The Renault Captur is #1 in Portugal for the first time. New car sales in Portugal are up 438.7% year-on-year on a locked down April 2020 to 14.809 units but down -29.9% on April 2019. The year-to-date tally is now down -4.5% year-on-year to 45.848 and down a harsh -43.1%…
Mercedes is the most popular carmaker in Switzerland in January. The Swiss new car market starts the year with a -19.5% year-on-year drop in January to just 15.130 registrations. Mercedes (-10.8%) resists well and takes the lead of the brands ranking for the third time in the past 6 months…
The Peugeot 2008 is up to a record 6th place in Scotland. Thanks to our partnership with SMMT we can share with you the Top 10 best-sellers for each UK nation in January. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures are included in the January 2021…
The Peugeot 2008 is the best-selling vehicle in Portugal in January. The Portuguese new car market sinks -30.5% year-on-year in January to just 10.029 units. Peugeot (-15.6%) and Mercedes (-16.3%) both manage to roughly cut the market drop rate in two to take the lead of the brands ranking while…
The Toyota Yaris ranks #2 in Italy for the second month running. Picture quattroruote.it New car sales in Italy start the year with a -14.1% year-on-year drop in January to 134.772 units. Stable private sales pull the market up at -0.7% to 91.561 and 67.9% share vs. 58.8% in January…
The Vauxhall Corsa is the best-selling vehicle in Scotland in 2020. Discover 12 years of Scotland Historical data here. Thanks to our partnership with SMMT, we can share with you a zoom in on Scotland as a UK nation, keep in mind overall UK sales figures have already been analysed…
The Toyota Yaris is the best-selling regular car at home in 2020. Discover over 50 years of Japanese Historical Data here. New vehicle sales in Japan drop -11.5% year-on-year in 2020 to 4.598.615 units, that's almost 600.000 annual units lost mainly due to the coronavirus crisis. Brand-wise, Toyota (-6%) almost…
The Ford Puma is the best-selling vehicle in Wales for the 2nd month running. Note: October data is also included in this post. Thanks to our partnership with SMMT we can now share with you the UK detail by nation for November. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation…
The Mercedes A-Class signs its first ever victory in the UK. Picture carmagazine.co.uk According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), new car sales in the UK edge down -1.6% year-on-year in October to 140.945 units, the lowest October result since 2011 (134.944) and the 9th year-on-year decline out of…
BMW 1 Series salers soar 226% year-on-year in September. After stabilising in August (-0.1%) just as the whole of Europe was in doldrums (-17.6%), it's now the turn of Portugal to return to hell (-9.4%), signing a 7th straight year-on-year drop in September at 13.186 units. This brings the year-to-date…
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 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 Nissan Micra is up to #4 in Portugal in February. In January, the Portuguese new car market drops - 8% year-on-year to 14.423 units. Peugeot (-10%) takes the brands lead despite falling faster than the market, distancing Mercedes (+10.3%), Renault (stable) and BMW (+12.5%), the two German premium marques…
The Peugeot 2008 II breaks into its home Top 5 for the first time in February. 19/03 update: Now with the Top 285 All-models. The French new car market records a second consecutive month in negative in February at a much more palatable -2.7% year-on-year to 167.785 units, leading to…
1 in every 7 new cars sold in Wales in February is a Vauxhall Corsa. Thanks to our partnership with SMMT we can share with you the Top 10 best-sellers for all UK nations in February. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures are included in…