The Italian auto market registered a further sharp decline in September, with sales down 25.7% for the month and 20.5% year-to-date. Fiat Group brands sold a total of 33,000 vehicles, with market share up 0.6 percentage points over the prior year to 30.3%. Fiat brand gained share in September (+0.8 p.p. to 22%) and Lancia brand was higher year-to-date (+0.3 p.p. to 5.2%). The top selling car in Italy was the Fiat Panda, once again, followed by the Fiat Punto, Fiat 500 and Lancia Ypsilon. Also among the top 10 was the Alfa Romeo Giulietta.


Following declines of 21.5% in July and 20.2% in August, the Italian auto market recorded another sharp drop in demand in September with new car sales down 25.7% from one year ago to less than 110,000 vehicles. This represents the worst September since 1984 (107,000 vehicles sold).
Year-to-date, sales were less than 1,091,000 vehicles, representing a 20.5% decline
from the same period a year ago.
In total, Fiat Group brands sold 33,000 vehicles for the month of September, performing marginally better than the market overall resulting in a share gain of 0.6 percentage points to 30.3%. For the first nine months of the year, Group sales totaled nearly 324,000 vehicles with share at 29.7%, substantially in line with the prior year.

Fiat brand closed the month with sales totaling 24,000 vehicles and share up 0.8 percentage points over one year ago to 22%. Year-to-date, sales totaled 228,000 vehicles. Share was in line with the same period in 2011 at 20.9%.

Fiat brand models topped the rankings once again in September. The Panda retained
its position as the number one car in Italy with more than 9,100 units sold and a 42.1% share of the A segment. Runner-up was the Punto with nearly 6,800 vehicles sold and a 20.1% share of the B segment. The 500 took third place with 3,500 vehicles sold, representing a 16.4% share of the A segment. The Panda and 500 took a combined
58.5% share of the A segment. The soon-to-be-launched 4x4 and Trekking versions are expected to increase the appeal of the Panda even further. Strong performance also for the Freemont, one of the most sold models in its segment with an 18.8% share for month.
Optimum results also for the brand's Natural Power range, which registered an 86.1%
segment share in September. That figure compares with an 82.4% share in August and
79.1% share in July.

Lancia sold more than 5,400 cars in September, representing a 5.0% share, in line with the prior year. Year-to-date, brand sales totaled nearly 57,000 vehicles and share was up 0.3 percentage points over the same period a year ago to 5.2%.

The Lancia Ypsilon recorded another excellent month, ranking among the top 10
overall and capturing a 9.9% share of the B segment.
With nearly 3,200 cars sold during the month, Alfa Romeo registered a 2.9% share of the market (+0.08 p.p.). For the first nine months, sales totaled nearly 34,000 vehicles, with share at 3.1%.
The Giulietta ranked in the top 10 once again in September and took a 17.3% share of the C segment.

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Jeep sold 400 vehicles in September, representing a 0.4% share of the market. Year- to-date, brand sales were just over the 5,000 vehicle mark with share at 0.5%, in line with 2011.

The flagship Grand Cherokee was one of the best selling vehicles in its segment with a
12.8% share.
Turin, 1 October 2012

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