The Toyota Land Cruiser pickup is equal #1 in Jordan. The Jordanian new vehicle market edges up 2.7% year-on-year over Q1 to 8,865 registrations. Toyota (+5.4%) keeps the lead of the brands charts with 32.6% share, whereas Kia (-21.3%) dives down to 22% of the market vs. 28.7% a year…
Kia Sportage sales are up 121.1% year-on-year. Excellent start of the year for the Iraqi new vehicle market with sales up 17.1% over Q1 to 44,621. Kia (+25.9%) reclaims the brands top spot off Toyota (-9.3%) which was #1 over Q1 2024. MG (+68%) advances to #3 ahead of Nissan…
The Jetour T2 is up to 4th place in Bahrain over Q1. Bahrain new vehicle sales increase 12.2% year-on-year over Q1 to 9,142. Toyota (-10%) remains the faraway leader but sees its market share slide from 34.8% last year to 27.9%. Nissan (-5.3%) is also in a bit of trouble…
The Toyota Land Cruiser holds 29% of the Yemeni market over Q1. Yemeni new vehicle sales are up 16.3% year-on-year over Q1 2025 to 2,597 units. Toyota still suffocates the market but sees its share drop from 95.1% a year ago to 87.8% now. Lexus (+72.7%), Isuzu, Nissan (+5400%) and…
Hyundai H100 The Syrian new car market remains completely annihilated with just 103 sales over Q1. This is better than the 29 sales of Q1 2024 but still a dismal result. Hyundai is the only manufacturer still present in the country and the H100 leads the way with 97.1% share...…
The Citroen C3 is the best-selling new car in Greece in March. First positive month of the year for the Greek new car market at +2% to 12,719 units in March. The year-to-date tally remains in negative however at -9.5% to 33,196. Toyota (+18.1%) vastly outruns the market to easily…
The Station Wagon variant accounts for 77% of Kia Ceed sales in March. After falling -16.8% in January and -19.4% in February, the Slovak new car market significantly slows down its fall in March at -2.4% to 7,567 registrations. Keep in mind March 2024 was already down -12.4% on the…
The BYD Seagull holds 10.9% of the Albanian market over Q1. Thanks to CE Auto, today we can share with you exclusive data for Albania. This is the first time we publish any official data for this country which will be a monthly update from now on. 421 new cars…
The Renault Clio is the best-selling vehicle in Bulgaria in March. Thanks to CE Auto and after one year of absence, Bulgaria is back on BSCB with a Top 10 models. 4,674 new cars found a buyer in March and 12,825 over Q1. The Renault Clio is a distant leader…
The Skoda Fabia is the most popular vehicle in Serbia in March. Based on data shared with us by our Central European partner CE Auto, the Serbian new car market edges down -5.3% year-on-year in March to 3,042 units. This leads to a Q1 volume off -6% to 6,960. The Skoda…
Hyundai Tucson sales are up 51.5% year-on-year in March. According to our local partner CE Auto, new car sales in Bosnia & Herzegovina have a bad month in March at -18.4% year-on-year to 848 units, sending the Q1 tally off -11.1% to 2,445. The Skoda Octavia (-6.8%) remains the runaway…
The Skoda Kodiaq is the best-selling car in Moldova in March. Data by our Central European partner CE Auto shows a Moldovan market off -6.2% year-on-year to 705 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 2.9% to 1,951. This month the Skoda Kodiaq (+290.9%) and Kia Sportage (+13.5%) upset the…
The Skoda Octavia is the most popular vehicle in North Macedonia in March. Our local partner CE Auto has the North Macedonian new car market off a devastating -27.4% year-on-year in March to 538 units. This way, the Q1 volume is now down -8.5% to 1,566. The Skoda Octavia (-12.1%)…
The Peugeot 208 is the best-selling vehicle in Europe for the first time since October 2022. According to data by ACEA, new car sales in Europe (EU+EFTA+UK) step up 2.8% year-on-year in March to 1,422,658 units. This compensates for negative results in January and February to stabilise the Q1 volume…
The Geely Xingyuan ranks #3 in China in March. The selection of models included in this update surge +23.8% year-on-year in March to 1,826,805 units. This means the Q1 volume is up 5.7% to 4,905,936. BSCB is the only non-Chinese medium to cover both wholesales (ex-factory shipments) and retail sales…