Renault Captur sales soar +132.1% in July in Romania. New car sales in Romania enjoy a fantastic 8th consecutive month of double-digit gains and the largest yet in July at a mammoth +52.6% year-on-year to 23.206 units, lifting the YTD volume up 26% to 94.826. Homegrown brand leader Dacia (+50.6%)…
Toyota Corolla sales surge 71.8% in New Zealand in July. New vehicle sales in New Zealand are down for the third straight month in July at -3.3% year-on-year to 11.897 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -5.2% to 87.510. Passenger cars are down -2.1% in July to 2.689 and…
The MG ZS is now among Chile's Top 15 best-selling vehicles. The June 2019 article has now been updated with the Top 25 models. The Chilean new car market scores its first year-on-year uptick since January at +0.6% to 31.474 units, leading to a year-to-date tally now down -6.4% to…
Honda sales surge 115.9% in Singapore in July. The Singaporean new car market bounces back 32.5% in July to 6.990 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down -3.7% to 46.858 units. Both brand leaders Honda (+115.9%) and Toyota (+88%) vastly outpace the market by roughly doubling their sales year-on-year, distancing Mercedes…
The VW Tayron is the third best-selling SUV in China in July. Factory shipments to dealerships, or wholesales, continue to decline in China with July marking 13 consecutive negative months but at -4.3% to 1.808.000 units, this is the slimmest year-on-year drop since the Chinese market abruptly started to hit…
The Nissan Qashqai is #1 in Northern Ireland for only the 2nd time in the past 4 years. Thanks to our partnership with SMMT we can share with you today the Top 10 best-sellers for all UK nations in July. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales…
The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling vehicle in Poland for the 3rd month in a row. In July, new light vehicle sales in Poland gain a further 5.3% year-on-year on an already boosted July 2018 to 54.707 units including light commercials, leading to a year-to-date tally up 2.9% to 367.931.…
The Focus (+146.4%) helps Ford up 26.8% in July. 12/08/2019 update: Now with the Top 50 private sales models. Great result for German new car sales in July, up 4.7% year-on-year to 332.788 units even though July 2018 volumes were artificially boosted by pre-WLTP stock clearances. When comparing with July…
The Toyota Corolla is now #1 YTD in Ireland. The Irish new car market has its bi-annual license plate change in July and as a result sales jump to the 2nd largest monthly volume in the year below January at 24.701, albeit down year-on-year for the first time since March…
The VW T-Cross breaks into the Slovenian Top 5 in July. The Slovenian new car market pays the price for artificially boosted pre-WLTP sales a year ago - almost exclusively by the VW Group - with July deliveries down -4.6% to 5.958 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -4.3%…
Volkswagen sales gain 11.9% in July in a market down -6.5%. After a pause in June (-0.03%), the Moroccan new light vehicle market resumes its fall in July at -6.5% year-on-year to 13.050 units as a continued push by light commercial vehicles (up 25.8% to 1.444) once again fails to…
The Skoda Scala breaks into the Czech Top 5 in July. The Czech new car market ends a gruelling 10 consecutive months of decline in July at a slim +0.8% to 21.816 registrations. The year-to-date tally remains frankly in negative territory however at -9.1% to 150.314 units. Homegrown brand leader…
The Mercedes A-Class is the outright best-seller in Portugal for the third time in the past 11 months. The Portuguese new car market drops a steep -7.8% year-on-year in July to 18.436 registrations, meaning the year-to-date volume is now down -4.9% to 147.031. Renault (-18.8%) takes a hit but stays…
Opel Crossland X sales are up 244.5% year-on-year in the Netherlands. The Dutch new car market slides down -6.8% to 33.810 registrations in July, leading to a year-to-date tally down -10.2% to 259.662. Brand leader Volkswagen (-7%) matches the market to remain comfortably on top at 14.4% share vs. 8.4%…
New car sales in Denmark edge up 1.6% year-on-year in July to 16.713 registrations, keeping the YTD tally in positive at +1.3% to 138.954 and now just 17 units below the all-time high mark of 2017. Volkswagen (-13.9%) easily retains the #1 brand spot with 14.2% share despite posting the…