Porsche holds 2.8% of the Luxembourg market in August vs. 1.4% YTD. Now updated with the Top 10 models. The Luxembourg new car market drops -9% year-on-year in August to 3.811 registrations as the post-WLTP hangover rears its head, tilting the year-to-date tally into negative territory at -0.1% or -43…
The Tesla Model 3 is #1 in London again. Thanks to our partnership with SMMT we can share with you today the Top 10 best-sellers for all UK nations as well as London in September. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures being included in our…
The Volvo S/V60 is back to #1 in Sweden. New car sales in Sweden spectacularly align a second consecutive month of double-digit gains in September at +40% to 26.758 units, however this is only due to depleted year-ago volumes under the combined effect of a new bonus-malus pricing introduced in…
The Tesla Model 3 is now the #1 vehicle in the Netherlands year-to-date. As a EU member, the Dutch new car market soars 29.1% year-on-year in September to 38.122 registrations due to particularly weak year-ago volumes post-WLTP. The year-to-date tally is now down -7.9% to 331.267 units. Pushing back-loading of…
Ford Ranger sales are up 15.9% in a market down -31.7%. The new vehicle market in Argentina continues to freefall at -31.7% year-on-year in September to 35.781 units, leading to a year-to-date tally imploding down -44.5% to just 377.619 registrations, by far the lowest result at this stage of the…
The Chevrolet Onix celebrates 50 straight months as the #1 vehicle in Brazil. After a July hiccup (-3.5%), the Brazilian new vehicle market is back to splendid growth at +9.1% in September to 223.240 units, in line with its YTD gain of +8.7% at 1.935.013 registrations. Atop the brands ranking,…
The Toyota Corolla is #1 in Finland for the 3rd straight month. The Finnish new car market manages its first year-on-year gain in over a year in September at +29.8% to 8.372 units, unfortunately this is only due to a weak post-WLTP comparison base in September 2018, with this month's…
The Toyota Rush breaks into the New Caledonian Top 15 whereas it is not sold in metropolitan France. After dropping -9.6% year-on-year in August at 696 registrations, new car sales in New Caledonia, a French Overseas archipelago located north-east of Australia, fall another tough -12.2% in September to 625 units, bringing the…
The VW T-Cross scores its first ever podium finish in Italy in September. As is also the case with Spain, the Italian new car market aligns its first double-digit gain in 25 months (since August 2017) at +12.9% to 142.606 registrations, but far from indicating a strong underlying trend, this is…
The Renault Clio scores its first Spanish win in 3 years. It's time to kick start September updates and in Europe we will see a blanket of seemingly impressive year-on-year gains due to the depleted September 2018 volumes post-WLTP implementation. Spain inaugurates the trend with a 20.7% year-on-year surge to…
Baojun introduces the new RC-6 in China... The Chinese Retail market (end-customer registrations) continues to suffer from pulled forward sales in June ahead of the Stage 6 emissions standards implementation on July 1: after freefalling -20.4% in July, the market sinks another -20.1% in August to 1.438.543 units, tilting the year-to-date…
Kia Sportage sales in Ukraine are up 110.6% year-on-year. New car sales in Ukraine surge 12.5% year-on-year in August to 8.256 units, the largest volume in the country since December 2017 (9.179), cementing the YTD progression to +2% at 54.566 registrations. Renault (+44.2%) continues to vastly outperform the market and…
The Tesla Model 3 ranks #8 import in China in August. Import sales in China endure a second consecutive month of double-digit decline in August at a searing -24.8% to 82.357 units, yet the year-to-date tally remains in positive for now at +1.7% to 753.523. Brand leaders Lexus (-6%) and…
Peugeot 208 sales surge 423.7% in August as the old generation is cleared out in preparation for the new model (pictured). New car sales in Greece surge 28.5% year-on-year in July to 11.722 units and 24.3% in August to 9.594 registrations, lifting the year-to-date tally up 9.8% to 86.873, the…
Dongfeng LCV sales sure 23% year-on-year in August. Wholesales of new Light Commercial Vehicles in China slow down their fall in August at -4% to 239.333 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -6% to 2.057.548. Wuling (-8%) falls twice as fast as the market but remains ultra-dominant with almost…