This year's May ended with a very high number of new cars in Greece, marking a performance reminiscent of other times.
The new passenger cars registered in Greece in May that only yesterday completed its course were 16,268, a very good number which also creates a new 16-year record in the Greek car market. Based on official sales data, in order to find higher performance, we have to look at the far 2010 and more specifically, in March of that year, when sales had touched 19,053 cars.
It was also a feature of this May. The fact that retail sales (private buyers) did very well, not so much in terms of their share of corporate - they again registered a low 33% rate, but more in terms of their final number that exceeded 5,000 cars (5,304 sales).
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In the year, after this very good performance of May, 2026 car sales reach 65,323 cars, with an increase of 2.8% compared to the 63,515 cars last year.
First place for Toyota and Yaris Cross in May.
Turning to the May data, The Toyota noted a very high number of classifications and took the lead with 2,648 cars, followed by Suzuki with 1,373 sales and Peugeot with 1,151 classifications.
The Top 10 of the May Marks
- Toyota: 2.648 sales
- Suzuki: 1,373 sales
- Peugeot: 1,151 sales
- Hyundai: 1,098 sales
- Citroen: 932 sales
- Kia: 893 sales
- Renault: 806 sales
- Dacia: 801 sales
- Fiat: 723 sales
- BMW: 683 sales
In the year, Toyota leads by far the rest having already recorded 9,884 salesPeugeot follows in second place with 5.333 sales, while the first trinity closes Suzuki with 4.297 classifications.
Toyota's May Success supported mainly at Toyota Yaris Cross, which completed first place in the month with a very good number of 1,191 cars.
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After a while Suzuki Swift was found in the Top 3 of May's sales.
The second place of the month followed by Suzuki Swift, which scored 719 classifications, while third was Peugeot 2008 with 685 sales.
The Top 10 of May Models
- Toyota
Yaris Cross: 1.191 sales - Suzuki
Swift: 719 sales - Peugeot
2008: 685 sales - Renault
Clio: 652 sales - Kia
Picanto: 630 sales - Hyundai
i20: 566 sales - Toyota
Yaris: 544 sales - Suzuki
Vitara: 538 sales - Citroen
C3: 509 sales - Dacia Sandero: 497 sales
As regards the 5 months of 2026, Toyota Yaris Cross is now this most popular model in Greece with 3,674 cars, following his success last year. Peugeot 2008 which was first until the 4 months follows with 3,199 sales, while Citroen C3 is maintained in third place with 2,603 sales.
It continues its very good course the Peugeot 2008 within 2026.
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It is worth noting that the first three sales models are classified in the category of small (B) SUV, which is the most popular of our market.
