The Fiat 500 scores its first podium finish at home in over a year. New car sales in Italy are back in negative territory for the 8th time in the past 10 months at -1.5% in May to 197.876 units, leading to a year-to-date volume now down -4.1% to 913.120.…
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 Dacia Duster climbs on the Italian podium for the very first time. In April, new car sales in Italy register their third year-on-year gain in the past 12 months after last July and December at a shy +1.2% to 174.940 units, yet the year-to-date volume remains firmly set in…
Dacia Duster sales surge 127.7% year-on-year in Italy in March. Italy endures a 6th year-on-year drop in the past 7 months at a steep -9.7% in March to 194.428 units, pulling the year-to-date volume down 6.9% to 538.938. Once again though, despite the harsh fall the Italian market is getting…
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…
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 Fiat 500 holds a mammoth 17.8% of all Lithuanian new car sales in 2018. Consult close to 50 years of Lithuanian Historical Data here. New car registrations in Lithuania shoot up a fantastic 25.4% year-on-year in 2018 to 32.447 units, making it the most dynamic market in the whole…
Another record year for Dacia, now #4 brand in France above VW and placing 2 models in the annual French Top 10 for the first time in history (Sandero and Duster). Update 2: Now with the Top 50 Private Sales models Update 1: Now with the Top 55 All-brands, Top…
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…
Quite fittingly in one of the wealthiest countries in the world, after the Lamborghini Urus last June, it's in Switzerland that the Rolls Royce Cullinan makes its first appearance in a worldwide sales ranking. Indirect consequences of WLTP-triggered stock shortages continue to impact the Swiss new car market negatively, with…
Almost 1 in every 3 new cars sold in Lithuania this month is a Fiat 500. Thanks to our partnership with JATO Dynamics we can share with you today October sales for Lithuania. In contrast with the other two baltic states (Estonia and Latvia) still suffering from post-WLTP blues, the…
The Toyota C-HR is up 223% year-on-year to 2nd place overall in Lithuania. * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title * After artificially soaring 58.5% in August due to pre-WLTP registrations, new car sales in Lithuania post a surprisingly measured drop in September at -8.3%…
The Fiat Panda hits its highest share at home in 20 months. * See the Top 45 brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * As it has been the case in all European Union markets we have covered so far for October, in Italy the post-WLTP…
The Fiat 500 is up 144% to hold a gargantuan 23% share in Lithuania in August. * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title * As a traditionally strong user of re-exports, Lithuania is logically caught into the pre-WLTP stock clearance game more than its Baltic…
Nissan has artificially boosted its August volume by 104.4% to clear pre-WLTP stock in France. * Now updated with the Top 40 brands, Top 265 models and Top 10 private sales * Our August coverage of Spain and Italy showed some pretty striking movements due to stock clearances ahead of the…