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Croatia March 2026: Renault and Clio in the lead, Opel up 119.2% 6 April 2026 at 06:59

Croatia March 2026: Renault and Clio in the lead, Opel up 119.2%

6 April 2026 at 06:59

The Opel Frontera is up to #7 in Croatia in March.

It’s another very strong result for new car sales in Croatia at +26.6% in May to 7,929 registrations. This way, the Q1 volume is up 11.8% to 16,738. Like a year ago, Renault (+8.5%) is the favourite brand in the country, this time with 12.2% share which is 2 percentage points below its year-ago level. Skoda (+20.5%) is bumped down to #2 ahead of a timid Volkswagen (+13.8%). Opel (+119.2%) once again stands out and is up three spots on February to #4. BMW (+90.5%), Hyundai (+51.2%) and Toyota (+32%) also outpace the surging market in the remainder of the Top 10. Below, BYD (+2210%) smashes all its records at #12 with 231 sales and 2.9% share.

Model-wise, the Renault Clio (+3.3%) signs its first win since last April and leaps up to #4 year-to-date, a ranking it also held over the Full Year 2025. The Skoda Octavia (-3%) is relegated to 2nd place but holds onto the YTD pole position. The Renault Captur (+11.9%) comes from outside the February Top 20 directly into third place and is #6 year-to-date despite falling year-on-year. The VW T-Cross (-1.6%) and Suzuki Vitara (+12.3%) round out the Top 5 but both underperform. The Opel Mokka (+294.3%) multiplies its sales by 4 year-on-year while the new Opel Frontera is up to #7, its 2nd highest ranking below the #6 it hit last November.

Previous month: Croatia February 2026: BMW (+67.6%), Opel (+58%) stand out in strong market (+14.7%)

One year ago: Croatia March 2025: Renault (+27.9%) and Clio (+35.6%) at highest in 5 years

Full March 2026 Top 50 All brands and Top 20 models below.

Croatia March 2026 – brands:

