The Leapmotor T03 is sold at €4,900 in Italy, earning it a 4th place overall in February. It's an excellent month for new car sales in Italy at +14% year-on-year in February to 157,334 units. This way, the year-to-date tally is up a robust 10.2% to 299,373 sales. Private sales…
The Fiat Grande Panda is up to a record 4th place at home in January. It's a solid start of the year for the Italian new car market, with sales up 6.2% to 141.980 units. However private sales drop -3.8% to 81,585 and 56.9% share vs. 63% a year ago.…
The Fiat Grande Panda has not met expectations in 2025. Consult almost 100 years of Italian Historical Data here The Italian new car market is off -2.1% year-on-year in 2025 to 1,525,722 units. A weak result as this is 20.8% below the pre-pandemic result of 2019 (1,925,535). Worryingly, private sales…
The BYD Dolphin Surf ranks #11 in Italy in November. The Italian new car market is stable in November at 124,222 units, 45 less than in November 2024. YTD volumes are off -2.4% to 1,417,621. The event of the month is the record share of BEVs, up to 12.2%, smashing…
Toyota Yaris Cross sales are up 26.4% in October. The Italian new car market is back in negative in October at -0.6% to 125,826. The year-to-date tally is now down -2.7% to 1,293,366. This is off 332,000 or -20.4% on pre-pandemic 2019. Once again private sales are weak at -12.2%…
The Fiat Grande Panda is up to #8 at home in September. The Italian new car market ends four consecutive months of declines in September at +4.1% to 126,679 registrations. This is achieved with 1 more opening day and therefore equals stable sales year-on-year. The year-to-date tally is now off…
The Fiat Panda breaks into its home Top 15 in August. 67,272 new cars found a buyer in Italy in August, a -2.7% year-on-year drop. The year-to-date tally is now off -3.7% to 1,040,734. This is -21.5% or 285,000 units below the pre-pandemic volume of 2019. Once again private sales…
The Fiat Grande Panda is up to #28 at home in July. Disappointing results for Italian new car sales in July: down -5.1% year-on-year to 118,493 units. Over the first 7 months of the year, the market is off -3.8% to 973,396 and down -21.3% or 263,000 units over the…
The Dacia Duster is #3 in Italy in June. Picture quattroruote.it Mediocre results for new car sales in Italy in June: off -17.4% year-on-year to 132,191 units. This way the H1 volume drops further into negative at -3.6% to 854,690. This is a loss of 21.1% and 228,500 units compared…
First Italian podium finish for the Peugeot 208. Stable result for new car sales in Italy in May at -0.2% year-on-year to 139,390 units. The year-to-date is also almost immobile when compared with last year at -0.5% to 722,452. In terms of sales by channel, private sales are at -4%…
The Jeep Avenger is up to a record 2nd place overall in April. The Italian new car market edges up 2.7% year-on-year in April to 139,084 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now stable at -0.6% to 583,038. BEVs are up 108.1% to 6,667 sales and 4.8% share while PHEVs…
MG is among the 10 most popular carmakers in Italy for the first time. New car sales in Italy are back up 6.2% year-on-year in March to 172,223 units, yet a slow start of the year means the year-to-date volume remains down at -1.6% to 443,906. Private sales edge down…
First Top 20 finish for the Fiat 600 at home. It's another disappointing result for the Italian new car market with February sales off -6.3% year-on-year to 137,922. This brings the year-to-date tally to 271,638, down -6.1% over the same period a year ago and -21% over pre-pandemic 2019. Private…
Dacia holds 8.6% of the Italian market in January, a new record. The Italian new car market starts the year in negative in January at -5.9% to 133,692 units. UNRAE now predicts a total 2025 volume at 1,550,000 units, down -0.6% on 2024 and -19% on pre-pandemic 2019. Sales of…
The Fiat Panda still manages a 13th consecutive year at #1. Consult almost 100 years of Italian Historical Data here Stable year for Italian new car sales in 2024 at -0.5% to 1,558,704 units. We remain 368,000 units (-19.1%) below pre-pandemic 2019 (1,925,535). Encouragingly, private sales beat the market at…