The Jeep Avenger is the 2nd best-selling vehicle in Serbia in January. Data shared with us by our central European partner CE Auto shows a Serbian market skidding -11.5% year-on-year in January to 1,764 units. The Skoda Octavia (-46.7%) implodes but easily holds onto the top spot with 5% share.…
The Toyota Corolla is up to #2 in Bosnia & Herzegovina According to data shared with us by our local partner CE Auto, the Bosnian new car market edges up 1.9% year-on-year in January to 783 units. The Skoda Octavia (+57.1%) remains ultra dominant at 7% share. It is followed…
The BYD Song Plus is the 2nd best-selling car in Moldova in January. CE Auto data shows a Moldovan new car market up 16.2% year-on-year in January to 589 sales. The Skoda Kodiaq (+100%) snaps the top spot for the first time since June 2023, but the big event is…
The Renault Clio is the best-selling vehicle in North Macedonia in January. Thanks to our Central European partner CE Auto, we can share with you today January data for North Macedonia. 489 new cars found a buyer in the country this month, a sturdy 16.4% year-on-year improvement. The Renault Clio…
VW sales bounce back up in January. According to preliminary data by ACEA, new car sales in Europe (27 countries EU+UK+EFTA) drops -2.1% year-on-year in January to 995,271 units. Among the Top 5 markets, France (-6.2%), Italy (-5.8%), Germany (-2.8%) and the UK (-2.5%) struggle whereas Spain (+5.3%) shines. The…
The VW Passat is the best-selling retail vehicle in China in January. Chinese retail sales of the selection of vehicles included in this update add up to 1,782,801, off -15.6% year-on-year due to an earlier date for the Lunar New Year. BSCB is the only non-Chinese medium to cover both…
Mercedes is the most popular import brand for the first time in a year. Chinese imports are hit hard in January at -29.9% year-on-year to 52,840 units. However keep in mind January 2024 was up 36% on the year prior. Mercedes (-17.8%) scores its first win since January 2024 thanks…
The Skoda Octavia is the best-selling vehicle in Bulgaria in 2024. Consult 45 years of Bulgarian Historical Info here. New car sales in Bulgaria soar 15.9% year-on-year in 2024 to 49,751 units, believed to be a new record, eclipsing the previous high mark established in 2008. Total vehicles add up…
Lexus is up to an all-time high 7th place in January. The Polish new car market edges up 2.9% year-on-year in January to 43,340 registrations. Toyota (-9.9%) easily tops the brands ranking again but sees its share thaw to 20.2% vs. a very high year-ago basis of 23.1%. Skoda (+1.5%)…
The Kia Soluto is the best-selling vehicle in Ecuador in January. The Ecuadorian new car market drops -11.8% year-on-year in January to 8,240 registrations. This is the weakest January result since 2017. After celebrating 30 years in a row at #1, Chevrolet is hit hard this month with sales down…
The Toyota RAV4 is the best-selling vehicle in Costa Rica in 2024. For the first time since 2017 and thanks to CE Auto we can share with you official data for Costa Rica. 72,857 new light vehicles found a new home here in 2024. The Toyota RAV4 is the most…
Volkswagen holds an improved 15.7% of the San Marino market in 2024. San Marino is a landlocked microstate located on the northeastern part of Italy. It is home to 34,000 inhabitants. 991 new cars hit San Marino roads in 2024, a +2.2% year-on-year improvement. The Top 3 carmakers clearly dominate…
We continue on the list of tiny European country, now looking at Liechtenstein, located between Switzerland and Austria and home to 40,000 inhabitants. 1,564 new cars found a buyer here in 2024, a -1.6% year-on-year drop. We have big changes in the brands ranking. Mercedes (+22.8%) jumps from #4 in…
The Hyundai Tucson holds 11.1% of the Kazakh market in 2024. Discover over 50 years of Kazakhstan Historical Data here. It's another record year for Kazakh new vehicle sales in 2024: passing the 200,000 annual volume barrier for the first time at 201,504 units (+1.3%). The top 3 manufacturers all…
The Porsche 911 is the most popular vehicle in Andorra in 2024. Today thanks to Car Industry Analysis we can share with you official data for Andorra for the first time since 2013. Andorra is a tiny nation located at the border between France and Spain and only counts 81,000…