The Kia Sportage is the most popular vehicle in Ireland in February. The Irish new car market is up another robust 9.8% year-on-year in February to 13,140 sales, leading to a year-to-date tally up 9.3% to 40,455. Toyota (+2.9%) is a little more shy than the market but resists in…
The Lexus NX is up to #2 in Taiwan in February. New light vehicle sales in Taiwan soar 35.2% year-on-year in February to 32,819 units partly due to the fact Lunar New Year was in January this year vs. February in 2022. After a January down -14.4%, the year-to-date total…
Fiat holds 23.8% of the Turkish market in February. New light vehicle sales in Turkey surge by a whopping 63.4% year-on-year in February to 81,148 units, smashing the previous February record of 58,504 units established in 2021. The cumulative volume after two months stands at 132,042, up 50.4% over the…
Volkswagen is the most popular carmaker in Belgium for the first time since last September. The Belgian new car market improves by an outlandish 23.9% year-on-year in February to 39,883 units. This leads to a year-to-date volume up 20.5% to 79,730. A rarity these days, Volkswagen (+49.6%) edges past BMW…
Cupra sales are up 4-fold year-on-year in February. 4,177 new cars hit Luxembourg roads in February, that's a 12.6% year-on-year improvement. The year-to-date tally is up similarly at +12.8% to 7,903 units. Volkswagen (+11%) trails the market slightly but easily retains the top spot with a strong 12.8% share. It…
The Toyota Yaris is the best-selling vehicle in New Caledonia in February. New Caledonia is a French archipelago located north east of Australia. 639 new light vehicles found a buyer here in February, that's a 4.2% year-on-year increase. Due to a weak start of the year in January, the year-to-date tally…
The Great Wall Pao Pickup ranks #2 in January. New Light Commercial Vehicle sales in China slice their year-ago volume in two in January to just 133,964 units. The brands ranking is completely reshuffled, with Foton (-26%) taking the lead above Changan (-67%). Great Wall (-9.2%) is by far the…
The Toyota Yaris Cross is #2 in Poland in February. 37,825 new cars found a Polish home in February, a 14.3% year-on-year improvement leading the year-to-date volume to 17% surge at 72,200 units. Toyota (+33.4%) is once again extremely strong, staying very close to the all-time record share it hit…
The Nissan Juke is the best-seller in Northern Ireland this month. Thanks to SMMT we can share with you the Top 10 best-sellers for each UK nation in February. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures are already included in the February 2023 UK update. This…
The Geely Atlas Pro is #6 in Russia in February. New car sales in Russia plummet -62.1% year-on-year in February to 41,851 units, bringing the year-to-date tally down -62.5% to 74,350. Lada (+4.7%) improves its share further to 56%, the highest since economic sanctions were imposed on the county and…
Ford Maverick sales are up 89.4% year-on-year in February. Based on data by TD Ecomonics, the US new light vehicle market gains 8.7% year-on-year to 1.14 million units as supply shortages thaw. This leads to 2.18 million sales over the first two months of the year, up 5.3% over the…
Kia Seltos sales are up 123.9% year-on-year in February. According to estimates by local consultancy Desrosiers Automotive, new light vehicle sales in Canada progress 5.1% year-on-year in February to 103,771 units. This is the second weakest monthly total in the past decade, above only last year. The cumulative total after…
The Renault Clio signs its first Croatian win since June 2020. New car sales in Croatia rally back up 24.6% year-on-year in February to 3,627 registrations, meaning the year-to-date tally is now up 18.6% to 6,973 units. Skoda (+24.2%) matches the market and climbs two spots on January to snap…
Geely is one of three Chinese brands inside the February Top 10. According to data by our local partner cartube.co.il, 29,132 new light vehicles hit Israeli roads in February, that's a solid 15.2% year-on-year increase. The year-to-date tally now stands at 76,328, up 21.7% over the first two months of 2022.…
The Vauxhall Mokka is up to a record 2nd place in the UK in February. February is traditionally the weakest month of the year in the UK as customers await the March license plate change. This year February sales soar 26.2% year-on-year to 74,441 units, however this is still -6.5%…