Pos	Brand	Mar-26	%	/25	Feb	2026	%	/25	Pos	FY25
1	Renault	980	12.4%	+ 8.5%	11	1,274	7.6%	– 4.3%	3	4
2	Skoda	954	12.0%	+ 20.5%	1	2,214	13.2%	+ 12.2%	1	1
3	Volkswagen	741	9.3%	+ 13.8%	2	1,823	10.9%	+ 11.2%	2	2
4	Opel	570	7.2%	+ 119.2%	7	1,046	6.2%	+ 46.3%	5	3
5	Suzuki	518	6.5%	+ 3.4%	3	1,165	7.0%	– 9.0%	4	5
6	Toyota	404	5.1%	+ 32.0%	4	1,024	6.1%	+ 14.9%	6	6
7	Dacia	386	4.9%	– 17.2%	5	820	4.9%	– 21.5%	7	7
8	Hyundai	328	4.1%	+ 51.2%	6	789	4.7%	+ 11.9%	8	8
9	Audi	325	4.1%	+ 8.3%	8	746	4.5%	+ 11.0%	9	10
10	BMW	322	4.1%	+ 90.5%	10	678	4.1%	+ 44.6%	11	11
11	Kia	297	3.7%	+ 5.7%	9	686	4.1%	– 9.6%	10	9
12	BYD	231	2.9%	+ 2210.0%	16	388	2.3%	+ 3427.3%	13	24
13	Ford	191	2.4%	+ 51.6%	15	413	2.5%	+ 6.2%	12	12
14	Peugeot	179	2.3%	+ 29.7%	13	374	2.2%	+ 12.0%	15	13
15	Mercedes	165	2.1%	+ 29.9%	18	326	1.9%	+ 7.6%	16	15
16	Cupra	154	1.9%	+ 97.4%	17	276	1.6%	+ 21.1%	18	17
17	Mazda	152	1.9%	+ 4.8%	12	380	2.3%	+ 7.6%	14	16
18	Volvo	109	1.4%	+ 28.2%	21	249	1.5%	+ 18.6%	19	22
19	Citroen	108	1.4%	– 19.4%	14	277	1.7%	– 17.1%	17	14
20	Tesla	105	1.3%	+ 250.0%	34	139	0.8%	+ 202.2%	24	25
21	Omoda	78	1.0%	n/a	22	183	1.1%	+ 9050.0%	21	33
22	Geely	76	1.0%	– 24.8%	23	156	0.9%	– 20.0%	23	18
23	Nissan	76	1.0%	– 10.6%	19	177	1.1%	– 17.3%	22	19
24	Seat	71	0.9%	+ 44.9%	27	125	0.7%	+ 31.6%	26	20
25	Jaecoo	61	0.8%	n/a	24	125	0.7%	+ 4066.7%	25	34
26	MG	60	0.8%	+ 215.8%	20	184	1.1%	+ 159.2%	20	21
27	Jeep	40	0.5%	+ 48.1%	28	68	0.4%	+ 13.3%	29	28
28	Porsche	35	0.4%	+ 2.9%	25	97	0.6%	– 11.8%	27	26
29	Mini	30	0.4%	+ 114.3%	35	62	0.4%	+ 63.2%	30	30
30	SsangYong	21	0.3%	– 44.7%	33	45	0.3%	– 28.6%	34	29
31	Fiat	20	0.3%	+ 233.3%	32	41	0.2%	+ 105.0%	35	27
32	Lexus	19	0.2%	+ 0.0%	30	52	0.3%	– 3.7%	31	32
33	Subaru	17	0.2%	– 26.1%	38	33	0.2%	– 2.9%	37	37
34	Forthing	16	0.2%	– 46.7%	26	74	0.4%	+ 1.4%	28	23
35	Honda	16	0.2%	+ 33.3%	31	45	0.3%	+ 60.7%	33	36
36	Land Rover	16	0.2%	– 55.6%	29	46	0.3%	– 48.9%	32	31
37	Alfa Romeo	13	0.2%	– 43.5%	39	27	0.2%	– 27.0%	38	35
38	Leapmotor	12	0.2%	new	37	23	0.1%	new	39	42
39	Mitsubishi	11	0.1%	+ 450.0%	36	38	0.2%	+ 660.0%	36	38
40	Zeekr	5	0.1%	new	43	7	0.0%	new	42	51
41	DS	4	0.1%	– 55.6%	41	14	0.1%	– 36.4%	40	39
42	Lynk & Co	3	0.0%	– 57.1%	42	9	0.1%	– 72.7%	41	40
43	Rariro	3	0.0%	new	–	3	0.0%	new	44	52
44	Alpine	1	0.0%	n/a	–	1	0.0%	n/a	48	56
45	BAIC	1	0.0%	new	–	1	0.0%	new	49	59
46	Dodge	1	0.0%	n/a	–	1	0.0%	n/a	50	58
47	Dongfeng	1	0.0%	n/a	–	1	0.0%	– 50.0%	51	44
48	Ferrari	1	0.0%	n/a	44	2	0.0%	n/a	47	48
49	Lamborghini	1	0.0%	n/a	–	1	0.0%	+ 0.0%	52	46
50	Xpeng	1	0.0%	new	40	5	0.0%	new	43	45

Croatia March 2026 – models:

