The new generation enables the Skoda Octavia to cement its domination in Finland. New car sales in Finland have stabilised in July at -2% year-on-year to 8.838 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -19.3% to 55.084. It's a very close finish in the brands ranking: Toyota (-35.7%) is in…
The Ford Puma also breaks into the Top 5 of two nations. Thanks to our partnership with SMMT we can now share with you the UK detail by nation for July. Now that car showrooms are re-opened across the entire country, pent-up demand during the pandemic means all UK nations are in…
Both Renault and Citroen post spectacular gains in Croatia in July. The Croatian new car market drastically reduces its fall in July but remains in the double-digits at -17.4% to 5.132 registrations, the year's largest monthly volume so far, leading to a year-to-date tally down -49.1% to 22.568. The brands…
The Ford Puma breaks into the Romanian Top 10 in July. The Romanian new car market takes a turn for the worse in July at a devastating -44.2% year-on-year to just 12.950 registrations, compared to a -27.8% slump in June and the steepest year-on-year fall of any European market we have covered…
A new generation of Haval H6, the country's #1 SUV, has just launched in China. Preliminary figures released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) show continued momentum for new vehicle wholesales in China in July: up an estimated 14.9% year-on-year to 2.08 million. Commercial Vehicles are expected to…
The EQC is up to a record 2nd place and allows Mercedes its first ever win in Norway. New car sales in Norway leap back into positive in July at +6.5% year-on-year to 9.772 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -21% to 68.996. Electrified vehicles continue to extend their…
For its 2nd month in market, the Rapid II reaches the highest ever ranking for any Skoda nameplate in Russia at #6. Complete turnaround for the Russian new car market, now up 6.8% year-on-year in July to 141.924 units. The year-to-date tally is now down -19.3% to 742.681 and this…
The BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe already ranks inside the Dutch Top 50. New car sales in the Netherlands manage their first year-on-year gain since last February at +4% in July to 34.885 units, with the year-to-date tally now down -25.7% to 192.868. Volkswagen (-16.6%) remains the most popular brand…
The new Kamiq is helping Skoda sales up 58.7% in Israel. Thanks to our partnership with cartube.co.il, we can share with you today July brands data for Israel – models data are a quarterly occurrence. Israeli new car sales have stabilised at -1.3% year-on-year in July to 22.696 units, leading to…
The Vauxhall Corsa signs a 4th UK win in the past 11 months. Thanks to pent-up demand accumulated over lockdown months and generous offers by most manufacturers, UK new car sales engineer a strong rally back in July with a sturdy 11.3% year-on-year gain to 174.887 units. Indeed according to…
The VW Amarok is up to #3 overall in Argentina. As we predicted last month, the post Covid-19 recovery of June (+0.8%) was short-lived with most car dealerships in the Greater Buenos Aires region closed anew under a new quarantine. July volumes are back down a searing -38.8% year-on-year to just…
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…
First ever Spanish podium for the Peugeot 2008. 11/08 update: Now with BEV, PHEV and HEV segment volumes and Top 5 models. After France last month (+1.2%), Spain is the second main European market to return to positive thanks to a generous cash-for-clunkers government incentive plan aimed at reviving an industry battered…
Kia (+26.3%) posts the largest gain in the Top 20 in July. The Swedish new car market manages to drastically reduce its fall in July to just -4% year-on-year at 22.718 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -22.5% to 148.403. Helping a lot are sales of rechargeable vehicles (EV…
BMW sales surge 67% year-on-year in Belgium in July. Whereas neighbours France (+3.9%) and Luxembourg (+14.9%) have returned to positive, new car sales in Belgium can't quite get there just yet with July volumes down -1.3% year-on-year to 44.532 units. The year-to-date tally is now down -26.6% to 261.137. As…