The VW Golf is back with a vengeance in the Czech Republic. As a second wave of coronavirus infections and related restrictions engulfs the country, new car sales in the Czech Republic drop -15.5% year-on-year to 16.835 units in October, leading to a year-to-date tally off -21.7% to 165.154. Local…
Renault Megane sales are up 433.6% year-on-year in Turkey in October. The Turkish new light vehicle market continues to rejuvenate after two dreadful years, with October volumes up another 93% year-on-year to 94.733 units which leads to a year-to-date tally up 78.1% to 588.354. However as we have noted over the past…
The Skoda Octavia is the best-selling model in Serbia in October. Thanks to our Central European partner CE Auto, we can share with you today Serbian sales data for October. After a stable September (+0.04%), the Serbian market is back to significant losses in October, down -10.3% to 2.563 units which…
The Skoda Octavia cements its lead despite a year-on-year drop. According to our partner CE Auto, the Bosnian new car market rallies back up a spectacular 41.2% year-on-year in October to 1.357 units, leading to a year-to-date tally now down -21.5% to 7.313. Despite falling -18.2% on a particularly strong year-ago…
The Dacia Logan (2021 model pictured) is #1 in Moldova in October. Based on data by our Central European partner CE Auto, new car sales in Moldova dive -22.7% year-on-year in October to just 513, bringing the year-to-date tally to 4.039 which is off -25.7% on the same period in 2019. Longtime best-seller…
The Lada Niva is up to #2 in North Macedonia in October. According to data shared with us by our partner CE Auto, North Macedonian new car sales fall -18.4% year-on-year to 505 units in October, leading to a year-to-date total down -31.8% to 4.152. Two vehicles come out literally nowhere (read…
The 2021 model (pictured) could install the Dacia Sandero in the Bulgarian top spot it already holds in October. Picture largus.fr The Bulgarian new light vehicle market sinks another -26% year-on-year in October to 2.567 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -36.7% as re-exports an important component of Bulgarian…
The VW Golf is the best-selling vehicle in Austria for the first time since last February. Picture quattroruote.it New car sales in Austria edge down -3.4% year-on-year in October to 24.274 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -27.7% to 204.913. Volkswagen (-12.4%) loses almost 4 times as much ground…
Audi sales shoot up 31.9% year-on-year in Belgium in October. The Belgian new car market sinks -9.4% year-on-year in October to 38.703 registrations, leading to a year-to-date volume off -22.7% to 372.310. Peugeot (-8.3%) slightly outpaces the market and this is enough to propel it up 3 spots on September…
Mercedes is the #1 carmaker in Luxembourg for the 2nd month running. New car sales in Luxembourg drop -18.6% year-on-year in October on strong year-ago volumes to 3.980 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -20.7% to 38.026. Mercedes (-18.2%) matches the market evolution and repeats at #1 with a fantastic…
The new Taft breaks records and enables Daihatsu to shoot up 44.4% in October. Year-ago volumes in Japan were severely impacted (-24.2%) by typhoons that closed many dealerships. As a result October sales bounce back up 29.2% to 406.851 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -14.7% to 3.807.118. Brand leader…
The Renault Zoe breaks into the German Top 10 for the first time in October. Picture autobild.de After registering their first uptick of the year in September (+8.4%), German new car sales tilt back into negative in October at -3.6% to 274.303 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -23.4% to…
The Toyota Prado hits a record 4th place in Australia in October. A good surprise this month is how well the Australian new car market is holding: down just -1.5% year-on-year in October to 81.220 units, by far the smallest year-on-year decline since the pandemic started, leading to a year-to-date…
The Kia Carnival is the best-selling vehicle at home in October. In October the South Korean new car market drastically slows its growth to just +1.8% at 159.752 units including 135.495 units local carmakers (+0.4%) and 24.257 for foreigners (+9.8%). The year-to-date tally is up 7% to 1.539.123 including 1.323.119…
The Fiat Strada is up 44.7% year-on-year in Brazil. Pic by Fernando Pires / www.flpires.com.br The Brazilian new light vehicle market drops -14.9% year-on-year in October to 205.244 units, surpassing 200.000 monthly sales for the first time in 2020. This YoY drop, on paper worse than September (-10.9%) is actually due…