Italians reject Toyota and Subaru

Italians reject Toyota and Subaru


The Italian electric car market is facing a certain period, we can define it as “waiting”. What are you waiting for? Among the new car incentives for 2024 that will come into effect only in May, the delay by the Government will cost EV manufacturers. Despite this, let’s see Top and Flop types for the first quarter of 2024.

There is no shortage of surprises on both sides, if we take it out Tesla Model Y and Model 3 in first and second place, and – respectively – 2,345 and 1,279 units registered, in third place we have the compact Jeep Avenger, with the ability to sell 666 units in three months. The Top 10 continues with the Volkswagen ID.3, Fiat 500e, Volvo EX30 which is clearly on the rise (continuing the excellent number of March it can aspire to third place without problems), Smart ForTwo, BMW iX1, Audi Q4 e-tron and Peugeot 208.

Before looking at Flops, it is worth emphasizing that the UNRAE standard does not take into account all the models sold in our country. In fact, under the heading “Other” there is 141 cars of the most different brands which is somehow “out of the league”, above the 73rd position. So here are the latest BEVs listed by UNRAE in the first quarter of 2024. Even if it was a little disappointing, the Hyundai IONIQ 5 sold only 19 vehicles in Q1 2024, which may have been suppressed by competition from Tesla. The same model (19) of the Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV, a car that however has a high price and therefore certainly does not appeal to the mass market.

Toyota dominates the hybrid rankings but with a BEV… bZ4X sold only 16 units, while the Kia Niro EV, MG Marvel E and the new Volkswagen ID.7 were reviewed, probably penalized for its length of 5 meters, they ordered 14. At 11 we find the Renault ScĂ©nic E-Tech, the Best Car of the Year 2024 which however has not yet been distributed to customers, and the Subaru Solterra, the twin sister of the Toyota bZ4X (also a twin in sales performance). Finally, at 10, we find the Citroen Spacetourer. To see the full data provided by UNRAE, all you have to do is click on the SOURCE link below.