The VW T-Roc is the best-selling vehicle at home in August. At +3% and 199,183 units, the German new car market lodges its first year-on-year uptick since last February. The year-to-date tally is now down -9.7% to 1,643,069. The Top 3 manufacturers all beat the market: Volkswagen is up 5%…
First Top 10 finish for the Citroen C3 in the UK. In August, new car sales in the UK register their first year-on-year gain since February, although the increase is minimal at +1.2% to 68,858 registrations. August is traditionally a very weak month in the UK as customers await the…
The Toyota RAV4 is the best-selling vehicle in Sweden in August. It's a second consecutive positive month for the Swedish new car market at +3.9% year-on-year in August to 20,576 units. The share of rechargeable cars stands at 45.9% thanks to 9,440 sales (+1.2%) vs. 47.1% in August 2021. The…
The DR 5.0 ranks #10 in Italy in August. After 13 consecutive months of decline, the Italian new car market finally lodges a gain in August at +9.9% to 71,190 registrations. The year-to-date tally is however almost 200,000 sales below that of the same period last year at 865,044 vs.…
The VW T-Roc is the best-selling vehicle in Europe for the first time. 2/09 update: Now with Top 70 all brands and Top 405 all models. New car sales in Europe 26 markets (UE+EFTA+UK) slow down their fall in July to -10.5%, the smallest drop since last February. The July volume…
The Toyota Yaris is the most popular vehicle in Spain for the first time. In August, 51,907 new cars found a buyer in Spain, that's a +9.1% year-on-year increase and the first market uptick since last February. Yet the market is off -30.3% on pre-pandemic August 2019 (74,490). The year-to-date volume…
The Porsche Cayenne is up 68.3% year-on-year in China. 76,279 new imports found a buyer in China in July, that's a -12.9% year-on-year fall bringing the year-to-date tally off -24.1% to 440,583 units. Lexus (-15.6%) easily retains the brands top spot with over 19,000 sales, followed by Mercedes (-10.4%). Porsche…
Porsche sales are up 80% in a market down -26.6%. Note: June figures are included in the data section of this article. The Singaporean new car market implodes -26.6% year-on-year in July to 2,529 registrations. This is a particularly poor result as July 2021 was already down -28.6% on the year…
The VW Tiguan is the best-selling vehicle in Switzerland in July. The Swiss new car market slips -19.4% year-on-year in July to just 15,656 sales, keeping in mind July 2021 was already down -14.2% on the year prior. The year-to-date tally now stands at 125,256, down -13% over the same period…
The VW Taigo enters the Slovenian Top 10 for the first time in July. 3,796 new cars hit Slovenian roads in July, a -14.2% year-on-year decline. This is a particularly poor performance given July 2021 was already down -31.1% on the year prior. The year-to-date volume now stands at 29,643,…
The VW ID.5 is up to 2nd place overall in Denmark this month. 9,828 new cars hit Danish roads in July, that's a ghastly -38% year-on-year fall. It brings the year-to-date volume down an equally heavy -33.7% to 83,318 units. Volkswagen (-2.5%) is almost stable and reclaims the top spot…
The Toyota Aygo X is the best-selling vehicle in Wales this month. Thanks to SMMT we can share with you the Top 10 best-sellers for each UK nation in July. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures are included in the July 2022 UK update. Scotland…
Peugeot sales are up 136% in Luxembourg in July. New car sales in Luxembourg fall -6.6% year-on-year in July to 3,721 units, smallest market drop since February. However the market is down -32.5% on the 5,509 sales of July 2020. The year-to-date tally is now off -12.8% to 25,533. Volkswagen…
The Torres is already SSangyong's best-seller at home. New light vehicle sales in South Korea dip down -2.9% year-on-year in July to 143,557. This includes 122,134 local vehicles (-1.1%) and 21,423 foreigners (-12.2%). Year-to-date, the cume stands at 943,452 (-10.1%) including 791,020 locals (-9.9%) and 152,432 foreigners (-11.5%). Kia (+6.6%)…
Peugeot sales almost double year-on-year in Belgium. 26,161 new cars found a home in Belgium in July, a -5.2% year-on-year contraction while July 2021 was already down -38% on the year prior. The year-to-date tally now stands at 221,548 units, down -14.8% over the same period last year. BMW (-0.5%)…