The Toyota RAV4 is the best-selling vehicle in Finland in March. Finnish new car sales endure a third straight negative month in March (and 15th out of the past 16 months) at -4.7% to 6,082 units. The Q1 tally is off -9.4% to 16,447. Toyota (-21.4%) keeps the brands pole…
The Tesla Model Y is the best-selling vehicle in Norway in March. The Norwegian new car market rallies back up 36.5% year-on-year in March to 13,304 units, keeping in mind March 2024 was down -49.7% on the year prior. The Q1 volume is up 42% to 31,596. 11,192 BEVs were…
The Solaris HC is a Hyundai Creta. The Russian new car market continues to freefall in March at a daunting -45.5% year-on-year to just 79,822 units. The Q1 tally is off -25.3% to 246,934. Lada (-36.9%) falls slower than its home market and improves its share to 31.5%. Haval (-39%)…
The Renault Clio is the best-selling vehicle in Northern Ireland in March. Thanks to SMMT we can share with you the Top 10 best-sellers for each UK nation in March. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures are already included in the March 2025 UK…
The Ford Puma is back to #1 in the UK. In the most important month of the year (new '25 license plate released), UK sales grow by a splendid 12.4% year-on-year to 357,103 units, single handedly tiling the Q1 2025 tally into positive at +6.4% to 580,502. This is the…
The Nissan X-Trail is up to a record 7th place in Switzerland in March. New car sales in Switzerland are down another disappointing -7.6% in March to 21,690 units. This means the Q1 volume is off -7.9% to 52,690. 4x4 sales are down -11.4% for the month to 11,191 and…
The Hyundai Kona is the most popular vehicle in Israel over Q1 2025. According to our local partner cartube.co.il, 26,685 new light vehicles found a buyer in Israel in March. The Q1 volume is up 9% to 97,090. Toyota (+59.1%) posts its first monthly win of the year with 15%…
The Renault Clio is a distant leader in the models charts in March. 6,265 new cars hit Croatian roads in March, a tiny 0.1% year-on-year improvement. The Q1 tally is off -1.6% to 14,965. Renault is the performer of the month with sales up 27.9% to a stellar 14.4% share,…
Daihatsu sales are back up 240.3% in March. The Japanese new vehicle market once again benefits from a low year-ago comparison base as sales were impacted by production disruptions. This month sales are up 10.7% to 499,745 units, which is however a relatively soft result as March 2024 was down -21.1%.…
The Chery Tiggo 2 is the most popular vehicle in Chile in March. 24,000 new light vehicles found a buyer in Chile in March, a light 2% year-on-year improvement. This is still a historically low result as March 2024 was off -37.4% on the year prior. The Q1 volume is…
The Peugeot 2008 is up to 5th place in Turkiye in March. Record March volume for the Turkish new light vehicle market, up 6.4% year-on-year to 116,900. The Q1 result is down -6.5% to 276,284, still the 2nd largest Q1 volume in Turkish history. Renault (-8.1%) leads the brands charts…
The Fiat Argo is at its best in Brazil in 3.5 years New light vehicle sales in Brazil edge up 4.3% year-on-year in March to 183,502 units, leading to a Q1 tally up 6.8% to 516,282. Fiat (+7%) is up to 21.2% share ahead of Volkswagen (-1.2%), Chevrolet (-6.1%) and…
The Toyota Hilux manages its first win of 2025. The Argentinean new light vehicle market continues to rally back up at +82.5% year-on-year in March to 44,736 units. This is the highest March volume in 7 years: since the 83,954 units of March 2018. As a reminder March 2024 was…
Peugeot delivers the best year-on-year performance in the Top 15 Tough month again for new car sales in Belgium at -10.2% year-on-year in March to 40,184 units. The year-to-date tally is down by a similar -10.5% to 120,939. BMW (+4.1%) defies the surrounding gloom with a small uptick leading to…
The BYD Shark 6 is the third best-selling pickup in Australia again. For the first time this year, the Australian new vehicle market is in positive, delivering a new March record at 111,617 units (+1.8%). Q1 sales are off -2.8% to 295,952. The most interesting set of stats this month…