The Cupra Formentor is inside the Polish Top 10 in January. It's a tough start of the year for the Polish new car market at -9% year-on-year in January to 40,284 units. Toyota (-12.7%) falls heavily but scores a superb 19.5% share. It is followed by Skoda (+6.3%) defying the…
The Toyota Yaris Cross is the best-selling vehicle in Ireland in January. January is traditionally the biggest month of the year in Ireland as it coincides with new license plates. 2026 starts well with a +3.1% year-on-year lift in January to 34,546 registrations. Toyota (-4.2%) underperforms but still frankly leads…
The Kia Sorento confirms it is the favourite of South Korean customers. The South Korean new light vehicle market is up 13.5% year-on-year in January to 120,446 units. This includes 99,495 domestic manufacturers (+9.5%) and 20,951 foreigners (+37.6%). This month Kia (+12.3%) topples traditional leader Hyundai (+11.6%) to rank #1…
The Skoda Elroq is up to #8 in Germany in January. New car sales in Germany recede by a steep -6.6% year-on-year in January to 193,981. BEV sales are up a splendid 23.7% year-on-year to 42,692 and 22% share vs. 16.6% a year ago in January 2025. Market leader Volkswagen…
The Toyota Urban Cruiser reaches the 5th place in Denmark. Excellent start of the year for new car sales in Denmark at +18.2% to 12,802 units in January. Toyota (+71.6%) surges into pole position with 16.5% share vs. #7 and 5.6% over the Full Year 2025. Skoda (+126.4%) is in…
The VW Golf holds 6.6% of the Austrian market in January. New car sales in Austria gain 12.1% year-on-year in January to 22,929 units, a very solid score given January 2025 was already up 16.5% on the year prior. The VAG Group dominates the brands charts. Volkswagen surges +49.7% to…
The BMW X1 is the best-selling vehicle in Switzerland in January. It's a shy start of the year for the Swiss new car market at -5.1% year-on-year in January to 14,207 registrations. 4x4 sales drop -6% to 7,124 and 50.8% share vs. 51.3% a year ago. Petrol sales sink -22.2%…
The Telsa Model Y is the best-selling vehicle in Iceland in 2025. Discover 25 years of Icelandic Historical Data here. After sinking -41.7% in 2024, the Icelandic new car market bounces back up 42.3% in 2025 to 14,547 units. Kia (+49.5%) is the new favourite brand in the market with…
The Jaecoo 7 is only outsold by the Kia Sportage in January. The UK new car market is up 3.4% year-on-year in January to 144,127 units, this is the highest January volume in six years: since pre-pandemic January 2020. Encouragingly, private sales beat the market at +4.5% to 52,397, but…
Audi holds 4.9% of the Croatian market in January. The Croatian new car market suffers in January at -11.5% year-on-year to 3,946 units. Skoda (-2.6%) and Volkswagen (-6.2%) both improve their share and are separated by only one sale. Toyota (+13.8%) defies the negative context at #3 like last month,…
The Skoda Elroq is #1 in the Netherlands for its first year in market. Discover over 40 years worth of Dutch Historical Data here. 388,024 new cars found a buyer in the Netherlands in 2025, a limited +1.7% improvement. December (+31.9%) single handedly tilted the overall market into positive territory.…
The Fiat Grande Panda is up to a record 4th place at home in January. It's a solid start of the year for the Italian new car market, with sales up 6.2% to 141.980 units. However private sales drop -3.8% to 81,585 and 56.9% share vs. 63% a year ago.…
The Peugeot 208 is the best-selling vehicle in Spain in January. Spanish new car sales edge up 1.1% year-on-year in January to 73,103 units, which is a much lower growth rate that this market had got us used to in the past few months. It can be partly explained by…
The Lexus ES has been the best-selling import in China for at least 9 years. Consult 45 years of Chinese Historical Data here. Sales of imported new cars continue on their downward spiral in China at -11.5% year-on-year in 2025 to 550,538. Strikingly, the only gainer in the Top 10…
The Skoda Octavia is #1 in Slovakia for the third consecutive year. Discover over 50 years of Slovak Historical Data here. Note: November data is also included in this update. The Slovak new car market is stable in 2025 at -0.3% year-on-year to 93,103 units. Skoda (-3.2%) loses market share…