Renault 5 17/09/2026 update: Now with Top 55 All brands and Top 186 All models. We are back with a thorough update of the French car rankings from 1980. You can also check the Full Year 1979 article which has been updated as well. Consult over 130 years of French…
GAC sales are up 145.1% year-on-year in August. 4,549 new cars hit Singaporean roads in August, a -2.2% year-on-year contraction. The year-to-date tally remains in frank negative however at +10.3% to 36,646. BYD (+19.6%) ignores the negative market to reach a whopping 24.2% share, its best since last May. Tesla…
The Citroen C3/C3 Aircross is the third favourite model with German buyers in August. German private buyers purchased 86,301 new cars in August, a splendid 17% year-on-year improvement. This represents a 40.6% private sales ratio (PSR), vastly above the 35.6% of a year ago in August 2025. Year-to-date, private sales…
Opel sales are up 168% year-on-year in Luxembourg in August. 3,103 new cars found a buyer in Luxembourg in August, a 5.5% year-on-year improvement. The year-to-date tally is now up 3.8% to 33,966. BMW (+9.1%) signs a 4th consecutive win at 12.8% share, but this is not enough to topple…
The Tesla Model Y is the best-selling vehicle in South Korea for the 2nd straight month. New light vehicle sales in South Korea sink -20.8% year-on-year in August to 109,556 units. This despite foreign manufacturers up 9.2% to 29,817 whereas local carmakers drop -28.2% to 79,739. The year-to-date tally tilts…
Over half of Opel Frontera sales are from its BEV variant. New car sales in Austria edge up 1.6% year-on-year in August to 21,788 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 12% to 212,140. Volkswagen (+8.6%) reclaims the brands top spot off Skoda (-7%) and cements its YTD leadership at…
The Fang Cheng Bao Tai 7 is up to a record 4th place at home. It's another mediocre month for new car sales in China, down year-on-year for the 11th time in a row at -23.7% to 1.55 million vehicles. The fall even accelerates, as this is worse than the…
The new generation sends Nissan Elgrand sales up 9-fold year-on-year. New vehicle sales in Japan grow 2% year-on-year in August to 307,374 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 2.5% to 3,111,737. Toyota (+10.6%) delivers the best performance in the Top 5 and ends the month just shy of 100,000…
The Toyota Yaris Cross holds 9.6% of the Finnish market in August. It's a (rare) fantastic month for new car sales in Finland: up 27.3% year-on-year in August to 6,550 units. However keep in mind August 2025 was off -19.5% on the year prior. The year-to-date volume is now up…
First podium finish at home for the Mercedes GLC. The German new car market is up 2.6% year-on-year in August to 212,563 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 4.8% to 1,965,024. As a reminder we are -32% below the pre-pandemic August 2019 volume (313,748) and -21% below the 8…
The VW ID.Polo lands directly at #17. New car sales in Denmark surge 24.1% year-on-year in August to 16,165 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 13.2% to 131,759. Toyota (+159.5%) more than doubles its sales year-on-year to lead the brands charts with a round 10% share. The Japanese carmaker…
Peugeot sales are up 41.6% year-on-year in August. New car sales in Belgium are up a sturdy 8.3% year-on-year in August to 28,295 units. This leads to a year-to-date volume down -1.4% to 288,250. BMW (+24.2%) vastly outpace the market and continues to lead the brands charts with a splendid…
The BMW iX3 is among the 10 most popular vehicles in Switzerland in August. The Swiss new car market edges down -0.6% year-on-year in August to 16,047 units, bringing the year-to-date tally up 1.8% to 151,589. 4x4 sales soar 6.8% to 8,372 and 52.2% share vs. 48.6% a year ago…
First podium finish of the year for the VW ID.7 The Swedish new car market is up by a very satisfying 12% year-on-year in August to 22,584 units. This leads to a year-to-date volume up 2.4% to 183,119. Rechargeable cars hold a fantastic 66.7%, or exactly 2 in 3 vehicles…
The Toyota Yaris Cross is up to a record third place in Argentina in August. It's the start of August updates! The Argentinean new light vehicle market sinks by a ghastly -19.3% year-on-year this month to just 41,752 units. This brings the year-to-date tally down -13.9% to 362,497. Strikingly, the…