The Geely Starray is the second best-selling vehicle in Bulgaria in October It's another excellent month for new light vehicle sales in Bulgaria, up 8.4% year-on-year in October to 5,960 units. The year-to-date tally is now up 9.6% to 50,158. Keep in mind this market is distorted by re-exports to…
The VW Amarok is up to 2nd place in Argentina in October. New light vehicle sales in Argentina suffer again in October at -13.2% year-on-year to 42,891 units. The year-to-date volume evolves similarly at -13.5% to 453,067. Toyota (-10%) remains by far the most popular carmaker in the country at…
The Skoda Enyaq is the best-selling vehicle in Switzerland in October. The Swiss new car market edges up 2.9% year-on-year in October to 18,986 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 2.7% to 192,523. 4x4 sales are up 6.9% for the month to 9,888 and 52.1% share vs. 50.1% a…
The Kia EV2 cracks the Dutch podium in October. The Dutch new car market is off -3.5% year-on-year in October to 33,061 units. This means the year-to-date tally is now off -2.3% to 297,051. BEVs account for 55.2% of the market at 18,243 sales, with HEVs at 38.5% and 12,742…
The Dacia Logan passes the Duster to rank #1 YTD at home. 12,116 new cars found a buyer in Romania in October, a -5.6% year-on-year drop. The year-to-date tally is now off -10.1% to 109,329. Local behemoth Dacia (-18.2%) is in great difficulty again, but at 23.2% share it is…
The Omoda 5 is up to 4th place in Croatia in October. New car sales in Croatia drop -4.8% year-on-year in October to 4,909 units. Yet the year-to-date tally is still up 3.7% to 63,177 which is a new record at this stage of the year. The Top 2 brands…
Almost 400 units of Vinfast VF 6 were registered in Sweden in October. The Swedish new car market is up 2.4% year-on-year in October to 24,660 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 3.7% to 236,446. This month we see a clear shift from PHEV to BEV. BEV sales surge…
The BYD Seal U scores its second ever Top 10 finish in Italy. New car sales in Italy grow 4.8% year-on-year in October to 131,921 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 8.3% to 1,400,991. This is still however 224,000 units or -13.8% below the same period in pre-pandemic 2019…
The BYD Atto 3 is up to #3 in Spain in October. 98,487 new cars found a buyer in Spain in October, a 1.8% year-on-year lift and the best October volume in 17 years: since the 98.512 units of October 2009. The year-to-date tally is up 6.2% to 1,010,545, the…
The Leapmotor B10 is up to #5 in Iceland in October. The Icelandic new car market surges 80% year-on-year in October to 1,359 sales, leading to a stable year-to-date volume at -0.7% to 11,466 units. Toyota (+43.5%) is up one spot on last month to snap the brands pole position…
GAC sales are up 1560% year-on-year in October. According to data shared with us by our local partner cartube.co.il, new car sales in Israel surge 17% year-on-year in October to 22,657 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 6.3% to 277,880. Omoda Jaecoo (+67.5%) is back to pole position in…
The Foxtron Cavira is up to a record 12th place in October. New car sales in Taiwan drop -3.6% year-on-year in October to 33,271 units. Fewer registration days due to the National Day ad Retrocession Day as well as Typhoon Jangpi have caused this slump which leads to a year-to-date…
The Renault Twingo IV is up to a record 4th place at home. 3/11 update: Now with Top 40 brands ranking The French new car market is up year-on-year for the 6th straight month, with October volumes up 7% to 149,341. The year-to-date tally is now up 4.4% to 1,384,293…
The Xpeng G6 is up to a record 4th place in October 15,725 new cars found a buyer in Norway in October, up 41.2% year-on-year and the 2nd best ever volume for the month below the 17,826 units reached in October 1985. The year-to-date tally is up 5.2% to 130.921,…
Chery Auto has exported almost 208,000 units in September, a record high As we described in our latest China wholesales September 2026 update, passenger cars exports surge 73.7% year-on-year to 917,000 units, totalling 8,205,000 units year-to-date. Chery Auto retains the top spot (it has been the country's biggest exporter for…