The Toyota Corolla Cross ranks #8 in Moldova in September.

Data by our local partner CE Auto shows a Moldovan new car market up a solid 11.7% year-on-year in September to 879 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 16.1% to 7,143. The Dacia Duster (+226.1%) remains the most popular vehicle in the country with a dominant 8.5% share vs. 5.3% for the #2, the Kia Sportage (+38.2%). The Skoda Kodiaq (+25%) advances three spots on last month to land on the third step of the pdoium  ahead of the Toyota RAV4 (-20.4%), leader a year ago. The Suzuki Vitara (+10%) and Hyundai Tucson (+150%) complete a Top 6 entirely composed of SUVs. In fact there are nine SUVs in the Top 10 this month: add the Toyota Corolla Cross, Yaris Cross and Geely Coolray.

Previous month: Moldova August 2024: Dacia Duster #1, Renault Master repeats inside Top 5

One year ago: Moldova September 2023: Toyota RAV4 and Renault Express on top

Full September 2024 Top 10 models ranking below.

Moldova September 2024 – models:

PosModelSep-24%/23Aug2024%/23PosFY231Dacia Duster758.5%+ 226.1%15988.4%+ 44.1%112Kia Sportage475.3%+ 38.2%33775.3%– 22.3%323Skoda Kodiaq404.6%+ 25.0%62693.8%– 28.1%444Toyota RAV4394.4%– 20.4%44536.3%+ 32.5%235Suzuki Vitara333.8%+ 10.0%22553.6%+ 9.0%556Hyundai Tucson303.4%+ 150.0%91472.1%+ 5.0%997Skoda Superb242.7%n/a71812.5%n/a7n/a8Toyota Corolla Cross192.2%n/an/an/an/an/an/an/a9Geely Coolray182.0%n/a81391.9%n/a10n/a10Toyota Yaris Cross171.9%n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/aDacia Logan121.4%– 58.6%n/a1932.7%+ 25.3%67n/aSkoda Octavia111.3%n/a91752.4%n/a8n/a

Source: CE Auto