The Mazda CX-3 lifts its Polish ranking record from #26 to #8. The Polish new vehicle market steps up 13.2% year-on-year in October to 52.691 units including light commercials, leading to a year-to-date tally up 3.1% to a record 514.221 sales. As it has been the case for the past…
83% of Toyota Camrys sold in New Zealand in October are rentals. The New Zealand new vehicle market skids -10.1% year-on-year in October to 14.956 units, however the year-ago comparison set is particularly challenging as it was the largest monthly volume in history (16.639). The year-to-date tally is now down…
The Dacia Duster hits a record 10.5% share at home in October. The Romanian new car market continues to brilliantly recover from particularly weak year-ago post-WLTP figures with October sales shooting up 58.1% year-on-year to 10.649 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 18.9% to 134.698. Homegrown brand leader Dacia (+94.5%)…
The Great Wall Group gains 5% in Chile in October. The September 2019 post has now been updated with the Top 20 models. New car sales in Chile implode down -24.5% in October to just 28.038 units, enduring its harshest year-on-year decline since February 2015 (-29.1%) and leading to a…
The Mercedes GLC is up to #3 in Switzerland in October. The Swiss new car market bounces back up 14.5% year-on-year in October on weak year-ago post-WLTP volumes to 26.103 registrations, lifting the year-to-date tally up 1.7% to 252.413. After a two-month interruption by Mercedes (+10.7%), Volkswagen (+31.8%) reclaims the…
The BMW 3 Series is at its highest in Portugal in almost 5 years. The Portuguese new car market lifts 12.2% year-on-year in October on weak year-ago post-WLTP volumes to 15.649 units, leading to a year-to-date tally now down -3.5% to 189.673. Peugeot (+9.2%) overtakes Renault (+19.8%) to reclaim the…
Swan song and a very successful runout mode for the Ford Kuga II. As a large swath of the German market including the VW Group overused stock clearances prior to WLTP implementation in September 2018, sales were totally depleted a year ago, and in consequence post spectacular gains in September…
The Kia Seltos sells 12.854 units for its third month in market. Finally a breath of fresh air for the Indian new car market with wholesales up 1% year-on-year to 286.753 units in October, ending a streak of 10 consecutive market declines and 6 straight double-digit falls. This is the…
The GT Line variant accounts for 50% of Peugeot 208 II initial sales. 08/11 update with Top 365 All-models final figures and buyer types info. 02/11 update with Top 50 All-brands. The French new car market posts a sturdy 8.7% year-on-year gain to 188.985 units in October, signing the largest…
Haval is up 4-fold in Russia thanks to the new F7 and F7x (pictured). After stabilising in September (-0.2%), new light vehicle sales in Russia are back into frank negative in October at -5.2% to 152.057 registrations, marking the 8th year-on-year drop in the past 9 months and leading to…
The Cerato (+36.5%) helps Kia up to an all-time best 4th place in October. There's no light at the end of the tunnel for the Australian new vehicle market coping a searing 19th consecutive month of year-on-year decline in October at -9.1% to 82.456 units, the lowest result for the…
The VW Polo is the best-selling vehicle in the Netherlands in October. New car sales in the Netherlands soar 13.4% year-on-year on weak year-ago post-WLTP volumes in October to 34.101 units, leading to a year-to-date tally now down -6.3% to 364.999. Volkswagen (+54.3%) is up 4 spots on September to…
The Hyundai Kona is up to #2 in Ireland in October. New car sales in Ireland post their 5th year-on-year gain in the past 7 months and by far the largest at +29.2% in October to 2.182 registration, however a very slow start of the year means year-to-date volumes remain…
The Toyota Corolla is the #1 car in Japan for the first time this decade. After soaring 12.9% last month, the Japanese new vehicle market hits the brakes at -24.9% in October to just 314.784 units, 104.209 less than in October 2018, this due to the typhoons that battered the…
The Hyundai Sonata is now the YTD best-seller at home. New car sales in South Korea are back in negative in October at -2.1% year-on-year to 156.996 registrations including 134.895 locals (-3.3%) and 22.101 foreigners (+6.2%), leading to a year-to-date tally down -3.5% to 1.437.926 units including 1.242.380 locals (-2.3%)…