The Skoda Fabia is up to #2 in Serbia in February. According to data shared with us by CE Auto, the Serbian new car market progresses by 12.6% year-on-year in February to 2,194 sales. The year-to-date cume is up 19.5% to 4,186. The top 4 models all lodge surreal year-on-year…
The Citroen C4 ranks inside the Bosnian Top 10 in February. Data by our Central European partner CE Auto shows new car sales in Bosnia & Herzegovina up 13.9% year-on-year in February to 951 units, leading to a year-to-date volume also up 13.9% to 1,719. The Skoda Octavia easily reclaims…
The Dacia Duster is #1 in Moldova for the 4th month in a row. According to our Central European partner CE Auto, the Moldovan new car market gains 15.6% year-on-year in February to 637 units. The year-to-date tally is up 10.3% to 1,144. The Dacia Duster (+80.5%) ranks 1st for…
The Seat Ibiza lands at #2 in North Macedonia in February. Thanks to our Central European partner CE Auto we can share with you February data for North Macedonia. This market surges 69% year-on-year to 551 sales, leading to a year-to-date tally up 30.5% to 971 units. The Kia Sportage…
The Skoda Fabia is the best-selling vehicle in Slovakia in February. It's another very satisfying month for the Slovak new car market at +16.3% year-on-year in February to 7,702 units. This way, the year-to-date tally is up 17.5% to 15,637. Atop the brands ranking, both Skoda (+37.1%) and Hyundai (+23.5%)…
The Daihatsu Sigra is the best-selling model in Indonesia for the 2nd month running. The new vehicle wholesales market in Indonesia dives -18.7% year-on-year in February to just 70,657 units, leading to a year-to-date volume off -22.5% to 140,274. Retail sales are down -16.3% to 70,291 and -15% year-to-date to…
The Toyota Corolla Cross is the most popular vehicle in Colombia in February. The Colombian new vehicle market significantly slows down its fall in February at -1.3% to 15,612. The year-to-date tally is down -8.4% to 27,206. Toyota (+38.5%) goes completely against the market to post a splendid year-on-year gain…
The Jetour X70 is up to a record 5th place in Kazakhstan in February. Note: January sales figures are also included in the data section of this article. After progressing 7.8% year-on-year in January to 11,244, Kazakh new car sales retract -6.2% in February to 12,299. This leads to a…
Chery Arrizo 8 sales are up 269.9% year-on-year in February. Retail sales for the selection of vehicles included in this update are off -16.3% year-on-year in February to 1,051,694, as the Lunar New Year holiday fell in February this year. The year-to-date tally remains up by a stunning 26.8% to…
Lexus RX The Lunar New Year holidays falling in February this year instead of January in 2023, sales of new imported cars in China drop -40.6% year-on-year this month to just 32,968. However the two-month total, reflecting the real evolution of the market, is down just -2% to 108,442, a…
VW Passat sales are up 54.9% in February. Picture Martin Meiners. German new car sales edge up 5.4% year-on-year in February to 217,388 units. That's the smallest lift among the Top 5 European markets. Year-to-date volumes are up 11.8% to 430,941. Note BEV sales drop -15.4% year-on-year to 27,479 and…
BYD sales are up 10-fold year-on-year in Singapore. 2,414 new cars found a buyer in Singapore in February, a solid 13% year-on-year growth. This leads to a year-to-date volume up 15.7% to 4,654. This month's biggest story is without a doubt the very first pole position of BYD (+1045.9%) up…
The Ford Ranger is #1 in Vietnam in February. VAMA data shows a Vietnamese market imploding -49.5% year-on-year to just 11,633 sales and off -23.5% to 30,876. When adding Hyundai who reports separately from VAMA, these figures climb to 13,666 (-52%) and 36,478 (-26%). According to VAMA, the horrendous market…
Fiat Panda sales are up 261.6% year-on-year in February. The Greek new car market is up a splendid 15% year-on-year in February to 11,451 sales, leading to a year-to-date tally up 18.1% to 24,203 units. Toyota (+44.6%) vastly outpaces the galloping market to reach 15.6% share, well above Citroen (+9.4%)…
AITO M9 We can now share with you the newcomers in the Chinese wholesales charts. This month we have 4 new models hitting dealerships, all of them Chinese. This continues to show domestic brands lead in terms of dynamism and launch frequency. Once again all launches are New Energy vehicles…