The Dacia Sandero signs its first Spanish win of the year in July. New car sales in Spain fall a ghastly -28.9% year-on-year in July to just 83.900 units. Granted, July 2020 figures were boosted by pent-up demand after a strict lockdown as well as the start of a scrappage…
The Tesla Model 3 breaks into the German Top 10 for the first time in June. New car sales in Germany are up 24.5% year-on-year in June to 274.152, leading to a year-to-date tally up 14.9% to 1.390.889. However when comparing this score with pre-pandemic June 2019, the market remains down…
The Seat Arona is now #1 year-to-date in Spain. The Spanish new car market rises 177.8% year-on-year in May to 95.403 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 40% to 360.057 units, reflecting lockdown volumes in May 2020. Private sales significantly trail the market at +79.4% and 33.234 units as do company…
The Skoda Karoq is hitting record shares at home. New car sales in the Czech Republic are back up 77.7% year-on-year in April to 18.976 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 12.5% to 68.510. April 2021 volumes remain however down -17.2% on April 2019 pre-pandemic results. Local behemoth Skoda (+85.6%)…
The Seat Arona is #1 at home for the first time. The Spanish new car market surges 1787% year-on-year in April to 78.595, a meaningless growth figure that reflects the strict lockdown of April 2020 when only 4.163 vehicles were registered. The year-to-date volume is now up 18.8% to 264.655…
The Tesla Model 3 is the best-selling vehicle in Austria in March. Last year, Austria was one of the first countries in the world to go into a Covid-19 lockdown and new car sales were down 66.7% as a result. This time, registrations logically bounce back up 177.1% to 29.526,…
Seat Arona sales are up 3-fold year-on-year in March. New car sales in the Czech Republic rally back up 46.5% year-on-year to 20.053 units on Covid-impacted year-ago volumes, leading to a year-to-date tally now down -1.3% to 49.534. Homegrown brand leader Skoda (+36.4%) can't quite match the market growth but…
VW T-Cross sales are up 138.1% year-on-year in February in Austria. The Austrian new car market dramatically slows down its fall in February at -5.7% year-on-year to 19.863 registrations, leading to a year-to-date volume down -22.8% to 33.996. Volkswagen (-5.3%) almost matches the market to easily retain the brands top…
The Peugeot 208 is the best-selling vehicle in Portugal in February. As the country was in lockdown for the entire month, new car sales in Portugal implode -59% year-on-year in February to just 8.311 units, the worst fall in Europe for the month so far. This leads to a year-to-date…
The Seat Leon outsells the VW Golf in Austria this month. Picture autofilou.at It's a disastrous start of the year for Austrian new car registrations at -38.4% year-on-year to 14.133 units as renewed lockdowns hamper sales. The Top 5 brands all outpace the market, starting with Volkswagen (-27.7%) up to…
The Seat Arona is up to a record 2nd place at home in October. After falling -10.1% in August and -13.5% in September as the country is in the midst of a second coronavirus wave of infections, October data indicates a further deterioration of the Spanish market with overall sales down -21% year-on-year…
Only the Skoda Octavia manages to outsell the Scala in Bosnia & Herzegovina in September. Thanks to our partnership with CE Auto we can share with you today Bosnian September data. The market is still reeling from the Covid crisis with sales down another -22.7% to 637 units which leads to a…
The Toyota Corolla returns to the YTD pole position in Israel. Thanks to our partnership with cartube.co.il, we can share with you today September brands data for Israel as well as monthly models data for Q3. The Israeli new car market is up 4.6% year-on-year in September, leading to a year-to-date…
The Toyota RAV4 is the best-selling vehicle in Cyprus again. According to data shared with us by our local partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, the Cyprus new car market rallies back to just -29.5% year-on-year in May and 790 registrations. This is a drastic improvement on the -77.9% of April and it…
The Seat Arona is up to #14 in Israel in Q1. Thanks to our partnership with cartube.co.il, we can share with you today complete Israeli data including models data for each month of 2020 so far. In response to the spread of the coronavirus, widespread non-essential business closures were initiated in…