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Nissan Qashqai sales are up 57.5% year-on-year in February.

It’s another weak result for new car sales in Cyprus, based on data by our local partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, with February volumes down -13.8% year-on-year to 1,107. Keep in mind February 2025 was already off -14.5% on the year prior. Year-to-date totals are down -15.8% to 2,849. Kia (-48.4%) remains the most popular carmaker in the country but almost halves its volume year-on-year. Nissan (+6.1%) climbs up four spots on last month to #2 and 9.5% share, distancing Toyota (+7%), BMW (+5.1%) and Volkswagen (+28.1%). Newcomer BYD is up one spot on January to a record #6 also reached last October and December, but its share falls month-on-month to 6.1%. Citroen (+533.3%), Honda (+216.7%) and Dacia (+144.4%) post surreal gains below.

 In teh models charts, the Kia Sportage (-31.8%) repeats at #1 despite a harsh year-on-year fall. It distances a surging Nissan Qashqai (+57.5%) up four ranks on last month to #2. The next three models fall by double-digits, with the Kia Stonic (-50%) hit the hardest followed by the Hyundai Tucson (-14.6%) and Jeep Avenger (-14.6%). However the Tucson is up 21 spots on January to #4 and the Avenger up five to #4. Norse also the Dacia Duster up 20 ranks to #8, the VW Taigo up 127.3% to #10 an the Volvo XC40 up 41.2% to #11.

Previous month: Cyprus January 2026: BYD breaks share record, places Atto 3 at #3 in devastated market (-17.4%)

One year ago: Cyprus February 2025: Kia Sportage, Hyundai Kona dominate weak market

Full February 2026 Top 35 All brands and Top 30 models below.

Cyprus February 2026 – brands:

Pos	Brand	Feb-26	%	/25	Jan	2026	%	/25	Pos	FY25
1	Kia	149	13.5%	– 48.4%	1	337	14.0%	– 37.7%	1	1
2	Nissan	105	9.5%	+ 6.1%	6	194	8.1%	– 4.4%	3	5
3	Toyota	92	8.3%	+ 7.0%	2	202	8.4%	+ 0.5%	2	2
4	BMW	82	7.4%	+ 5.1%	5	178	7.4%	– 22.3%	5	6
5	Volkswagen	82	7.4%	+ 28.1%	3	191	8.0%	+ 3.2%	4	4
6	BYD	67	6.1%	new	7	154	6.4%	new	7	18
7	Hyundai	67	6.1%	– 58.1%	8	141	5.9%	– 46.2%	8	3
8	Mercedes	57	5.1%	– 19.7%	4	156	6.5%	– 11.9%	6	7
9	Jeep	45	4.1%	– 29.7%	12	79	3.3%	– 13.2%	12	9
10	Renault	45	4.1%	– 6.3%	9	108	4.5%	– 20.0%	9	8
11	Dacia	44	4.0%	+ 144.4%	11	80	3.3%	+ 53.8%	10	11
12	Audi	31	2.8%	+ 0.0%	10	79	3.3%	– 8.1%	11	10
13	Volvo	30	2.7%	+ 15.4%	15	56	2.3%	– 31.7%	13	17
14	Land Rover	24	2.2%	– 27.3%	18	45	1.9%	– 40.8%	16	15
15	Citroen	19	1.7%	+ 533.3%	23	28	1.2%	+ 600.0%	20	28
16	Honda	19	1.7%	+ 216.7%	25	26	1.1%	+ 23.8%	21	23
17	Porsche	18	1.6%	– 48.6%	14	45	1.9%	– 38.4%	15	16
18	Ford	17	1.5%	– 75.4%	13	49	2.0%	– 55.9%	14	12
19	Mini	16	1.4%	– 38.5%	19	31	1.3%	– 67.7%	19	14
20	Peugeot	15	1.4%	+ 87.5%	22	25	1.0%	+ 31.6%	23	19
21	Skoda	15	1.4%	– 16.7%	16	36	1.5%	– 21.7%	17	13
22	Lexus	13	1.2%	+ 116.7%	17	34	1.4%	+ 17.2%	18	20
23	MG	11	1.0%	+ 83.3%	21	25	1.0%	+ 257.1%	22	21
24	BAIC	8	0.7%	new	–	8	0.3%	new	29	–
25	Cupra	7	0.6%	– 30.0%	20	21	0.9%	+ 31.3%	24	22
26	Mazda	6	0.5%	– 25.0%	27	12	0.5%	– 42.9%	26	26
27	Opel	4	0.4%	+ 300.0%	29	9	0.4%	+ 350.0%	28	29
28	Seat	4	0.4%	+ 300.0%	31	7	0.3%	– 82.1%	32	24
29	Suzuki	4	0.4%	– 42.9%	26	10	0.4%	– 9.1%	27	27
30	Maserati	3	0.3%	+ 0.0%	30	8	0.3%	+ 60.0%	30	32
31	Ssangyong	3	0.3%	– 40.0%	24	12	0.5%	– 20.0%	25	25
32	Ferrari	2	0.2%	+ 0.0%	–	2	0.1%	– 50.0%	35	33
33	Lamborghini	2	0.2%	+ 100.0%	–	2	0.1%	+ 0.0%	34	34
34	Alfa Romeo	1	0.1%	+ 0.0%	28	7	0.3%	+ 133.3%	31	31
35	Bentley	0	0.0%	n/a	32	3	0.1%	+ 0.0%	33	30

