Holi festival in Chennai on March 10. A nationwide 21-day lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus pandemic was announced on March 23 by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Limiting movement of the entire 1.3 billion population simultaneously, it is the largest quarantine measure in human history. School…
The VW Golf is the best-selling vehicle in the UK in March. On March 23, the UK debuted a strict stay-at-home order scheduled to last at least 3 weeks. On March 25 both the heir to the British throne Prince Charles and the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson tested positive to the…
The Tesla Model 3 is the 4th best-selling vehicle in Finland in March. Although all schools as well as most government-run public facilities and the country's external borders were closed on March 16 and until April 13, Finland isn't currently under the type of strict lockdown measures that are affecting…
The Jeep Renegade is up to a record 11th place in Croatia in March. Croatia was weighted down by two emergency situations in March. On March 17, Croatian Prime Minister Plenković announced the closure of most public venues and shops, severely curtailing car showroom activity, in order to limit the spread…
Belgium is under strict lockdown since March 17. In response to the coronavirus outbreak, on March 17 non-essential travel was prohibited and non-essential shops closed in Belgium and on March 20 the country closed its borders to all non-essential travel. The lockdown has now been extended to April 19. As a…
The Model 3 lifts Tesla into the Taiwanese Top 10 brands for the first time. Taiwan reacted very quickly and decisively upon the announcement of the coronavirus outbreak in China in January. The government's early deployment of epidemic control measures and follow-up actions have received international praise and approval and have…
Porsche manages to contain its loss to -7.2% in March. In Luxembourg most non-food shops closed on March 16 in an attempt to curb the spread of the coronavirus and a state of emergency was declared on March 19. As of March 31, there were 2.178 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and…
The Chevrolet Onix repeats at #1 in Argentina in March. On March 20, the Argentinean government imposed one of the strictest Coronavirus lockdowns in the world, meaning automotive factories, dealerships and registration offices closed for the rest of the month. As such, these sales figures are for the March 1-19…
The Renault Clio signs its first European win in over 13 years. 06/04 update: Now with Top 56 All-brands and Top 340 All-models. 27/03 update: Now with the Top 100 models. 26/03 update: Now with actuals for the Top 25 brands and models. February volumes in Europe, down -7% year-on-year…
The Suzuki XL7 is an instant blockbuster in Indonesia. The Indonesian new vehicle market edges down -3.1% to 79.573 units in February, leading to a year-to-date volume down -2.8% to 160.008. Brand leader Toyota (+6.8%) swims upstream with a solid uptick leading to a 31.5% share while sister brand Daihatsu…
The C5 Aircross is up to #12, helping Citroen up 557.9% in February. 06/04 update: Now with Top 25 models. In order to give you more timely updates we will publish Turkish brands data when made available, then update the article with models data. In February the Turkish new light…
New light vehicle sales in Hong Kong drop -33.2% year-on-year in January to 2.323 registrations on both the Lunar New Year Holiday pulled forward vs. last year and the start of the coronavirus lockdown impact. Toyota (-37.1%) falls even faster than the market but comfortably remains atop the brands charts…
The Dacia Sandero shoots up to third place so far in 2020 in Lithuania. Based on data disclosed by our partner JATO Dynamics, new car sales in Lithuania gain 36% over the first two months of 2020 to 8.492 units, with January up 35.1% to 4.238 and February up 36.9%…
The Peugeot 308 is up to #2 in Latvia so far in 2020. According to data shared with us by our partner JATO Dynamics, over the first two months of the year the Latvian new car market edges down -1.4% to 2.803 units with January down -3.6% to 1.484 and…
Spain is under strict lockdown measures since March 16. The distribution and sale of new cars was shut down in Spain on March 16 as part of the state of emergency declared against the coronavirus pandemic, with Spain now the second-most affected country in the world after Italy. As a…