The BYD Qin Plus is the best-selling vehicle in China over H1 2024. Data from the Chinese Association of Automobile Manufacturers shows Chinese wholesales stepping up 6.1% year-on-year over the First Half of 2024 to 14,047,000 units. Passenger Vehicles are up 6.3% to 11,979,000 while Commercial Vehicles climb 4.9% to…
The Li L6 is up to a record 8th place in June. According to data by CAAM, the June Chinese wholesales market is off -2.7% year-on-year to 2,552,000 units. Passenger Cars are down -2.3% to 2,215,000 and Commercial Vehicles skid -4.9% to 337,000. New Energy vehicles soar 30.1% to 1,049,000…
The Hyundai Tucson is the best-selling model in Cyprus for the third month running. Data by our local partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT has the Cyprus new car market up a sturdy 28.6% year-on-year in June to 1,417 sales, leading the H1 2024 up 15.1% to 8,790. The Top 3 carmakers…
The Renault Megane E-Tech is the best-selling EV in France in June. 11/07 update: Now with Top 340 All models. The French new car market endures a second consecutive month of year-on-year losses in June at a worsening -4.8% to 181,712 sales. This is to be compared with the 230,965…
The Tesla Model Y is the most popular vehicle in Switzerland in June despite a nasty fall. 22,689 new cars hit Swiss roads in June, a round -10% year-on-year drop. The year-to-date volume falls a little further into negative at -2% to 121,218 units. 4x4 sales are down -9% to…
The Mitsubishi Space Star soars to #2 overall in Austria in June. 30,693 new cars hit Austrian roads in June, a fantastic 25.2% year-on-year improvement. The year-to-date volume is now up 6.6% to 135,113 halfway through the year. Brand leader Volkswagen (+40.5%) manages to vastly outpace the market to 16.7%…
Toyota Land Cruiser sales are up 16.2% year-on-year in June. Sales include the 70, 250 and 300 Series New vehicle sales in Japan lose a moderate -4.9% year-on-year in June to 373,599 units. However the H1 2024 tally is off -13.2% or over 323,000 sales to 2,127,448. Toyota (-14.6%) endures…
Tesla Model 3 sales are up 157.5% year-on-year in June. Note: May 2024 rankings are also included in the data section of this article. Danish May new car sales edge up 4% year-on-year to 14,572 and 1.2% year-to-date to 66,816. Volkswagen (+32%) takes the lead above Audi (+2.3%) and Toyota…
The MG 4 misses out on a Top 10 finish by 322 sales. New car sales in Germany advance by a solid 6.1% year-on-year in June to 297,329 units, leading to a H1 2024 result up 5.3% to 1,471,641. Although positive, these scores remain below pre-pandemic June 2019 levels: -8.6%…
BMW is the most popular carmaker in Luxembourg in June. New car sales in Luxembourg falter -9.3% year-on-year in June to 4,324 units, bringing the year-to-date tally off -5.3% to 25,085. BMW (+4.8%) takes the lead of the brands charts for the 4th time in the past 12 months, dislodging…
The VW T-Roc is the best-selling vehicle in Europe in May. 05/07 update: Now with Top 93 All brands and Top 501 All models (Source: JATO Dynamics) 27/06 update: Now with Top 25 brands and models data (Source: JATO Dynamics) Preliminary data from ACEA shows a European new car market…
The Kia Sportage repeats at #1 in the UK. It's a 23rd consecutive month of year-on-year gains for the UK market in June at a meagre +1.1% to 179,263 units, according to SMMT. This way, the H1 tally passes the million mark for the first time since 2019 at 1,006.763…
The new gen Land Cruiser helps lift Toyota imports sales in China. Sales of new imported cars in China sink -13.2% year-on-year in May to just 50,712 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -9.3% to 262,801. Lexus (+8.3%) goes against the negative market to extend its lead over the…
The Tesla Model 3 is the favourite of Portuguese car buyers in May. The Portuguese new car market edges up 0.2% year-on-year in May to 19,850 sales, leading to a year-to-date volume up 9.2% to 96,224. Peugeot (-16.7%) is back to the brands pole position it holds year-to-date even though…
The Kia Stonic is now #1 year-to-date in Cyprus. According to our local partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, the Cyprus new car market brakes -24% year-on-year in May to just 1,301 sales. However the year-to-date volume remains in positive at +12.9% to 7,373 units. Kia (-20.3%) stays atop the brands…