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Austria February 2026: Dacia Bigster and Skoda Elroq strong in market up 8.5%

17 March 2026 at 03:01

Fifth Top 5 finish for the Dacia Bigster in Austria.

21,288 new cars hit Austrian roads in February, another solid 8.5% year-on-year improvement. After a double-digit gain in January, the year-to-date volume is up 10.4% to 44.217. Volkswagen (+1.7%) remains in the brands lead even though it can’t quite capitalise on the market growth. In contrast Skoda (+16.9%) and Audi (+10.4%) pushed ahead and complete the podium as it was also the case in January. BMW (-21%) is in a rut at #4 while Dacia (+13%) is up four spots on last month to round out the Top 5. Peugeot (+44.3%), Cupra (+21.7%) and Toyota (+15%) also make themselves noticed in the remainder of the Top 10. Below, BYD (+62.8%) at #12, Fiat (+89.4%), MG (+136.1%) and Leapmotor (+463.6%) are among carmakers standing out.

Model-wise, the VW Golf (-13.9%) repeats at #1 for what is only its third win in the past 12 months, it is followed by the Skoda Octavia (-27.5%) in even worse shape. The Toyota Yaris/Cross (+102.7%) doubles its sales year-on-year and surges 15 spots on January to #3. The Dacia Bigster (+40000%) celebrates one year in market with a splendid 4th position, already its 5th Top 5 finish in Austria. The VW Pplo (+23.5%) is down 5 ranks on last month but soars YoY, as do the Audi Q3 (+214.8%), Skoda Elroq (+623.5%), Enyaq (+82.4%), VW Bus (+72.5%), Seat Leon (+71%) and Audi A1 (+169.5%).

Previous month: Austria January 2026: VW Golf at highest in 1.5 years, sales up 12.1%

One year ago: Austria February 2025: Audi Q8 inside Top 5, Renault 5 in Top 20

Full February 2026 Top 54 All brands and Top 20 models below.

Austria February 2026 – brands:

