The Ford Puma is the best-selling vehicle in the UK in August. New car sales in the UK are down a further -22% year-on-year in August to just 68.033 units, the lowest August tally since 2013 (65.937), leading to a year-to-date volume up 20.3% to 1.101.302 units. August 2021 is down…
The Kia Niro is the best-selling vehicle in Sweden for the second time ever. The Swedish new car market sinks -22.4% year-on-year in August to 19.808 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally up 20.6% to 209.749. Rechargeable cars are up a spectacular 25.8% to 9.322 and 47.1% share vs. just…
The Dacia Duster holds a record 14.2% of the Romanian market in August. New car sales in Romania soar 44.6% year-on-year in August to 16.129 units on a low year-ago comparison base (11.155), leading to a year-to-date tally up 7.6% to 79.311. The Top 3 carmakers vastly outperform the market,…
The Dacia Sandero is the best-selling vehicle in Europe for the very first time. Picture carmagazine.co.uk 07/09 update: Now with Top 330 models. 01/09 update: Now with Top 52 brands and Top 100 models. According to data released by JATO Dynamics, the European new car market falls a steep -24%…
The Skoda Scala is up to #4 in Slovakia in July. The Slovak new car market skids down -6.9% year-on-year in July to 7.695 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally up 9.1% to 46.144. Brand leader Skoda (-15.7%) drops more than twice as fast as the market to fall to…
The Fiat Strada is the best-selling vehicle in Brazil in August. The Brazilian new vehicle market accelerates its fall with a -8.6% year-on-year drop in August to 158.514 units, leading to a year-to-date tally now up 20.7% to 1.327.535 units. Fiat (+24.5%) once again ignores the challenging context to fly…
Toyota Prado sales are up 452.8% year-on-year in August. 06/09 update: now with Top 275 All-models. New car sales in Australia surge 33.1% year-on-year in August to 81.199 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 27.2% to 732.828 sales, the highest volume at this stage of the year since 2018.…
The Lynk & Co 01 is up to #12 in the Netherlands in August. The Dutch new car market sinks -16.8% year-on-year in August to 21.877 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -3.4% to 211.460, making the Netherlands one of only a few countries in the world where YTD…
Kia is the only year-on-year gainer in the Top 25. Picture quattroruote.it The Italian new car market accelerate its fall in August at -27.1% year-on-year to just 65.185 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 31.1% to 1.069.875. Compared to the first 8 months of 2019, the Italian market is…
The new Yaris Cross helps Toyota sign its first ever win in Spain. New car sales in Spain continue to suffer from the microchip crisis at -28.9% year-on-year in August to just 47.584 units, the lowest August tally since 2013 and exactly the same evolution as July. The year-to-date tally…
Toyota sales are up 5% in a market down -28.6%. New car sales in Singapore skid down -28.6% year-on-year in July to just 3.446 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 37.1% to 29.223. Relegated to third place last month, Toyota (+5%) braves the negative context to easily reclaim the…
Hyundai sales are up 28.4% in a market down -45.2% in July. 1/09 update: Now with Top 25 models. New light vehicle sales in Turkey sink by a ghastly -45.2% year-on-year in July to 47.849 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 29.6% to 442.550. The 7-month figure is up…
Changan is now inside the Top 5 brands in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi new car market is up 19.3% year-on-year over the first seven months of 2021 to 326.094 units vs. 273.302 over the same period in 2020. Toyota (+20%) just edges past the market growth to improve its share…
The Toyota Land Cruiser is the best-selling vehicle in the UAE so far in 2021. The Emirati new light vehicle market gains 23.6% year-on-year to 107.280 units over the first 7 months of 2021. The two brand leaders grow slower than the market: Toyota (+15%) sees its share decline from…
Nissan sales soar 139.1% year-on-year so far in 2021. New light vehicle sales in Kuwait lurch up 51.2% year-on-year over the first 7 months of 2021 to 58.583 units. Brand leader Toyota (+8.5%) vastly trails the market and sees its share thaw from 39.6% over the same period a year…