The Ford Kuga is up to a record 8th place in March. Picture moottori.fi New car sales in Finland gain 12.8% year-on-year in February to 10.189 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -1.4% to 27.423. Toyota (+17%) and Volkswagen (+23.9%) top the brands ranking and both post market-beating gains…
Nissan (+17.4%) posts the largest year-on-year gain among the Top 15 brands. Picture autocar.jp New vehicle sales in Japan gain 5.4% year-on-year in March to 613.003 units, leading to a Q1 2021 tally up 4.2% to 1.429.743. Brand leaders Toyota (+6.6%) and Suzuki (+8.2%) both advance faster than the market…
The Peugeot 2008 is the best-selling vehicle in Portugal in March. New car sales in Portugal are up 19.8% year-on-year in March to 12.699 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -31.4% to 31.039. Keep in mind March 2020 was down -57.4% due to the Covid-19 lockdown so this year's…
Mazda places 5 nameplates in the March Australian Top 20. The Australian new car market rallies back up 22.4% year-on-year in March to 100.005 units, but more significantly this result is up 0.6% on pre-pandemic March 2019, meaning the market has already completely recovered in what in essence is a…
The Vauxhall Corsa is the best-selling vehicle in the UK in March and YTD. The UK new car market posts its first year-on-year gain since last August at +11.5% to 283.964 units for the all-important month of March which coincides with new license plates. However the comparison base in March…
The VW Touareg is up to 7th place in Ukraine in February. The Ukrainian new car market slows down its fall in February to -4.7% year-on-year at 6.336 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -14% to 12.072. Toyota (-19%) remains the most popular carmaker in the country but for…
The new generation 2008 hits a record #2 in February in Europe. 07/04 update: Now with Top 335 All-models. 01/04 update: Now with Top 58 All-brands and Top 100 models. 25/03 update: Now with Top 10 models. Preliminary figures by ACEA show a European market (EU+EFTA+UK) down -20.3% to 850.170…
The Volvo S/V60 holds 8.8% of the Swedish market in March. The Swedish new car market is up by a spectacular 71.7% year-on-year in March to 47.460 units, a new record for the month. Year-to-date sales are now up 37.4% to 90.870. Unlike the markets we've covered so far, the…
The Fiat 500 is up to #2 at home in March. Picture quattroruote.it One year ago, the Italian new car market was paralysed by a strict coronavirus lockdown, and logically this month sales shoot back up 495.7% year-on-year to 171.064 units. A more adequate comparison is with March 2019 which…
Toyota sales are up 7.6% in 2020, partly thanks to the new RAV4. We're catching up on lost time today with full monthly September to December 2020 China retail sales data available as well as Full Year 2020. BSCB is the only non-Chinese medium to cover both wholesales (ex-factory shipments)…
The Toyota RAV4 repeats at #1 in Norway in February. Norway is one of only three European countries to show positive year-on-year sales in February alongside Sweden (+5.3%) and Ireland (+4.9%) at +3.3% to 10.687 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 5.4% to 20.988. Electrified vehicles hit 87.3% share…
The Mercedes GLB is up 8-fold to 7th place in Denmark in February. Note January 2021 data is also included in the tables below. New car sales in Denmark dive -33.9% year-on-year in February to 9.912, leading to a year-to-date tally down -40.1% to 20.168 units. Volkswagen (-49.7%) has its…
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…
First Top 10 finish in any country for the Cupra Formentor. Picture nzz.ch New car sales in Switzerland are down -15.6% year-on-year in February to 16.131 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down -17.5% to 31.261. 4x4 sales are off -22.7% to 7.543 and 46.8% share vs. 51.1% a year ago in…
The Changan CS75 is the best-selling vehicle in China for the first time. One year ago in February 2020 most of China was under Covid-19 lockdown with factories and dealerships closed, and the market tumbled down -79.1%. Logically this month wholesales (ex-factory deliveries) of China-made vehicles soar 364.8% year-on-year to 1.455.000…