The Kia K4 ranks #8 in Slovakia in July. The Slovak new car market falls by a harsh -17.7% year-on-year in July to just 6,940 sales, pulling the year-to-date volume down -5.9% to 50,444. Brand leader Skoda (-9.6%) manages to contain its fall somewhat and climbs to 23.5% share vs.…
The Toyota RAV4 is the best-selling vehicle in Ukraine in July. New light vehicle sales in Ukraine drop -6.1% year-on-year in July to 5,837 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -5% to 37,161. Toyota (+18.2%) goes completely against the negative market with a splendid YoY lift to 16.5% share…
The Jaecoo 7 is inside the Hungarian Top 10 in July. 11,604 new passenger cars found a buyer in Hungary in July, a solid 7.4% year-on-year improvement. The year-to-date tally is up 12.5% to 86,509. When adding LCVs, the market is up 3.9% to 13,017 for the month and up…
Qiyuan sales are up 81.4% year-on-year in June. Today we can share with you All brands and All models retail sales data for China in June. The market continues to implode at -23.8% year-on-year to 1,608,269 units, with the H1 tally now down -20% to 8,405,090. BSCB is the only…
The Renault Scenic is up to #6 in France in July. 17/08 update: Now with Top 55 All brands and Top 300 models. It's an encouraging third consecutive month of year-on-year gains for French new car sales, at +9% to 126,808. This way, the year-to-date volume is up 2.6% to…
Changan sales are up 334.7% over H1 in Egypt. The Egyptian new light vehicle market continues to surge ahead, with sales up 32.4% year-on-year over the First Half of 2026. #2 last year, Nissan (+39.9%) beats the market and reclaims the brands pole position with 15.2% share vs. 14.4% a…
Xpeng sales double year-on-year in Singapore in July. New car sales in Singapore gain 7.1% year-on-year in July to 4,953 units. This is a particularly strong result given July 2025 was already up 18.1% on the year prior. The year-to-date tally is up a sturdy 12.3% to 32,097. BYD (+25%)…
Lamborghini Miura P400 (1967). Reaches 0-100 km/h in 6.7 seconds A few days ago I was fortunate to visit three Automotive Museums in Monaco. Two permanent, and one temporary exhibition. It was a great opportunity to revisit the connection between the Principality and the automotive world. Here is a selection…
VW ID.UNYX 08 Now that July 2026 wholesales have been covered, let’s focus on the latest launches on the Chinese market. After a quiet June showing, in July we have no less than ten new models hitting the charts, eight of them Chinese. To fully understand the scope of the…
The Citroen C3/C3 Aircross ranks #10 with German private buyers in July. 98,917 new cars were sold to German private buyers in July, a 36.9% private sales ratio (PSR) and a solid 8.3% year-on-year improvement. The July 2025 PSR was 34.5%. Year-to-date, private sales are up 8.5% to 609,856 and…
The Chevrolet Groove is the 2nd best-selling vehicle in Ecuador in June. Ecuador is back on BSCB with June data. The market surges 44.1% year-on-year to 14,412 units for the month, leading to a H1 volume up 41.4% to 78,185. Kia (+32.7%) is now established in the brands top spot…
The new Tekton sends Nissan sales up 3-fold in July. Wholesales in India surge 33.6% or 117,000 sales year-on-year in July to 463,249 units, obviously a new record for the month, smashing the previous best of 351,908 reached in 2023, In fact this is the second highest monthly volume in…
The BYD Atto 1 ends the month just 216 units off the top spot. The Indonesian new vehicle market continues to rally back up in July with wholesales up 34% year-on-year to 81,115 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 18.9% to 517,742. Meanwhile retail sales progress 23.3% to 77,412…
The BMW iX3 is the best-selling BEV in Austria in July. New car sales in Austria are up 3.8% year-on-year in July to 25,823 units. This is a great performance given July 2025 was itself up 31.6% on the year prior. As a result the year-to-date volume is now up…
The Kia Seltos climbs to #2 for the first time in the nameplate's history. In July, the South Korean new light vehicle market edges up 0.6% year-on-year to 138,895 units. This is solely due to foreign manufacturers up 14.4% to 30,976 whereas locals are actually down -2.8% to 107,919. Same…