Netherlands March 2011: Polo, Twingo and Punto on podium

Car sales in the Netherlands are up again, at +27% in March with 56,762 registrations. The VW Polo is the best selling car in the country for the 4th time in the last 6 months at 2,147 sales and 3.8% share. Just below are the Renault Twingo at 2,123 units (3.7%) and the Fiat Punto at 2,066 (3.6%).

The Peugeot 107 (2.9%), Ford Fiesta (2.7%) and Seat Ibiza (2.6%) follow. The Hyundai i10 is up 8 spots on February at #10, and the Citroen C3 is up 25 places at #20. Two new models break into the Top 40 for the first time: the Peugeot 508 is #35 with 446 sales and the Citroen DS3 is #37 with 434 units.

Full Top 20 Ranking Table below.

Pos	Model	Mar	%	Feb	2011	%	Pos	2010
1	VW Polo	2,147	3.8%	2	8,810	4.9%	1	1
2	Renault Twingo	2,123	3.7%	1	7,296	4.0%	2	13
3	Fiat Punto	2,066	3.6%	13	4,473	2.5%	6	17
4	Peugeot 107	1,655	2.9%	4	5,501	3.0%	3	2
5	Ford Fiesta	1,506	2.7%	6	4,313	2.4%	9	5
6	Seat Ibiza	1,494	2.6%	15	4,806	2.7%	4	15
7	Skoda Fabia	1,465	2.6%	5	3,903	2.2%	10	19
8	Opel Corsa	1,440	2.5%	3	4,470	2.5%	7	7
9	Fiat Panda	1,353	2.4%	9	3,787	2.1%	11	9
10	Hyundai i10	1,349	2.4%	18	2,796	1.5%	18	20
11	VW Golf	1,173	2.1%	11	4,622	2.6%	5	4
12	VW Passat	1,172	2.1%	16	3,134	1.7%	16	22
13	Opel Astra	1,164	2.1%	7	3,392	1.9%	12	12
14	Toyota Aygo	1,146	2.0%	8	4,392	2.4%	8	3
15	Ford Ka	1,069	1.9%	12	3,312	1.8%	13	8
16	Fiat 500	945	1.7%	20	2,596	1.4%	20	16
17	Suzuki Alto	902	1.6%	19	2,924	1.6%	17	10
18	Citroen C1	893	1.6%	10	3,165	1.8%	15	6
19	Ford Focus	875	1.5%	21	2,666	1.5%	19	18
20	Citroen C3	860	1.5%	45	1,681	0.9%	29	46