Italian true fleet market puts in best performance in over a decade

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True fleet registrations in Italy put in record performances in 2016, latest figures shows. 

Facelifted Fiat 500X

The facelifted 500X was one of four Fiat models in the Italian true fleet top five models in December.

The analysis from Dataforce show that the market achieved both its best December and its best year since Italian Dataforce statistics began in 2004, with the figures up 45.2% and 20.0% respectively. Meanwhile the Passenger Car Total Market also had a standout 2016, registering 1,864,018 vehicles and delivering on its fifth consecutive year of growth. 

The Top 20 Brands saw some excellent year-on-year growth rates. MINI rose + 41.1 which secured them 18th place, Toyota was up +42.5%, jumping to 11th place, but the largest growth came from Hyundai, which delivered a +56.4%, moving them into 20th position. The Tucson played a significant role in this, accounting for 65.8% of all true fleet Hyundais for 2016.  

Outside the Top 20, Maserati’s Levante delivered another record month of registrations, beating itself again to take the position of best true fleet monthly volume for a Maserati ever. Meanwhile the F-Pace became the Jaguar camp’s most registered model for True Fleet since 2005, delivering 45.7% of all Jaguar registrations for 2016. 

December data showed noticeable growth from Lancia, Nissan and Volvo, which achieved three-digit growth numbers of + 270.4, + 153.2, and + 113.6% respectively.  

Howvever, it was Fiat who led the way. Not only were December’s Top 5 model positions all claimed by the 500, Panda, 500X, Tipo and the 500L but combined these accounted for 19.9% of the total Italian monthly true fleet volume.

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Natalie Middleton

Natalie has worked as a fleet journalist for nearly 20 years, previously as assistant editor on the former Company Car magazine before joining Fleet World in 2006. Prior to this, she worked on a range of B2B titles, including Insurance Age and Insurance Day. Natalie edits all the Fleet World websites and newsletters, and loves to hear about any latest industry news - or gossip.

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