Fiat Tipo sales are down -53.4% at home in July despite a recent facelift. New registrations in Italy edge down just -0.3% year-on-year in June to 153.535 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -3.3% to 1.240.642. As we have observed in both France and Spain already, this is actually a…
The Dacia Sandero is the best-selling vehicle in Spain for the third time in 2019. New car sales in Spain drop -8.3% year-on-year in July to 121.012 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down -3.8% to 836.352. However as it is the case in France, this is in fact a…
The Audi e-Tron and Tesla Model 3 are shaping up to be the heroes of 2019 in Norway. The Norwegian new car market edges down -4.5% year-on-year in July to 9.178 registrations, meaning the year-to-date tally is now up just 1.2% at 87.387. After the traditional end-of-quarter freak surge by…
The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling vehicle in Finland in July. Even though it remains in negative, the Finnish new car market slows down its decline further in July to just -4.6% to 9.018 registrations, meaning the year-to-date volume is now down -12.5% to 68.250. Toyota (+27.9%) is completely and…
The Hyundai Kona is the best-selling new car in Saudi Arabia over the period. As we described at length in our latest Saudi Arabia update, the arrival of women on the Saudi new car market has kicked sales into gear after years of deep decline. H1 2019 volumes are up…
Honda posts the largest year-on-year gain in the Top 13. A last minute sales rush in June to clear out non-compliant vehicles ahead of the implementation of Stage 6 emissions standards means the Chinese retail market is actually up 4.6% over H1 2019 to 10.630.614 units. It has been a…
In a remake of the 2018 European Summer, Alfa Romeo sales are up 1098.1% before State 6 emissions rules are put in place. There is now a China Imports May 2019 article - see here. In June, we can clearly witness the clearing of unsold State 5 stocks ahead of…
The Tacoma is one of Toyota's best-sellers in Puerto Rico. New car sales in Puerto Rico gain 3.7% year-on-year over the First Half of 2019 to 52.536 units. Brand leader Toyota (+13.9%) almost quadruples the market growth to hit 28.7% share, while #2 Hyundai (+22.5%) does even better to reach…
The Fiat Panda is the darling of Greek rental car companies. The Greek new car market is up 4.5% year-on-year in June to 13.133 registrations, resulting in a YTD volume up 1% to 65.557 units, the highest First Half volume in Greece since 2010 (98.531). Fiat (+62.8%) is the hero…
Honda manages to swim upstream in China, and the facelifted XR-V will continue the trend in H2. It's a Semester to forget for new light vehicle wholesales in China, down a ghastly -12.4% year-on-year over the First Half of 2019 to 12.323.000 units. This cancels four years of growth, represents…
The new Aion S EV helps GAC sales up 28% in a market down -9.6%. The loop is looped: with a -9.6% year-on-year decline in June, the Chinese wholesales market has now been down for a full year or 12 consecutive months, something that hadn't happened in at least 30…
The Toyota RAV4 scores a third straight double-digit gain in June. It's a 16th consecutive month of year-on-year decline in Canada where the automotive market is sinking ever deeper into recession with June deliveries down -9.5% year-on-year to just 182.279 units, pulling the First Half 2019 tally down -4.8% to…
The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling vehicle in Israel so far in 2019. Thanks to our partnership with cartube.co.il, we can share with you today complete models and brands data for Israel in June and H1. New car sales in the country continue to struggle: after falling -17.1% in May they…
The Tesla Model 3 now ranks #4 year-to-date in Switzerland. The Swiss new car market is hit hard in June at -9.8% year-on-year to 28.391 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally tilting back into negative at -0.5% to 157.136 units. Brand leader Volkswagen sinks -23.2% to 10.9% share ahead of…
The Renault Captur sees its sales soar 87.7% year-on-year in Slovenia. New car sales in Slovenia dive down -5.6% year-on-year in June to 6.967 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down -3.8% to 41.122 units. Renault (+37.5%) reclaims the brands pole position thanks to a smashing year-on-year gain, obliterating Volkswagen…