The Citroen C3 is the third best-selling vehicle in Bulgaria in January. Sales of new passenger and light commercial vehicles drop -20% year-on-year in Bulgaria in January to 2.185 units. The performance of Dacia (+18.9%) is diametrically opposed to the market but it starts from a particularly low year-ago volume.…
The Renault Clio is the best-selling vehicle in Bulgaria in 2020. Consult 40 years of Bulgarian Historical Infi here. The Bulgarian new car market freefalls -37.2% year-on-year in 2020 to 27.032 units, one of the steepest falls recorded this year. One element of explanation is that re-exports to other European…
The Dacia Dokker holds 11.5% of the Bulgarian market in November. Sales of new light vehicles in Bulgaria endure an 11th consecutive month of double-digit decline in November at -41.1% to just 2.049 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -37.1% to 39.536. Part of the explanation for this continued…
The 2021 model (pictured) could install the Dacia Sandero in the Bulgarian top spot it already holds in October. Picture largus.fr The Bulgarian new light vehicle market sinks another -26% year-on-year in October to 2.567 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -36.7% as re-exports an important component of Bulgarian…
Renault sales more than double year-on-year in September in Bulgaria. New light vehicle sales in Bulgaria endure an 8th consecutive month of double-digit year-on-year drops in September at -11.6% to 2.197 registrations, leading to a year-to-date volume down -37.9% to 20.250. Renault (+106.9%) completely bucks the trend and surges ahead…
Kia sales surge 52.6% in a market down -42.2%. After slowing their fall to -12.8% in July, the Bulgarian new vehicle market implodes -42.2% year-on-year in August to 2.293 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down -40.1% to 18.650. There are multiple factors responsible for this relapse, including a recrudescence of new…
Nissan sales surge 53.5% in a market down -12.8%. Although a much better hold than the -33.1% of June, the Bulgarian new car market still falls by the double-digits in July at -12.8% to 3.598 units. This leads to a year-to-date tally off -39.8% to 16.357. Now that European Union borders…
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…
Renault is up to 16.1% share in Bulgaria vs. 10.2% in 2020. The Bulgarian new car market freefalls -68.1% year-on-year in May to just 1.448 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -47.1% to 10.042. Renault (-50.3%) snaps the brands top spot for the first time in 2020, shooting up…
Over 500 Dacia Dokker have found a buyer in Bulgaria so far in 2020. Bulgaria was under a COVID-19 public health emergency during the entire month of April, and as such new car sales in the country implode -74% year-on-year to 1.078 units, pulling the year-to-date volume down -40.5% to 8.594.…
Dacia is the best-selling carmaker in Bulgaria for the first time in 6 months. A COVID-19 public health emergency was declared in Bulgaria on March 13 scheduled to initially last for one month, with only essential businesses remaining open and car dealerships closed. As a result the new car market slows…
1 in every 4 Nissans sold in Bulgaria is reexported to other EU markets. The Bulgarian new car market continues to freefall in February at -17.9% year-on-year to just 2.575 registrations, pulling the market down -16.5% to 5.494. This particularly severe correction can in fact be traced to a somewhat…
Skoda is the best-selling carmaker in Bulgaria in January. New car sales in Bulgaria sink -15.3% year-on-year in January to just 2.919 registrations, and the new year - and new EU CO2 emissions regulations - brings a completely different brands ranking. Skoda (+11.9%) and Toyota (+3.5%) take control with 11.9%…
Dacia retains control of the Bulgarian brands charts in 2019. Consult 40 years of Bulgarian Historical Data here. 2019 marks a full decade of growth for new car sales in Bulgaria at +7.8% to 44.469 units. A caveat to this extended period of growth is the fact that as much as…
Bulgaria has become a major re-export hub for Nissan. The Bulgarian new car market is stable in November at +1.1% and 3.582 registrations, leading to a year-to-date volume up 6.4% to 40.908. Bulgaria has now become a major re-exporting hub for Nissan (+324.5%), #1 brand in the country for the second…