The Skoda Octavia is up 9-fold year-on-year in April. The Croatian new car market continues to surge ahead in April with a 39.6% year-on-year progression to 6,240 sales. This leads to a year-to-date tally up 36.9% to 19,487. Atop the brands charts, Renault (+211.3%) and Skoda (+177.8%) both post sensational…
The entire Dacia range fits within the Top 12 models this month. 5/05 update: Now with Top 300 models. The French new car market bounces back again in April at +21.9% year-on-year to 132,509 units. April 2022 was down a drastic -22.6% so we're still not back to the April 2021…
The Ford Ranger is the best-selling vehicle in Australia so far in 2023. 5/05 update: Now with Top 280 All models ranking The Australian new vehicle market continues to be plagued by shipping bottlenecks due to biosecurity issues on car-carrying ships, but also ballooning delivery delays reaching 3 to 4…
Lexus sales are up 93.2% year-on-year in April. New light vehicle sales in Taiwan gain 8.4% year-on-year in April to 38,231, bringing the year-to-date tally up 7.4% to 149,999. Toyota (-7.1%) can't surf on the overall growth but stays distant leader in the brands charts with 26.4% share vs. 27%…
The Honda HR-V scores its first Brazilian Top 10 finish since October 2017. New light vehicle sales in Brazil progress 11.2% year-on-year in April to 151,721 units, although a strong YoY result we are 7.4% below April 2021 (163,902) and 31.4% below pre-pandemic April 2019 (221,321). Fiat (-2.8%) goes against…
BYD is the 4th best-selling manufacturer in Israel in April. According to our Israeli data partner cartube.co.il, 19,433 new cars found a home in Israel in April. That's a -4.7% year-on-year decline which is a poor performance given April 2022 was down -17.8% on the year prior. But thanks to a solid…
The Opel Corsa is up 231.6% year-on-year in April. The Dutch new car market jumps another splendid 35.2% year-on-year in April to 29,669 registrations. We are however still 10.5% below the pre-pandemic score of April 2019 (33,149). This way, the year-to-date result is up 27.2% to 127,597. Kia (+25.6%), although…
The Jeep Avenger scores its first Top 50 finish, directly landing at #21. The Italian new car market continues to bounce back up after a dreadful 2022, with April sales up 29.2% year-on-year to 125,805 units. Keep in mind April 2022 crashed -33% over the prior year. The year-to-date volume is…
The MG ZS cracks the Spanish Top 10 for the first time. After climbing 51.4% in January, 19.2% in February and 66.1% in March, new car sales in Spain markedly slow down their growth in April at just +8.2% year-on-year to 74,749 units. This is almost 40% below the 123,833 registrations…
After a never-ending stream of recalls for its models in 2023, the Ford Ranger and Bronco models have another recall knocking at the door, this time concerning loose lug nuts, particularly, the driver-side lug nuts. Marked as another manufacturing issue, there have been several recalls recently concerning almost all the…
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The Dacia Duster is the most popular vehicle in Iceland in April. 1,629 new cars hit Icelandic roads in April, a 12.7% year-on-year increase. The year-to-date tally stands at 5,127 units, up 11% over the same period in 2022. After falling to #2 in March, Toyota (+8.6%) reclaims the lead…
Ford Everest sales are up 117.2% year-on-year in Vietnam. Based on data by local automotive association VAMA, the Vietnamese new vehicle market recedes -18.7% year-on-year to 30,038 registrations, bringing the Q1 2023 volume to 70,392, off -22.2% on the same period a year ago. When adding non VAMA members (Hyundai and some…
The Toyota Corolla is the most popular vehicle in Serbia in March. Based on data shared with us by our Central European partner CE Auto, the Serbian new car market is down -7.1% year-on-year in March to 2,717 sales, tilting the year-to-date tally into negative at -1.2% to 6,221 units.…
The Toyota Yaris Cross breaks its ranking record in March. Our Central European partner CE Auto has the Bosnian new car market up 32.7% year-on-year in March to 1,100 sales, leading to a year-to-date volume up 31% to 2,609. The Skoda Octavia (+488.9%) surges ahead to keep the pole position with 9.6%…