A cracked engine block is definitely on the list as one of a car owner’s worst nightmares. It ranks right up there with a blown head gasket or failed transmission. Thankfully, engine blocks are designed to last the lifetime of the vehicle, so failures are not very common. When it…
If you own a vehicle, you have probably heard of a catalytic converter. However, unless you are a mechanic, chances are that you don’t know what a catalytic converter actually does or how much it might cost to fix one. Thankfully, catalytic converters don’t fail often. But when they do,…
The Citroen C3 is now #1 year-to-date in Denmark. After soaring 13.4% in July, the Danish new car market falls back into negative in August at -5.8% to 17.608 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -20.7% to 124.991. Ford (+191.3%) is up almost 3-fold over its August 2019 volumes…
Citroen C3 Aircross sales shoot up 255.6% year-on-year in August. New car sales in Estonia endure a 6th double-digit year-on-year drop in August at a dreadful -42.3% to just 1.516 units. This is the second largest fall in all of Europe so far below just Romania (-51.9%) and leads to…
The Kia Niro breaks into the Top 10 of two UK nations in August. Thanks to our partnership with SMMT we can now share with you the UK detail by nation for August. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation and all sales are already included in our UK…
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 Isuzu D-Max is up to a record #2 in August even though the new generation won't arrive for another 12 months. The South African new vehicle market is stuck at dismal levels in August, even through lockdown restrictions were further lifted to Level 2: down another -26.3% year-on-year to…
The Duster (+121.6%) helps Dacia up 23.4% in a market down -30.1%. The Hungarian market fall accelerates again in August at -30.1% year-on-year to 10.924 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -25.4% to 78.649. As it was the case last month, in August the particularly large decline is mostly…
Kia sales surge 82.1% year-on-year in a market down -23.9%. New car sales in Croatia endure a 6th consecutive double-digit year-on-year decline in August at -23.9% to 2.599 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down -47.3% to 25.167. Brand leader Volkswagen (-36.6%) falls markedly faster than the market but retains…
Skoda sales soar 77.2% in August. Picture thecar.co.il Thanks to our partnership with cartube.co.il, we can share with you today August brands data for Israel – models data are a quarterly occurrence. After two single-digit drops in June and July, the Israeli new car market scores its first year-on-year gain since…
The Ford Puma is up to a world-best 4th place in the UK in August. After lockdown pent-up demand was released in July (+11.3%), the UK new car market swings back into negative territory in August at -5.8% year-on-year to 87.226 units, yet still managing the second biggest August volume…
The new Polo (+60.5%) helps lift Volkswagen sales up 33.7% in August. Picture zr.ru Just as total coronavirus cases in the country hit 1 million, making Russia the 4th country in the world to reach that milestone after the U.S., Brazil and India, new car sales in August tilt back…
The success of the new Jimny helps make Suzuki the only Top 20 brand in positive in August. A second, more significant wave of Covid-19 infections lifting total cases from 35.836 on August 1 to 70.858 at the time of writing this article means some restrictions were reinstated in some…
The Renault Clio remains the best-selling vehicle in Portugal. Contrary to the majority of European markets we have covered so far, Portuguese new car sales improve on July to end August virtually immobile year-on-year at -0.1% to 12.417 units, that's only 18 sales less than in August 2019. The year-to-date…
The Wuling Hongguang Mini EV reportedly sold 15.000 units in its first 20 days in market. The -4.2% drop over the first 20 days of the month by Chinese carmakers was a false alarm: according to preliminary data by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), new vehicle wholesales in…