The Italian true fleet market turned back to positive growth in May, with a good performance recorded by all the market channels.

Nissan’s Italian true fleet sales rose 47.5%, moving it from 12th in 8th place.

Latest figures from Dataforce show the true fleet sector was up 4.7% while the private marked also bounced back, with 7.9% growth. Overall, the total market finished very close to 212,000 registrations with a 10.3% growth over last May while the YtD figures crossed the 1,000,000 mark.

Within the true fleet manufacturers top 10, two new entries for May were seen, both from the Asian market, while all except two of the 10 brands registered positive growth figures.

The first of the new entries came from Nissan, which rose 47.5%, moving it from 12th in 8th place, driven by the Qashqai and the Micra. The second new entry was from Toyota, registering 60.9% growth and jumping four places into 10th. This was propelled by the Yaris, Aygo and C‑HR’s three-digit volume improvement over last May’s figures. Outside of the top 10, Alfa Romeo recorded a 124.4% growth rate, the only manufacturer inside the top 20 to see a 3-digit jump, led by the Stelvio while the Giulia also did well registering just 21 units shy of its SUV big brother.

Dataforce also looked at the small vehicle segment in true fleets, which achieved the highest growth for a segment of 21.9% for the month of May, while also recording the same growth figure YtD. The top 10 manufacturers account for 92% of the monthly volume but Citroën’s C3 particularly shone out, with a monthly growth of 467.2% while its YTD growth of 132.4% was only beaten by the Fiat Punto on 165.4% from inside the Top 10 models. The Toyota Yaris with 110.2% and Nissan Micra with 177.7% also put in notable performances while the Ford KA+ generated more than 3 times its volume in May than in the previous seven months combined.