In September, 2,586 new passenger vehicles were sold, which is 18.1 percent more than in the same month last year when 2,189 were sold, while a total of 34,916 new vehicles were sold in the first nine months of this year, which is 21.1 percent more than in the same period last year when 28,817 were sold, according to data from Promocija plus.
In September of this year, the most sold were Volkswagen (VW) Golfs, with 130 vehicles, followed by Škoda Octavia with 106, while in third place among the best-selling was Suzuki Vitara with 80 sold vehicles. Since the beginning of the year, VW has sold the most new passenger vehicles in Croatia, totaling 4,890. Opel is in second place with 3,536 vehicles sold, Renault is third with 3,000, Škoda is fourth with 2,764, and Ford is fifth with 2,546 vehicles sold.
Among German premium brands, Audi managed to sell 1,246 cars during this period, Mercedes 1,062, and BMW 1,049.
According to fuel type, in the first nine months of 2016, the share of sold diesel vehicles in total sales was 57 percent. The share of gasoline vehicles was 41 percent, while sales of vehicles with other fuels remained at low levels.
