The Kia EV2 cracks the Dutch podium in October. The Dutch new car market is off -3.5% year-on-year in October to 33,061 units. This means the year-to-date tally is now off -2.3% to 297,051. BEVs account for 55.2% of the market at 18,243 sales, with HEVs at 38.5% and 12,742…
The Dacia Logan passes the Duster to rank #1 YTD at home. 12,116 new cars found a buyer in Romania in October, a -5.6% year-on-year drop. The year-to-date tally is now off -10.1% to 109,329. Local behemoth Dacia (-18.2%) is in great difficulty again, but at 23.2% share it is…
The Omoda 5 is up to 4th place in Croatia in October. New car sales in Croatia drop -4.8% year-on-year in October to 4,909 units. Yet the year-to-date tally is still up 3.7% to 63,177 which is a new record at this stage of the year. The Top 2 brands…
Almost 400 units of Vinfast VF 6 were registered in Sweden in October. The Swedish new car market is up 2.4% year-on-year in October to 24,660 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 3.7% to 236,446. This month we see a clear shift from PHEV to BEV. BEV sales surge…
The BYD Seal U scores its second ever Top 10 finish in Italy. New car sales in Italy grow 4.8% year-on-year in October to 131,921 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 8.3% to 1,400,991. This is still however 224,000 units or -13.8% below the same period in pre-pandemic 2019…
The BYD Atto 3 is up to #3 in Spain in October. 98,487 new cars found a buyer in Spain in October, a 1.8% year-on-year lift and the best October volume in 17 years: since the 98.512 units of October 2009. The year-to-date tally is up 6.2% to 1,010,545, the…
The Leapmotor B10 is up to #5 in Iceland in October. The Icelandic new car market surges 80% year-on-year in October to 1,359 sales, leading to a stable year-to-date volume at -0.7% to 11,466 units. Toyota (+43.5%) is up one spot on last month to snap the brands pole position…
GAC sales are up 1560% year-on-year in October. According to data shared with us by our local partner cartube.co.il, new car sales in Israel surge 17% year-on-year in October to 22,657 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 6.3% to 277,880. Omoda Jaecoo (+67.5%) is back to pole position in…
The Foxtron Cavira is up to a record 12th place in October. New car sales in Taiwan drop -3.6% year-on-year in October to 33,271 units. Fewer registration days due to the National Day ad Retrocession Day as well as Typhoon Jangpi have caused this slump which leads to a year-to-date…
The Renault Twingo IV is up to a record 4th place at home. 3/11 update: Now with Top 40 brands ranking The French new car market is up year-on-year for the 6th straight month, with October volumes up 7% to 149,341. The year-to-date tally is now up 4.4% to 1,384,293…
The Xpeng G6 is up to a record 4th place in October 15,725 new cars found a buyer in Norway in October, up 41.2% year-on-year and the 2nd best ever volume for the month below the 17,826 units reached in October 1985. The year-to-date tally is up 5.2% to 130.921,…
Chery Auto has exported almost 208,000 units in September, a record high As we described in our latest China wholesales September 2026 update, passenger cars exports surge 73.7% year-on-year to 917,000 units, totalling 8,205,000 units year-to-date. Chery Auto retains the top spot (it has been the country's biggest exporter for…
Peugeot 205 29/10/26 update: Now with Top 46 All brands and Top 195 All models. Today we go back 42 years to study the French new car market in 1984. Consult also our updated 1983 post here: France 1983: Renault 5 celebrates 10 years in first place, Renault 11 lands…
The Twingo E-Tech is shaping up to be another neo-retro smash hit for Renault. 28/10 update: Now with Top 53 All brands and Top 300 models rankings 9/10 update: Now with Top 40 brands ranking It's another satisfying month for new car sales in France, now up 11.6% year-on-year in…
The Chery E5 lands directly at #16. New car sales in Colombia surge 36.1% year-on-year in September to 33,890 units. This is the highest monthly volume in the country in almost 12 years: since the 40,395 sales of December 2014. The year-to-date tally is now up 41.4% to 247,594. The…