The MG ZS breaks into the Greek Top 10 for the first time. The Greek new car market starts the year with a bang in 2024, with sales up 21.1% to 12,752. This is all the more impressive that January 2023 was already up 90.7% on the year prior. Strikingly…
The Dacia Duster is #1 again in Moldova. Consult over 50 years worth of Moldovan data here. 8,973 new cars found a buyer in Moldova in 2023 based on data shared with us by CE Auto, a robust 15.3% year-on-year improvement which follows a 13.5% lift in 2022 and a…
The Togg T10X peaked at #3 overall in December. Consult 30 years of Turkish Historical Data here. It's an exceptional year for new light vehicle sales in Turkey. Every single month was at a record level as car buyers rush to purchase a vehicle in a high inflation context, hoping…
The Tesla Model 3 is the 2nd best-selling vehicle in France in November. 20/12 update: Now with Top 340 All models ranking. 152,713 new cars found a home in France in November, a solid 14% year-on-year gain. This is 11.6% below the pre-pandemic level of November 2019 (172,735). The year-to-date…
The BMW i4 ranks at a record 8th place in October. 13,863 new cars hit Portuguese roads in October, a 9.8% year-on-year increase. This means the year-to-date tally is now up 31.7% to 167,219 units. Peugeot (+19.3%) is back to the brands pole position it holds year-to-date. However it is…
The Ferrari Purosangue has landed in the French charts. The French new car market is up by a robust 21.9% year-on-year in October to 152,383 units. But although this is a great result, for some context we are still roughly 20% below the pre-pandemic score of October 2019 (188,985). The year-to-date tally…
The Citroen C3 is up to #6 year-to-date. The Belgium new car market continues on its fantastic run with a 25.4% year-on-year lift in September to 38,906. The year-to-date volume is now up 31.8% to 374,848. We are still 14.7% below the pre-pandemic result for the first 9 months of…
The Toyota Corolla Cross is up to #6 in Moldova in August. Data by our Central European partner CE Auto shows a Moldovan new car market off -1.9% year-on-year in August to 776 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally up 12.5% to 5,361. The Kia Sportage (+8.3%) continues to dominate the charts but…
The Toyota Yaris Cross breaks its ranking and share records in August... 11/09 update: Now with Top 315 All models ranking. New car sales in France soar 24.3% year-on-year in August to 113,599, leading to a year-to-date tally up 16.6% to 1,132,321. For reference, August 2023 remains -12.1% below the…
The Kia Sportage is #1 in Moldova both in July and YTD. Based on data shared with us by our Central European market data partner CE Auto, the Moldovan new car market edges down -1% year-on-year in July to 742 sales. This is a strong result as July 2022 was up 24% on…
The Skoda Kodiaq is the best-selling vehicle in Moldova for the first time. According to data shared with us by our Central European partner CE Auto, new cars sales in Moldova edge up 3% year-on-year in June to 678 units, bringing the year-to-date tally up 19.1% to 3,841. This month the…
The Avenger is Jeep's best-seller in Italy this month. New car sales in Italy rise 23.1% year-on-year in May to 149,411 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 26.1% to 702,339. However, worryingly private sales trail the market significantly at +11.5% to 81,062 and 53.5% share vs. 59.2% a year…
The Skoda Kodiaq ranks #3 in Moldova both in April and YTD. Based on data shared with us by our Central European partner CE Auto, new car sales in Moldova rise 8.7% year-on-year in April to 635, leading to a year-to-date tally up 25.3% to 2,344. The models podium is…
The Jeep Avenger scores its first Top 50 finish, directly landing at #21. The Italian new car market continues to bounce back up after a dreadful 2022, with April sales up 29.2% year-on-year to 125,805 units. Keep in mind April 2022 crashed -33% over the prior year. The year-to-date volume is…
The Kia Sportage is the best-selling vehicle in Moldova in March. Data by our Central European market data partner CE Auto shows a Moldovan new car market surging 64.3% year-on-year in March to 672 units. The year-to-date tally is now up 32.8% to 1,709. The podium remains unchanged on last month, with…