Peugeot 2008 sales are up 15% year-on-year at home in France. * See the Top 80 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title * After gaining 9.5% in March, the French new car market returns to significantly more timid growth rates in April: up 2.3% to…
The Peugeot 308 is up 61% year-on-year at home so far in 2015. * See the Top 250 best-selling models and Top 40 brands by clicking on the title * There is a light at the end of the tunnel for the French new car market, stuck at two-decade-lows for the…
Strong UK sales push the Opel/Vauxhall Corsa onto the European podium in March. * See the Top 10 best-selling brands and models by clicking on the title * It's official: the recession is over in Europe. Overall new car sales are up 11% year-on-year in March to an imposing 1.644.985…
The Renault Mégane is back up to #6 overall this month. * Now updated with the Top 250 best-selling models and Top 40 brands * French new car sales are finally getting a significant boost this month: up 9.5% year-on-year in March to 196,572 registrations, partly thanks to one more opening…
The Active Tourer variant lifts the BMW 2 Series to its first European Top 50 ranking. * See the Top 330 All-models and Top 55 All-brands by clicking on the title * Refined European data is now available with the traditional one month-delay, confirming the 8% year-on-year increase announced earlier at…
The Skoda Octavia is now the best-selling nameplate in Switzerland for 2015. * See the Top 37 All-brands and Top 350 All-models by clicking on the title * Thanks to sales up by a bright 20% year-on-year in March to 31,487 units, the Swiss new car market finishes the first quarter…
The Nissan Juke is now #2 year-to-date in Slovenia. * See the Top 33 All-brands and Top 80 models by clicking on the title * The Slovenian new car market is definitely on the mend: up another 17% year-on-year in March to 5,958 registrations, bringing the first quarter total to 15,647…
The Renault Clio is now #1 in 2015 year-to-date in the Netherlands. * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 253 All-models by clicking on the title * The Dutch new car market has been heavily skewed by preferential pricing attributed to the most eco-friendly variants of some models, and this…
The Skoda Fabia holds 7.5% of its home market this month. * See the Top 10 best-selling brands and Top 100 models by clicking on the title * The Czech new car market is up an astounding 28% year-on-year in March to 21,155 registrations, the biggest ever month in the…
The Fiat 500X now ranks 19th at home in Italy. * NOW UPDATED with Top 50 models actuals and Top 45 All-brands * New car sales in Italy accelerate their growth in March: up 15% to 162,369 registrations after +13% in February and +11% in January. The year-to-date total now stands at…
The Clio lifts Renault up to 12.5% share this month in Portugal. * See the Top 35 All-brands and Top 204 All-models by clicking on the title * The Portuguese new car market is catching up on lost time and continues to lodge extravagant growth rates: +36% year-on-year in February…
Nissan Micra * See the Top 32 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * After an 8% slump in January, new car sales in Greece are back into frankly positive territory in February at +12% year-on-year to 4,894 registrations, making the year-to-date total edge back in…
Mercedes C-Class sales are up 73% while the VW Passat is up 23% in Europe in January. * See the Top 335 All-models and Top 53 All-brands by clicking on the title * Refined European data now available shows a market still up 6% to 1.023.880 registrations in January. If Volkswagen (+9%),…
The Smart Forfour breaks into the Italian Top 20 in February. * UPDATED with actuals - See the Top 45 All-brands and Top 50 models * It is finally the end of the tunnel for the Italian new car market: after gaining 11% in January, sales are up an even more…
Renault Twingo III * See the Top 20 best-selling brands and Top 100 models by clicking on the title * On paper the French market is trending up: +4% in February to 147,130 registrations and +5% year-to-date at 280,300 deliveries. However the reality of the market is much more depressing:…