The Toyota Yaris ranks at a record #3 in France halfway through the month. Over the first 13 days of August, the French new car market slides down -4% year-on-year but Peugeot (+11%) swims upstream to hold onto the brands lead above Renault (-31%) and Citroen (-5%). Keep in mind…
The Mercedes A-Class is the outright best-seller in Portugal for the third time in the past 11 months. The Portuguese new car market drops a steep -7.8% year-on-year in July to 18.436 registrations, meaning the year-to-date volume is now down -4.9% to 147.031. Renault (-18.8%) takes a hit but stays…
The Citroen C5 Aircross scores its very first Top 10 finish in France - and the world - in April. This article has been updated with the Top 35 brands and Top 265 models. New car sales in France edge up a very shy +0.4% year-on-year in April to 188.199…
The Nissan Qashqai is the best-selling vehicle in Denmark so far in 2019. It's a record start of the year for Danish new car sales at a whopping +33.2% year-on-year in March to 26.310 units, lifting the Q1 volume up 16.4% to an all-time high of 66.270 sales, smashing the…
Skoda is the healthiest carmaker in the French Top 20 in March with overall sales up 15.8% and private deliveries up 16.6%. Picture largus.fr This article has been updated with the Top 35 brands, Top 265 models and Top 10 private sales. The French new car market is back into…
The Fiat 500 steps up to #3 overall in Portugal in March. The Portuguese new car market dives -10.8% year-on-year in March to 24.900 registrations, pulling the year-to-date volume down -6% to 59.445. Renault (-6.1%) repeats at #1 in the brands ranking, now also taking control YTD (-14.4%) despite a…
The Mercedes A-Class was the best-selling vehicle in Portugal in January. This article has been updated with complete Top 40 All-brands and Top 250 All-models for January and February. In January, the market gains a sturdy 8.3% year-on-year to 15.684 registrations while in February it recedes at -9.3% to 18.861, tilting…
The Citroen C5 Aircross is up to #23 at home. This post has been updated with the Top 40 brands, Top 265 models and Top 10 private sales. In February, the French new car market (+2.1%) is back in positive for the first time since last August at 172.438 units,…
The 508 (+125.6%) helps Peugeot sales surge 18.8% year-on-year in Spain this month. Spanish new car sales endure a 6th consecutive year-on-year decline in February at -6.9% to 103.449 units, however still the only six-digit February figure in the past 11 years alongside last year (111.166), but the first February…
The VW Tiguan is the most popular nameplate in Latvia in January. According to our partner JATO Dynamics, new car sales in Latvia edge up 0.7% year-on-year in January to 1.540. This month the VW Tiguan (+256.7%) topples 2018's winner the VW Golf (-22.7%) to score a #1 finish for…
Sales of Peugeot 308 in Greece are up 12-fold year-on-year in January. Solid start of the year for Greek new car sales at +3.7% to 9.210 units. Brand leader Toyota (-5.4%) isn't surfing on the positive wave but remains in the lead at 12.5%, even though Peugeot (+10.6%), Opel (+10.3%)…
The Jeep Renegade ranked on the monthly Italian podium twice in 2018. Consult over 60 years of Italian Historical Data here. This article has been updated with the Top 50 brands, Top 150 models, Top 35 LCV brands and Top 10 LCV models. 2018 puts an end to four consecutive…
Peugeot is now assured to end 2018 as the #1 brand with French private buyers. Now updated with the Top 45 brands and Top 265 models. The French new car market drops 4.7% year-on-year in November to 171.611 registrations, but the year-to-date volume is up 4.7% to 2.008.091 units. This…
The 12th generation is coming: a Toyota Corolla in runout mode takes the lead in November. Is the worst over? After imploding 75% in September and 76.6% in October, the Turkish new light vehicle market is down "just" 42.3% in November at 58.204 registrations, still a ghastly performance but an…
The Suzuki Vitara is up 62% to 2nd place overall in Croatia in November. According to data shared with us by our Croatian partner Promocija Plus, new car sales in the country edge up 1.5% to 3.549 registrations, meaning the year-to-date volume is now up 18.5% at 57.629 units. The -80%…