Chery sales double year-on-year in July. According to data by our local partner cartube.co.il, the Israeli new car market advances 7% year-on-year in July to 25,064 units, but the year-to-date volume remains in negative at -8.9% to 180,209. Toyota (+10.9%) confirms it is the new favourite of Israeli buyers with…
The Volvo XC60 is the most popular vehicle in Sweden in July, for just 13 sales. 16,337 new car hit Swedish roads in July, a -5.6% year-on-year decline. The year-to-date tally evolves similarly at -5.9% to 148,631. Rechargeable vehicles hold a 59.6% market share vs. 59.9% over the same month…
The Toyota Corolla Cross leads the way again in Taiwan. 45,678 new light vehicles found a buyer in Taiwan in July, that's 7.8% over the year-ago figure. Year-to-date, the market tilts into positive at +0.3% to 278,181. Toyota (+5.1%) trails the market slightly but delivers an outstanding share at 29.9%…
Fiat Panda sales crash -17.6% year-on-year in July. 124,806 new cars found an Italian buyer in July, a 4.7% year-on-year improvement. This way, the year-to-date tally is up 5.2% or over 50,000 units to 1,011,259. This is still -18.2% below the pre-pandemic January-July 2019 figure. Local association UNRAE predicts a…
The MG ZS ranks #2 in Spain in July. New car sales in Spain edge up 3.4% year-on-year in July to 83,979 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 5.6% to 619,224. We however remain -23.4% below the pre-pandemic figure of January-July 2019. This time and encouragingly, private sales pull…
The Iran Khodro Tara is now inside the Iranian Top 10. Production of models with data available in Iran is up 5.4% year-on-year over the first 7 months of 2023 to 657,983 units. Peugeot, who doesn't share the detail by model, edges don -2% to just under 200,000 units over…
The Hyundai Bayon lodges its first podium finish in Kazakhstan. The Kazakh new vehicle market continues on its euphoric run with sales up a whopping 61.7% year-on-year in July to 18,818. This way, the year-to-date volume is up 61.1% to 102,069. Both are all-time high by far. For perspective, this…
The VW T-Roc is the most popular vehicle in Europe in July. 4/09 update: Now with Top 83 All brands and Top 456 All models. The European new car market (28 countries) shines in July at +16.5% to 1,018,403 units. This marks 12 consecutive months of year-on-year gains. The year-to-date…
The Kia Soluto is the best-selling car in Ecuador so far this year. Ecuador is a new monthly addition on BSCB. New vehicle sales in this country are down -6.5% year-on-year over in July to 10,826 units. Yet thanks to a strong start of the year, the 7-months total is…
The Skoda Scala hits a record 2nd place in Serbia. According to data released by our Central European partner CE Auto, the Serbian new car market falls -2.2% year-on-year to 2,965 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now up 1.8% to 18,026 sales. The Skoda Octavia (-0.6%) stays atop the…
The Toyota Yaris Cross is up to #2 in Bosnia & Herzegovina. Data by our Central European partner CE Auto shows a Bosnian new car market soaring 26.6% year-on-year in July to 1,086 sales. This brings the year-to-date volume up up 27.8% to 6,941. The Skoda Octavia (+64.3%) remains by far the…
The Kia Sportage is #1 in Moldova both in July and YTD. Based on data shared with us by our Central European market data partner CE Auto, the Moldovan new car market edges down -1% year-on-year in July to 742 sales. This is a strong result as July 2022 was up 24% on…
The Skoda Scala is the best-selling vehicle in North Macedonia in July. According to data by our Eastern European partner CE Auto, new car sales in North Macedonia are stable in July at +0.8% year-on-year to 488 units. This is however a poor result given July 2022 was down -23.8% on the year…
The Mazda CX-30 is the best-selling vehicle in Colombia again. The Colombian new car market continues to implode in July at -43.5% year-on-year to just 13,146 units, as low as 26 years ago in 1997 (13,427). This brings the year-to-date total to 104,015, off 29.3% over the same period last…
Skoda places five models in the Top 8. The Slovak new car market rallies back up 28.6% year-on-year in July to 8,001 sales, meaning the year-to-date volume is now up 15.8% to 53,458. Skoda (+36.8%) outpaces the surging market to 19.4% share while Kia (+4.3%) is a lot more muted but…