The new gen D-Max is helping Isuzu reach new heights in Thailand. 10/04 update: Now with Top 15 models and sales data for 53 nameplates. New vehicle sales in Thailand fall harshly again in February at -17.1% year-on-year to 68.271 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -12.7% at 139.959.…
France has been under strict lockdown since March 17. 09/04 update: Now with Top 305 All-models. 07/04 update: Now with model info for private and business channels. 01/04 update: Now with Top 80 models. First European March results are here and as expected the losses are heavy, impacted by coronavirus…
The Mazda CX-30 is the best-selling vehicle in Colombia in March. In order to slow the spread of the coronavirus in the country, Colombia is under a nationwide quarantine since March 20, originally scheduled end on April 12. The Colombian new vehicle market had a great start of 2020 with…
The Tyrolean ski resort of Ischgl was placed in quarantine on March 13. 9/04 update: Now with Top 20 models. As early as March 1, the Tyrolean ski resort town of Ischgl was identified as a major European coronavirus hotspot, and Tyrolean authorities placed the town in quarantine on March 13. A…
A national COVID-19 lockdown has halted Portuguese new car sales. Portugal is under national COVID-19 lockdown since March 19, initially scheduled to last until April 2 but extended to at least April 17. All non-essential businesses are closed to customers, restaurants can provide takeaway services and the government recommended that people…
The Toyota Corolla is #1 in Poland for the 11th straight month. After widespread business closures ordered on March 12, Poland was placed under a national lockdown on March 25 to contain the spread of the coronavirus. This was originally scheduled to last until April 11. As a result new…
Peugeot 308 sales are up 13-fold year-on-year in Romania in March. Following the spread of COVID-19 in the country, Romania declared a state of emergency on March 16, a national lockdown on March 24 and a total quarantine for the northeastern town of Suceava and eight adjacent communes, home to 1/4 of the…
Peugeot sales are up 5.1% in a market down -25.9%. Since March 13, Estonia is under a COVID-19 state of emergency which is scheduled to last until May 1, and the country closed its borders on March 17. All public gatherings are banned, including sports and cultural events and schools…
Skoda sales in Russia soar 41.7% in March. Anticipating a significant price increase due to a weakened currency, Russian buyers somewhat "stockpiled" on new cars in March with sales up 4% year-on-year to 162.321 units, only the 4th positive month in the past year. As a result the Q1 volume…
The GMC Sierra (+4.5%) is up to third place in Canada in Q1. Picture caranddriver.com As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, by mid-March all of Canada's provinces and territories had declared states of emergency with various degrees of movement restrictions, and travellers from all countries including the U.S. were banned…
Soon-to-be-discontinued Holden soars in March on stock-clearing discounts. Picture PerformanceDrive.com.au 08/04 update: Now with Top 295 All-models. In March, new car sales in Australia endure a 24th consecutive month or 2 full years of year-on-year declines - and their steepest drop yet - at -17.9% to 81.690 which is the…
The Porsche Taycan breaks into the Swiss Top 100 in March. The Swiss government has so far avoided imposing strict lockdown measures to its population, instead opting for the ban of all events with more than 1.000 participants on February 28 - which triggered the cancellation of the Geneva Auto…
The Tesla Model 3 is #1 in Denmark for the 2nd time in the past 4 months. Denmark was among the first European countries to introduce lockdown measures, starting March 13. Initially scheduled to last two weeks, they were later extended to April 13. Despite total infections rising by 73%…
The Seat Arona is up to #14 in Israel in Q1. Thanks to our partnership with cartube.co.il, we can share with you today complete Israeli data including models data for each month of 2020 so far. In response to the spread of the coronavirus, widespread non-essential business closures were initiated in…
The Fiat Argo (+30.8%) posts the only gain among the Top 12 models. The coronavirus crisis has hit Brazilian new car sales in March at -21.9% to 155.810 registrations, the weakest March volume in 14 years, since 2006 (148.234). The year-to-date tally is now down -8.2% to 532.549. However Brazil's…