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 Kia Cee'd is up 33.2% to climb to #2 in Slovakia in January. New car sales in Slovakia sink -11.8% year-on-year in January to 7.096 registrations. Brand leader Skoda (-20.7%) falls almost twice as fast as the market but remains comfortably in the lead at 19.5% share, double that…
The new BMW X2 is already knocking at the Top 10 imports' door in China. 108.910 imported new cars were registered in China in January, a steep 10% year-on-year loss as higher tariffs clamp sales. Like in December, BMW (-5.2%) is the most popular brand, outselling Mercedes (-26.2%) which came…
The Golf (+44.7%) helps Volkswagen up 22.5% this month in Denmark. Danish new car sales start 2019 with a bang as January registrations bounce up 7% to 21.313 units. Volkswagen (+22.5%) is partly responsible for this surge at 13.8% share, distancing Peugeot (-0.5%) edging down but up to a fantastic…
The Volvo S/V60 is the best-selling vehicle in Sweden in January. Swedish new car sales skid down 10.9% year-on-year in January to 20.478 units. Atop the brands charts, both Volvo (-14.1%) and Volkswagen (-21.7%) lose share year-on-year but Kia (+9.2%) and BMW (+12.6%) show impressive results. Only Ford (+4.9%) also…
Seat sales are up 15.7% in Belgium in January. This post has now been updated with the Top 10 models. The Belgian new car market starts 2019 with a harsh 10.2% year-on-year drop in January to 51.074 units. Volkswagen (+0.7%) goes against the grain and posts a slim uptick to…
The Karoq (+11.3%) is the only one of the Top 6 Skodas to post a year-on-year gain. Czech new car sales struggle mightily in this start of 2019 at -17% to just 19.278 registrations in January. Homegrown Skoda (-19.6%) drops faster but holds 35.6% of the market vs. 30.2% in…
The VW Suran is boosted up 38.4% by heavy discounts. After skidding down 11% over the Full Year 2018, new vehicle sales in Argentina start 2019 with a daunting 49.7% year-on-year drop to 59.844 units, yet the comparison set was particularly intimidating as January 2018 marked the largest monthly volume…
Resurrecting the Ford Ranger is turning out to be a blockbuster decision for Ford with over 300.000 expressions of interest recorded by the manufacturer so far. Sales of new light vehicles drop 3% year-on-year in the US for January to 1.122.864 units. Fleet shipments have come to the rescue to limit…
The Suzuki Spacia is up 38% year-on-year in January, partly thanks to the addition of the Gear variant (pictured). New vehicle sales in Japan edge up 2.1% year-on-year in January to 407.975 units, yet strikingly the Top 4 brands all outpace the market, starting with local behemoth Toyota (+4.9%) leading…
The Toyota Yaris is the best-selling vehicle in Puerto Rico for the third year running. Consult close to 30 years of Puerto Rican Historical Data here. This post has been updated with the complete Top 270 All-models ranking. New light vehicle sales in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated state of the United…
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…
Volvo XC60 sales in Finland are up 47.2% in January. Finnish new car sales start 2019 on the wrong foot with January deliveries down a harsh 13.7% year-on-year to just 11.636 units. Toyota (-17.7%) rallies back up from #6 in December to the brands' pole position it held over the…
Volvo soars 50% year-on-year in January in Israel. Thanks to our partnership with cartube.co.il we can share with you today January brands data for Israel, models data is a quarterly occurrence. After a particularly weak December (just 5.100 sales), new car sales in Israel are back in shape in January, yet down…
The Dacia Dokker is the best-selling vehicle in Morocco in 2018. Consult 15 years worth of Moroccan Historical Data here. New light vehicle sales in Morocco gain 5.2% year-on-year in 2018 to 177.359 units including 14.286 light commercials (+6.8%). This is a new all-time volume record for the Moroccan market.…