The Honda CR-V overtakes its main competitor the Toyota RAV4 in April. The U.S. new light vehicle market in April is estimated to grow by 13% year-on-year on an updated year-ago volume to 1.35 million units, with a SAAR (Seasonally Adjusted Annualised Rate of sales) up to 15.9 million units…
Cupra is among the 15 best-selling brands in Poland for the first time. Polish new car sales edge up 2.8% year-on-year in April to 34,575 units. This is a lukewarm result given April 2022 was down -14.7% on the year prior. Reflecting a strong start of the year, the YTD tally is…
First appearance of the Great Wall Tank 300 in the Russian Top 30 (#17). New light vehicle sales in Russia bounce back 70.6% year-on-year in April to 54,270 registrations, meaning the year-to-date volume is now off -37.8% to 177,034. These figures don't include Chery Group, Mercedes and BMW Group which…
The Volvo XC60 is the best-selling vehicle in Sweden in April. In April, Swedish new car sales endure a disappointing third negative month this year at -6.2% to 20,586 units. This brings the year-to-date tally down -8.5% to 83,890. BEVs ignore the surrounding gloom to climb 27.8% to 6,928 sales…
The Skoda Kamiq is up to a record 2nd place in April. 18,429 new light vehicles hit Czech roads in April, a 25.2% year-on-year improvement. This leads to a year-to-date volume up 20.4% to 74,770. Skoda (+63.6%) once again vastly beats its home market to land a strong 37.5% share…
The Dacia Sandero is the best-selling vehicle in Ireland in April. New car sales in Ireland continue to lift in April at +13.6% year-on-year to 8,928 units. The year-to-date tally is now up 16% to 67,002. Volkswagen (+25.2%) beats the market to snap the #1 brand spot with 12.8% share…
The Ford Puma is #1 in England and Wales. Thanks to SMMT we can share with you the Top 10 best-sellers for each UK nation in March. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures are already included in the April 2023 UK update. This month Scotland…
Audi ends the month just 379 units below Volkswagen, with the A3 hitting a ranking record. It's a 9th consecutive month of year-on-year gains for the UK market in April at +11.6% to 132,990 sales. We are still 17.4% off the 161,064 units of pre-pandemic April 2019. So far this year,…
The Skoda Octavia is up 9-fold year-on-year in April. The Croatian new car market continues to surge ahead in April with a 39.6% year-on-year progression to 6,240 sales. This leads to a year-to-date tally up 36.9% to 19,487. Atop the brands charts, Renault (+211.3%) and Skoda (+177.8%) both post sensational…
The entire Dacia range fits within the Top 12 models this month. 5/05 update: Now with Top 300 models. The French new car market bounces back again in April at +21.9% year-on-year to 132,509 units. April 2022 was down a drastic -22.6% so we're still not back to the April 2021…
The Ford Ranger is the best-selling vehicle in Australia so far in 2023. 5/05 update: Now with Top 280 All models ranking The Australian new vehicle market continues to be plagued by shipping bottlenecks due to biosecurity issues on car-carrying ships, but also ballooning delivery delays reaching 3 to 4…
Lexus sales are up 93.2% year-on-year in April. New light vehicle sales in Taiwan gain 8.4% year-on-year in April to 38,231, bringing the year-to-date tally up 7.4% to 149,999. Toyota (-7.1%) can't surf on the overall growth but stays distant leader in the brands charts with 26.4% share vs. 27%…
The Honda HR-V scores its first Brazilian Top 10 finish since October 2017. New light vehicle sales in Brazil progress 11.2% year-on-year in April to 151,721 units, although a strong YoY result we are 7.4% below April 2021 (163,902) and 31.4% below pre-pandemic April 2019 (221,321). Fiat (-2.8%) goes against…
BYD is the 4th best-selling manufacturer in Israel in April. According to our Israeli data partner cartube.co.il, 19,433 new cars found a home in Israel in April. That's a -4.7% year-on-year decline which is a poor performance given April 2022 was down -17.8% on the year prior. But thanks to a solid…
The Opel Corsa is up 231.6% year-on-year in April. The Dutch new car market jumps another splendid 35.2% year-on-year in April to 29,669 registrations. We are however still 10.5% below the pre-pandemic score of April 2019 (33,149). This way, the year-to-date result is up 27.2% to 127,597. Kia (+25.6%), although…