The VW ID.Buzz is climbing the Swiss ranking fast. After losing -17.6% a year ago, the Swiss new car market rallies back up 13.7% year-on-year in November to 21,406 registrations, with a year-to-date volume now down -6% to 201,197. 4x4 sales match the market at +13.7% to 10,868 and 50.8%…
The Dacia Sandero is up to a record 2nd place in Italy. Picture quattroruote.it New car sales in Italy continue to recover at +14.7% to 119,853 units in November. The year-to-date tally remains frankly in negative at -11.6% or 160,000 units less than a year ago to 1,211,769. Disappointingly, private…
The Fiat 500 is the best-selling vehicle in Spain in November. Spanish new car sales post a 4th consecutive month of year-on-year gains and third straight double-digit lift in November at +10.3% to 73,221 units. Yet the year-to-date tally remains in negative at -4.4% to 739,469. In the channel detail,…
Audi is up to #3 brand across Europe in October. 28/11 update: Now with Top 72 all brands and Top 407 all models. 25/11 update: Now with Top 10 models. According to data by ACEA, new car sales in Europe (EU+EFTA+UK) gain 14.1% year-on-year in October to 910,753 units. This…
The Fiat 500 lineup is up to a record 4th place in Germany. 28/11 update: Now with Mercedes EQA, EQB, EQC, EQE and EQS splits. New car sales in Germany rally back up 16.6% year-on-year in October to 208,353 units, keeping in mind October 2021 was down a ghastly -34.9% on the…
The Suzuki Vitara is up to #2 in the Hungarian year-to-date ranking. 16/11 update: Now with Top 100 models The Hungarian new light vehicle market hasn't managed to consistently stay in positive this year with October sales down -9.6% year-on-year to 9,421. The year-to-date tally is now down -11% to 109,240…
The Ford Fiesta is #1 in Northern Ireland and Wales. Thanks to SMMT we can share with you the Top 10 best-sellers for each UK nation in October. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures are already included in the October 2022 UK update. In an…
The Dacia Sandero is the most popular vehicle in Portugal in October. 12,560 new cars hit Portuguese roads in October, a 18.8% year-on-year increase. The year-to-date volume now stands at 126,324, up 2.6% over the first 10 months of 2021. Renault (+12.4%) signs its second monthly win of the year…
Chinese brand Ora has landed in the UK. The UK market rallies back up 26.4% year-on-year in October to 134,344 registrations, keeping in mind October 2021 was the worst October in 30 years. The year-to-date tally remains in negative at -5.6% to 1,342,712 units. Private sales trail the market at…
The Toyota Yaris Cross (#4) helps lift the brand to #1 in the Netherlands. The Dutch new car market gains a sizeable +20.4% year-on-year in October to 28,992 units, meaning the year-to-date volume is now down -2.3% to 253,764. As it is the case in Spain, Italy and France, Toyota…
The Toyota Yaris Cross (#7) helps Toyota reach record heights in Italy. New car sales in Italy confirm they are back in positive in October at +14.6% to 115,827 registrations. As it has been the case for the past few months, this performance has to be compared with October 2021…
The Dacia Sandero is the best-selling vehicle in Spain in October. The Spanish new car market lodges a third straight year-on-year gain in October at +11.7% to 65,966 sales. Keep in mind October 2021 was down -20.5% on the year prior however. The year-to-date volume is now down -5.8% to 666,247…
The Suzuki S-Cross is back to #1 in Hungary. 10,988 new light vehicles found a buyer in September in Hungary, a -2.3% year-on-year drop leading to a year-to-date volume down -10.8% over the same period in 2021 to 99,819 units. In the Passenger Cars + Light Commercial Vehicles brands ranking,…
The Citroen Berlingo is up 10-fold year-on-year in September. Whereas most of the European market is in positive, new car sales in Slovenia drop a worrying -8.5% year-on-year in September to 3,776 units. This means the year-to-date tally is now off -14.7% to 36,758. Atop the brands ranking, Volkswagen (+10%)…
The Fiat Panda is the best-selling vehicle in Portugal in September. The Portuguese new car market grows 15.6% year-on-year in September to 12,471 sales, tilting the year-to-date total into positive at +1.1% to 113,764 units. Mercedes (+102.3%) more than doubles its sales year-on-year to score its 4th ever monthly win…