Cyprus February 2026 – models:

Pos	Model	Feb-26	%	/25	Jan	2026	%	/25	Pos	FY25
1	Kia Sportage	75	6.8%	– 31.8%	1	146	6.1%	– 27.0%	1	2
2	Nissan Qashqai	63	5.7%	+ 57.5%	6	99	4.1%	+ 33.8%	2	4
3	Hyundai Tucson	41	3.7%	– 14.6%	24	55	2.3%	– 32.9%	8	3
4	Jeep Avenger	35	3.2%	– 14.6%	9	62	2.6%	+ 3.3%	5	7
5	Kia Stonic	35	3.2%	– 50.0%	2	90	3.8%	– 37.1%	3	1
6	Toyota C-HR	32	2.9%	+ 14.3%	5	69	2.9%	+ 15.0%	4	8
7	Nissan Juke	30	2.7%	– 25.0%	12	55	2.3%	– 40.2%	9	6
8	Dacia Duster	27	2.4%	+ 2600.0%	28	40	1.7%	+ 1900.0%	14	18
9	VW T-Roc	25	2.3%	+ 13.6%	14	50	2.1%	– 32.4%	10	5
10	VW Taigo	25	2.3%	+ 127.3%	32	37	1.5%	+ 42.3%	18	21
11	Volvo XC40	24	2.2%	+ 41.2%	31	36	1.5%	– 26.5%	19	24
12	Kia Xceed	21	1.9%	– 8.7%	11	47	2.0%	– 43.4%	11	14
13	BMW X1	20	1.8%	– 28.6%	10	46	1.9%	– 52.6%	12	13
14	BYD Seal U (est)	20	1.8%	new	n/a	30	1.3%	new	23	n/a
15	Renault Arkana	20	1.8%	– 13.0%	18	39	1.6%	– 59.4%	16	9
16	Toyota Yaris Cross	18	1.6%	– 18.2%	4	57	2.4%	+ 7.5%	7	10
17	BMW X2 (est)	14	1.3%	+ 16.7%	n/a	24	1.0%	– 11.1%	27	n/a
18	VW T-Cross	14	1.3%	+ 16.7%	13	39	1.6%	– 20.4%	17	12
19	BYD Atto 3	13	1.2%	new	3	57	2.4%	new	6	n/a
20	BYD Dolphin Surf	13	1.2%	new	21	28	1.2%	new	24	n/a
21	Renault Captur	13	1.2%	– 7.1%	19	32	1.3%	+ 88.2%	20	n/a
22	BMW X3 (est)	12	1.1%	– 38.5%	n/a	22	0.9%	+ 22.2%	29	64
23	BYD Sealion 7	11	1.0%	new	16	31	1.3%	new	21	n/a
24	Hyundai Kona	11	1.0%	– 87.2%	8	42	1.8%	– 70.4%	13	11
25	Kia Picanto	10	0.9%	– 50.0%	20	28	1.2%	– 22.2%	25	17
26	Mercedes GLA	9	0.8%	+ 125.0%	15	31	1.3%	+ 106.7%	22	n/a
27	Mercedes GLC	8	0.7%	– 20.0%	17	28	1.2%	– 6.7%	26	29
28	Nissan X-Trail	8	0.7%	n/a	27	22	0.9%	+ 4.8%	30	20
29	Toyota Aygo X	8	0.7%	+ 300.0%	23	23	1.0%	+ 283.3%	28	n/a
30	VW Tiguan	8	0.7%	+ 0.0%	7	40	1.7%	+ 135.3%	15	22

Source: SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT