The Fiat Strada topples the Chevy Onix as the YTD best-seller. As March 2020 corresponded to the first week of lockdown measures, this year the Brazilian market is back up 13.7% year-on-year to 177.109 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -6.5% to 497.885. However the March 2021 level remains…
Mazda places 5 nameplates in the March Australian Top 20. The Australian new car market rallies back up 22.4% year-on-year in March to 100.005 units, but more significantly this result is up 0.6% on pre-pandemic March 2019, meaning the market has already completely recovered in what in essence is a…
Haval sales are up 77.2% year-on-year in March. Picture zr.ru The Russian new light vehicle market steps back -5.7% year-on-year in March to 148.676 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -2.8% to 387.322. Both brand leaders Lada (+3%) and Kia (+1.3%) defy the negative conditions to improve their share…
The Vauxhall Corsa is the best-selling vehicle in the UK in March and YTD. The UK new car market posts its first year-on-year gain since last August at +11.5% to 283.964 units for the all-important month of March which coincides with new license plates. However the comparison base in March…
The VW Touareg is up to 7th place in Ukraine in February. The Ukrainian new car market slows down its fall in February to -4.7% year-on-year at 6.336 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -14% to 12.072. Toyota (-19%) remains the most popular carmaker in the country but for…
The new generation 2008 hits a record #2 in February in Europe. 07/04 update: Now with Top 335 All-models. 01/04 update: Now with Top 58 All-brands and Top 100 models. 25/03 update: Now with Top 10 models. Preliminary figures by ACEA show a European market (EU+EFTA+UK) down -20.3% to 850.170…
The Volvo S/V60 holds 8.8% of the Swedish market in March. The Swedish new car market is up by a spectacular 71.7% year-on-year in March to 47.460 units, a new record for the month. Year-to-date sales are now up 37.4% to 90.870. Unlike the markets we've covered so far, the…
The Fiat 500 is up to #2 at home in March. Picture quattroruote.it One year ago, the Italian new car market was paralysed by a strict coronavirus lockdown, and logically this month sales shoot back up 495.7% year-on-year to 171.064 units. A more adequate comparison is with March 2019 which…
The Peugeot 208 is the best-selling vehicle in Spain this month and YTD. New car sales in Spain are up 128% year-on-year in March to 85.819 units and down -14.9% year-on-year so far in 2021 to 186.061. However these figures are compared with a lockdown volume in March 2020. A…
The VinFast Fadil is the best-selling vehicle in Vietnam in February. According to local manufacturers association VAMA, new vehicle sales in Vietnam are down -22.9% year-on-year in February to 13.585 due to the Lunar New Year holiday falling in February this year vs. January 2020. The year-to-date tally now stands…
Isuzu MU-X sales soar 183.9% year-on-year in February. New vehicle sales in Thailand drop -13.6% year-on-year in February to 58.960 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -18.4% to 114.168. For only the the second time in at least 30 years in Thailand after June 2020, Isuzu (+13.8%) outsells Toyota (-14.6%) to become…
The Suzuki Alto holds 25.8% of the Pakistani market in February. Sales of locally-produced light vehicles in Pakistan shoot up 34.9% on a low year-ago basis to 16.436 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 41.3% to 33.951. Suzuki (+65.6%) easily outpaces the market to see its share climb to…
The new Sandero helps propel Dacia sales up 25.8%. Picture largus.fr 31/03 update: Now with Top 280 All-models ranking. New car sales in France record a 7th consecutive month of decline, accelerating their fall to -20.9% year-on-year in February at 132.637 units. This brings the year-to-date tally down -14.2% to…
First Top 10 and Top 5 finishes for the Skoda Kamiq in Serbia. According to data by our Central European data partner CE Auto, the Serbian new car market is off -15.7% year-on-year in February to 1.983 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down -20.6% to 3.327. The Fiat 500L (+79.5%)…
The Skoda Octavia holds 8.1% of the Bosnian market in February. Thanks to our partnership with Central European market specialist CE Auto, we can share with you today new car sales for Bosnia & Herzegovina, a market down -32.2% year-on-year to 633 units which leads to a year-to-date tally down -33.3% to…