The Dacia Duster hits a record 10.5% share at home in October. The Romanian new car market continues to brilliantly recover from particularly weak year-ago post-WLTP figures with October sales shooting up 58.1% year-on-year to 10.649 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 18.9% to 134.698. Homegrown brand leader Dacia (+94.5%)…
The Great Wall Group gains 5% in Chile in October. The September 2019 post has now been updated with the Top 20 models. 10/12 update: now with the Top 20 models. New car sales in Chile implode down -24.5% in October to just 28.038 units, enduring its harshest year-on-year decline…
The Mercedes GLC is up to #3 in Switzerland in October. The Swiss new car market bounces back up 14.5% year-on-year in October on weak year-ago post-WLTP volumes to 26.103 registrations, lifting the year-to-date tally up 1.7% to 252.413. After a two-month interruption by Mercedes (+10.7%), Volkswagen (+31.8%) reclaims the…
The BMW 3 Series is at its highest in Portugal in almost 5 years. The Portuguese new car market lifts 12.2% year-on-year in October on weak year-ago post-WLTP volumes to 15.649 units, leading to a year-to-date tally now down -3.5% to 189.673. Peugeot (+9.2%) overtakes Renault (+19.8%) to reclaim the…
The Kia Seltos sells 12.854 units for its third month in market. Finally a breath of fresh air for the Indian new car market with wholesales up 1% year-on-year to 286.753 units in October, ending a streak of 10 consecutive market declines and 6 straight double-digit falls. This is the…
The GT Line variant accounts for 50% of Peugeot 208 II initial sales. 08/11 update with Top 365 All-models final figures and buyer types info. 02/11 update with Top 50 All-brands. The French new car market posts a sturdy 8.7% year-on-year gain to 188.985 units in October, signing the largest…
Haval is up 4-fold in Russia thanks to the new F7 and F7x (pictured). After stabilising in September (-0.2%), new light vehicle sales in Russia are back into frank negative in October at -5.2% to 152.057 registrations, marking the 8th year-on-year drop in the past 9 months and leading to…
The VW Polo is the best-selling vehicle in the Netherlands in October. New car sales in the Netherlands soar 13.4% year-on-year on weak year-ago post-WLTP volumes in October to 34.101 units, leading to a year-to-date tally now down -6.3% to 364.999. Volkswagen (+54.3%) is up 4 spots on September to…
The Hyundai Kona is up to #2 in Ireland in October. New car sales in Ireland post their 5th year-on-year gain in the past 7 months and by far the largest at +29.2% in October to 2.182 registration, however a very slow start of the year means year-to-date volumes remain…
The Toyota Corolla is the #1 car in Japan for the first time this decade. After soaring 12.9% last month, the Japanese new vehicle market hits the brakes at -24.9% in October to just 314.784 units, 104.209 less than in October 2018, this due to the typhoons that battered the…
Toyota sales leap 18.8% year-on-year in October. After 8 straight months of decline, new light vehicle sales in Morocco seem to now be on the mend, managing a 2nd consecutive month of year-on-year gain in October at +4.6% to 13.821 units, including 11.856 cars (+0.7%) and 1.976 Light Commercials (+35.6%).…
The Citroen C5 Aircross ranks #8 in Northern Ireland, its first ever Top 10 finish in any UK nation. Thanks to our partnership with SMMT we can share with you today the Top 10 best-sellers for all UK nations in October. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all…
The Skoda Scala is the third best-selling vehicle in the Czech Republic. New car sales in the Czech Republic edge up 1.2% year-on-year in October to 19.935 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down -7.2% to 211.045. Homegrown brand leader Skoda (+8.8%) vastly outpaces the market to remain above 40%…
The Audi e-Tron is the best-selling vehicle in Norway in October. New car sales in Norway slide down -10.1% year-on-year in October to 10.479 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -1.7% to 121.096. Volkswagen (-5.9%) reclaims the top spot in the brands ranking at 14.7% share with Toyota (+9%)…
First UK Top 10 finish for the Range Rover Evoque. Sinking consumer confidence amidst continuing Brexit uncertainty means UK new car sales resume their downward race in October at -6.7% year-on-year to 143.251 units, the lowest October result since 2011, leading to a year-to-date volume down -2.9% to 2.005.522. Indeed…