The Hyundai Santa Fe signs its first podium finish in over 3 years. New light vehicle sales in South Korea drop -4.8% year-on-year in October to 138,341 units. This includes 117,012 local manufacturers (-2.5%) and 21,329 foreigners (-15.9%). Year-to-date, the market remains in positive at +5.1% to 1,424,325 including 1,205,239…
Toyota Prius sales are up 238.1% year-on-year. New vehicle sales in Japan climb 10.7% year-on-year in October to 397,672 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now up 15.1% or over 525,000 sales to 4,005,158. This is the first time since 2019 that the Japanese market crosses the 4 million unit benchmark…
The Fiat 500 is the most popular vehicle in Germany in October. The German new car market advances 5.1% year-on-year in October to 218,959 sales, still significantly below the growth rate it has shown for the most part of this year. Indeed the year-to-date volume is up 13.7% to 2,357,025.…
Opel sales are up 109% year-on-year in October. New car sales in Poland shoot up 28% year-on-year in October to 40,065 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 12.1% to 382,340. Toyota (+63.2%) once again vastly outpace the market to tighten the grip it holds on the brands charts with…
First Top 10 finish for the Mahindra Scorpio. It's another all time record month for the Indian new wholesales market: sales are up 16.3% to 390,853 units. This is the third month in a row that the monthly record for any month is broken, after 360,230 in August and 362,836…
Peugeot sales are up 37.8% year-on-year in Morocco in October. New light vehicle sales in Morocco edge down -2.2% year-on-year in October to 12,805 units. This includes 11,286 Passenger Cars (+0.1%) and 1,519 light commercials (-16.5%). The year-to-date tally is now down -1.4% to 117,362. Dacia (-18.9%) continues to skid,…
Toyota sales are up 2.7% in a market off -28.5% Thanks to our partnership with cartube.co.il, we can share with you today Israeli October brands sales data for Israel, models data is a quarterly occurrence. As expected, the market is heavily impacted by the current war, with sales off -28.5% year-on-year…
The Skoda Scala is the 2nd best-selling car at home in October. Czech new car sales jump 18.7% year-on-year in October to 19,322 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 16.7% to 186,886. Skoda (+13.8%) falls below the market growth rate to hold 33.6% share vs. 35% so far this…
The Toyota Yaris Cross smashes its ranking record in Croatia this month. 3,687 new cars found a buyer in Croatia in October which equals to a 21.1% year-on-year lift. The year-to-date tally is now up 28.9% to 49,855. Skoda (+25.1%) is the best-selling carmaker for the 4th month in a…
Audi manages the largest year-on-year gain in the Top 14 this month. 38,560 new cars hit Belgium roads in October, a splendid 26.6% year-on-year lift. Note October 2022 was already up 21.6% on the year prior. The year-to-date tally is now up 32.5% to 413,408. BMW (+25.7%) almost matches the…
The Kia Picanto is the best-selling vehicle in the Netherlands for the third time this year. After 9 consecutive double-digit year-on-year gains, the Dutch new car market falls flat in October at -1.5% to 28,362 units. The year-to-date volume is now up 24.3% to 315,013. It's a 4th consecutive month at…
The MG 4 is the best-selling vehicle in Ireland in October. As the year comes to an end, the Irish new car market traditionally dwindle to just a trickle of sales, awaiting January's licence plate change. Worse, volumes accelerate their fall in October to -16.9% year-on-year and 2,174 units vs.…
The outgoing generation benefits from rebates to surge to #6 in October. After a disappointing September (-11.6%), the Romanian new car market is back in positive in October at +8.1% to 11,393 units. This leads to a year-to-date volume up 15.4% to 122,104. Local behemoth Dacia (-1.3%) stays atop of…
The Geely Monjaro is up to #9 in Russia in October. Our source for Russian car sales has changed this month to PPK JSC, which explains some inconsistencies with previous posts and data. Brands with previously unavailable monthly data such as Chery, Exeed, Changan, Omoda and Geely are now available.…
The BMW 1 Series is up to a highest ever #5 in October. The UK new car market climbs up 14.3% year-on-year in October to 153,529 units, this is above the pre-pandemic level of October 2019 (143,251). The year-to-date volume is up 19.6% to 1,605,437, the best result since 2019.…