In October, 2,889 new passenger cars were sold, which is 407 vehicles or 16.3 percent more than in October last year, when 2,482 were sold, while in the first ten months of this year, sales increased by more than 20 percent, according to data from Promocija plus. From January to October, a total of 37,805 new vehicles were sold, which is 20.7 percent more than in the same period last year, when 31,299 new cars found their way to customers.
In October, customers most sought the Volkswagen (VW) Golf, with 151 vehicles sold, while the second place, with 111 cars sold each, is shared by the Škoda Octavia and Suzuki Vitara, while the third best-selling vehicle was the Škoda Fabia (108). In October, VW sold 440 vehicles, Škoda 344, and Renault 212. Among the most attractive German premium trio for Croatian citizens, BMW was first in October with 103 vehicles sold, Audi second with 93 vehicles sold, and Mercedes third with 77.
In the first ten months of this year, VW sold a total of 5,330 cars, Opel 3,715, Renault 3,212, Škoda 3,108, and Ford 2,650. By type of fuel, 57 percent of the vehicles sold in the first ten months of this year were diesel-powered, 41 percent were gasoline, while the remaining percentage accounted for all other drives.
