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…
The Tesla Model Y ranks #2 in Switzerland in March. The Swiss new car market falls -13.9% year-on-year in March to 21,722 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down -4% to 54,227. In March, 4x4 sales are down -15.3% to 10,554 and 48.6% share vs. 49.4% a year ago and…
The Kia Sportage is up to #3 in Poland in March. The Polish new car market slips down -17.9% year-on-year in March to 38,567 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -13.5% to 100,275. Toyota remains ultra-dominant with 15.8% share, close to double any other carmaker in the market, with…
The Toyota Yaris is the most successful model in Ireland in March. The Irish new car market shoots up 40.7% year-on-year in March to 12,933 units, its first YoY uptick of the year. The year-to-date total now stands at 49,926, up 3.8% over the First Quarter of 2021. Toyota shoots…
The Skoda Fabia is the best-selling vehicle in the Czech Republic in March. The Czech new car market is down -15.7% year-on-year in March 2022 to just 16,903 units, tilting the year-to-date volume into negative territory at -4.3% to 47,391. Local behemoth Skoda (-32.8%) falls twice as fast as its…
The Dacia Sandero III is up 34.6% in a market down -19.5% 24/05/22 update: Now with Top 150 models. The French new car market endures a 10th consecutive month of year-on-year decline, worsening to -19.5% and 147,079 units with the microchip crisis and the Russia-Ukraine war impacting supply. When removing…
The Hyundai Ioniq 5 is up to 5th place in Ireland in February. Picture carzone.ie New car sales in Ireland drop -12.5% year-on-year in February to 11,990 units, leading to a year-to-date volume off -4.7% to 37,013. Hyundai (+21.6%) defies the market slump to sign its first monthly win in…
Peugeot 3008 sales are up 153.5% year-on-year in Portugal in February. The Portuguese new car market rallies back up 39.2% to 11,571 sales on a particularly low year-ago comparison base when the market was down -59% on the year prior. The year-to-date tally is now up 16.7% to 21,400 units.…
The Hyundai Tucson is up to a record third place in the Czech Republic in February. New car sales in the Czech Republic drop -3.1% year-on-year in February to 14,225 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 3.4% to 30,488. Skoda (+5%) and Hyundai (+6.3%) defy the market decline and post year-on-year…