The Omoda 5 lands directly in third place in London. 46,278 new cars found a buyer in Greater London over the First Half of 2025, a solid 7.6% year-on-year improvement. The best selling models here have gone to a complete reshuffle compared to last year. The Toyota bZ4X surprises everyone…
The Skoda Kodiaq is up to a record 2nd place in Northern Ireland in June. Thanks to SMMT we can share with you the Top 10 best-sellers for each UK nation in June. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures are already included in the…
Polestar sales are up 1950% year-on-year in June. New car sales in Iceland soar 25.9% year-on-year in June to 2,014 units, leading to a H1 volume up 23.4% to 7,838. Kia (+21.5%) trails the market sightly but easily remains the most popular carmaker in the country with 19.4% share. Toyota…
The Nissan Qashqai is #1 in the UK for the first time since March 2024. According to local association SMMT, 191,316 new cars found a buyer in the UK in June, a comfortable +6.7% year-on-year increase. This is the best June result since the 223,421 units of pre-pandemic June 2019.…
The Uni-S pushes Changan to a record 4th place in June. The Russian new car market continues to crater in June, enduring a 5th consecutive double-digit year-on-year fall at -27.6% to 90,116 units. The H1 2025 tally stands at 530.385, off -26.3% over the same period a year ago. Strikingly,…
BMW is the most popular carmaker in Luxembourg in June. New car sales in Luxembourg are relatively weak in June at -3.6% year-on-year to 4,169 units. However the H1 2025 tally is in positive, just, at +0.7% to 25,262. Like it did last January and a year ago in June…
The VW Tera enters the Brazilian Top 30 in June. 201,437 new cars hit Brazilian roads in June, a small -0.5% year-on-year drop. The H1 2025 tally is in positive however at +5% to 1,131,271. Pre-pandemic levels aren't that far away: the market totalled 1,248,299 sales over H1 2019, or…
Renault is the #1 carmaker in the Netherlands for the first time since August 2018. New car sales in the Netherlands edge down -1.5% year-on-year in June to 34,641, leading to a year-to-date volume off -5.5% to 182,680. At 88,283 registrations, HEVs represent 48.3% of the Dutch market, followed by…
The Smart #1 is the third best-selling vehicle in Ireland in June. Irish registrations traditionally slow down in the lead to the biannual licence plate change of July and June 2025 is up 65.5% year-on-year to a still very weak 2,441 sales. The H1 2025 tally is up 3.6% to…
The Omoda C5 is the most popular new model in South Africa in June. New vehicle registrations in South Africa deliver a stunning 4th consecutive month of double-digit year-on-year gains in June at +18.7% to 47,294 units. This is also the 6th straight positive market. This way, the H1 tally…
The Fiat Cronos has been refreshed for 2025. New light vehicle registrations in Argentina continue to surge in June at +68.9% year-on-year to 49,577. This is the best June volume in 7 years: since the 64,140 units of June 2018. The H1 2025 tally stands at 308,887, a 77.5% year-on-year uptick.…
The Polestar 4 is up to a fantastic 5th place in Sweden in June. 27,565 new cars hit Swedish roads in June, a solid 8.5% year-on-year improvement. The H1 2025 tally is up 6.6% to 140,976. Rechargeable cars account for a strong 65.3% of the market in June vs. 56.5%…
The Kia Ceed is the best-selling car in Finland in June. The Finnish new car market is up year-on-year for only the 2nd time in 2025 after last April, with sales progressing 10.9% to 7,290. Keep in mind June 2024 was a particularly low comparison base with volume down -26.7%…
The Dacia Duster is #3 in Italy in June. Picture quattroruote.it Mediocre results for new car sales in Italy in June: off -17.4% year-on-year to 132,191 units. This way the H1 volume drops further into negative at -3.6% to 854,690. This is a loss of 21.1% and 228,500 units compared…
The Dacia Sandero reaches its highest ever monthly volume in June. It's another excellent month for new car sales in Spain, up 15.2% year-on-year in June to 119,125 units. This is the best June result since the pre-pandemic June 2019 volume of 134,341 and marks a 10th straight month of…