Nissan (+17.4%) posts the largest year-on-year gain among the Top 15 brands. Picture autocar.jp New vehicle sales in Japan gain 5.4% year-on-year in March to 613.003 units, leading to a Q1 2021 tally up 4.2% to 1.429.743. Brand leaders Toyota (+6.6%) and Suzuki (+8.2%) both advance faster than the market…
The Skoda Octavia remains the best-selling vehicle in Croatia. Picture sata24.hr New car sales in Croatia are up 52.9% year-on-year in March to 4.165 units, however March 2020 was down -46% on the year prior and as a result this month's sales remain down -17.4% on two years ago in…
The Peugeot 2008 is the best-selling vehicle in Portugal in March. New car sales in Portugal are up 19.8% year-on-year in March to 12.699 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -31.4% to 31.039. Keep in mind March 2020 was down -57.4% due to the Covid-19 lockdown so this year's…
MG Gloster. MG sales are up to a record 5.538 units in India in March. Picture Autocar India. New car wholesales in India shoot up 127.7% year-on-year in March to 320.487 as year-ago volumes were impacted by coronavirus lockdowns. More significantly, compared to two years ago in March 2019, the Indian market…
The Fiat Strada topples the Chevy Onix as the YTD best-seller. As March 2020 corresponded to the first week of lockdown measures, this year the Brazilian market is back up 13.7% year-on-year to 177.109 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -6.5% to 497.885. However the March 2021 level remains…
Mazda places 5 nameplates in the March Australian Top 20. The Australian new car market rallies back up 22.4% year-on-year in March to 100.005 units, but more significantly this result is up 0.6% on pre-pandemic March 2019, meaning the market has already completely recovered in what in essence is a…
Haval sales are up 77.2% year-on-year in March. Picture zr.ru The Russian new light vehicle market steps back -5.7% year-on-year in March to 148.676 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -2.8% to 387.322. Both brand leaders Lada (+3%) and Kia (+1.3%) defy the negative conditions to improve their share…
The Vauxhall Corsa is the best-selling vehicle in the UK in March and YTD. The UK new car market posts its first year-on-year gain since last August at +11.5% to 283.964 units for the all-important month of March which coincides with new license plates. However the comparison base in March…
The Volvo S/V60 holds 8.8% of the Swedish market in March. The Swedish new car market is up by a spectacular 71.7% year-on-year in March to 47.460 units, a new record for the month. Year-to-date sales are now up 37.4% to 90.870. Unlike the markets we've covered so far, the…
The Fiat 500 is up to #2 at home in March. Picture quattroruote.it One year ago, the Italian new car market was paralysed by a strict coronavirus lockdown, and logically this month sales shoot back up 495.7% year-on-year to 171.064 units. A more adequate comparison is with March 2019 which…
The Peugeot 208 is the best-selling vehicle in Spain this month and YTD. New car sales in Spain are up 128% year-on-year in March to 85.819 units and down -14.9% year-on-year so far in 2021 to 186.061. However these figures are compared with a lockdown volume in March 2020. A…
Dacia is by far the best-selling brand in Montenegro with 19.4% share. For only the third time in BSCB history after 2014 and 2018, we can share with you today exclusive sales data for Montenegro. 739 new cars found a buyer over the period, a ghastly -56.1% drop over the…
Subaru sales are up 35% in a market down -13%. New car sales in Hong Kong continue to recover in March at -13% year-on-year to 2.884 units leading to a year-to-date tally down -23.4% to 7.137. This is a much better hold than both February (-23.7%) and January (-33.2%) as the territory is…
The Chery Tiggo 2 is the #1 model in Tunisia so far in 2020, #3 when adding all versions of each model. Today we can share with you rare All-brands and All-models data for Tunisia over the first four months of 2020. 10.381 new light vehicles found a buyer over…
The Saipa Shahin could finally be headed toward mass production in the coming months. Iranian production data is now released by Iran Khodro, Saipa, Pars Khodro and Zamyad which represent between 90 and 95% of the national production as most Chinese carmakers have left the country after the strengthening of international…