The Ford Kuga breaks into the Finnish Top 10 in May. The April 2020 article has been updated with the Top 32 All-brands and Top 50 models. After losing a somewhat contained -39.1% in April, Finnish new car sales go against most other European markets and accelerate their fall in…
The Kia Niro is the best-seller in the Netherlands so far in 2020. Picture autoverhaal.nl The Netherlands did not completely lock down its economy in March-April and therefore had until now enjoyed relatively smaller new sales drops (-24.6% in March and -53% in April). But now that most of Europe has…
The Toyota Hilux is back to #1 in Argentina. As the country is slowly awakening from its COVID-19 torpor, new vehicle sales in Argentina drop -42.6% year-on-year in May to 21.015 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down -45.4% to 115.864. That's a much better hold than in April (-88.3%) but still hardly…
The VW Tiguan is the best-selling vehicle in Ireland in May. After almost coming to a complete stop in April (-96.1%), Irish new car sales fall another -72.3% year-on-year in May to just 1.751 registrations as the country only partially eased its COVID-19 lockdown on May 18. The year-to-date tally…
The Lexus NX ranks #10 in Taiwan in May and year-to-date. New car sales in Taiwan are off -11.4% year-on-year in May to 33.528 units, a similar drop as in April (-11.1%) which tilts the year-to-date tally into negative at -0.2% to 168.396. Toyota (-0.8%) only edges down to hold…
The Wuling Mini Truck is back to #1 LCV in China. The Light Commercial Vehicle market in China shoots up 17% year-on-year in April to 355.318 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -22% to 882.815. Medium and Heavy Commercials are up 50% to 215.958 and now down just -1%…
Subaru sales are up 35% in a market down -13%. New car sales in Hong Kong continue to recover in March at -13% year-on-year to 2.884 units leading to a year-to-date tally down -23.4% to 7.137. This is a much better hold than both February (-23.7%) and January (-33.2%) as the territory is…
The Audi A1 climbs on the Spanish podium for the first time. New car sales in Spain collapse -72.7% year-on-year in May to 34.337 registrations, according to data by Anfac. This follows a March drop of -69.3% and an April fall of -96.5%, as contrary to France, the May drop…
The U.S. Canada border remains closed. According to Wards Auto and J.D. Power, U.S. retail sales through May 24 are down -25% vs. pre-virus forecast at 670.000 units, with J.D. Power predicting 991.000 retail sales in May, down -24% from its pre-virus forecast. This is a significant drop but a…
The Khazar LD/SD is the best-selling vehicle in Azerbaijan in 2019. Thanks to Ferid Nurizada from Autodata.az we can share with you 2019 new light vehicle sales data for Azerbaijan, a market up 14.5% year-on-year to 10.608 registrations. Both brands and models rankings are completely reshuffled this year. Launched in…
New car sales in China have returned to pre-coronavirus levels. Picture Reuters. After sinking -14% year-on-year over the first 10 days of May to 351.000 units, new vehicle wholesales in China have stabilised to just -2.5% year-on-year over the first 20 days of May to 971.000 units, according to the…
The Chery Tiggo 2 is the #1 model in Tunisia so far in 2020, #3 when adding all versions of each model. Today we can share with you rare All-brands and All-models data for Tunisia over the first four months of 2020. 10.381 new light vehicles found a buyer over…
The Renault Clio is #1 in Serbia in April and YTD. After dropping -42.6% in March to 1.701 units (complete Top 10 models below), the Serbia new car market is down another -78% year-on-year in April to 934 sales, pulling the year-to-date volume down -37.1% to 6.827, according to data shared…
The Skoda Fabia is the best-selling vehicle in North Macedonia in April. Our Eastern European data specialist partner CE Auto is telling us sales of new cars in North Macedonia drop -76.4% year-on-year in April to 156, leading to a year-to-date tally down -40.7% to 1.502. It's worth noting that no vehicle…
The Mercedes GLE ranks on the Bosnian podium in April. Thanks to our partnership with Central European market data partner CE Auto, we can now share with you April data for Bosnia & Herzegovina and sales are cratering due to COVID-19 at -78% year-on-year to just 284. The year-to-date volume is…