The Dacia Duster is #1 in February and YTD. Next generation pictured. New car sales in Romania drop -8.9% year-on-year in February to 11,340 units, tilting the year-to-date tally into negative at -2.6% to 24,073. Local behemoth Dacia (-30%) is hit hard and falls to 29.2% share vs. 38.1% in February…
The Hyundai i30 is up to third place overall in Czechia in February. The Czech new car market is up a solid 8.9% year-on-year in February to 18,328. This means the year-to-date volume is now up 13.9% to 38,689. Skoda (+6.6%) is a little behind the market growth and is down…
The Skoda Octavia is by far the most popular vehicle in Ireland in February. New car sales in Ireland continue on their strong run in February at +25.3% year-on-year to 16,440 units. This leads to a year-to-date tally up 18.3% to 47,867. Skoda (+106.8%) more than doubles its sales year-on-year…
Daihatsu Move sales are down -88% in February. Japanese new vehicle sales continue to struggle in February at -19.2% year-on-year to 344,816 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -16% to 679,692. For the month, regular cars are down -16% to 226,769 units and kei cars down -24.8% to 118,047.…
Zeekr holds 1.4% of the Israeli market in February. Based on data shared with us by our local partner cartube.co.il, the Israeli new light vehicle market decreases -10.3% year-on-year in February to 26,143. The year-to-date tally is off -16.8% to 63,490. The top 3 brands all fall faster than the…
Honda sales are up 143.6% year-on-year in February. According to estimates by local consultancy Desrosiers Automotive, the Canadian new car market scores a record February volume at +24.4% year-on-year to around 129,000 units. This marks a 16th consecutive month of year-on-year lifts. The SAAR stands at 2.11 million units, its…
Lincoln Nautilus sales are up 95.7% year-on-year in February. According to NADA, the U.S. new light vehicle market is up 6.3% year-on-year in February on an annualised basis with a SAAR of 15.81 million units. It's up 3.9% on January which was a 10-month low at 15.2 million. The year-to-date…
The VW Golf hits its highest UK ranking in 2.5 years. New car sales in the UK score their best February volume in 20 years, up 14% year-on-year to 84,886 vs. 91,460 in February 2004. The year-to-date cume is up 10.3% to 227,762. However this outstanding result is entirely due…
The Fiat Mobi ranks at #4 in Brazil in February. The Brazilian new light vehicle market advances 29.7% year-on-year in February to 155,283 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 22.8% to 307,339. Fiat (+29%) matches the market to a splendid 22.1% share. In fact the podium is unchanged on…
The Rampage helps Ram sales shoot up. Sales of new light vehicles in Argentina continue to struggle with a -18.3% year-on-year loss in February to 23,457 units. The year-to-date tally is now down -27.1% to 55,847. After ranking #3 in January, Toyota (-20.9%) reclaims the top spot it held over…
The Volvo XC40 is by far the best-selling vehicle in the Netherlands in February. Dutch consumers bought 30,414 new cars in February, a solid 8.9% year-on-year increase. The year-to-date volume is as a result up 6.9% to 64,810. The Top four brands all vastly outrun the market with double-digit year-on-year…
The Volvo EX30 does an even better job in Norway than at home in Sweden. 7,380 new cars hit Norwegian roads in February and -0.8% year-on-year loss. The year-to-date volume is up 34.5% to 12,502. BEV sales are up 7.5% to 6,647 and 90.1% share vs. 83.1% in February 2023…
The Volvo EX30 ranks #7 at home in February. The Swedish new car market edges up 1.8% year-on-year in February to 18,766 sales, a lukewarm result given February 2023 was off -12.7% on the year prior. The year-to-date tally is up 8.7% to 35,930. BEV sales actually fall at -14.6%…
The Dacia Sandero repeats at #2 in Italy. 147,094 new cars hit Italian roads in February, a +12.8% year-on-year increase. The year-to-date tally is up 11.7% to 289,103. Private sales (+18.3%) beat the market to 57.1% share vs. 54.3% a year ago and are up 14.1% year-to-date to 59.1% of…
Peugeot is the #1 brand in Spain for the first time since December 2021. New car sales in Spain continue on their good form in February at +9.9% year-on-year to 81,348 units, leading to a year-to-date result up 8.7% to 150,033. However the YTD cume remains off -22.8% on pre-pandemic…