Changan has landed in the Moroccan charts. The Moroccan new light vehicle market is stable in June at -0.15% year-on-year to 17,368 units, including 15,855 passenger cars (-0.04%) and 1,513 light commercials (-1.25%). The H1 2024 passenger car tally is also stable at -0.25% to 74,048. Local manufacturer Dacia (+8.2%)…
The age-old question of whether to buy a car or rent one long-term still comes up in many discussions. Of course, long-term rentals pose their benefits and limitations. For one, you will never own the vehicle, and it will go back to the rental company. However, there are many other…
Polestar 3 It's a second difficult month in a row for the Swedish new car market in June at -10.2% year-on-year to 25,401 units. This way, the year-to-date tally is off -5.9% to 132,294. Sales of BEVs are down -16.8% to 9,118 and 35.9% share vs. 38.7% a year ago…
Ford Maverick sales are up 83.8% year-on-year in June. Sales of new light vehicles in Argentina implode -25.5% year-on-year to 28,383 units, leading to a year-to-date volume off -22.3% to 173,079. Toyota (-27.2%) sees its market share slide slightly year-on-year to 22.6% but remains dominant in the brands ranking. Volkswagen…
The VW T-Roc is the best-selling vehicle in Europe in May. 05/07 update: Now with Top 93 All brands and Top 501 All models (Source: JATO Dynamics) 27/06 update: Now with Top 25 brands and models data (Source: JATO Dynamics) Preliminary data from ACEA shows a European new car market…
Changan sells over 10,000 monthly units in Russia for the first time. New car sales in Russia gain 50.9% year-on-year in June to 124,394 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 79.1% to 719,311. Lada (+43.8%) trails the market slightly and sees its share thaw to 27.5% vs. 28.8% so…
The Volvo EX30 ranks #2 in Finland in June. Another very difficult month for the Finnish new car market, enduring a 7th straight month of year-on-year declines. Sales are off a damning -26.7% to just 6,571 for the month and down -17% to 38,287 year-to-date. Toyota (-28.8%) and Skoda (-30.4%)…
The Opel Corsa is now #2 year-to-date in Croatia. New car sales in Croatia gain 14% year-on-year in June to 8,225 units, an excellent score given June 2023 was already up 41% on the year prior. The year-to-date volume is now up 14.8% to 38,794. Skoda (+79.8%) scores a stellar month…
The Kia Sportage repeats at #1 in the UK. It's a 23rd consecutive month of year-on-year gains for the UK market in June at a meagre +1.1% to 179,263 units, according to SMMT. This way, the H1 tally passes the million mark for the first time since 2019 at 1,006.763…
The Mitsubishi Outlander reaches a record ranking in Australia in June. After 20 consecutive months of year-on-year gains and 5 straight monthly record, the Australian new car market marks a pause in June at -4.2% to 119,659 units. Now that customers have received vehicles that were ordered months or even…
The Dacia Sandero ranks #2 in Italy in May. It's a great month for new car sales in Italy, up 15% year-on-year to 160,046 units. The year-to-date tally is now up 5.3% or 45,000 units to 886,386. The event of the month is the record share of BEVs at 8.3%…
Cupra is up to a record #13 this month. The Spanish new car market edges up 2.2% year-on-year in June to 103,357 sales, leading to a year-to-date volume up 5.9% to 535,243. Like last month, sales to rental companies single-handedly pull the market in positive territory as they progress +15.4%…
The Toyota Yaris Cross is the best-selling vehicle in Serbia in May. According to data shared by our Central European partner CE Auto, 3,118 new cars found a buyer in Serbia, a 9.3% year-on-year improvement. The year-to-date tally is now up 25.5% to 14,862. Big event this month: after first…
The Skoda Scala ranks #2 in Bosnia in May. Our Central European partner CE Auto has new car sales in Bosnia & Herzegovina up 5.2% year-on-year in May to 1,202 units. The year-to-date volume is now up 8.9% to 5,192. The Skoda Octavia (-12.4%) reclaims the top spot it holds year-to-date…
The Dacia Duster lodges a 7th consecutive win. Next generation pictured. Data by our Central European market data partner CE Auto shows a Moldovan new car market up 7.6% year-on-year in May to 881 sales. This bring the year-to-date tally up 13.6% to 3,592 units. The Dacia Duster (-14.3%) manages a 7th…