VW Saveiro sales are up 70.5% year-on-year in April. The Brazilian new light vehicle market surges by a splendid 37.2% year-on-year in April to 208,078 units. This brings the year-to-date tally up 17.5% to 691,3700. Although a great performance, we remain over 100,000 units or -13.7% below the 801,330 sales achieved…
Citroen C3 sales are up 348% year-on-year in April. Next generation pictured. New car sales in Italy are back into positive territory in April at +7.5% year-on-year to 135,353 units. The year-to-date tally is up 6.1% to 586,665 but down -17.7% over the same period in pre-pandemic 2019. Private sales…
The Citroen C3 is up 234% year-on-year in April. The Spanish new car market bounces back up 23.1% year-on-year in April to a round 92,000 units, leading to a year-to-date cume up 7.8% to 336,726. Note this is still 23% below the pre-pandemic 2019 4 months result. Sales to rental…
The Hyundai i10 is up to #2 in Iceland in April. The Icelandic new car market slows its fall from -71% in March to -16.4% in April at 1,362 sales. This is almost as much as the entire Q1 volume. Year-to-date sales are down -46.4% to 2,747. This month Hyundai…
The Isuzu D-Max is up to #2 in New Caledonia in 2023. Discover 20 years of New Caledonian Historical Data here. The New Caledonian new light vehicle market edges up 2.7% year-on-year in 2023 to 8,564 units. Toyota (+0.7%) easily remains in the brands lead but sees its market share…
Toyota remains the 2nd best-selling carmaker in Europe. 1/05 update: Now with Top 90 All brands and Top 489 All models (source JATO Dynamics) 25/04 update: Now with Top 25 models (source JATO Dynamics) According to preliminary data from ACEA, the European new car market (EU+EFTA+UK) is down -2.8% year-on-year…
The Citroen C3 is up to 2nd place in Serbia in March. Based on data shared with us by our Central European partner CE Auto, the Serbian new car market soars 18.2% year-on-year to 3,212 sales in March. This way, the Q1 volume is up 19% to 7,401. The Skoda…
The Toyota Yaris climbs on the Bosnian podium for the first time in a year. Our Central European partner CE Auto has the Bosnian new car market edging down -5.5% year-on-year in March to 1,039 sales. However thanks to a strong start of the year the Q1 volume is in positive…
The BMW X5 ranks #9 in Moldova in March. Data by our Central European market data partner CE Auto shows a Moldovan new car market up 11.9% year-on-year in March to 752 units, leading to a Q1 tally up 10.9% to 1,896. Two models dominate again. The Dacia Duster (+15.2%) is #1…
The Fiat Panda is the best-selling vehicle in North Macedonia in March. According to data shared with us by our Eastern European partner CE Auto, the North Macedonian new car market lodges another stellar performance in March at +41.4% to 741 sales after surging 69% last month. The Q1 volume…
Zeekr 007 We have covered the noticeable foreign and Chinese brands at the Beijing Auto Show, but we have kept the best for last. Here are the three most impressive brands at the Show, that happen to be all Chinese. Another proof that the Chinese market is moving at breakneck…
Nissan sales are up 188.1% year-on-year in March. The Slovak new car market is hit -12.4% year-on-year in March to 7,754 sales, yet the Q1 volume remains in positive at +5.6% to 23,391. Strikingly, the Top 4 brands all fall faster than the market with double-digit drops. Skoda (-19.4%) is…
BYD holds 14.5% of the Singaporean market in March. New car sales in Singapore gain 42.1% year-on-year in March to 3,508 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 25.7% to 8,162. Toyota (+4%) reclaims the brands top spot despite a very weak uptick, toppling BYD which is up another 13-fold…
Hyper SSR It's now time to go through the noticeable Chinese brands at home, the Beijing Auto Show. These are classified in alphabetical order, so no particular preferences here. The 3 most impressive Chinese brands at the show will be revealed in a separate article. The main takeaway is that…
Toyota bZ3X Arriving in Beijing for what is my first time in China in 5 years, the most striking feat is of course how different the cars are in the street. At Chinese speed, 5 years are actually equivalent to maybe 10-15 years in the rest of the world. So…