The Suzuki Vitara is #1 in Croatia in February. 2025 e-Vitara model shown. New car sales in Croatia recede -5.5% year-on-year in February to 4,239 units, leading to a year-to-date volume off -2.8% to 8,700. Skoda (+5%) easily reclaims the brands top spot from Volkswagen (-2.2%) with 15.4% share vs.…
Renault sales surge in Belgium in February. Another disappointing month for Belgian new car sales in February at -8.1% year-on-year to 40,161 units. This way, the year-to-date tally recedes -10.7% or almost 10,000 sales to 80,755. BMW (-1.3%) leads the brands charts again but drops to 10.7% share after reaching…
The Hyundai Tucson remains the favourite of Irish customers. After a solid start of the year, Irish new car sales stumble in February at -14.8% to 14,002 units. This is enough to pull the year-to-date tally into negative territory at -0.8% to 47,473. Strikingly, 10 of the Top 12 brands…
First Top 20 finish for the Fiat 600 at home. It's another disappointing result for the Italian new car market with February sales off -6.3% year-on-year to 137,922. This brings the year-to-date tally to 271,638, down -6.1% over the same period a year ago and -21% over pre-pandemic 2019. Private…
The Toyota RAV4 is the most popular vehicle in Lithuania again. Discover close to 55 years of Lithuanian Historical Data here. The Lithuanian new car market is up a sturdy 8.9% year-on-year in 2024 (on revised 2023 figures) to 30,122 units. The Toyota RAV4 (+8.9%) exactly match the market to…
The Tesla Model 3 replaces the Model Y atop the Luxembourg charts Consult over 30 years of Luxembourg Historical Data here 28/02 update: Now with Top 10 models including Full Year 2023 figures New car sales in Luxembourg drop -5.1% year-on-year in 2024 to 46,645 units. Volkswagen (+1.9%) retains the…
Mercedes is the most popular import brand for the first time in a year. Chinese imports are hit hard in January at -29.9% year-on-year to 52,840 units. However keep in mind January 2024 was up 36% on the year prior. Mercedes (-17.8%) scores its first win since January 2024 thanks…
Lexus is up to an all-time high 7th place in January. The Polish new car market edges up 2.9% year-on-year in January to 43,340 registrations. Toyota (-9.9%) easily tops the brands ranking again but sees its share thaw to 20.2% vs. a very high year-ago basis of 23.1%. Skoda (+1.5%)…
Volkswagen holds an improved 15.7% of the San Marino market in 2024. San Marino is a landlocked microstate located on the northeastern part of Italy. It is home to 34,000 inhabitants. 991 new cars hit San Marino roads in 2024, a +2.2% year-on-year improvement. The Top 3 carmakers clearly dominate…
We continue on the list of tiny European country, now looking at Liechtenstein, located between Switzerland and Austria and home to 40,000 inhabitants. 1,564 new cars found a buyer here in 2024, a -1.6% year-on-year drop. We have big changes in the brands ranking. Mercedes (+22.8%) jumps from #4 in…
The Citroen C3 IV is the best-selling vehicle at home in January. 18/02 update: Now with Top 300 All models ranking Slow start of 2025 for the French new car market at -6.2% year-on-year to 114,672 sales. Petrol sales are off a daunting -28.2% to 29,974 units and 26.1% share…
First Austrian Top 20 finish for the Cupra Terramar. It's a splendid start of the year for new car sales in Austria, up 16.5% year-on-year in January to 20,448 units. The Top 3 brands all belong to the VW Group and all beat the market: Volkswagen is up 25.2% to…
The Geely Xingyue L is the best-selling vehicle in China in January. The cars included in this wholesales database add up to 1,794,856 units, a harsh -11.7% year-on-year drop. CAAM is yet to publish detailed wholesales data. There are a few reasons to this negative performance. January 2024 was a…
The Kia Sorento is once again the best-selling vehicle at home. The South Korean new car market is in difficulty in January at -8.5% year-on-year to 106,081. This is partly due to the Lunar New Year falling in January this year. The total volume includes 90,852 local brands (-11.6%) and…
Daihatsu sales are back up 102.2% year-on-year. New vehicle sales in Japan rally back up 12.4% year-on-year in January to 376,255. Year-ago volumes were disrupted by Daihatsu being hit by a safety test falsification scandal which paused shipments in late December 2023 and completely shut down production for the entire…