In the month of September we can not only highlight the return to school or the arrival of autumn. In Italy the small and inexpensive Dacia Spring has become one of the best-selling electric cars and helps Dacia to achieve third place as the best-selling brand.
With 105,175 units sold in the month of September, sales improve compared to the past summer months but they do not manage to surpass the 2020 data that were already quite irregular as we well know. In this case, the decrease in registrations is 32.7%.
A trend that continues without spoiling the positive data of the accumulated registrations that month by month continues to show a green data but whose advantage over the past 2020 is less and less. Who knows if perhaps the year will end up being even worse than last year, now due to the semiconductor crisis. Getting to the point with the numbers, in total 1,165,491 units have already been registered, 20.6% more than last year.
Turning now to the analysis of sales by models, we are going to highlight the good, the bad and the ugly. But instead of calling them that they will be the surprise, the constant and the descent.
Starting with the surprise, Dacia Spring soars in the top 50 and reaches 11th place in the ranking, being ahead of cars like the Opel Corsa, Hyundai i10 or Toyota Yaris. Although being honest, it is not a big surprise since the Dacia Spring has all the ingredients to succeed thanks to its small size, interesting electric autonomy and its economical price considering that it is a 100% electric model.
Going to the constant for September, as for 2021 and as for the last three years. The fireproof Fiat Panda continues to stand out in sales with about 50,000 units of difference compared to the second best-selling car in Italy. It continues to work like the first day without a doubt.
The ugly one in September will be a utility vehicle, since like the Opel Corsa in August that disappeared from the top 50, now it is the turn of the Ford Fiesta that falls from the top 50 losing more than 25 positions. Despite this, when one falls, the other rises and the top 50 have been joined by models such as the new Toyota Yaris Cross or the Tesla Model 3 that is camouflaged in the middle of the table with a good result.