Lithuania 2017. Market boomed 36%

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Lithuania cars market
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Lithuania cars market boomed in the 2017 improving 36.6% from the previous year sustained by the economic solid expansion and hitting the best in this decade. Market leader was again Fiat with 23% of market share.

Lithuania economic activity expanded at a sustained pace in the final stretch of 2017, following a moderation in growth in Q3. External demand, especially from the EU, was buoyant in October and November: Year-on-year export growth came in at double-digit rates in both months. Healthy demand for Lithuanian products was reflected in the solid annual expansions in industrial production recorded throughout the quarter. Moreover, after reaching a six-month high in October, the unemployment rate inched down in November. Together with some easing in inflationary pressures, this sustained consumer spending, as suggested by the acceleration in year-on-year growth in retail sales registered in the same month.

Lithuania vehicles market in recent years hit a negative peak in the 2014 when sales fell at 16.500, before to start a recovery with three years consistently positive with the 2017 ended at 29.709 units, up 36.6%  from the previous year.

Sales 2012Sales 2013Sales 2014Sales 2015Sales 2016Sales 2017Sales 2018 e
Car22.09419.41014.50317.06418.95625.86526.900
LCV1.5981.8231.9973.3612.7933.8443.756
Total23.69221.23316.50020.42521.74929.70930.655
2012 Var2013 Var2014 Var2015 Var2016 Var2017 Var2018 var e
Car-11,1%-12,1%-25,3%17,7%11,1%36,4%4,0%
LCV-12,4%14,1%9,5%68,3%-16,9%37,6%-2,3%
Total-11,2%-10,4%-22,3%23,8%6,5%36,6%3,2%

The market leader was again Fiat with 23.7% of market share and 6.118 sales (+81.5%).

In second place Volkswagen with 3.506 units (+32.7%) and Toyota with 3.376 (+39.8%).

Rank 2017Rank 2016BrandSales 2017Sales 2016Variation 2017Share 2017Share 2016
11Fiat6.1183.37081,5%23,7%17,8%
22Volkswagen3.5062.64332,7%13,6%13,9%
33Toyota3.3762.41539,8%13,1%12,7%
44Skoda1.8001.6409,8%7,0%8,7%
55Nissan1.4621.4103,7%5,7%7,4%
66Renault1.02092510,3%3,9%4,9%
719Citroen830234254,6%3,2%1,2%
87Kia822828-0,7%3,2%4,4%
98Opel732747-2,0%2,8%3,9%
109BMW621662-6,2%2,4%3,5%

Rank 2017Rank 2016Sales 2017Sales 2016Variation 2017
11Fiat 5003.4882.45941,8%
25Fiat 500x1.23169178,1%
33Skoda Octavia1.04478333,3%
44Volkswagen Passat96074728,5%
516Fiat Tipo834
62Nissan Qashqai8167942,8%
76Volkswagen Golf74460123,8%
89Toyota RAV467247441,8%
916Volkswagen Tiguan637
107Toyota Auris6125992,2%