The VW Golf is back inside the Romanian Top 10. The Romanian new car market is up 2.8% year-on-year in August to 12,891 units, a poor result given August 2022 was off -22.3% on the year prior. Year-to-date, sales are up 20.2% to 100,166. Local behemoth Dacia (-10.6%) easily remains…
Tesla is the most popular carmaker in Denmark in August. 13,517 new cars hit Danish roads in August, a 6% year-on-year improvement. The year-to-date volume is now up 13.5% to 109,076. Tesla (+780.4%) posts a surreal year-on-year gain to return to the top spot it holds year-to-date with 10.3% share.…
The Octavia helps push Skoda to the brands top spot. The Irish new car market edges down -0.4% year-on-year in August to 8,119 sales. Thanks to seven consecutive months of year-on-year gains prior to this month, the year-to-date tally is up 18.3% to 112,717. In the brands ranking, Skoda (+45.5%)…
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It's the end of the road for the Ford Fiesta. Thanks to SMMT we can share with you the Top 10 best-sellers for each UK nation in August. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures are already included in the August 2023 UK update. This month…
The Toyota Corolla is up to a record 9.1% share in August. 35,456 new cars hit Polish roads in August, a limited 6.7% year-on-year increase. This way, the year-to-date tally is now up 10.7% to 303,909 units. Toyota (+42.2%) stuns with a tremendous gain to reach 24.3% share, a new…
The Smart #1 is inside the Swiss Top 40 in August. New car sales in Switzerland gain 15.8% year-on-year in August to 18,977 units, meaning the year-to-date volume is now up 13.9% to 161,328. 4x4 sales follow the market at +16.1% for the month to 9,440 and 49.7% share vs.…
Toyota holds 33.3% of its home market in August. The Japanese new vehicle market improves 17.3% year-on-year in August to 340,342 sales, leading to a year-to-date volume up 16.3% to 3,169,994. Local behemoth Toyota (+42.6%) continues to vastly outpace its home market and accounts for exactly 1 in 3 new…
The Honda Elevate is exclusive to India for now. New car wholesales in India advance 9.8% year-on-year in August to 360,230 units. This is a new all-time high volume for any month, eclipsing the 354,702 of September 2022. The year-to-date tally is now up 9% to 2,721,628, also a new record…
The Haval M6 breaks into the Russian Top 10 for the first time. The Russian new car market is up 42.3% year-on-year in August to 59,332 units but remains down -48% on two years ago (114,130 units in August 2021). The year-to-date volume is now down -4.3% to 392,943 and…
The Peugeot 208 is the best-selling vehicle in Portugal in August. 13,050 new cars found a Portuguese home in August, a 14.1% year-on-year uptick. As a result, the year-to-date tally is now up 36.8% to 132,279. Peugeot (+24.2%) confirms it is the favourite carmaker around with 10.7% of the market,…
The Tesla Model Y is the best-selling vehicle in the Netherlands in August. 27,825 new cars hit Dutch roads in August, a solid 18.6% year-on-year lift. The year-to-date volume is now up 29.1% to 257,059. Kia (+7.2%) repeats at #1 and is the only manufacturer to cross the 10% share…
The VW Golf is the 2nd best-selling vehicle in the Czech Republic in August. New car sales in the Czech Republic climb 12.9% year-on-year in August to 18,718 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 16.6% to 150,356. Local behemoth Skoda (+19.2%) beats its home market again but holds "just"…
Ford Ranger sales more than double year-on-year in August. New light vehicle sales in Argentina gain 2.1% year-on-year in August to 36,614 units. That means the year-to-date volume is now up 12.4% to 301,468. Toyota (+11%) and Renault (+10.7%) are in good shape atop the brands ranking, whereas Fiat (-5.2%)…