Pos	Brand	Feb-26	%	/25	Jan	2026	%	/25	Pos	FY25
1	Volkswagen	2,962	13.9%	+ 1.7%	1	7,378	16.7%	+ 25.9%	1	1
2	Skoda	2,346	11.0%	+ 16.9%	2	5,005	11.3%	+ 11.2%	2	2
3	Audi	1,630	7.7%	+ 10.4%	3	3,322	7.5%	+ 2.9%	3	4
4	BMW	1,197	5.6%	– 21.0%	4	2,545	5.8%	– 16.4%	4	3
5	Dacia	1,079	5.1%	+ 13.0%	9	1,920	4.3%	+ 1.9%	7	5
6	Mercedes	1,067	5.0%	+ 26.7%	6	2,026	4.6%	+ 8.9%	6	6
7	Seat	985	4.6%	+ 2.3%	5	2,329	5.3%	+ 6.6%	5	8
8	Cupra	886	4.2%	+ 21.7%	8	1,728	3.9%	+ 2.4%	8	10
9	Toyota	836	3.9%	+ 15.0%	10	1,518	3.4%	+ 3.8%	10	9
10	Peugeot	752	3.5%	+ 44.3%	7	1,605	3.6%	+ 54.8%	9	12
11	Opel	745	3.5%	+ 18.3%	14	1,299	2.9%	+ 21.5%	12	14
12	BYD	726	3.4%	+ 62.8%	11	1,372	3.1%	+ 48.2%	11	15
13	Renault	662	3.1%	– 6.8%	17	1,148	2.6%	– 14.8%	14	11
14	Ford	646	3.0%	– 3.9%	12	1,271	2.9%	– 0.2%	13	13
15	Kia	571	2.7%	+ 32.8%	16	1,078	2.4%	+ 29.3%	15	17
16	Hyundai	471	2.2%	– 6.2%	20	765	1.7%	– 35.8%	19	7
17	Citroen	452	2.1%	+ 7.1%	15	990	2.2%	+ 33.1%	16	20
18	Fiat	375	1.8%	+ 89.4%	18	838	1.9%	+ 144.3%	18	23
19	Mazda	338	1.6%	– 20.7%	21	615	1.4%	– 21.8%	21	16
20	Suzuki	313	1.5%	– 44.8%	22	558	1.3%	– 40.1%	22	22
21	Tesla	281	1.3%	+ 7.3%	13	842	1.9%	+ 72.2%	17	18
22	Volvo	274	1.3%	+ 35.6%	19	660	1.5%	+ 31.5%	20	21
23	MG	229	1.1%	+ 136.1%	23	463	1.0%	+ 44.7%	23	19
24	Land Rover	166	0.8%	+ 61.2%	27	300	0.7%	+ 35.1%	25	31
25	Jeep	144	0.7%	+ 46.9%	25	308	0.7%	+ 54.8%	24	27
26	Leapmotor	124	0.6%	+ 463.6%	31	219	0.5%	+ 895.5%	28	32
27	Honda	115	0.5%	+ 32.2%	30	212	0.5%	+ 24.0%	29	30
28	Mitsubishi	114	0.5%	– 6.6%	26	272	0.6%	+ 53.7%	26	25
29	Omoda	113	0.5%	new	32	208	0.5%	new	30	57
30	Nissan	108	0.5%	– 68.7%	35	148	0.3%	– 75.8%	34	24
31	Porsche	93	0.4%	– 18.4%	28	202	0.5%	– 24.1%	31	28
32	Mini	90	0.4%	– 27.4%	33	180	0.4%	– 26.8%	32	26
33	Alfa Romeo	82	0.4%	– 46.4%	29	179	0.4%	– 25.4%	33	29
34	Jaecoo	77	0.4%	new	24	246	0.6%	new	27	42
35	Xpeng	50	0.2%	new	39	75	0.2%	new	36	43
36	Smart	37	0.2%	+ 5.7%	36	76	0.2%	+ 26.7%	35	34
37	Polestar	32	0.2%	– 33.3%	37	69	0.2%	– 31.7%	37	33
38	Lexus	27	0.1%	– 3.6%	34	67	0.2%	+ 52.3%	38	37
39	KGM/SsangYong	23	0.1%	– 30.3%	38	50	0.1%	+ 22.0%	39	36
40	Subaru	18	0.1%	– 14.3%	41	28	0.1%	– 22.2%	41	35
41	DS	16	0.1%	+ 60.0%	40	33	0.1%	+ 65.0%	40	39
42	Lamborghini	10	0.0%	+ 233.3%	42	17	0.0%	+ 240.0%	42	40
43	MAN	6	0.0%	n/a	47	9	0.0%	n/a	44	48
44	Alpine	5	0.0%	– 28.6%	45	9	0.0%	– 47.1%	43	38
45	Ferrari	4	0.0%	– 55.6%	48	6	0.0%	– 53.8%	45	41
46	Bentley	2	0.0%	– 60.0%	49	3	0.0%	– 66.7%	49	44
47	DFM	2	0.0%	new	50	3	0.0%	new	50	61
48	Aion	1	0.0%	new	–	1	0.0%	new	53	58
49	BAIC	1	0.0%	– 75.0%	–	1	0.0%	– 75.0%	54	50
50	Cadillac	1	0.0%	n/a	–	1	0.0%	n/a	55	64
51	Chrysler	1	0.0%	+ 0.0%	–	1	0.0%	– 66.7%	56	55
52	DFSK	1	0.0%	+ 0.0%	–	1	0.0%	– 66.7%	57	47
53	Forthing	1	0.0%	new	51	2	0.0%	new	51	59
54	Maserati	1	0.0%	n/a	52	2	0.0%	n/a	52	54

Austria February 2026 – models:

Pos	Model	Feb-26	%	/25	Jan	2026	%	/25	Pos	FY25
1	VW Golf	507	2.4%	– 13.9%	1	2,011	4.5%	+ 73.4%	1	2
2	Skoda Octavia	461	2.2%	– 27.5%	4	927	2.1%	– 35.9%	3	1
3	Toyota Yaris/Cross	452	2.1%	+ 102.7%	18	743	1.7%	+ 55.8%	8	5
4	Dacia Bigster	401	1.9%	+ 40000.0%	11	752	1.7%	+ 75100.0%	7	16
5	Dacia Sandero	378	1.8%	– 4.8%	n/a	596	1.3%	– 31.4%	15	10
6	Seat Ibiza	361	1.7%	– 29.8%	6	799	1.8%	– 30.1%	4	4
7	VW Polo	352	1.7%	+ 23.5%	2	1,080	2.4%	+ 101.1%	2	11
8	Skoda Fabia	345	1.6%	– 0.9%	5	792	1.8%	+ 9.2%	5	9
9	Audi Q3	340	1.6%	+ 214.8%	10	698	1.6%	+ 240.5%	10	n/a
10	BYD Seal	331	1.6%	+ 19.1%	13	650	1.5%	– 1.4%	13	15
11	BMW X1	318	1.5%	– 5.1%	7	703	1.6%	– 1.0%	9	3
12	Skoda Elroq	318	1.5%	+ 623.5%	12	660	1.5%	+ 385.3%	11	17
13	Skoda Karoq	290	1.4%	+ 8.2%	8	659	1.5%	– 3.7%	12	8
14	VW Bus	276	1.3%	+ 72.5%	n/a	511	1.2%	+ 34.5%	19	12
15	VW Tiguan	266	1.2%	– 17.6%	16	564	1.3%	– 15.4%	16	6
16	Seat Leon	265	1.2%	+ 71.0%	9	627	1.4%	+ 85.0%	14	14
17	Skoda Enyaq	259	1.2%	+ 82.4%	n/a	529	1.2%	+ 57.0%	17	20
18	Audi A3	238	1.1%	+ 41.7%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
19	Tesla Model Y	226	1.1%	+ 36.1%	3	769	1.7%	+ 145.7%	6	7
20	Audi A1	221	1.0%	+ 169.5%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
n/a	Skoda Kodiaq	208	1.0%	+ 35.9%	17	503	1.1%	+ 67.7%	20	n/a
n/a	VW T-Roc	206	1.0%	– 22.0%	14	514	1.2%	+ 10.3%	18	n/a
n/a	BYD Sealion	163	0.8%	+ 66.3%	n/a	285	0.6%	+ 81.5%	n/a	n/a
n/a	VW ID.3	159	0.7%	– 25.7%	n/a	290	0.7%	+ 0.0%	n/a	n/a

