ZAGREB, 8 August, 2022 - In the first seven months of this year, 28,925 new passenger cars were registered in Croatia, which is nearly 9% fewer than in the same period in 2021, according to the data from the Promocija Plus market research agency.
Most of the newly-registered cars were manufactured by Volkswagen -- 3,291 vehicles, and their share in the total number of new vehicles sold was 11.4%.
Škoda was the second best-selling brand in Croatia, with 2,684 units sold and a 9.3% share. It was followed by Kia (2,635 units, 9.1% share), Dacia (2,319 units, 8.0% share) and Opel (2,181 units, 7.5% share).
In July alone, 5,390 new cars were registered, a decrease of 5.0% compared with July 2021.
The top five car brands sold in July were Volkswagen (895 units), Škoda (624), Dacia (419), Opel (411) and Toyota (410).
Among high-end vehicles sold in July were one Lamborghini, two Bentleys, three Teslas and 21 Porsches.
Among the vehicles sold in the year to July 2022, 15,482 were powered by petrol (53.5%), 5,859 were hybrid (20.3%), 5,601 were diesel-fuelled (19.4%), 1,351 were natural gas vehicles (4.7%) and 632 were electric vehicles (2.2%).
