Mercedes is the #1 carmaker in Luxembourg for the 2nd month running. New car sales in Luxembourg drop -18.6% year-on-year in October on strong year-ago volumes to 3.980 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -20.7% to 38.026. Mercedes (-18.2%) matches the market evolution and repeats at #1 with a fantastic…
The new Taft breaks records and enables Daihatsu to shoot up 44.4% in October. Year-ago volumes in Japan were severely impacted (-24.2%) by typhoons that closed many dealerships. As a result October sales bounce back up 29.2% to 406.851 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -14.7% to 3.807.118. Brand leader…
The Renault Zoe breaks into the German Top 10 for the first time in October. Picture autobild.de After registering their first uptick of the year in September (+8.4%), German new car sales tilt back into negative in October at -3.6% to 274.303 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -23.4% to…
The Toyota Prado hits a record 4th place in Australia in October. A good surprise this month is how well the Australian new car market is holding: down just -1.5% year-on-year in October to 81.220 units, by far the smallest year-on-year decline since the pandemic started, leading to a year-to-date…
The Kia Carnival is the best-selling vehicle at home in October. In October the South Korean new car market drastically slows its growth to just +1.8% at 159.752 units including 135.495 units local carmakers (+0.4%) and 24.257 for foreigners (+9.8%). The year-to-date tally is up 7% to 1.539.123 including 1.323.119…
The Fiat Strada is up 44.7% year-on-year in Brazil. Pic by Fernando Pires / www.flpires.com.br The Brazilian new light vehicle market drops -14.9% year-on-year in October to 205.244 units, surpassing 200.000 monthly sales for the first time in 2020. This YoY drop, on paper worse than September (-10.9%) is actually due…
The VW ID.3 holds a surreal 19.1% market share in Norway in October. Picture elbil.no As most of Europe returns to negative results, new car sales in Norway continue to fare very well with October figures up 23.6% year-on-year to 12.948 which brings the year-to-date tally down -10.6% to 108.298…
The VW ID.3 is the most popular vehicle in Ireland for the 2nd month running. Picture completecar.ie As the year comes to an end, new car sales in Ireland dwindle to a trickle as a bi-annual license plate system encourages buyers to wait until January to get a 21 licence…
The Peugeot 208 is now the best-selling vehicle in Denmark year-to-date. After spending two of the past three months in positive, new car sales in Denmark are back in hell in October at -17.9% year-on-year to 15.072 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -18.1% to 157.229. Brand leader Volkswagen (-29.4%)…
The new D-Max continues to boost Isuzu sales in Thailand. Thai new vehicle sales tilt into positive for the first time since Covid-19 hit with September sales up 2.2% to 77.907 units which leads to a year-to-date tally off -29.8% to 534.729. Toyota (-3.6%) can't quite get to positive just…
The VW ID.3 is by far the best-selling vehicle in the Netherlands in October. New car sales in the Netherlands remain in negative waters in October at -6.2% year-on-year to 31.988 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -23.6% to 281.668. The entire brands podium outpaces the market with Volkswagen…
The Toyota RAV4 scores the biggest gain in the Top 15 at +92%. New car sales in Sweden flip back into negative territory in October at -5% year-on-year to 28.147 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down -16.8% to 230.791. Thanks to 10.171 sales (+187.7%), once again rechargeable cars hit…
The Seat Arona is up to a record 2nd place at home in October. After falling -10.1% in August and -13.5% in September as the country is in the midst of a second coronavirus wave of infections, October data indicates a further deterioration of the Spanish market with overall sales down -21% year-on-year…
Toyota sales are up 51.2% year-on-year to hit 19.3% share vs. 12.7% YTD. Thanks to our partnership with cartube.co.il, we can share with you today October brands data for Israel, monthly data is a quarterly occurrence. The Israeli new car market edges up 4.1% year-on-year in October to 14.559 units, meaning the…
The Hyundai Kona is the best-selling vehicle in Cyprus in October. Thanks to our partnership with SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT we can share with you today October sales figures for Cyprus. New car sales in Cyprus take a harsh -19.3% year-on-year hit in October to just 774 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally…