Peugeot delivers the largest YoY gain among the Top 25 brands. Picture quatrorodas The Brazilian new light vehicle market stabilises in May at -0.3% to 174,814 sales. The year-to-date volume is now down -18% to 685,663 units. Fiat (-3.8%) remains the most popular carmaker with 22.3% share vs. 16.1% at…
The Toyota Aygo X breaks into the Italian Top 20 in May. The Italian new car market slows down its fall in May to -15.1% and 121,299 units, the smallest year-on-year decline of the year so far. The year-to-date tally is down down -24.3% or 178,000 sales below the same…
The Seat Arona is by far the best-selling vehicle in Spain in May. New car sales in Spain drop another -10.9% year-on-year in May to 84,977 units, with sales to rental companies (-41.4% to 18,235) the single channel responsible for this month's fall. Indeed private sales are up 4.3% to…
The Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross is #1 in Iceland once again in May. The Icelandic new car market surges 57.2% year-on-year in May to 2,105 registrations, bringing the year-to-date tally to 6,725 on revised figures only taking into account Passenger Cars. Toyota (+110.6%) continues to lead the brands charts and this…
In a devastated market, Great Wall fares best among the Top 10 manufacturers. The Chinese Light Commercial Vehicle market is off -52% year-on-year in April to 178,122 units, faring worse than the Passenger Car market (-47.6%). The year-to-date volume is now -23% to 952,577 registrations. In the brands ranking, Wuling…
Toyota remains the best-selling manufacturer in Thailand in April. Note the data section of this article includes March 2022 data. The Thai new vehicle market is up 5.2% year-on-year in April to 61,137 registrations. This has the year-to-date volume up 12.6% to 284,025 units. Market leaders Toyota (+13.4%) and Isuzu…
The VW T-Cross is one of the most successful launches in recent years: it was the outright best-selling launch in the world in 2019, and reached impressive heights in a variety of countries, notably ranking #1 in Brazil in July 2020 and #3 in Italy in September 2019. As an…
Despite a -63.2% year-on-year drop, the Skoda Fabia remains #1 in Serbia. Data shared by our Central European partner CE Auto shows a Serbian new car market in freefall at -21.9% year-on-year to 2,541 sales, meaning the year-to-date tally is now off -6.8% year-on-year to 8,840. The Skoda Fabia (-63.2%) scores a third…
The VW Polo is the most popular vehicle in Bosnia & Herzegovina in April. Our Central European partner CE Auto says new car sales in Bosnia & Herzegovina are stable in April at -0.4% year-on-year to 790 units. The year-to-date volume now stands at 2,782, up 4.2% on the same period a…
The Dacia Duster is the best-selling vehicle in Moldova in April. According to data by our Central European partner CE Auto, the Moldovan new car market is up 13.6% year-on-year in April to 584 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 7.3% to 1,871 units. The Dacia Duster (+103.6%) storms…
The Kia Stonic surges to third place overall in North Macedonia in April. Based on data shared with us by Eastern European data partner CE Auto, new car registrations in North Macedonia gain 18.3% year-on-year to 478 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now down -4.6% to 1,606. The VW Polo…
The Ford Puma is up to a record 4th place in Europe in April. 27/05 update: Now with Top 75 All-brands and Top 410 All-models According to data by ACEA, the European new car market (EU+EFTA+UK) endures a -20.2% year-on-year loss in April to just 830,447 registrations as supply chain issues…
The Hyundai i30 easily tops the Slovak charts this month. The Slovak new car market is down -10.7% year-on-year in April to 6,058 units, leading to a year-to-date up 13.3% to 25,279. There's a thunderbolt in the brands ranking: for the first time in history Hyundai (+42.3%) is the best-selling…
The Hyundai Tucson is the best-selling vehicle in Cyprus in April. Thanks to our local partner SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, we can share with you today April data for Cyprus. The market is down a damning -19.2% year-on-year to just 747 units, yet thanks to a good start of the year,…
The Honda City is the best-selling vehicle in Vietnam in April. According to VAMA, new vehicle sales in Vietnam are up a whopping 40.9% year-on-year in April to 42,359 units, bringing the year-to-date volume up 31.1% to 132,865. These figures climb to 51,745 (+31.6%) for the month and 167,649 (+26%)…