Overall for 2016 so far, the automobile industry was up over 15 percent on the same period last year.

In total, more than 17,000 cars were sold last month, with Renault once again Portugal’s top seller. Fellow French brand Peugeot was the second most popular, with German manufacturers Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz and BMW completing the top five most popular new cars in the country.

Land Rover reported the biggest growth last month, with sales up more than threefold on September 2015.