Peugeot (+21.2%) posts the best performance of any Top 15 carmaker. Picture teknikensvarld.se Swedish new car sales slow down their fall in June but still reel from the coronavirus crisis at -22.2% year-on-year to 24.747 units, bringing the H1 2020 volume down -25.1% to 125.685. Rechargeable cars (EV and PHEV)…
Opel Corsa sales are up 388.1% year-on-year in the Netherlands. Whereas neighbours France (+1.2%), Belgium (-1.8%) and Luxembourg (-10.6%) have all spectacularly recovered from Covid-19 annihilation in June, the Dutch new car market is still in a deep rut at -39.2% year-on-year to 24.926 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -30%…
The Toyota RAV4 cements its YTD leadership in June. Covid-19 has only disrupted Taiwanese new car sales for two months, with June deliveries back up 8.2% year-on-year to 41.386 units, resuming a growth trend initiated in February (+39.2%) and March (+14.5%). The year-to-date tally also tilts into positive at +1.4% and…
The Renault Captur hits a record 4th place in Spain in June. The Spanish new car market is now slowly stirring out of lethargy after a strict Covid-19 lockdown was eased from May 4 onwards. Sales remain in dire straits though in the absence of any government intervention at -36.7%…
First Top 5 finish in Finland for the Volvo XC40. Picture tekniikanmaailma.fi The Finnish new car market slices its May loss in two with June sales down -25.5% year-on-year to 7.709 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -21.9% halfway through the year at 46.244. Volkswagen (-23.3%) and Skoda (-23.3%)…
Skoda is the most popular carmaker in Bulgaria so far in 2020. The situation is bettering in Bulgaria with June new vehicle sales down -33.1% year-on-year to 2.717 vs. -68.1% in May, -74% in April and -45.4% in March, bringing the year-to-date total to 12.759 units, down -44.6% over the…
The Citroen C3 ranks #2 in New Caledonia in June. As a French territory, New Caledonia, an archipelago located north-east of Australia, benefits from the government stimulus that kick started on June 1 and sees its June registrations soar 35.2% year-on-year to 810 units, meaning the year-to-date tally already almost levels with 2019…
Kia Sportage sales are up 83.6% year-on-year in May. New car sales in Ukraine are recovering: from -46.9% in April to just -15.1% in May at 5.895 units, bringing the year-to-date tally down -7.3% to 29.838. This is a much better hold than the rest of Europe where Moldova (-27.7%) and…
Great Wall sales soar 177.7% year-on-year in May. The last Chinese May update is here and shows Light Commercial Vehicles (LCV) up a whopping 41.7% year-on-year to 355.343 units according to data released by LMC Automotive, meaning the year-to-date tally is now down -10% to 1.238.158. Brand leader Wuling (+56.5%)…
The Proton Saga is the best-selling vehicle in Malaysia in May. 2/07 update: Now with Top 40 All-brands ranking. After grinding to a complete halt in April (-99.7%), new car sales in Malaysia are estimated to drop -62.5% year-on-year in May to 22.800 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down -49%…
Toyota RAV4 sales surge 92.7% in a market down -59%. 1/07 update: Now with actuals for Top 40 All-brands and Top 285 All-models. In the two weeks since we published the April 2020 article, confirmed COVID-19 cases in Mexico have flared up from 71.105 to 129.184, with the country consistently…
Honda sales drop just -1.6% in Hong Kong in April. New car sales in Hong Kong pause their recovery with April down -22.5% year-on-year to 2.293 units vs. -13% in March. The year-to-date tally is now down -23.2% to 9.430. Market leader Toyota (-39.9%) falls almost twice as fast as…
Our Chinese market expertise has been put to good use once again in what is now an 8th consecutive year of collaboration between BSCB and French car monthly L’Automobile Magazine. Like last year, in 2020 BSCB was given full responsibility for a 20-page Chinese section in what is referred to…
Citroen sales are up 134.9% in a market down -2.4%. 30/06 update: Now with Top 25 models. As the country progressively returns to normal after the COVID-19 crisis, Turkish new car sales drop just -2.4% year-on-year in May to 32.235 registrations, which in fact gives a false sense of recovery as…
Peugeot is the best-selling brand in Belgium in May. 30/07 update: Now with YTD Top 120 models and May Top 50 models. 30/06 update: Now with YTD Top 10 models. After enduring one of the strictest coronavirus lowdown in Europe and the highest death rate per million in the world…