The Peugeot 208 is up 64.9% over the first two months of the year. Over January and February 2020, new car sales in New Caledonia, a French overseas archipelago located north-east of Australia, gain a cool 10.6% year-on-year to 1.174 registrations. Toyota (+48.3%) sees its sales shoot up year-on-year, holding onto…
The BMW (+15.1%) is inside the Austrian Top 20 in January. New car sales in Austria drop a steep -9.1% year-on-year in January to 22.959 registrations. The entire brands podium falls faster than the market: Volkswagen (-11.4%) distances Skoda (-13.7%) and Seat (-12.3%) exactly like the FY2019 order. BMW (+20%),…
Kia has sold 76.588 units in India in 7 months, including 74.518 Seltos. It's another weak month for Indian new car wholesales, down -7.2% year-on-year to an estimated 252.400 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down -6.3% to 517.396. As the market was bracing for a transition towards stricter BS6 anti-pollution…
Chery is #11 in February, the highest a Chinese brand has ever been in Brazil. The Brazilian new car market swings back into positive in February at +4.6% year-on-year to 192.639 registrations, however this is not enough to flip the YTD tally into positive also, at -1% to 376.756 units.…
The Toyota RAV4 scores the largest gain in the Top 25, while the Mitsubishi Outlander (right) hits its highest ranking in almost 5 years. Picture zr.ru New light vehicle sales in Russia endure a 9th year-on-year decline in the past 12 months in February at -2.2% to 119.073 units, tilting the…
The Vauxhall Grandland X is the best-selling SUV in the UK in February. UK new car sales slip down -2.9% year-on-year in February to 79.594 units, the lowest score for the month since 2015 and marking an 11th year-on-year drop in the past 13 months. The year-to-date tally is now…
The Toyota RAV4 is up to a record 2nd place in Australia in February. Now updated with the Top 290 All-models. Drought, bushfires, floods and now growing coronavirus concerns have all combined to tear down the Australian new car market, February (-8.2%) marking a 23rd straight month of decline at…
The Kia Niro is the #1 car in the Netherlands in February. Picture autoblog.nl Dutch new car sales go against the European grain in February, edging up 0.3% to 29.868 units which reduces the year-to-date tally drop to -4% at 73.898 units. The hero of the month is Kia (+32.4%)…
The Hyundai i30 is up 72.7% year-on-year in February. New car sales in the Czech Republic accelerate their fall in February at -7.8% to 17.377 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down -4.2% to 36.509. Homegrown brand leader Skoda (-2.7%) resists better than the market but sees its share thaw from…
The Isuzu D-Max snaps its first win in Thailand since last April. 17/03 update: Now with the Top 13 models and official sales for 50 models. The Thai new vehicle market skids down -8.2% year-on-year in January to 71.688 registrations. Toyota (-24.4%) freefalls to 28.2% share vs. 32.9% over the…
The coronavirus outbreak has stopped the Chinese car market - and economy. This is a special update on China. If you read our recent China wholesales and retail January 2020 updates, this won't come as too much of a surprise to you. According to the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA),…
Polestar is the 36th best-selling carmaker in Belgium in February. The Belgian new car market drops -6.3% year-on-year in February to 46.775 registrations, tilting the year-to-date tally into negative territory at -2.3% to 98.615 units. Volkswagen (-11.7%) reclaims the brands pole position ahead of Renault (-23.8%) and Peugeot (-20.9%) but the…
The Chevrolet Onix is the best-selling vehicle in Argentina in February. New vehicle sales in Argentina skid down -31.7% year-on-year in February to just 27.204 registrations - the weakest February volume since 2004 - bringing the year-to-date tally down -27.8% to 71.921. An old and somewhat questionable theory of the…
Seat posts the largest year-on-year gain among the Top 15 brands. Thanks to our partnership with cartube.co.il we can share with you today February brands data for Israel, models data is a quarterly occurrence. Israeli new car sales edge up 1.4% year-on-year in February to 24.861 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 5.7%…
The Kia Seltos just misses out on a Top 10 finish for its first month in market. The Mexican new vehicle market is down -6% year-on-year in January to 104.832 units. Nissan (-10%) and Chevrolet (-10.5%) each lose more ground than the market but remain ultra-dominant at 20% and 15%…