Toyota soars to 36% share in New Caledonia in April. New Caledonia is a French overseas archipelago located north-east of Australia. Unlike metropolitan France where the COVID-19 lockdown lasted until May 11, here businesses reopened as early as April 20. After March sales down a moderate -25.9%, April deliveries drop -47.2%…
The UAZ Bukhanka is #1 in Kazakhstan in April, 60% being ambulances. Picture autozavod.com Hitherto unaffected by the COVID-19 crisis (+39.7% in March), the Kazakh new car market crashes in April at -80.5% year-on-year to 1.122 units, tilting the year-to-date tally into negative at -2.8% to 18.963. This is the result…
Launched in January, the Geely Coolray is already inside the Belarus Top 20. Belarus is shaping up to be BSCB's latest monthly update addition. To celebrate, we can offer you today detailed brands and models data available since the start of 2020. Brand-wise, we have a complete Q1 2020 Top…
The Toyota C-HR breaks its Greek ranking record for the 2nd straight month. Greece initiated a nationwide lockdown on March 23 and remained under the strictest movement restrictions all through April, starting to ease on May 4 when small retail shops and hair salons were allowed to open. The country has…
The Toyota RAV4 is #1 in Cyprus in April. Cyprus has managed to contain the spread of the coronavirus, with 916 cases as of May 18 vs. 750 as of April 17. But quarantine measures mean its new car market is hit as hard as the rest of Europe, with…
The VW Viloran has landed in China. It is now time to go through the new locally-produced launches for the month. After two months of pause due to the coronavirus pandemic (2 launches in February, 3 in March), we are back to a normal volume of new models in March…
Without heavy truck sales, the Chinese market would still be down in April. New vehicle wholesales in China have bounced back even stronger than preliminary data suggested in April, up 4.4% year-on-year to 2.07 million units, bringing the year-to-date tally down -31.1% to 5.761.000 units. After February deliveries collapsed -79.1%…
The Mercedes EQC shoots up to a record 5th place in Norway in April. 15/05 update: Now with Top 40 All-brands and Top 190 All-models. After a two-week lockdown imposed on March 16, Norway declared the coronavirus pandemic "under control" on April 6. Total cases have gone from 4.447 as of…
The Kia Soluto hits a record 5th place in Vietnam in April. Vietnam has been one of the only south east Asian countries (alongside Taiwan) to be unscathed by the coronavirus pandemic thanks to a fast and strict response, with only 288 cases and no deaths reported as of May…
Thanks to new launches such as the S-Presso, Suzuki is down just -14.6%. COVID-19 movement restrictions triggered a -58.3% year-on-year drop for new car sales in Uruguay in April to 1.233 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down -23.2% to 9.369. Suzuki (-14.6%) resists a lot better than the market and…
Pakistan was under a national lockdown for the whole of April and has started easing it after Prime Minister Imran Khan said the government was unable to financially help all those who lost their job. This comes as COVID-19 cases surged in the past month, going from 5.374 when we published the…
First ever Russian Top 25 finish for the Kia Seltos. 20/06 update: Now with YTD Top 135 models. As we anticipated last month due to a national lockdown implemented on April 2 and in place all through the month, the Russian new car market collapses in April at -72.4% year-on-year to…
BMW manages to contain its loss to -49.9% in Germany in April. 12/05 update: Now with Top 50 brands, Top 300 All-models and Top 285 private sales. Under a national COVID-19 curfew since March 22 and up until April 20 when showrooms around the country started reopening, German new car…
Skoda posts the best hold in the Top 15. 24/06 update: Now with Top 130 YTD models. 12/05 update: Now with Top 20 models. One of the first European countries to be hit at a large scale by the coronavirus, Austria is also one of the first to come out…
Peugeot 308 sales are up 179.5% in a market down -50.3%. Given the current COVID-19 lockdown context, new car sales in Romania resist relatively well in April at -50.3% year-on-year to 4.321 units. This brings the year-to-date tally down -27.5% to 32.300 sales. Brand leader Dacia (-37.6%) holds markedly better than…