The Dacia Duster is the best-selling vehicle in Moldova in November. According to data by our Central European partner CE Auto, the Moldovan new car market is down -11.8% year-on-year in November to 553 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -24.3% to 4.592. The Dacia Duster (+12.2%) secures its second win…
The Audi Q3 is the best-selling vehicle in Switzerland for the 2nd month running. Note the data section of this article includes complete October figures. In November, new car sales in Switzerland manage to contain their loss to -5.7% at 22.846 units, meaning this is the first single-digit drop of the year…
MG sales are up 28.6% year-on-year in Thailand. Picture thairath.co.th Note: This article also includes October 2020 data. 27/01/21 update: Now with 45 models. After tilting back into negative in October (-3.9% to 74.115), new vehicle sales in Thailand stabilise in November at -0.1% to 79.177 units. The year-to-date tally…
The VW Golf is up 7-fold year-on-year in November. Picture auto.cz The Czech new car market is down another -13.3% year-on-year in November to 17.484 registrations, bringing the year-to-date volume down -21% to 182.638. Once again homegrown brand leader Skoda (-27%) loses a lot more ground than the market and…
The Dacia Dokker holds 11.5% of the Bulgarian market in November. Sales of new light vehicles in Bulgaria endure an 11th consecutive month of double-digit decline in November at -41.1% to just 2.049 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -37.1% to 39.536. Part of the explanation for this continued…
The Ford Puma is the best-selling vehicle in Wales for the 2nd month running. Note: October data is also included in this post. Thanks to our partnership with SMMT we can now share with you the UK detail by nation for November. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation…
The Toyota Corolla Cross is the new star of the Taiwanese market. Picture u-car.com.tw In October, the Taiwanese new car market drops -3% year-on-year to 39.792 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 3.5% to 365.598. Toyota (-9.3%) easily remains the most popular brand in Taiwan with 27.2% share, distancing…
The VW ID. 3 is the third best-selling vehicle in Austria in November. The Austrian new car market skids down -13.8% year-on-year in November to 20.055 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -26.6% to 224.968. Brand leader Volkswagen (+0.7%) braves the negative conditions with a small uptick leading to…
First podium finish for the Chevrolet Onix in Mexico. In October, the Mexican new light vehicle market drops -21.3% year-on-year to 84.307 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -29.6% to 748.501 sales. Brand leader Nissan (-20.3%) does a little better than the market to comfortably stay in first place…
First Croatian Top 20 finish for the Jeep Compass, directly at #6. The Croatian new car market endures an 8th consecutive double-digit drop in November at -23.6% year-on-year to just 2.656 registrations, leading to a year-to-date volume down -42.3% to 34.006 units. Volkswagen (-43.3%) is hit hard but remains in…
The Ford Puma breaks into the New Caledonian Top 10 in November. New car sales in New Caledonia, a French overseas archipelago, sink -15.7% year-on-year in November to 530 units, leading to an almost immobile year-to-date tally at 7.090 (+0.1%). Brand leader Toyota (-14.3%) almost matches the market evolution and…
Xpeng has landed in Norway. Picture kommunikasjon.ntb.no The Norwegian market continues to go against the European trend with a 24.9% surge to 12.533 registrations in November, making Norway the best-performing market in Europe and leading to a year-to-date tally down just -7.8% to 120.838 units. After hitting a record 88.9% share…
The new Volvo XC40 EV has landed in Sweden. In November, the Swedish new car market is down -12.9% year-on-year to 26.571 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -16.4% to 257.362. This month's sluggish result is partly to blame on a high comparison comparison base with November 2019. Back…
Renault Romanian sales are up 100.4% in October and 23.7% in November. In October, the Romanian new car market lifts 17.6% year-on-year to 12.523 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -27.9% to 97.054. Dacia (+9.4%) trails the market and sees its share reduce to 32.3% vs. 34.7% year-to-date, but…
The 2008 is back on the podium, helping Peugeot edge past 20% share. 18/12 update: Now with Top 295 All-models. France was in lockdown again in November, albeit less strict than in Spring. As a result new car sales plunge -27% year-on-year, or -30.7% if looking at daily sales rate…