Skoda Octavia sales are up 71.6% year-on-year in Serbia in May. According to data by our Central European partner CE Auto, new car sales in Serbia are up a measured and somewhat disappointing 29.2% year-on-year in May to 2.742 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 36.6% to 12.225. Keep…
The Skoda Fabia misses out on a Bosnian monthly win for just one sale. Based on data shared with us by our regional partner CE Auto, new car sales in Bosnia & Herzegovina rally back up 55.8% in May to 840 units, leading to a year-to-date total up 13% to…
The Toyota RAV4 is the best-selling vehicle in Moldova in May. According to our Central European market data partner CE Auto, new car sales in Moldova bounce back up 30.6% year-on-year in May to 521 registrations, lifting the year-to-date volume up 35.6% to 2.264. The Toyota RAV4 (+23.1%) continues to dominate the…
The VW T-Roc is now the best-selling vehicle in Cyprus year-to-date. Note: April data is also included in the tables below. According to data shared by our local partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, the Cyprus new car market soars 30.1% year-on-year in May to 1.028 registrations, lifting the year-to-date tally up…
Fiat holds 18.3% of the Turkish market in May. 30/06 update: Now with Top 25 models. Turkish new light vehicle sales are up 69.8% year-on-year in May to 54.734 units, the highest May total since 2018 when 72.755 units were sold. The year-to-date tally is now up 72% to 314.882. The…
Lexus NX sales are up 37.1% in May in China. Note: April data is also included in the tables below. Sales of imported cars in China drop -11.5% year-on-year in May to 79.295 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 18% to 405.337. Lexus (-8.1%) resists better than the market…
Wolodymyr our Dacia Duster is in Baku, Azerbaijan. This is Part 5 of our Dacia Duster adventure through 10 countries and 9000 km around the Black Sea, you can read Part 1: Transnistria here, Part 2: Chernobyl here, Part 3: Belarus here and Part 4: Crossing the Black Sea to Georgia here. As a…
The Chevrolet Nexia is #1 in Kazakhstan in May. Some good news for the new vehicle market in Kazakhstan: sales are up 38% year-on-year in May to 10.097 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 68.8% to 44.369. That's especially significant given May 2020 volumes were up 18.7% on the…
The VinFast Fadil is the best-selling vehicle in Vietnam in May. Vietnam new vehicle sales are up 34% year-on-year in May to 25.585 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 51.5% to 126.894. These figures climb to 34.493 for the month and 167.500 year-to-date when adding Hyundai and VinFast who report…
Mitsubishi sales are up 170.6% year-on-year in New Zealand in May. The New Zealand new vehicle market is up 75.5% year-on-year in May to 14.552 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 65.3% to 69.503. But more significantly, May 2021 is up a splendid 18.9% on the pre-pandemic volumes of two…
The Chery Tiggo 2 misses out on the overall May top spot for just 15 sales. New light vehicle sales in Chile bounce back up 293.2% year-on-year in May to 34.130 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 52.9% to 143.358. Note May 2021 volumes are now up 9.4% on…
The Hyundai Kona is the best-selling vehicle in Northern Ireland in May. Thanks to our partnership with SMMT we can share with you the Top 10 best-sellers for each UK nation in May. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures are already included in our May 2021…
The Suzuki Cultus holds 11.6% of the Pakistani market in May. According to local manufacturers association PAMA, sales of new locally produced light vehicles in Pakistan bounce back up 246.7% year-on-year in May to 15.696 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 145.5% to 87.693. Note May 2021 volumes remain…
The Skoda Enyaq breaks into the Austrian Top 10 in May. The Austrian new car market is up a measured 11.3% year-on-year in May to 22.503 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 25.8% to 108.321. However note May 2021 volumes remain well below pre-pandemic and are down -26.4% on…
The Q3 helps Audi sales up 113.3% in May in Switzerland. The Swiss new car market bounces back up 43.9% year-on-year in May to 19.991 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 25.2% to 98.542. However May 2021 volumes remain well below their pre-pandemic level at -28.8% on May 2019 (28.060) and…