The Opel Corsa is #2 in Greece for the 5th time in the past 8 months. Picture drive.gr New car sales in Greece drop -14.9% year-on-year in February to 6.689 units, an improvement on the -20.6% of January and leading to a year-to-date tally down -18.1% to 14.455 units. Brand…
The Changan CS75 is the best-selling vehicle in China for the first time. One year ago in February 2020 most of China was under Covid-19 lockdown with factories and dealerships closed, and the market tumbled down -79.1%. Logically this month wholesales (ex-factory deliveries) of China-made vehicles soar 364.8% year-on-year to 1.455.000…
The VW T-Roc is the best-selling vehicle in Cyprus in February. According to our partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, new car sales in Cyprus are off -11.7% year-on-year in February to 894 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down -20.3% to 1.735. This month the Cyprus market is completely overwhelmed by SUVs,…
The Puma (+252.6%) helps Ford up 57.9% this month. Picture garaz.cz The Czech new car market is down -15.5% year-on-year in February to 14.687 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -19.2% to 29.481. Local behemoth Skoda (-24.1%) loses significantly more ground than its home market and sees its share…
Peugeot sales are up 49.3% year-on-year in a market down -22%. New car sales in Luxembourg brake in February at -22% year-on-year to 3.742 units which leads to a year-to-date tally off -17.8% to 7.489. Despite falling faster than the market, Volkswagen (-29.1%) ends five consecutive months of Mercedes (-28.5%)…
The Hyundai Tucson remains the best-selling vehicle in Ireland. Picture thesun.ie The Irish new car market bounces back up 4.9% year-on-year in February to 13.785 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down -11.1% to 38.935. Toyota (+43%) scores a very healthy gain to remain atop the brands ranking with 12.8%…
Hyundai Kona sales are up 27.6% in Canada this month. Local consultancy DesRosiers estimates a Canadian new vehicle market down -9.9% year-on-year to 112.654 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -13.6% to 203.544. The Seasonally Adjusted Annualised Rate of sales (SAAR) stands at a strong 1.84 million units, a…
The new GV80 lifts U.S. Genesis sales up this month. New light vehicle sales in the U.S. are estimated to drop -10% year-on-year in February to roughly 1.19 million units on two fewer selling days and as severe weather impacted dealership traffic for the month. As the U.S. economy continues…
Hyundai Tucson sales are up 282.6% year-on-year in February. A year ago, the South Korean new car market was disrupted by Covid-19 and fell -19.6%. Logically this time, new car sales rally back up 25.6% to 123.646, which is also 1% better than February 2019. This includes 101.356 sales from…
Toyota is the best-selling carmaker in Argentina so far in 2020. Compared with a particularly low year-ago level (the weakest February in 16 years), the Argentinean new vehicle market gains 10.8% year-on-year in February to 30.141 units. This leads to a year-to-date tally up 10.6% to 79.579. Toyota (+76%) surges ahead…
The Peugeot 208 is the best-selling vehicle in Portugal in February. As the country was in lockdown for the entire month, new car sales in Portugal implode -59% year-on-year in February to just 8.311 units, the worst fall in Europe for the month so far. This leads to a year-to-date…
Fiat Strada sales are up 80.6% year-on-year in February. New light vehicle sales in Brazil drop -17.8% year-on-year in February to 158.237 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -14.8% to 320.793. Fiat (+26.2%) continues to be completely oblivious to the market decline and simply scores the largest and only…
The Toyota Yaris is #1 in Finland for the 2nd time in 4 months. Picture is.fi The Finnish new car market stabilises in February at -1.8% year-on-year to 7.974 registrations, bringing the year-to-date volume down -8.3% to 17.229 units. Toyota (+6.9%) goes against the market trend to advance to 17.2%…
Croatian Hyundai Tucson sales are up 270.6% in February. Picture driveteam.hr New car sales in Croatia slow down their fall in February at -4.2% year-on-year to 3.439 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -13% to 6.354. Volkswagen (-0.4%) is stable and dominant at 15.6% share while Skoda (-29.1%) is…
The Toyota Yaris is the first Asian model to top the European charts. Picture quattroruote.it 12/03 update: Now with Top 335 models. 09/03 update: Now with Top 58 brands and Top 100 models. 26/02 update: Now with Top 10 models. Final figures by JATO Dynamics show a European market (EU+EFTA+UK)…