The Tesla Model 3 is the best-selling vehicle in London so far in 2020. Thanks to our partnership with SMMT, we can now share with you today H1 2020 new car sales data in Greater London. The market dives -46% year-on-year to 25.286 units, a slightly better hold than the UK overall…
The Ford Puma ranks #9 in Wales, its first Top 10 finish in any UK nation. Thanks to our partnership with SMMT we can now share with you the UK detail by nation for June. Logically as its car showrooms could reopen as early as June 1, England (-32.9%) fares the best…
The Hyundai Kauai is the only gainer in the Top 10. Picture garagemglobal.com The Portuguese new car market is stuck in a rut in June at -56.2% year-on-year to 11.076 units which is the worst European score we've recorded so far this month. The year-to-date tally now stands at 64.848, down…
First podium finish for the Skoda Kamiq at home. New car sales in the Czech Republic spectacularly reduce their loss to just -5.2% year-on-year in June at 20.771 units, leading to a First Half volume down -26% to 95.029. Homegrown behemoth Skoda (+16.1%) is doing the heavy lifting with a…
The Ford Kuga is the best-selling vehicle in Denmark in June. New car sales in Denmark edge down -13.4% year-on-year in June to 17.936 units, one of the best holds we have recorded in Europe so far, leading to a First Half tally down -27.7% to 88.427. Atop the brands ranking,…
Thanks to the new ZS EV, MG sales gain 22.7% in 2020. New car sales in the UK collapse -48.5% or 616.000 units to just 653.502 over the First Half of 2020. This is the lowest H1 volume in almost 50 years: since 1971 (623.483), at a time when the Austin…
First ever UK podium finish for the Toyota Yaris. Even though car showrooms were allowed to re-open in England on June 1, according to the National Franchised Dealers Association one in five remained shut throughout the entire month. As for Wales (June 22) and Scotland (June 29), the reopening date was…
The Skoda Scala breaks into the Polish Top 10 for the first time in June. 30/07 update: Now with H1 2020 Top 120 models. The Polish new car market skids -20% year-on-year in June to 35.133 units, a major improvement on the -54.8% of June but still a drastic fall, leading…
The Renault Clio is the best-selling vehicle in Croatia in June. Even though the coronavirus pandemic had been relatively limited so far in Croatia with just above 3.000 total cases, the country is currently in the midst of a second wave with new daily cases back to their highest levels.…
The Chevrolet Onix is now the #1 vehicle in Argentina in 2020. New vehicle sales in Argentina are back in positive for the first time in over two years (since May 2018) at +0.8% year-on-year to 36.228 units, however June 2019 was depleted -43.9% on the year prior and this post…
Volvo is the only Top 30 carmaker managing a double-digit gain in June. Italy has now been out of lockdown for two full months and its new car market accordingly improves month after month: from absolute hell in both March (-85.4%) and April (-97.5%) to -49.4% in May and -23.3% in June thanks…
The Hyundai Creta scores another outstanding month in India. After -100% in April and -85.4% in May, Indian new car wholesales sink another -47.2% year-on-year in June to 116.928 units despite aggressive discounts by all manufacturers present in the country, keeping in mind June 2019 was already down a stiff -17.6%…
The VW T-Cross is up to #3 overall in Brazil in June. As is currently the case in the U.S., the coronavirus pandemic is still roaming free in Brazil with 941.475 additional reported cases (total 1.5 million) and 31.947 additional lives lost (total 61.884) over the past month alone. Even…
China wholesales December 2019 - June 2020. Source CAAM via China Automotive Review. The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) expects Chinese wholesales to post a second consecutive double-digit year-on-year gain in June at +11% to roughly 2.28 million units after surging 14.5% in May. As a reminder May ended 21…
Peugeot (+21.2%) posts the best performance of any Top 15 carmaker. Picture teknikensvarld.se Swedish new car sales slow down their fall in June but still reel from the coronavirus crisis at -22.2% year-on-year to 24.747 units, bringing the H1 2020 volume down -25.1% to 125.685. Rechargeable cars (EV and PHEV)…