The Dacia Duster holds onto the Romanian top spot. Romanian new car sales sport a second straight positive month in March at +8.4% year-on-year to 9,922 units. The Q1 volume tilts into positive at +1.4% to 33,692. Homegrown Dacia (-2.8%) can't capitalise on the market growth and sees its share…
The Skoda Elroq already outsells fellow BEV the Enyaq. 22,566 new cars found a buyer in Czechia in March, a stellar 19.3% year-on-year improvement, keeping in mind March 2024 was off -15.5% on the year prior. The year-to-date volume after three months is up 3.6% to 59,686. Local behemoth Skoda…
The Toyota RAV4 is the most popular model in Ireland in March. The Irish new car market rallies back up 18.3% year-on-year in March to a splendid 17,328 units. This is much more than in February which is very unusual as sales tend to drop continuously from the high of…
The Cupra Formentor is up to an all-time high 5th place in Germany in March. 253,497 new cars hit German roads in March, a -3.7% year-on-year fall. The Q1 volume is off -4.3% to 664,571. 42,521 BEVs found a buyer this month, up 35.5% over March 2024. Over Q1, it's…
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…