The Ford Puma breaks into the Romanian Top 10 in July. The Romanian new car market takes a turn for the worse in July at a devastating -44.2% year-on-year to just 12.950 registrations, compared to a -27.8% slump in June and the steepest year-on-year fall of any European market we have covered…
A new generation of Haval H6, the country's #1 SUV, has just launched in China. Preliminary figures released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) show continued momentum for new vehicle wholesales in China in July: up an estimated 14.9% year-on-year to 2.08 million. Commercial Vehicles are expected to…
The EQC is up to a record 2nd place and allows Mercedes its first ever win in Norway. New car sales in Norway leap back into positive in July at +6.5% year-on-year to 9.772 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -21% to 68.996. Electrified vehicles continue to extend their…
For its 2nd month in market, the Rapid II reaches the highest ever ranking for any Skoda nameplate in Russia at #6. Complete turnaround for the Russian new car market, now up 6.8% year-on-year in July to 141.924 units. The year-to-date tally is now down -19.3% to 742.681 and this…
The BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe already ranks inside the Dutch Top 50. New car sales in the Netherlands manage their first year-on-year gain since last February at +4% in July to 34.885 units, with the year-to-date tally now down -25.7% to 192.868. Volkswagen (-16.6%) remains the most popular brand…
The new Kamiq is helping Skoda sales up 58.7% in Israel. Thanks to our partnership with cartube.co.il, we can share with you today July brands data for Israel – models data are a quarterly occurrence. Israeli new car sales have stabilised at -1.3% year-on-year in July to 22.696 units, leading to…
The Vauxhall Corsa signs a 4th UK win in the past 11 months. Thanks to pent-up demand accumulated over lockdown months and generous offers by most manufacturers, UK new car sales engineer a strong rally back in July with a sturdy 11.3% year-on-year gain to 174.887 units. Indeed according to…
The VW Amarok is up to #3 overall in Argentina. As we predicted last month, the post Covid-19 recovery of June (+0.8%) was short-lived with most car dealerships in the Greater Buenos Aires region closed anew under a new quarantine. July volumes are back down a searing -38.8% year-on-year to just…
Nissan sales surge 53.5% in a market down -12.8%. Although a much better hold than the -33.1% of June, the Bulgarian new car market still falls by the double-digits in July at -12.8% to 3.598 units. This leads to a year-to-date tally off -39.8% to 16.357. Now that European Union borders…
Great Wall pickup sales soar 272.3% in a market up 64.3%. According to data released by LMC Automotive, sales of Light Commercial Vehicles in China continue to surge in June at +64.3% to 379.661 units, a new record for the month tilting the year-to-date tally into positive at +0.7% to…
First ever Spanish podium for the Peugeot 2008. 11/08 update: Now with BEV, PHEV and HEV segment volumes and Top 5 models. After France last month (+1.2%), Spain is the second main European market to return to positive thanks to a generous cash-for-clunkers government incentive plan aimed at reviving an industry battered…
Kia (+26.3%) posts the largest gain in the Top 20 in July. The Swedish new car market manages to drastically reduce its fall in July to just -4% year-on-year at 22.718 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -22.5% to 148.403. Helping a lot are sales of rechargeable vehicles (EV…
BMW sales surge 67% year-on-year in Belgium in July. Whereas neighbours France (+3.9%) and Luxembourg (+14.9%) have returned to positive, new car sales in Belgium can't quite get there just yet with July volumes down -1.3% year-on-year to 44.532 units. The year-to-date tally is now down -26.6% to 261.137. As…
Dacia sales surge 158.9% year-on-year in Luxembourg in July. New car sales in Luxembourg make a spectacular return into positive territory in July at +14.9% year-on-year to 5.509 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down -26.8% to 26.302. Although it remains at #1, Volkswagen (-10.7%) misses out on the market…
Brilliance is one of only two carmakers in positive in July. Chile is showing signs of controlling the Covid-19 pandemic in July with new daily cases slowing down to under 2.000. However its new vehicle market remains devastated at -63.6% year-on-year in July to 11.464 units. This leads to a…