Pos	Model	Mar-26	%	/25	Feb	2026	%	/25	Pos	FY25
1	Renault Clio	531	6.7%	+ 3.3%	15	629	3.8%	+ 0.5%	4	4
2	Skoda Octavia	359	4.5%	– 3.0%	1	845	5.0%	+ 6.8%	1	1
3	Renault Captur	338	4.3%	+ 11.9%	n/a	427	2.6%	– 7.6%	6	7
4	VW T-Cross	303	3.8%	– 1.6%	3	662	4.0%	– 4.2%	2	2
5	Suzuki Vitara	284	3.6%	+ 12.3%	2	658	3.9%	– 7.3%	3	6
6	Opel Mokka	276	3.5%	+ 294.3%	6	457	2.7%	+ 144.4%	5	5
7	Opel Frontera	257	3.2%	new	14	384	2.3%	new	8	n/a
8	Dacia Duster	191	2.4%	– 34.6%	12	335	2.0%	– 38.9%	13	8
9	Suzuki SX4 S-Cross	173	2.2%	+ 24.5%	5	424	2.5%	+ 24.3%	7	13
10	Skoda Kodiaq	170	2.1%	+ 42.9%	8	369	2.2%	– 3.7%	9	11
11	Skoda Kamiq	167	2.1%	+ 114.1%	10	362	2.2%	+ 69.2%	10	9
12	Hyundai Tucson	145	1.8%	+ 62.9%	7	346	2.1%	+ 26.7%	11	14
13	Dacia Sandero	129	1.6%	+ 48.3%	4	340	2.0%	+ 8.3%	12	10
14	VW Golf	112	1.4%	+ 49.3%	11	241	1.4%	+ 19.3%	15	16
15	Toyota Yaris Cross	105	1.3%	+ 114.3%	20	221	1.3%	+ 34.8%	18	20
16	VW Tiguan	102	1.3%	– 8.9%	9	303	1.8%	+ 11.0%	14	12
17	Toyota Yaris	100	1.3%	+ 117.4%	18	214	1.3%	+ 68.5%	19	n/a
18	Kia Xceed	99	1.2%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
19	Peugeot 208	99	1.2%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
20	Kia Stonic	93	1.2%	– 9.7%	16	231	1.4%	– 18.9%	16	18
n/a	Ford Kuga	92	1.2%	+ 31.4%	n/a	209	1.2%	+ 38.4%	20	n/a
n/a	VW T-Roc	82	1.0%	+ 34.4%	13	224	1.3%	+ 21.1%	17	n/a

Source: Promocija Plus

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Hungary March 2025: Nissan up to 19.3% share in euphoric market 6 April 2026 at 05:59

Hungary March 2025: Nissan up to 19.3% share in euphoric market

Best Selling Cars Blog

By:Matt Gasnier

6 April 2026 at 05:59

The Nissan Qashqai holds a record 14.2% share in Hungary in March.

The Hungarian new passenger car market surges 32.1% year-on-year in March to a whopping 17,443 units, the biggest monthly volume since 2020. Q1 levels are up 10.8% to 36,455. The surprise leader this month is Nissan (+190.8%) tripling its sales year-on-year to reach a record 19.3% share. Nissan sells almost as much as #2 Toyota (+36.4%) and #3 Skoda (+53.4%) combined, even though the latter two both beat the market. As a result Nissan ends the Quarter just 12 sales below Toyota in the YTD race. Suzuki (-3.6%) struggles and falls to #4, a ranking it also holds year-to-date vs. #1 over the Full Year 2025. BMW (+39%) is the only additional Top 10 outpacing the market, while newcomer Chery is up to an all-time high #12.

The Nissan Qashqhai (+231.4%) surges to a whopping 14.2% share for the month and easily snaps the Q1 top with 9% of the market. The Skoda Octavia (+41.1%) ranks #2 both in March and year-to-date, toppling the Suzuki S-Cross (+0.2%). The Suzuki Vitara (+3.9%) follows at #4 while the Nissan X-Trail is up to an estimated 5th place and #9 so far this year vs. #33 over the Full Year 2025. Nissan also places the Juke at #10 for the month at #18 year-to-date vs. #91 last year.

Previous month: Hungary February 2026: Suzuki S-Cross, Vitara reclaim top spots

One year ago: Hungary March 2025: Nissan Qashqai best-seller

Full March 2026 Top 20 brands and Top 20 models below.

Hungary March 2026 – brands (Passenger Cars only):