Source: Statistik Austria

Argentina February 2026: Chinese up 7-fold, Ford (+55.9%) pushes Territory to #4

Best Selling Cars Blog

By:Matt Gasnier

17 March 2026 at 02:13

BAIC sales are up 410.6% year-on-year in February.

The Argentinean new light vehicle market drops -6% year-on-year in February to 39,498 units. This means the year-to-date tally is now off -5.2% to 102,615. Volkswagen (-21.5%) is in drab shape but repeats at #2 with 14.9% share, while Fiat (-17.7%) is #2 at 13% of the market. Leader over the Full Year 2025, Toyota (-26.9%) implodes to #3. In fact the entire Top 8 is unchanged on last month, with Ford (+55.9%) and Chevrolet (+10.1%) the only carmakers in positive just as Citroen (-29.8%), Renault (-28.9%) and Peugeot (-24.7%) struggle.

As it is the case in more and more countries around the world, Chinese carmakers are the most dynamic here. Newcomers BYD (#11) and MG (#21) progress, while BAIC is up 410.6%, Chery up 632.7%, Haval up 407%, Jetour up 922%, Changan up 5550%, Foton up 203.2%, JAC up 123.1% and DFSK up 72%… All in all, the Chinese are up a whopping 635.6% year-on-year and go from 1% share in February 2025 to 7.5% now.

Over in the models charts, the Toyota Hilux (-10.9%) remains dominant at 5.6% share ahead of two freefalling nameplates: the Fiat Cronos (-32.8%) and Peugeot 208 (-34.1%). Boosted by a new generation, the Ford Territory (+222.9%) threepeats at a record 4th place. The Ford Ranger (-21.2%) rounds out the Top 5 like it did last month. Once again the best-selling recent launch, the VW Tera repeats at #6 and remains the brand’s best-seller in Argentina. The VW Amarok (-45.6%) completes a Top 7 identical to last month.

Previous month: Argentina January 2026: Ford Territory repeats at record #4

One year ago: Argentina February 2025: Fiat Cronos lodges first win in almost a year

Full February 2026 Top 40 brands and Top 50 models below.

Argentina February 2026 – brands:

