The Fiat Panda is up to #2 in Croatia in October. The Croatian new car market edges up 2.4% year-on-year in October to 4.104 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally up a similar 2.5% to 55.441. Volkswagen (-8.4%) goes against the grain with a steep fall but easily remains atop…
The VW Amarok hits its highest ranking in Argentina in 3.5 years. Argentinean new vehicle sales endure a 17th consecutive double-digit fall in October at -32.9% to 32.432 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down -43.7% to just 410.051. Volkswagen (-32.5%) and Toyota (-44.2%) remain the best-selling brands in the country,…
The T-Cross is instrumental in Volkswagen's European recovery this month. 06/11 update: Now with the Top 55 brands and Top 390 models 29/10 update: Now with the Top 100 models (Source JATO) 25/10 update: Now with the Top 25 brands and models (Source JATO) The European new car market soars…
Seat is up 17% to #5 in a market down -34.5%. Thanks to our partnership with cartube.co.il, we can share with you today October brands data for Israel, a market down -34.5% to 13.983 units after having surged 36.9% in September. The year-to-date tally is now don -5.8% to 232.077. Kia…
Nissan tops the Bulgarian brands ranking in October. New car sales in Bulgaria leap up 13.6% year-on-year in October to 3.665 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 6.9% to 37.326. Nissan (+412.6%) lodges another spectacular progression and easily takes the lead of the brands ranking for the month at…
The T-Cross is Volkswagen's best-seller in Italy for the 2nd month running. New car sales in Italy gain 6.6% year-on-year in October to 157.984 units, yet this isn't enough to tilt the YTD volume back into positive: -1.1% to 1.632.333. Company sales, up 22.9% to 32.499 and 20.6% share vs.…
The Kia Xceed breaks into the Spanish Top 50 in October. The Spanish new car market gains 8.4% year-on-year in October to 97.986 units, the largest result for the month in exactly 10 years - since the 98.512 units of October 2009. The year-to-date tally is now down -3.7% to…
The Kia Rio breaks into the Finnish Top 10 in October. In October, new car sales in Finland soar 18.1% on weak year-ago post-WLTP figures to 9.249 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down -8.2% to 95.684. Even though it trails the market growth, Toyota (+11.7%) easily remains the most…
The Volvo S/V60 is once again the best-seller at home. The Swedish new car market clocks in a third consecutive double-digit year-on-year gain in October at +28.4% to 29.631 units on weak year-ago volumes, leading to a year-to-date tally down -9% to 277.405. Volvo (+34.3%) and Volkswagen (+66.2%) both outpace…
The Toyota RAV4 is now #1 YTD in Taiwan. New car sales in Taiwan soar 17.1% year-on-year in October to 41.040 units, yet the year-to-date tally remains in negative for now at -1.1% to 353.207. Brand leader Toyota (+52.9%) delivers a sumptuous gain to reach 29.1%, its highest in Taiwan since…
The Citroen C3 remains the best-seller in North Macedonia. According to data shared with us by our partner CE Auto, North Macedonian new car sales gain 21.1% year-on-year in September to 552 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 25.7% to 5.465. The Citroen C3 (+22.6%) holds onto the top spot for…
The new generation Renault Clio is about to hit the Turkish market. The Turkish new light vehicle market seems to have finally bottomed up in September with sales up a stunning 82.3% year-on-year to 41.992 units, managing a first gain in 18 months (since March 2018). However September 2018 was…
The Cee'd lifts Kia Slovak sales up 97.1% in September. The Slovak new car market only edges up 7.3% year-on-year in September to 4.849 units, whereas last year was a particularly weak post-WLTP comparison based (4.519), itself down 37% on September 2017 (7.177). The year-to-date tally is now up 1%…
Maxus wholesales soar 33% year-on-year in China in September. Up 1% year-on-year to 269.159 units, Light Commercial Vehicles wholesales gain ground for the first time since last April but remain in negative year-to-date at -5% to 2.326.707. Wuling (-2%) is once again ultra dominant with over 56.000 units, distancing Foton (+1%)…
The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling vehicle in Lithuania in September. The Lithuanian new car market surges 75.8% year-on-year in September to 4.006 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 42.8% to 34.751. The Toyota Corolla (+175%) holds onto the Lithuanian top spot for the 4th straight month, but only 3…