The Toyota RAV4 remains the most popular vehicle in Estonia. Under national COVID-19 lockdown all month, new car sales in Estonia logically fall -67.8% year-on-year in April to 832 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down -27.3% to 6.610. Toyota (-50.7%) resists markedly better than the market to reach a mammoth…
11/05 update: Now with April data for 85 selected models. According to local consultancy DesRosiers, Canadian new light vehicle sales drop -74.6% year-on-year in April to just 45.833 units vs. 180.616 in April 2019 as COVID-19 lockdowns kept most non-essential businesses closed throughout the month, including car showrooms in both…
The spectacular new G80 helps lift Genesis to a new volume record. 13/05 update: Now with Top 30 All-brands and Top 10 foreign models. The coronavirus now seems like a long lost memory in South Korea which went from 2nd most affected country in the world as of March 6 when…
The Skoda Kamiq repeats at a record 4th place in the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic entered a national quarantine on March 16 but started gradually easing restrictions as early as April 7 with most restrictions scheduled to be lifted by May 11. New car sales in the country drop…
The Peugeot 208 confirms it is the new favourite of Danish buyers. Denmark started loosening its COVID-19 restrictions as early as April 15, with bans on large social gatherings likely remaining in place until August, this despite infections increasing from 3.039 as of March 31 to 10.281 at the time…
French new car sales fall to their lowest April tally since 1950. 8/05 update: Now with Top 220 All-models. 5/05 update: Now with Top 50 All-brands. As we anticipated a week ago, French new car sales stall -88.8% year-on-year in April to just 20.997 registrations as the country was under…
The Dacia Lodgy is the most popular vehicle in Hungary in April. The Hungarian new car market is down a relatively reasonable -50.3% year-on-year in April to 6.170 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down -16.9% to 38.840. This is one of the smallest declines in Europe, with only Norway…
The Chevrolet Onix is the best-selling vehicle in Colombia in April. 8/06 update: Now with Top 70 All-models. Colombia has been under a strict national lockdown since March 20, originally scheduled to last until April 12, but extended multiple times since, to April 27, May 11 and May 25. All…
Almost 300 Geely Coolray found a new Filipino home in Q1. AVID members, representing 22% of the Filipino new car market, have released sales results for Q1 2020, adding up to 14.404 units which is down -34.4% year-on-year. CAMPI and TMA members have not yet shared their volumes for the…
Audi falls "just" -46.1% year-on-year in Poland in April. 11/06 update: Now with Top 160 Passenger Cars YTD ranking. The coronavirus has continued to spread steadily in Poland throughout April, with 2.311 cases as of March 31 but 12.877 as of April 30 despite lockdown measures. The new car market…
The Peugeot 208 is the best-selling vehicle in Portugal in April. Under a national COVOD-19 lockdown all through the month, Portuguese new car sales recede -87% year-on-year in April to just 2.749 units, pulling the year-to-date volume down -40.4% to 48.031. Peugeot (-86.8%) snaps the brands lead for the 2nd time…
The BMW X3 is the 2nd best-selling vehicle in Switzerland in April. The Swiss new car market is shot down -67.2% year-on-year to 9.382 units by COVID-19 disruption, pulling the year-to-date tally down -35.6% to 64.834 sales. 4x4 sales almost match the market at -66.9% to 4.885 units and 52.1%…
New car sales in China have already debuted their post-virus recovery. This is a preliminary update, complete data will be published when available. After we already reported on signs of recovery with retail sales up 14% year--year over the April 7-12 week, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) announced today…
The Kia Seltos is the best-selling vehicle in New Zealand in April. 8/05 update: Now with Top 45 All-brands. Throughout April, New Zealand was under one of the world's strictest national COVID-19 lockdowns, with international borders closed and all car dealerships closed. As a result, there has been only 1.489…
Chevrolet improves to 12.6% of the Chilean market in April. Most parts of Chile have been under a COVID-19 lockdown since late March, but if new cases slowed down during April, they have flared up again recently, going from 2.738 as of March 31 to 16.023 as of April 30…