Pos	Brand	Feb-26	%	/25	Jan	2026	%	/25	Pos	FY25
1	Volkswagen	5,898	14.9%	– 21.5%	1	15,736	15.3%	– 17.7%	1	2
2	Fiat	5,127	13.0%	– 17.7%	2	13,655	13.3%	– 12.6%	2	3
3	Toyota	4,991	12.6%	– 26.9%	3	12,522	12.2%	– 27.6%	3	1
4	Ford	3,763	9.5%	+ 55.9%	4	10,577	10.3%	+ 34.1%	4	6
5	Peugeot	3,333	8.4%	– 24.7%	5	8,673	8.5%	– 31.7%	5	5
6	Chevrolet	3,225	8.2%	+ 10.1%	6	8,361	8.1%	+ 25.1%	6	7
7	Renault	3,174	8.0%	– 28.9%	7	7,807	7.6%	– 27.2%	7	4
8	Citroen	1,487	3.8%	– 29.8%	8	4,253	4.1%	– 18.7%	8	8
9	Nissan	1,281	3.2%	+ 22.3%	10	2,889	2.8%	+ 16.9%	9	10
10	Jeep	920	2.3%	– 27.0%	9	2,588	2.5%	– 31.3%	10	9
11	BYD	813	2.1%	new	13	1,728	1.7%	new	13	25
12	Mercedes	802	2.0%	+ 49.1%	12	2,023	2.0%	+ 51.8%	11	11
13	BAIC	674	1.7%	+ 410.6%	11	1,999	1.9%	+ 577.6%	12	14
14	Honda	511	1.3%	+ 62.7%	15	1,199	1.2%	+ 59.4%	14	15
15	Hyundai	504	1.3%	+ 31.3%	17	1,141	1.1%	+ 49.2%	16	12
16	Ram	428	1.1%	– 0.5%	14	1,175	1.1%	– 2.3%	15	13
17	Chery	381	1.0%	+ 632.7%	19	811	0.8%	+ 391.5%	18	20
18	Haval	289	0.7%	+ 407.0%	16	970	0.9%	+ 608.0%	17	17
19	Kia	258	0.7%	+ 218.5%	18	712	0.7%	+ 209.6%	19	16
20	BMW	226	0.6%	+ 73.8%	22	532	0.5%	+ 83.4%	21	19
21	MG	191	0.5%	new	21	543	0.5%	new	20	34
22	Jetour	184	0.5%	+ 922.2%	24	309	0.3%	+ 451.8%	23	28
23	Audi	170	0.4%	– 6.6%	20	523	0.5%	+ 9.9%	22	18
24	Changan	113	0.3%	+ 5550.0%	25	226	0.2%	+ 4420.0%	24	42
25	Foton	94	0.2%	+ 203.2%	26	203	0.2%	+ 95.2%	26	23
26	JAC	87	0.2%	+ 123.1%	23	216	0.2%	+ 184.2%	25	24
27	DFSK	86	0.2%	+ 72.0%	27	168	0.2%	+ 32.3%	27	22
28	Iveco	59	0.1%	– 10.6%	29	109	0.1%	– 21.6%	28	21
29	Suzuki	58	0.1%	+ 70.6%	31	100	0.1%	+ 156.4%	29	35
30	Subaru	52	0.1%	+ 36.8%	30	100	0.1%	+ 66.7%	30	27
31	Lexus	35	0.1%	+ 94.4%	35	69	0.1%	+ 27.8%	32	32
32	Dongfeng	30	0.1%	new	n/a	44	0.0%	new	36	40
33	Shineray	26	0.1%	+ 2500.0%	34	63	0.1%	+ 1475.0%	33	36
34	Mini	25	0.1%	+ 31.6%	33	63	0.1%	+ 26.0%	34	33
35	Mitsubishi	24	0.1%	– 36.8%	28	91	0.1%	+ 65.5%	31	29
36	Forthing	19	0.0%	new	n/a	20	0.0%	new	43	n/a
37	DS	18	0.0%	– 60.9%	n/a	46	0.0%	– 63.8%	35
38	JMEV	18	0.0%	new	38	43	0.0%	new	38	n/a
39	JMC	18	0.0%	new	n/a	34	0.0%	new	40	41
40	Kyc	16	0.0%	– 50.0%	37	44	0.0%	– 27.9%	37	31

Argentina February 2026 – models:

