The Ford Puma is already getting close to the Romanian Top 10. Picture eblogauto.ro New car sales in Romania tumble down -27.8% year-on-year in June to 10.161 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -30.7% to 49.616. Homegrown behemoth Dacia (-4.6%) proves a lot more resilient than its home market with…
The VW Polo is #1 in a traditionally weak June in Ireland. New car sales in Ireland post their best hold since February at -28.4% year-on-year in June to 1.009 units after collapsing -64% in March, -96.1% in April and -72.4% in May. This leads to a First Half volume…
Toyota Corolla sales more than double year-on-year in Colombia in June. 11/08 update: Now with Top 30 brands. 20/07 update: Now with Top 30 models. The Colombian new vehicle market drops another -38.5% year-on-year in June to 11.981 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down -37.7% to 72.395 halfway through 2020.…
The Fiat Toro is sold as the Ram 1000 in Chile. The coronavirus pandemic has continued to worsen unabated in Chile, with total cases flaring up from 16.023 as of April 30 to 113.618 a month ago and 301.019 at the time of writing. As a consequence, a large part of…
The new Daihatsu Taft is available in a 80s retro livery. 20/07 update: Now with H1 Top 115 models (all categories). New vehicle sales in Japan skid down -22.9% year-on-year to 347.371 units in June, a better hold than both April (-28.6%) and May (-44.9%), leading to a First Half volume down…
The Skoda Rapid 2, for now exclusive to Russia, breaks into the Top 25 in June. Car dealerships are now operational in Russia, and this reopening linked with state support measures as well as delayed purchases have combined to produce a very contained -14.6% year-on-year drop in June sales to 122.622…
Swan song: soon to be discontinued, the Mercedes X-Class pops into the NZ Top 30 in June. New vehicle sales in New Zealand reduce their fall to -17.2% year-on-year in June to 11.514 units, however is now in a worse position than neighbour Australia (-6.4%) which restarted its economy later.…
The Ford Puma ranks #9 in Wales, its first Top 10 finish in any UK nation. Thanks to our partnership with SMMT we can now share with you the UK detail by nation for June. Logically as its car showrooms could reopen as early as June 1, England (-32.9%) fares the best…
The Hyundai Kauai is the only gainer in the Top 10. Picture garagemglobal.com The Portuguese new car market is stuck in a rut in June at -56.2% year-on-year to 11.076 units which is the worst European score we've recorded so far this month. The year-to-date tally now stands at 64.848, down…
First podium finish for the Skoda Kamiq at home. New car sales in the Czech Republic spectacularly reduce their loss to just -5.2% year-on-year in June at 20.771 units, leading to a First Half volume down -26% to 95.029. Homegrown behemoth Skoda (+16.1%) is doing the heavy lifting with a…
The Ford Kuga is the best-selling vehicle in Denmark in June. New car sales in Denmark edge down -13.4% year-on-year in June to 17.936 units, one of the best holds we have recorded in Europe so far, leading to a First Half tally down -27.7% to 88.427. Atop the brands ranking,…
First ever UK podium finish for the Toyota Yaris. Even though car showrooms were allowed to re-open in England on June 1, according to the National Franchised Dealers Association one in five remained shut throughout the entire month. As for Wales (June 22) and Scotland (June 29), the reopening date was…
The Skoda Scala breaks into the Polish Top 10 for the first time in June. 30/07 update: Now with H1 2020 Top 120 models. The Polish new car market skids -20% year-on-year in June to 35.133 units, a major improvement on the -54.8% of June but still a drastic fall, leading…
The Renault Clio is the best-selling vehicle in Croatia in June. Even though the coronavirus pandemic had been relatively limited so far in Croatia with just above 3.000 total cases, the country is currently in the midst of a second wave with new daily cases back to their highest levels.…
The Chevrolet Onix is now the #1 vehicle in Argentina in 2020. New vehicle sales in Argentina are back in positive for the first time in over two years (since May 2018) at +0.8% year-on-year to 36.228 units, however June 2019 was depleted -43.9% on the year prior and this post…