BMW (+4%) is the only Top 20 carmaker to post a gain in August. As the second wave of coronavirus struck the country over summer, lifting total cases from 27.296 on July 1 to 91.256 at the time of writing this article and wrecking havoc on the economy and tourism…
The Toyota RAV4 hits the highest market share of any model in Australia in over 15 years. Picture themorningbulletin.com.au 4/09 update: Now with Top 310 All-models. Shackled by a strict lockdown in Melbourne and Victoria, new vehicle sales in Australia drown -28.8% year-on-year in August to just 60.986 units, marking an…
The Toyota Yaris is up 86.4% in a market down -28.6%. 04/09: This article has now been updated with full month data. A previous version only included 20 days in August. Facing a second wave of infections more virulent than the first from mid-July onwards, Poland had to impose new restrictions…
The Polestar 2 surges to 4th place overall in Norway in August. 04/09 update: Now with Top 42 All-brands and Top 310 All-models. Like almost every European market we have covered so far, Norway is back in negative territory in August at -10.5% to 10.802 registrations, leading to a year-to-date…
The facelifted Nexon helps Tata sales up 154%. The coronavirus pandemic and the Indian new car market have started evolving in opposite directions. On one hand, India has endured the highest new daily Covid-19 cases of any country since the start of the pandemic (85.687 in August 26) and nears…
The new model pushes the Fiat Strada to its highest ranking in over 5 years. Total Covid-19 infections in Brazil have now reached 4 million, over one million more than a month ago, with lives lost approaching 125.000. Brazil still features as the second most affected country in the world…
The Kia Niro is the best-selling vehicle in Sweden in August. Starting off a high comparison base as August 2019 was the second largest ever score for the month, new car sales in Sweden drop -13.4% year-on-year this month to 25.522 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -21.3% to…
The facelifted model (pictured) should help the Hyundai Kona improve further in Ireland. Unlike most European marker so far, Ireland continues to slow down its fall in August at just -4.2% year-on-year to 4.875 registrations vs. -14.1% in July. The year-to-date tally is now down -28.6% to 78.920. Volkswagen (-5.4%)…
Ford sales are up 417% year-on-year in Turkey in August. 05/10 update: Now with Top 25 models. Once again Turkish new light vehicle sales post extravagant numbers in August at +134.4% year-on-year to 61.533 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 68.4% to 403.002. However it must be noted that the…
The Toyota C-HR breaks into the NZ Top 10 for the first time. Hampered by a new coronavirus lockdown in Auckland, the New Zealand new vehicle market is back in frank negative in August at -15.8% year-on-year to 10.610 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -23.6% to 76.422. In…
The Suzuki Baleno is the best-selling vehicle in Chile in August. After averaging -70% over the past three months, the Chilean new vehicle market seems to have bottomed out in August with sales down a slightly less intimidating -42.4% year-on-year to 19.037 units. This leads to a year-to-date tally down…
BMW is the best-selling car brand in Luxembourg in August. 05/10 update: Now with Top 10 models YTD. Luxembourg new car sales return to negative territory in August at -3.7% to 3.671 units after posting a 14.9% surge in July, leading to a year-to-date tally down -24.6% to 29.973. BMW…
Great Wall sales surge 155.9% year-on-year in July. The Light Commercial Vehicle market continues to strive in China as local government intends to get the economy back on track post-pandemic by propping up infrastructure projects and making it easier for small “street businesses” to operate in city centres, as well as…
Kia sales are up 117.6% year-on-year in a market down -20%. New light vehicle sales in Hong Kong endure a 6th consecutive double-digit year-on-year drop in June at -20% to 2.715 units, leading to a year-to-date volume off -22.1% to 14.985 sales halfway through 2020. Toyota (-30.4%) easily holds onto…
The Dacia Logan is the best-selling vehicle in North Macedonia in July. According to data shared with us by our Eastern European data partner CE Auto, new car sales in North Macedonia bounce back up 2.9% year-on-year in July to 607 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -35.8% to 2.812.…