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…
First Macedonian Top 10 finish for the Citroen C4 X. According to data shared with us by our European partner CE Auto, new car sales in North Macedonia continue on their great run with May volumes up another 12.3% year-on-year to 619, leading to a year-to-date tally up 33.7% to…