The Hyundai Grandeur tightens its grip on the models charts. New light vehicle sales in South Korea are stable in August at +0.7% year-on-year to 129,832. This includes 106,482 sales for local manufacturers (+1.3%) and 23,350 for foreigners (-2.1%). The year-to-date tally is now up 7.9% to 1,156,741 including 981,549…
Chery holds 7.1% of the Turkish market in August. Once again the Turkish new light vehicle market beats records in August with sales up 78.9% year-on-year to 86,454. This is a new August record, edging past the 82,577 of August 2015. With each month of the year so far being…
Audi sales are up 75.5% year-on-year in Belgium. 36,798 new cars hit Belgium roads in August, a splendid 27.3% year-on-year improvement that leads to a year-to-date volume up 34.1% to 335,942. Volkswagen (+43.7%) is the best-selling brand for the 2nd time in the past 3 months and the third time…
The Hyundai Bayon lodges its first podium finish in Kazakhstan. The Kazakh new vehicle market continues on its euphoric run with sales up a whopping 61.7% year-on-year in July to 18,818. This way, the year-to-date volume is up 61.1% to 102,069. Both are all-time high by far. For perspective, this…
The GWM Funky Cat is inside the German Top 40 in August. The German new car market soars by a gigantic 37.3% year-on-year in August to 273,417 units. We remain 12.9% below the pre-pandemic volume of August 2019. The year-to-date tally is now up 16.5% to 1,913,564, 23.3% below the…
The Toyota Yaris Cross breaks its ranking and share records in August... 11/09 update: Now with Top 315 All models ranking. New car sales in France soar 24.3% year-on-year in August to 113,599, leading to a year-to-date tally up 16.6% to 1,132,321. For reference, August 2023 remains -12.1% below the…
The VW Golf is back inside the Romanian Top 10. The Romanian new car market is up 2.8% year-on-year in August to 12,891 units, a poor result given August 2022 was off -22.3% on the year prior. Year-to-date, sales are up 20.2% to 100,166. Local behemoth Dacia (-10.6%) easily remains…
Tesla is the most popular carmaker in Denmark in August. 13,517 new cars hit Danish roads in August, a 6% year-on-year improvement. The year-to-date volume is now up 13.5% to 109,076. Tesla (+780.4%) posts a surreal year-on-year gain to return to the top spot it holds year-to-date with 10.3% share.…
The Octavia helps push Skoda to the brands top spot. The Irish new car market edges down -0.4% year-on-year in August to 8,119 sales. Thanks to seven consecutive months of year-on-year gains prior to this month, the year-to-date tally is up 18.3% to 112,717. In the brands ranking, Skoda (+45.5%)…
It's the end of the road for the Ford Fiesta. Thanks to SMMT we can share with you the Top 10 best-sellers for each UK nation in August. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures are already included in the August 2023 UK update. This month…
The Toyota Corolla is up to a record 9.1% share in August. 35,456 new cars hit Polish roads in August, a limited 6.7% year-on-year increase. This way, the year-to-date tally is now up 10.7% to 303,909 units. Toyota (+42.2%) stuns with a tremendous gain to reach 24.3% share, a new…
The Smart #1 is inside the Swiss Top 40 in August. New car sales in Switzerland gain 15.8% year-on-year in August to 18,977 units, meaning the year-to-date volume is now up 13.9% to 161,328. 4x4 sales follow the market at +16.1% for the month to 9,440 and 49.7% share vs.…
Toyota holds 33.3% of its home market in August. The Japanese new vehicle market improves 17.3% year-on-year in August to 340,342 sales, leading to a year-to-date volume up 16.3% to 3,169,994. Local behemoth Toyota (+42.6%) continues to vastly outpace its home market and accounts for exactly 1 in 3 new…
The Honda Elevate is exclusive to India for now. New car wholesales in India advance 9.8% year-on-year in August to 360,230 units. This is a new all-time high volume for any month, eclipsing the 354,702 of September 2022. The year-to-date tally is now up 9% to 2,721,628, also a new record…
The Haval M6 breaks into the Russian Top 10 for the first time. The Russian new car market is up 42.3% year-on-year in August to 59,332 units but remains down -48% on two years ago (114,130 units in August 2021). The year-to-date volume is now down -4.3% to 392,943 and…