Pos	Brand PC only	Mar-26	%	/25	Feb	2026 1-3	%	/25	Pos	Pos
1	Nissan	3,362	19.3%	+ 190.8%	6	4,435	12.2%	+ 131.7%	2	8
2	Toyota	1,716	9.8%	+ 36.4%	1	4,447	12.2%	+ 28.0%	1	2
3	Skoda	1,675	9.6%	+ 53.4%	3	3,421	9.4%	+ 14.8%	3	3
4	Suzuki	1,491	8.5%	– 3.6%	2	3,219	8.8%	– 26.2%	4	1
5	Volkswagen	913	5.2%	+ 8.7%	4	2,104	5.8%	– 7.7%	5	4
6	Ford	769	4.4%	– 7.1%	5	1,825	5.0%	– 26.9%	7	5
7	BMW	699	4.0%	+ 39.0%	7	1,870	5.1%	+ 24.6%	6	7
8	Kia	626	3.6%	– 16.0%	8	1,568	4.3%	– 21.8%	8	6
9	Hyundai	577	3.3%	+ 26.0%	10	1,411	3.9%	+ 18.4%	9	10
10	Mercedes	530	3.0%	+ 17.3%	9	1,386	3.8%	+ 6.9%	10	9
11	Opel	459	2.6%	+ 14.8%	18	733	2.0%	+ 15.3%	15	12
12	Chery	413	2.4%	n/a	16	820	2.2%	n/a	13	n/a
13	Dacia	405	2.3%	– 18.0%	15	866	2.4%	– 6.2%	12	11
14	Tesla	368	2.1%	– 9.4%	n/a	485	1.3%	– 14.0%	20	16
15	Audi	366	2.1%	+ 2.8%	13	874	2.4%	– 0.7%	11	15
16	BYD	354	2.0%	+ 24.2%	12	818	2.2%	+ 52.6%	14	22
17	Volvo	284	1.6%	+ 6.0%	17	597	1.6%	– 13.5%	16	14
18	Mazda	251	1.4%	+ 97.6%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	21
19	Citroen	246	1.4%	n/a	20	573	1.6%	+ 176.8%	18	n/a
20	MG	245	1.4%	+ 45.0%	19	470	1.3%	n/a	21	19
n/a	Renault	242	1.4%	– 41.3%	11	596	1.6%	– 34.9%	17	13
n/a	Peugeot	204	1.2%	+ 1.5%	14	548	1.5%	+ 8.3%	19	17

Hungary March 2026 – models:

Pos	Model	Mar-26	%	/25	Feb	2026 1-3	%	/25	Pos	FY25
1	Nissan Qashqai	2,472	14.2%	+ 231.4%	4	3,277	9.0%	+ 163.6%	1	5
2	Skoda Octavia	803	4.6%	+ 41.1%	3	1,574	4.3%	– 1.6%	2	2
3	Suzuki S-Cross	656	3.8%	+ 0.2%	1	1,545	4.2%	– 27.8%	3	1
4	Suzuki Vitara	643	3.7%	+ 3.9%	2	1,367	3.7%	– 15.5%	4	3
5	Nissan X-Trail (est)	540	3.1%	n/a	n/a	644	1.8%	+ 129.2%	9	33
6	Toyota Yaris Cross	351	2.0%	+ 45.6%	8	1,021	2.8%	+ 70.2%	5	7
7	Toyota Corolla	346	2.0%	+ 5.5%	5	899	2.5%	+ 26.4%	6	12
8	Hyundai Tucson	304	1.7%	+ 77.8%	7	842	2.3%	+ 89.6%	7	14
9	Toyota C-HR	287	1.6%	+ 24.2%	n/a	612	1.7%	+ 9.7%	10	11
10	Nissan Juke	286	1.6%	n/a	n/a	438	1.2%	n/a	18	91
11	Skoda Kodiaq	262	1.5%	+ 3.1%	n/a	497	1.4%	– 8.3%	14	17
12	Kia Sportage	259	1.5%	+ 13.1%	6	699	1.9%	+ 15.5%	8	13
13	Toyota Corolla Cross	242	1.4%	+ 135.0%	10	557	1.5%	+ 45.4%	11	16
14	Dacia Duster	226	1.3%	– 31.9%	n/a	430	1.2%	– 37.3%	19	4
15	Ford Kuga	222	1.3%	+ 65.7%	n/a	514	1.4%	+ 19.3%	13	18
16	Skoda Superb	209	1.2%	n/a	n/a	489	1.3%	+ 100.4%	16	37
17	Toyota Aygo X	203	1.2%	n/a	n/a	450	1.2%	+ 115.3%	17	59
18	Ford Tourneo Custom	187	1.1%	n/a	9	493	1.4%	– 39.1%	15	8
19	Citroen C3 Aircross	182	1.0%	n/a	n/a	404	1.1%	n/a	20	78
20	VW T-Roc	171	1.0%	n/a	n/a	531	1.5%	+ 71.8%	12	25

Source: Dataforce. Many thanks to Csaba.