The Audi Q3 is the best-selling vehicle in Switzerland for the 2nd month running. Note the data section of this article includes complete October figures. In November, new car sales in Switzerland manage to contain their loss to -5.7% at 22.846 units, meaning this is the first single-digit drop of the year…
MG sales are up 28.6% year-on-year in Thailand. Picture thairath.co.th Note: This article also includes October 2020 data. 27/01/21 update: Now with 45 models. After tilting back into negative in October (-3.9% to 74.115), new vehicle sales in Thailand stabilise in November at -0.1% to 79.177 units. The year-to-date tally…
The Ford Puma is the best-selling vehicle in Wales for the 2nd month running. Note: October data is also included in this post. Thanks to our partnership with SMMT we can now share with you the UK detail by nation for November. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation…
Renault Romanian sales are up 100.4% in October and 23.7% in November. In October, the Romanian new car market lifts 17.6% year-on-year to 12.523 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -27.9% to 97.054. Dacia (+9.4%) trails the market and sees its share reduce to 32.3% vs. 34.7% year-to-date, but…
The Ford Puma has cracked the Portuguese Top 10. Note the data section includes separate October 2020 data. New car sales in Portugal stumble down -27.9% year-on-year in November to 11.826 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -36.3% to 131.165. Renault (-25.8%) is back in the brands lead above…
Download Lynk & Co aligns a 4th consecutive all-time monthly volume record. With a bit of delay we can share with you October wholesales data for China. According to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), the Chinese wholesales market sports a 7th straight month of year-on-year gains and 6th…
The Fiat Cronos is the best-selling vehicle in Argentina again. A low year-ago base and pandemic pent-up demand means new vehicle sales surge 14.6% year-on-year in Argentina to 37.163 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down -30.6% to 284.666 units. Volkswagen (+27.1%) almost doubles the market growth to easily remain the…
The Kia K5 sells a record 7.528 in the U.S. in October. 15/12 update: Now with monthly data for all Ford and Lincoln models. The U.S. new light vehicle market is up an estimated 1% year-on-year in October to around 1.350.000 units according to Bloomberg, leading to a year-to-date tally…
Volvo sales are up 25.5% in a Canadian market down an estimated 2%. Local consultancy Desrosiers estimates new light vehicle sales in Canada dip roughly -2% year-on-year to around 158.000 sales. This is the 7th year-on-year drop this year but an indication sales are stabilising after gaining 2.4% in September. It…
Chevrolet is the best-selling car brand in Kazakhstan in October. New vehicle sales in Kazakhstan continue to gallop ahead in October at +42.2% year-on-year to 9.838 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 24.7% to 73.246. New local producer Chevrolet (+3095.4%) has a lot to do with the market uptick and…
The VW Golf is back with a vengeance in the Czech Republic. As a second wave of coronavirus infections and related restrictions engulfs the country, new car sales in the Czech Republic drop -15.5% year-on-year to 16.835 units in October, leading to a year-to-date tally off -21.7% to 165.154. Local…
Renault Megane sales are up 433.6% year-on-year in Turkey in October. The Turkish new light vehicle market continues to rejuvenate after two dreadful years, with October volumes up another 93% year-on-year to 94.733 units which leads to a year-to-date tally up 78.1% to 588.354. However as we have noted over the past…
The Skoda Octavia is the best-selling model in Serbia in October. Thanks to our Central European partner CE Auto, we can share with you today Serbian sales data for October. After a stable September (+0.04%), the Serbian market is back to significant losses in October, down -10.3% to 2.563 units which…
The Skoda Octavia cements its lead despite a year-on-year drop. According to our partner CE Auto, the Bosnian new car market rallies back up a spectacular 41.2% year-on-year in October to 1.357 units, leading to a year-to-date tally now down -21.5% to 7.313. Despite falling -18.2% on a particularly strong year-ago…
The Dacia Logan (2021 model pictured) is #1 in Moldova in October. Based on data by our Central European partner CE Auto, new car sales in Moldova dive -22.7% year-on-year in October to just 513, bringing the year-to-date tally to 4.039 which is off -25.7% on the same period in 2019. Longtime best-seller…