The Fiat 500 is the best-selling vehicle in Spain in November. Spanish new car sales post a 4th consecutive month of year-on-year gains and third straight double-digit lift in November at +10.3% to 73,221 units. Yet the year-to-date tally remains in negative at -4.4% to 739,469. In the channel detail,…
Toyota ranks at a record #3 in France in October. Picture largus.fr 1/12 update: Now with Top 300 all models. After a painful 14 straight months of decline, the French new car market confirms it is back on the up by lodging a third consecutive year-on-year uptick in October at +5.4%…
The Renault Arkana hits a world record 2nd place in Ireland this month. As the year comes to an end, the Irish market traditionally falls into oblivion, awaiting the licence plate change of January. On top of this, new car sales fall back into negative in October at -2.1% to…
The Dacia Logan is back to #1 at home after for the first time since June. New car sales in Romania gain 9.7% year-on-year in October to 10,541 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 8.1% to 105,818. Local behemoth Dacia (+18.2%) almost manages double its home market growth to 30.3%…
The Renault Arkana is up to a worldwide record 2nd place in Spain in September. 67,240 new cars hit Spanish roads in September, that's a second consecutive year-on-year uptick at +12.7%. The year-to-date tally is now down -7.4% to 600,281 units. In the detail, private sales grow by a modest…
The Kia Sportage ranks #2 in Ireland in July. For the biannual license plate change, it's a third double-digit year-on-year drop in a row for Ireland at -17.3% to 21,902 registrations in July. The year-to-date tally tilts into negative as a result at -3.7% to 87,075 units. Volkswagen (+5%) defies…
The Jogger helps Dacia across the 10% share milestone in June. 28/07 update: Now with Top 302 All-models. In France, June is usually the biggest month of the year for new car sales and as such 2022 sales amount to 171,089. This is however a -14.2% year-on-year drop compared to…
The Tesla Model 3 is now #1 year-to-date in Switzerland. New car sales in Switzerland drop -18.2% year-on-year in June to 21,277 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -12% to 109,600. Volkswagen (-40.7%) sinks to 9.6% share but holds onto the brands top spot above Tesla (+51%) strongly backloading…
The Dacia Jogger hits its highest ranking in the world in Ireland this month. The Irish new car market accelerates its fall in June to -22.1% and 2,153 units vs. -10.4% in May. This leads to a year-to-date tally up 2.1% to 65,174. Hyundai (+217.7%) hits a whopping 27.5% share,…
The Peugeot 308 is inside the Dutch Top 10 for the 2nd month in a row. The Dutch new car market is down -9.9% year-on-year in June to 30,012 sales, leading to a year-to-date volume off -5.8% to 153,708. Peugeot (+50.4%) goes completely against the market to spectacularly take the…
The Dacia Jogger breaks into the Italian Top 50 for the first time, landing directly at #25. New government incentives for low-emissions vehicles have failed to produce a turnaround of the Italian market, with June sales down another -15% year-on-year to 127,209 units. This means the H1 volume is off…
Dacia is the #3 brand in France for the first time in history. Picture largus.fr 22/06 update: Now with Top 150 models. New car sales in France slow down their fall in May to -10.1% to 126,813 units vs. -22.6% in April. The market is down -34.6% on pre-pandemic April…
VW T-Roc New car sales in Greece drop -8.9% year-on-year in April to 9,289 units, leading to a year-to-date volume off -5.7% to 31,716. Toyota (+0.2%) goes against the negative trend to cement its leadership in the brands charts with 13.7% share vs. 14.7% YTD. Volkswagen (+49.8%) posts a rare…
The Polestar 2 is up to #9 in Denmark in April. The Danish new car market continues to freefall in April: -29% to just 11,015 sales leading to a year-to-date volume off -23.9% to 45,248. Volkswagen (-34.3%) falls even faster than the market which has been the case in a…
The Mazda CX-3 is a surprise #2 in Austria in March. New car sales in Austria freefall -30.1% year-on-year in March to 20,653 units, sending the year-to-date tally down -17.5% to 52,375. Both Volkswagen (-39.6%) and Skoda (-35.5%) fall even faster than the market but retain the top two spots…