Seat Arona sales are up 3-fold year-on-year in March. New car sales in the Czech Republic rally back up 46.5% year-on-year to 20.053 units on Covid-impacted year-ago volumes, leading to a year-to-date tally now down -1.3% to 49.534. Homegrown brand leader Skoda (+36.4%) can't quite match the market growth but…
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…
The Mercedes GLB is inside the Czech Top 30 in January. New car sales in the Czech Republic drop -22.7% year-on-year to 14.794 registrations in January. Homegrown brand leader Skoda (-30.8%) falls faster than the market to 38.7% but January 2020 was a particularly high comparison base as it hit…
The Skoda Scala climbs onto the Czech podium in 2020. Discover over 50 years of Czech Historical Data here. New car sales in the Czech Republic drop -18.8% year-on-year in 2020 to 202.971 units. Local behemoth Skoda (-12.9%) outpaces its home market and markedly improves its share from 34.4% to…
The VW Golf is up 7-fold year-on-year in November. Picture auto.cz The Czech new car market is down another -13.3% year-on-year in November to 17.484 registrations, bringing the year-to-date volume down -21% to 182.638. Once again homegrown brand leader Skoda (-27%) loses a lot more ground than the market and…
The VW Golf is back with a vengeance in the Czech Republic. As a second wave of coronavirus infections and related restrictions engulfs the country, new car sales in the Czech Republic drop -15.5% year-on-year to 16.835 units in October, leading to a year-to-date tally off -21.7% to 165.154. Local…
The Skoda Kamiq scores its second ever podium at home. New car sales in the Czech Republic sign their first year-on-year uptick of 2020 in September at +7.2% to 16.909 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -22.4% to 148.319. Local behemoth Skoda (+4.2%) is up but can't quite match its…
Mercedes is the only Top 10 brand in positive in August. After almost stabilising in June (-5.2%) and sightly worsening in July (-9.4%), the Czech new car market falls apart anew in August at -33.6% year-on-year to 16.611 units, leading to a year-to-date tally of -25% to 131.410. Local behemoth Skoda…
The Peugeot 2008 breaks its ranking record in the Czech Republic. After almost stabilising in June (-5.2%), the Czech new car market worsens again in July at -9.4% year-on-year to 19.770 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -23.6% to 114.799. Homegrown behemoth Skoda (+6.3%) bucks the negative trend to…
First podium finish for the Skoda Kamiq at home. New car sales in the Czech Republic spectacularly reduce their loss to just -5.2% year-on-year in June at 20.771 units, leading to a First Half volume down -26% to 95.029. Homegrown behemoth Skoda (+16.1%) is doing the heavy lifting with a…
The Skoda Fabia is #1 at home in May. Picture sportovnivozy.cz With most COVID-19 restrictions lifted by May 11, the Czech new car market performs better in May at -44.4% to 13.385 than it did in April (-53.4%) but not by such a significant margin which is disappointing. The year-to-date…
The Skoda 100/110 topped Czech sales charts in the early seventies. May 2020 update: Now with 15 years of uninterrupted All-brands and All-models annual data from 2005 onwards (12 updated articles). Historical Data as far as 1969 is available for Czechoslovakia, split between Czech Republic and Slovakia from 1993 onwards. Witness…
The Skoda Kamiq repeats at a record 4th place in the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic entered a national quarantine on March 16 but started gradually easing restrictions as early as April 7 with most restrictions scheduled to be lifted by May 11. New car sales in the country drop…
The Skoda Kamiq advances to an all-time high 4th place in March. After declaring a COVID-19-triggered state of emergency on March 12 and for the first time in the country's modern history, on March 16 a nationwide quarantine was imposed in the Czech Republic, initially scheduled to last until March…
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…