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 Toyota Rush breaks into the New Caledonian Top 15 whereas it is not sold in metropolitan France. After dropping -9.6% year-on-year in August at 696 registrations, new car sales in New Caledonia, a French Overseas archipelago located north-east of Australia, fall another tough -12.2% in September to 625 units, bringing the…
The perfect fit: the Porsche 911 is the best-selling vehicle in Monaco in 2018. Consult 8 years of Monaco Historical Data here. After the Top 53 All-brands, we can now share with you an exclusive Top 265 All-models ranking for Monaco. You won't find this data anywhere else. Fitting to…
The Smart Fortwo is the best-selling foreigner in France in August. 07/09/2019 update: Now with the Top 50 All-brands and Top 355 All-models. One year ago pre-WLTP stock clearances artificially boosted August sales up 40% in France, and they are logically down -14% this month to 129.259, but only -10%…
The Sandero (+12%) helps Dacia hit a record 6th place in Spain in August. The Spanish new car market logically falls -29% year-on-year in August because one year ago the market was artificially boosted up 49% by pre-WLTP stock clearing registrations. A better comparison set is August 2017, and this…
The Peugeot 208 and Citroen C3 are the best-selling models in France in July. 27/08/2019 update: Now with the Top 50 All-brands and Top 353 All-models. If the June -8.4% fall appeared higher than it really was due to two less selling days vs. June 2018, the situation is reversed…
The Nissan Qashqai is #1 in Northern Ireland for only the 2nd time in the past 4 years. Thanks to our partnership with SMMT we can share with you today the Top 10 best-sellers for all UK nations in July. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales…
The VW T-Cross breaks into the Slovenian Top 5 in July. The Slovenian new car market pays the price for artificially boosted pre-WLTP sales a year ago - almost exclusively by the VW Group - with July deliveries down -4.6% to 5.958 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -4.3%…
The Fiat Egea holds 11.3% of the Turkish market in June and 11.9% so far in 2019. One year ago in June 2018 the Turkish market nightmarish freefall started (-39%), it is therefore logical that this month's -16.4% drop is somewhat muted compared what we have witnessed in the past…
The Renault Clio V ranks #11 at home in June. Picture largus.fr. This article has been updated with the Top 40 brands, Top 270 models and Top 10 private sales. New car sales in France skid down -8.4% year-on-year in June to 230.965 units (the third highest June result below…
Before the arrival of the 2020 model (pictured), the Vauxhall Corsa tops the Welsh charts in June. Thanks to our partnership with SMMT we can share with you today the Top 10 best-sellers for all UK nations in June. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures…
The Toyota Corolla is the only Top 20 nameplate to gain ground year-on-year in Turkey this month. No respite for the Turkish nightmare: light vehicle sales sink -54.6% year-on-year in May to just 33.016 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down -49.6% to 152.456. Fiat (-35.5%) resists a lot better…
Citroen is, with Tesla, the biggest gainer in the Belgian Top 30 this month. This article has been updated with the Top 10 models. It's a depressing month for new car sales in Belgium, down -7.1% in May to 51.081 units which brings the year-to-date tally down -5.3% to 260.445. The…
The Skoda Scala is inside the Czech Top 10 again. Czech new car registrations fall for the 9th straight month in May at -6.4% to 24.059 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -9.5% to 106.596. Yet the Top 2 most popular brands post increases this month: homegrown Skoda (+4.4%)…
First Top 10 finish in Croatia for the Opel Crossland X New car sales in Croatia gain 4.5% year-on-year in May to 9.149 units, the largest result for any month this decade and first time above the 9.000 mark. As a result the year-to-date tally tilts into positive at +0.9%…