As Australians get ready to holiday at home, Toyota Land Cruiser sales strengthen. Australia has not just flattened by squashed the coronavirus curve, going from being the 20th most affected country in the world as of March 31 (4.559 cases) to 49th as of April 30 (6.875) and 64th at…
Peugeot is the best-selling brand in Belgium in May. After enduring one of the strictest coronavirus lowdown in Europe and the highest death rate per million in the world (822), Belgium progressively eased its restrictions on May 4, 11 and 18. As a result the new car market is showing…
BMW manages the best hold among the Top 15 brands. Picture autofilou.at Austria both imposed movement restrictions and stepped out of the COVID-19 crisis earlier than most European countries, and May new car sales figures confirm recovery is now well on the way. A drastically reduced -33.6% year-on-year drop to…
Hyundai Kona sales surge 92% in a market down -50.2%. Sweden is the only European country to not have imposed any COVID-19 lockdown on its population over the past few months. As a result, infections and most strikingly deaths have continued to soar: from 4.435 and 180 respectively as of…
The Ford Kuga breaks into the Finnish Top 10 in May. The April 2020 article has been updated with the Top 32 All-brands and Top 50 models. After losing a somewhat contained -39.1% in April, Finnish new car sales go against most other European markets and accelerate their fall in…
The Kia Niro is the best-seller in the Netherlands so far in 2020. Picture autoverhaal.nl The Netherlands did not completely lock down its economy in March-April and therefore had until now enjoyed relatively smaller new sales drops (-24.6% in March and -53% in April). But now that most of Europe has…
The Toyota Hilux is back to #1 in Argentina. As the country is slowly awakening from its COVID-19 torpor, new vehicle sales in Argentina drop -42.6% year-on-year in May to 21.015 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down -45.4% to 115.864. That's a much better hold than in April (-88.3%) but still hardly…
The VW Tiguan is the best-selling vehicle in Ireland in May. After almost coming to a complete stop in April (-96.1%), Irish new car sales fall another -72.3% year-on-year in May to just 1.751 registrations as the country only partially eased its COVID-19 lockdown on May 18. The year-to-date tally…
The Lexus NX ranks #10 in Taiwan in May and year-to-date. New car sales in Taiwan are off -11.4% year-on-year in May to 33.528 units, a similar drop as in April (-11.1%) which tilts the year-to-date tally into negative at -0.2% to 168.396. Toyota (-0.8%) only edges down to hold…
Citroen sales are up 134.9% in a market down -2.4%. As the country progressively returns to normal after the COVID-19 crisis, Turkish new car sales drop just -2.4% year-on-year in May to 32.235 registrations, which in fact gives a false sense of recovery as May 2019 sales were already hit -54.6%…
The Wuling Mini Truck is back to #1 LCV in China. The Light Commercial Vehicle market in China shoots up 17% year-on-year in April to 355.318 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -22% to 882.815. Medium and Heavy Commercials are up 50% to 215.958 and now down just -1%…
Subaru sales are up 35% in a market down -13%. New car sales in Hong Kong continue to recover in March at -13% year-on-year to 2.884 units leading to a year-to-date tally down -23.4% to 7.137. This is a much better hold than both February (-23.7%) and January (-33.2%) as the territory is…
The Audi A1 climbs on the Spanish podium for the first time. New car sales in Spain collapse -72.7% year-on-year in May to 34.337 registrations, according to data by Anfac. This follows a March drop of -69.3% and an April fall of -96.5%, as contrary to France, the May drop…
French new car sales are slowly recovering after the lockdown was lifted on May 11. 2/06 update: Now with the Top 55 All-brands. The much anticipated May volumes in Europe are starting to trickle down, giving us a front seat view at how dynamic the recovery is looking. The French…
The U.S. Canada border remains closed. According to Wards Auto and J.D. Power, U.S. retail sales through May 24 are down -25% vs. pre-virus forecast at 670.000 units, with J.D. Power predicting 991.000 retail sales in May, down -24% from its pre-virus forecast. This is a significant drop but a…