Pos	Model	Feb-26	%	/25	Pos	2026	%	/25	Pos	FY25
1	Toyota Hilux	2,212	5.6%	– 10.9%	1	5,625	5.5%	– 4.9%	1	1
2	Fiat Cronos	2,026	5.1%	– 32.8%	2	5,282	5.1%	– 28.0%	2	3
3	Peugeot 208	1,915	4.8%	– 34.1%	3	4,832	4.7%	– 41.5%	3	4
4	Ford Territory	1,550	3.9%	+ 222.9%	4	4,427	4.3%	+ 147.9%	4	12
5	Ford Ranger	1,338	3.4%	– 21.2%	5	3,837	3.7%	– 28.7%	5	5
6	VW Tera	1,333	3.4%	new	6	3,520	3.4%	new	6	38
7	VW Amarok	1,148	2.9%	– 45.6%	7	3,308	3.2%	– 42.8%	7	6
8	VW Polo	1,096	2.8%	– 5.0%	10	2,788	2.7%	– 22.6%	9	7
9	Chevrolet Tracker	1,082	2.7%	– 15.7%	8	3,000	2.9%	– 9.3%	8	9
10	Peugeot 2008	967	2.4%	– 18.8%	9	2,785	2.7%	– 19.9%	10	11
11	Chevrolet Onix	935	2.4%	+ 9.6%	11	2,354	2.3%	+ 47.0%	11	13
12	Toyota Corolla Cross	869	2.2%	– 27.7%	13	2,082	2.0%	– 46.0%	13	8
13	Renault Kwid	812	2.1%	+ 51.5%	14	1,958	1.9%	+ 40.9%	14	14
14	VW Taos	779	2.0%	– 53.6%	16	1,855	1.8%	– 49.8%	15	10
15	Toyota Yaris	739	1.9%	– 56.3%	12	2,125	2.1%	– 43.0%	12	2
16	Renault Kangoo II	624	1.6%	+ 102.6%	73	946	0.9%	+ 20.1%	37	49
17	Jeep Compass	623	1.6%	+ 4.7%	17	1,604	1.6%	– 2.3%	17	18
18	VW T-Cross	596	1.5%	– 39.4%	19	1,477	1.4%	– 34.4%	18	19
19	Fiat Strada	548	1.4%	– 11.0%	26	1,280	1.2%	– 10.4%	22	22
20	Toyota Corolla	532	1.3%	– 24.8%	36	1,118	1.1%	– 44.0%	29	21
21	VW Nivus	529	1.3%	– 30.8%	15	1,660	1.6%	– 17.7%	16	17
22	Mercedes Sprinter	519	1.3%	+ 28.8%	24	1,291	1.3%	+ 38.1%	21	35
23	Fiat Argo	512	1.3%	new	30	1,179	1.1%	new	25	42
24	Renault Kardian	500	1.3%	– 38.0%	20	1,352	1.3%	– 39.9%	20	15
25	Baic BJ30	498	1.3%	+ 49700.0%	18	1,421	1.4%	+ 142000.0%	19	53
26	Fiat Fiorino	485	1.2%	– 21.3%	33	1,131	1.1%	– 5.8%	27	34
27	Nissan Frontier	477	1.2%	– 31.0%	35	1,087	1.1%	– 22.8%	31	27
28	Nissan Kicks	469	1.2%	+ 92.2%	32	1,120	1.1%	+ 54.5%	28	31
29	Fiat Pulse	464	1.2%	– 14.9%	40	1,012	1.0%	– 32.8%	34	28
30	Citroen C3	428	1.1%	– 5.1%	22	1,222	1.2%	+ 29.7%	23	32
31	Toyota SW4	413	1.0%	– 30.2%	27	1,118	1.1%	– 20.8%	30	29
32	Citroen Basalt	401	1.0%	– 16.6%	23	1,188	1.2%	+ 42.8%	24	25
33	Chevrolet S10	393	1.0%	+ 36.5%	38	956	0.9%	+ 66.6%	35	33
34	Renault Kangoo	388	1.0%	– 53.9%	28	1,075	1.0%	– 38.5%	32	16
35	Citroen Aircross	383	1.0%	new	34	1,017	1.0%	new	33	–
36	Fiat Titano	370	0.9%	new	37	952	0.9%	new	36	59
37	BYD Song Pro	368	0.9%	new	41	894	0.9%	new	39	105
38	Ford Maverick	344	0.9%	+ 11366.7%	42	868	0.8%	+ 1671.4%	40	41
39	BYD Dolphin Mini	338	0.9%	new	66	514	0.5%	new	50	133
40	Fiat Toro	332	0.8%	– 52.2%	21	1,138	1.1%	– 30.9%	26	23
41	Hyundai HB20	316	0.8%	+ 16.6%	46	712	0.7%	+ 52.1%	44	44
42	Peugeot Partner	294	0.7%	+ 24.1%	54	601	0.6%	– 18.5%	48	43
43	Chevrolet Montana	282	0.7%	+ 7.2%	31	932	0.9%	+ 61.5%	38	37
44	Chevrolet Captiva	266	0.7%	new	74	411	0.4%	new	54	268
45	Fiat Fastback	254	0.6%	– 31.9%	43	772	0.8%	– 27.4%	42	30
46	Honda HR-V	245	0.6%	+ 36.9%	47	632	0.6%	+ 33.1%	46	52
47	VW Saveiro	242	0.6%	– 25.8%	48	622	0.6%	– 13.7%	47	48
48	Jeep Renegade	234	0.6%	– 60.8%	39	790	0.8%	– 59.9%	41	20
49	Renault Arkana	222	0.6%	n/a	53	556	0.5%	+ 11020.0%	49	67
50	Ram Dakota	211	0.5%	new	60	468	0.5%	new	51	238

Source: ACARA