The Dacia Sandero III is an instant blockbuster in France. Picture largus.fr 11/02 update: Now with Top 270 All-models ranking. The Full Year 2020 article has also been updated with Top 400 All-models data. The French new car market manages a measured -5.8% to 126.381 units despite two less selling…
Lada Niva sales are up 135.3% year-on-year thanks to its facelift. The Russian new car market drops a limited -4.2% year-on-year in January to 95.213 units. Homegrown leader Lada (+0.3%) posts stable sales, sending it to a strong 23% share vs. 21.5% over the Full Year 2020, with Kia (+0.6%)…
Toyota Alphard sales are up 94.5% year-on-year in January. The Japanese new vehicle market is up +6.8% year-on-year in January to 384.442 units. Brand leader Toyota (+13.8%) exactly doubles the market growth rate to score a solid 31.7% share, in line with the 31.6% it held over the FY2020. Suzuki (+9.3%)…
The new Opel Mokka has landed in Germany. Lockdown measures and associated dealership closures aimed at stemming the winter wave of Covid-19 pull the German market down a harsh -31.1% to 169.754 units vs. 246.300 a year ago which was already down -7.3% on the year prior. Brand leader Volkswagen (-29.9%)…
The Genesis GV70 breaks into the South Korean Top 20 in January. The South Korean new car market is up a splendid 19.1% year-on-year in January to 139.591 units, including 117.270 local models (+17.7%) and 22.321 foreigners (+26.5%). However this stunning uptick is partly related to a low comparison base…
Honda sales are up 113.6% year-on-year in January. Picture autocarindia.com New car wholesales in India gain a splendid 15.7% year-on-year in January to 303.399 units, marking six consecutive months of year-on-year growth in stark contrast with most other global markets. Brand leader Maruti (-0.6%) posts the only year-on-year drop in…
The Kia Sportage is up to a record 2nd place in January. Picture autoexpress.co.uk A second national lockdown means the UK new car market freefalls -39.5% year-on-year in January to just 90.249 units, a loss of almost 60.000 sales. This is the weakest January volume since 1970 (84.807). Private sales drop…
Toyota RAV4 sales are up 307.2% year-on-year in January. In January, the Swedish new car market soars 22.5% year-on-year on a very low year-ago comparison volume to 20.573 units, equivalent to January 2019 volumes (20.478). After reaching a record 49% in December, rechargeable cars (EV+PHEV) fall back to 33.5% vs.…
The Fiat Cronos is up 300.9% year-on-year in January. New vehicle sales in Argentina gain 10.6% year-on-year in January to 49.438 units. Traditional brand leader Volkswagen (-5%) is toppled this month: Toyota (+79.8%) and Fiat (+44.5%) surge to #1 and #2 respectively with 19.3% and 14.3% share, levels way above…
Jeep scores its first ever Top 5 finish in Brazil. The Brazilian new light vehicle market drops -11.7% year-on-year in January to 162.567 units but the daily sales rate is down just -1.3%. Fiat (+19.3%) starts the year all guns blazing and returns to the brands top spot for the…
MG ZS sales are up 327.6% year-on-year in January. Now updated with the Top 272 All-models. The Australian new vehicle market registers a third consecutive month of double-digit year-on-year gains in January at +11.1% to 79.666 units as dealers continue to fulfil back orders accumulated during the pandemic, customers are…
The Skoda Octavia is #1 in Finland this month. Picture tekniikanmaailma.fi The Finnish new car market is down -13.3% year-on-year in January to 9.253 units. Toyota (-9.6%) is back in the brands pole position with a superior share at 16.4% vs. 14% over the Full Year 2020. Skoda (-15.5%) lifts…
The Citroen C3 is the third best-selling vehicle in Bulgaria in January. Sales of new passenger and light commercial vehicles drop -20% year-on-year in Bulgaria in January to 2.185 units. The performance of Dacia (+18.9%) is diametrically opposed to the market but it starts from a particularly low year-ago volume.…
The Toyota Yaris is up to #6 in Europe in 2020. Picture completecar.ie Discover 50 years of European Historical Data here. 04/02/21 update: Now with Top 58 All-brands and Top 430 All-models. According to final data by JATO Dynamics, new car sales in Europe (EU+UK+EFTA) fall -24% year-on-year in 2020 to…
First podium finish for the Hyundai Tucson in Spain. The Spanish new car market freefalls -51.5% year-on-year to just 41.966 units, the steepest fall ever for a month of January, the largest year-on-year drop since last May and the lowest January tally since at least 1989. There are a series…