	new	20	67	1.4%	new	19	n/a
10	Jeep Avenger	25	2.1%	– 19.4%	5	126	2.6%	– 1.6%	6	7
11	Toyota Yaris Cross	25	2.1%	– 37.5%	10	107	2.2%	+ 0.9%	10	10
12	Toyota C-HR	24	2.0%	– 4.0%	15	109	2.3%	– 10.7%	9	8
13	Nissan Qashqai	23	1.9%	+ 15.0%	2	229	4.8%	+ 24.5%	3	4
14	VW T-Cross	23	1.9%	+ 15.0%	n/a	68	1.4%	– 20.9%	17	12
15	Mini Countryman	18	1.5%	+ 100.0%	18	52	1.1%	– 62.0%	25	15
16	Land Rover Discovery Sport (est)	15	1.3%	n/a	n/a	43	0.9%	+ 59.3%	29	84
17	Peugeot 3008	15	1.3%	+ 66.7%	14	54	1.1%	+ 74.2%	22	n/a
18	Dacia Duster	14	1.2%	+ 16.7%	16	69	1.4%	+ 155.6%	16	18
19	Hyundai Kona	14	1.2%	– 12.5%	17	71	1.5%	– 63.8%	14	11
20	Nissan Juke	13	1.1%	+ 44.4%	1	201	4.2%	+ 8.1%	4	6
n/a	BMW X1	12	1.0%	– 36.8%	n/a	67	1.4%	– 47.2%	18	13
n/a	BYD Seal U	11	0.9%	new	8	76	1.6%	new	13	n/a
n/a	VW Taigo	11	0.9%	– 31.3%	n/a	55	1.1%	– 34.5%	21	21
n/a	VW Tiguan	11	0.9%	– 8.3%	n/a	58	1.2%	+ 34.9%	20	22
n/a	Renault Captur	10	0.8%	– 16.7%	21	54	1.1%	+ 45.9%	23	n/a
n/a	Mercedes GLC	8	0.7%	– 46.7%	n/a	45	0.9%	– 15.1%	28	29
n/a	Nissan X-Trail	6	0.5%	– 50.0%	11	51	1.1%	– 32.0%	27	20
n/a	BYD Sealion 7	5	0.4%	new	n/a	41	0.9%	new	30	n/a
n/a	Renault Arkana	4	0.3%	– 91.8%	n/a	52	1.1%	– 65.6%	26	9
n/a	Volvo XC40	4	0.3%	+ 33.3%	19	54	1.1%	– 8.5%	24	24