The Peugeot 3008 swims upstream in May with a year-on-year gain. New car sales in Latvia drop -57.9% year-on-year in May to 744 units, pulling the year-to-date volume down -32.7% to 5.297. The Toyota RAV4 (-55.1%) cements the top spot it also holds year-to-date, distancing the Skoda Octavia (-51.5%), VW…
The Citroen C3 is the best-selling vehicle in North Macedonia in May. According to data released by our Eastern European data specialist partner CE Auto, new car sales in North Macedonia sink -56.4% year-on-year in May to 274 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down -23.9% to 1.776. The Citroen C3 (+15.4%)…
Opel scores the best hold among the Top 10 brands at -28%. 30/06 update: Now with Top 10 models. New car sales in Luxembourg rally back in May as the country is progressively reopening after a COVID-19 lockdown with sales down -43.8% to 3.041 leading to a year-to-date tally down…
Bentley ranks #12 in Monaco and Lamborghini #16. Picture autogespot.com Consult almost a decade's worth of Monaco Historical Data here. 29/06 update: Now with Top 265 All-models ranking. Exclusive to BestSellingCarsBlog, we can share with you today and for the 9th year in a row official new car sales data for the…
The Renault Clio is the best-seller in Serbia for the 2nd month running. According to data shared with us by our Central European data partner CE Auto, new car sales in Serbia fall -43.9% year-on-year in May to 2.123 units, pulling the year-to-date volume down -38.9% to 8.950. The Renault Clio…
The Skoda Octavia is back to #1 in Bosnia & Herzegovina. According to our with Central European market data partner CE Auto, the Bosnian new car market drops -49.5% year-on-year in May to 539 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down -33.9% to 3.108. The Skoda Octavia (-39.4%) resists better and returns to…
The Hyundai Santa Fe lodges its first Top 10 finish of 2020. Based on data shared with us by our Central European market data partner CE Auto, new car sales in Moldova rally back to -27.7% year-on-year in May to 399 registrations after stalling -72.9% in April. The year-to-date tally is now…
Brazil and Latin America are pulling global new light vehicle sales down in May. LMC Automotive released its internal Global Light Vehicle (LV) sales for May 2020 and although a slight improvement on the 22-year low annualised score of April (-44.8%), the result remains dire at -33.3% to 5.086.635 units…
The spectacular Haima 7X makes its first appearance in the Chinese charts. According to data from the China Passenger Car Association, retail sales of cars, SUVs and MPVs edge up 1.9% year-on-year in May to 1.64 million units, the first gain since June 2019 when deliveries were boosted by generous…
The BMW 3 Series goes from #87 in 2019 to #57 so far in 2020. Picture quattroruote.it We can now share with you a more detailed YTD models ranking for Italy over the first four months of 2020. Outside the familiar Top 50, notice the Range Rover Evoque up to…
Mercedes GLE imports are up 184% year-on-year thanks to a new model. After dropping by just -3.3% in April, sales of imported new cars in China go against the general rebound trend in China with a steep -9.9% decline in May to 89.577 units, which brings the year-to-date tally down…
The Suzuki Jimny ranks inside the Austrian Top 60. We can now share with you more models detail for the Austrian car market over the first four months of the year. Among recent launches (<12 months), the Mazda CX-30 lands at #27, the Skoda Kamiq at #41, the Ford Puma…
The Toyota RAV4 is the best-selling vehicle in Cyprus again. According to data shared with us by our local partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, the Cyprus new car market rallies back to just -29.5% year-on-year in May and 790 registrations. This is a drastic improvement on the -77.9% of April and it…
Our Kia Seltos on Flinders Beach in Stradbroke Island, Australia. Kia astutely chose the Seltos for its very late arrival in India, and the wholesales figures have been nothing short of spectacular: 12.854 in the first month last October and 83.685 in just 8 months, meaning the Seltos has single-handedly…
The new Isuzu D-Max is back above the Toyota Hilux in May. 24/07 update: Now with Top 55 models. Even though Thailand has remained unscathed by the coronavirus with only 3.146 cases at the time of writing, its automotive industry is still reeling from the factory closures that enabled such…