Skoda posts the best hold in the Top 15. 24/06 update: Now with Top 130 YTD models. 12/05 update: Now with Top 20 models. One of the first European countries to be hit at a large scale by the coronavirus, Austria is also one of the first to come out…
Peugeot 308 sales are up 179.5% in a market down -50.3%. Given the current COVID-19 lockdown context, new car sales in Romania resist relatively well in April at -50.3% year-on-year to 4.321 units. This brings the year-to-date tally down -27.5% to 32.300 sales. Brand leader Dacia (-37.6%) holds markedly better than…
Mercedes holds 29% of the Singaporean market in April. After being somewhat muted throughout March, new COVID-19 cases dramatically flared up in Singapore in April, going from 926 as of March 31 to 16.169 as of April 30 and 23.787 at the time of writing. Consequently, a much stricter set of…
The Toyota Yaris is the best-selling regular car in Japan in April. As we anticipated in our March 2020 update, April is the month the coronavirus pandemic caught up with Japan and its new car market, with the first state of emergency in Japan history declared for 6 provinces on…
The Ford Ranger is estimated to be the best-selling vehicle in South Africa in April. All car factories and dealerships were closed in South Africa for the entire month of April, and as a result new vehicle sales stall -98.4% to just 574 units vs. 36.787 in April 2019. Light…
Renault Scenic sales are up 94.5% in a market down -71.4%. The Slovenian new car market sinks -71.4% year-on-year in April to just 1.846 registrations, pulling the year-to-date tally down -38.8% to 16.354. Local producer Renault (-28.9%) scores the best hold in the Top 12 by far, and as a…
The Toyota RAV4 remains the most popular vehicle in Estonia. Under national COVID-19 lockdown all month, new car sales in Estonia logically fall -67.8% year-on-year in April to 832 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down -27.3% to 6.610. Toyota (-50.7%) resists markedly better than the market to reach a mammoth…
11/05 update: Now with April data for 85 selected models. According to local consultancy DesRosiers, Canadian new light vehicle sales drop -74.6% year-on-year in April to just 45.833 units vs. 180.616 in April 2019 as COVID-19 lockdowns kept most non-essential businesses closed throughout the month, including car showrooms in both…
The spectacular new G80 helps lift Genesis to a new volume record. 13/05 update: Now with Top 30 All-brands and Top 10 foreign models. The coronavirus now seems like a long lost memory in South Korea which went from 2nd most affected country in the world as of March 6 when…
The Skoda Kamiq repeats at a record 4th place in the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic entered a national quarantine on March 16 but started gradually easing restrictions as early as April 7 with most restrictions scheduled to be lifted by May 11. New car sales in the country drop…
The Peugeot 208 confirms it is the new favourite of Danish buyers. Denmark started loosening its COVID-19 restrictions as early as April 15, with bans on large social gatherings likely remaining in place until August, this despite infections increasing from 3.039 as of March 31 to 10.281 at the time…
French new car sales fall to their lowest April tally since 1950. 8/05 update: Now with Top 220 All-models. 5/05 update: Now with Top 50 All-brands. As we anticipated a week ago, French new car sales stall -88.8% year-on-year in April to just 20.997 registrations as the country was under…
The Dacia Lodgy is the most popular vehicle in Hungary in April. The Hungarian new car market is down a relatively reasonable -50.3% year-on-year in April to 6.170 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down -16.9% to 38.840. This is one of the smallest declines in Europe, with only Norway…
The Chevrolet Onix is the best-selling vehicle in Colombia in April. 8/06 update: Now with Top 70 All-models. Colombia has been under a strict national lockdown since March 20, originally scheduled to last until April 12, but extended multiple times since, to April 27, May 11 and May 25. All…
Almost 300 Geely Coolray found a new Filipino home in Q1. AVID members, representing 22% of the Filipino new car market, have released sales results for Q1 2020, adding up to 14.404 units which is down -34.4% year-on-year. CAMPI and TMA members have not yet shared their volumes for the…