The Jeep Compass scores its 2nd ever podium finish in Italy. It's a 5th decline in the past 6 months for new car sales in Italy in February at -3.2% to 177.847 units, bringing the year-to-date tally down 5.4% or almost 20.000 sales to 343.758. Encouragingly, this decline is occurring…
Our valiant Dacia Logan with one of the best-sellers in Serbia: the locally-made Fiat 500L. This is the second iteration of our voyage through 10 countries in 10 days with a Dacia Logan. You can see the introduction to this series and the first country explored, Romania, here. We leave…
The Dacia Duster shoots up to a record 6th place in Italy in January. The Italian new car market starts 2019 in a rather paltry way: down 7.9% year-on-year in January to 165.536 units. New car sales in Italy this month offer a starkly contrasting picture: for once private sales…
The VW Tiguan soars 64% to #3 in Croatia in January. After surging 18.3% over the Full Year 2018, Croatian new car sales start 2019 in negative at -4.2%. However for market leader Volkswagen (+38%) it's an outstanding month with a mammoth 20.4% share vs. just 9.3% in December and…
The Skoda Octavia is the best-selling vehicle in Serbia for the first time. Consult over a decade of Serbian Historical Data here. The Serbian new car market soars up 12.1% year-on-year in 2018 to 33.087 registrations according to our Eastern European partner CE Auto. Local publication Vrele Gume has this figure…
The Skoda Fabia is the best-selling vehicle in Serbia in November. According to data shared with us by our Central European data partner CE Auto, Serbian new car sales soar 24.8% to 2.528 registrations, with the year-to-date tally now up 12.6% to 30.357 units. The Skoda Fabia (+243%) more than triples its…
The Panda swims upstream in the midst of Fiat debacle: +16% in November. After -25.5% in September and -8% in October, the Italian market continues to slowly recover from post-WLTP hangover with November deliveries down another 6.8% to 148.024 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down 3.6% to 1.798.078. Following a…
Skoda Fabia sales are up 139% year-on-year in October thanks to its facelift. Based on data released by our partner CE Auto, the Serbian new car market soars 23.4% year-on-year in October to 2.620 units, leading to a year-to-date tally now up 11.6% to 27.829. For the first time since BSCB…
The Hyundai i20 is the best-selling vehicle in Serbia in September, a first. * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title * According to data shared with us by our partner CE Auto, the Serbian new car market shoots up 24.6% year-on-year in September to 2.393 registrations, leading…
The Toyota Yaris is up to #2 in Italy, a ranking it had not reached in almost 11 years. * See the Top 45 brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * Even though the pre-WLTP August surge in Italy was muted compared to other main EU…
Skoda Octavia sales almost double year-on-year in August in Serbia. * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title * Based on data shared by our Central European market data partner CE Auto, the Serbian new car market is up 7.2% year-on-year in August to 2.524 registrations, lifting the…
The Kia Carens is the first Korean model to top the Spanish charts outright. * See the Top 45 All-brands and Top 295 All-models by clicking on the title * The Spanish new car market surges 48.8% year-on-year in August to 108.442 registrations, a new record for the month (previous best…
The Fiat Tipo is the third best-selling nameplate in Serbia in July. * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title * According to data released by our Central European data partner CE Auto, new car sales in Serbia are up 19.2% year-on-year in July to 2.760 registrations, lifting the…
Fiat 500 sales are up 457% year-on-year in July. * See the Top 35 All-brands and Top 20 models by clicking on the title * According to data released by our local partner Promocija Plus, new car sales in Croatia soar 39% year-on-year to 5.738 registrations in July, lifting the year-to-date…
The Jeep Compass breaks into the Italian Top 5 for the first time in July. * See the Top 45 brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * The H1 2018 post has now been updated with a Top 180 models. New car sales in Italy manage…