Czechia August 2025: Toyota Corolla (+44.4%) breaks Skoda hegemony at #5

The Toyota Corolla scores its highest ranking of the year in August.

New car sales in Czechia advance 3.1% year-on-year in August to 17,611, leading to a year-to-date tally up 4.8% to 161,067. Local behemoth Skoda (-10.8%) underperforms to 29.3% share vs. 33.6% so far this year. In fact the entire Top 6 is unchanged on July, with Dacia (+25.5%) and Hyundai (+25.3%) posting the biggest gains, Volkswagen (+3.8%) more discreet and Kia (-10%) and Toyota (-6.9%) hit hard. The rest of the Top 10 post double-digit upticks: Renault (+23.8%), Mercedes (+13.6%), Ford (+11.3%) and BMW (+10.3%) all excel. Below, Suzuki (+69.7%), Cupra (+54.2%), Citroen (+50%) and MG (+45.4%) make themselves noticed. Newcomer Jaecoo is up 11 spots on July crack the Top 20 for the first time at #19 and 1.1% share.

Over in the models charts, the Skoda Octavia (+4.2%) is solid at 6.2% share, yet this is markedly lower than its YTD level of 7.5%. The Skoda Kamiq (+62%) rallies back up year-on-year and ranks #2 for the 5th month running. The Skoda Kodiaq (-18.4%) stays at #3 while the Scala (-12.8%) is up two spots on last month to #4. The Toyota Corolla (+44.4%) breaks the Skoda hegemony at #5, its best ranking this year so far. Below a freefalling Skoda Karoq (-49.2% as it ranked #1 a year ago), the Hyundai Tucson (+92%) stays at #7 but surges year-on-year. The Hyundai i30 (-8.9%) is up one rank to #8 whereas the Skoda Fabia (-23.8%) sinks to #9. The Dacia Bigster is one again the best-selling newcomer at #13.

Previous month: Czechia July 2025: Dacia (+78.8%) and Renault (+116.4%) best performers in strong market 

One year ago: Czechia August 2024: Skoda Karoq best-seller for 2nd time ever

Full August 2025 Top 60 All brands and Top 316 All models below.