The Vauxhall Corsa has topped the UK charts four times in the past year. New car sales in the UK remain in negative during the all-important September plate change month at -4.4% year-on-year to 328.041 following already weak scores in 2018 and 2019, making 2020 the weakest result for the…
Opel sales are up 18.3% and the Corsa up 219%. The Croatian new car market endures a 6th consecutive double-digit year-on-year decline in September, albeit the smallest one to-date at -13% to 3.090 units. The year-to-date tally now stands at 28.257, off -44.9% over the same period in 2019. Volkswagen…
One in every 4 new cars registered in Iceland in September is a Tesla Model 3. The Icelandic new car market posts a very satisfying 39.1% year-on-year surge in September to 1.125 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down -24.9% to 7.381. Tesla continues its seesaw journey: after having zero registrations in…
The Hyundai Venue has landed in Taiwan. New car sales in Taiwan celebrates a second straight double-digit year-on-year gain and third uptick in the past 4 months in September at +13.3% to 37.241 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 4.4% to 325.806. Brand leader Toyota (-26.2%) goes against the market's…
The Fiat Cronos is the best-selling vehicle in Argentina for the first time. The Argentinean new vehicle market drastically reduces its fall in September to -3% year-on-year and 34.705 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -34.4% to 247.503 after already falling -44.5% last year... Volkswagen (+4.4%) bucks the negative trend…
BMW is the only Top 10 brand in positive in August. Picture quattroruote.it 06/10 update: Now with Top 56 All-brands and Top 352 All-models. 30/09 update: Now with final Top 25 brands and Top 100 models. 25/09 update: Now with Top 10 models, HEV, PHEV and BEV. Just as we…
The Peugeot 2008 II 3peats at #2, an all-time record ranking at home for the nameplate. At -3% year-on-year in September to 168.291 registrations, the French new car market puts a dreadful August (-19.8%) in the rearview mirror, but can't quite match the positive scores of June (+1.2%), and July (+3.9%).…
The ID.3 is already Volkswagen's best-seller in Finland. Even though Finnish new car sales limit their fall to -1.2% year-on-year to 8.272 units in September, this is the 9th consecutive year-on-year decline for this market, meaning every single month of 2020 has been in negative so far. This catastrophic situation…
Suzuki reclaims the YTD top spot "at home" in Hungary. After six consecutive double-digit falls and seven straight market drops, new car sales in Hungary sign their first year-on-year uptick since last January, and a spectacular one at that, at +18.6% to 11.449 units in September. This leads to a…
The Kaicene F70 is already making a splash in New Caledonia. New car sales in New Caledonia, an overseas French archipelago located north-east of Australia, continue on their positive post-pandemic run, celebrating five straight months of year-on-year gains in September at +28.2% to 801 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 6.9%…
Fiat sales in Lithuania are up 68.6% year-on-year, but the large majority is re-exported. The Lithuanian new car market has managed to contain its loss to -7.3% year-on-year in August at 3.397 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -22.9% to 23.578. Fiat (+68.6%) and Toyota (+38.7%) ignore the negative…
The Toyota RAV4 remains the best-selling vehicle in Latvia in 2020. New car sales in Latvia drop a harsh -31.6% year-on-year in August to just 1.113 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -28.4% to 9.181. The Toyota RAV4 (-11.2%) remains on top year-to-date with a minimal loss due to…
The Suzuki Baleno repeats at #1 in Chile. New vehicle sales in Chile drastically reduce their fall from -42.4% in August to -15.9% in September, with the 31.897 units sold this month representing the largest volume since pre-pandemic January (32.104). According to local manufacturers association ANAC, commercial vehicles continue to…
The VW ID.3 holds 12.8% of the Norwegian market in September. In September the Norwegian new car market looks to put a dreadful 2020 so far in its rear view market, with volumes surging 39.4% year-on-year to 15.552, leading to a year-to-date tally down -13.8% to 95.350. Thanks to a…
The Toyota RAV4 is up to a record 2nd place in Sweden in September. The Swedish new car market lodges its first year-on-year gain of 2020 in September at +7.3% to 28.719 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -18.2% to 202.644. According to local automaker association BIL Sweden, the…