The Kia Sportage is up to 5th place Europe-wide in July. 27/08 update: Now with Top 93 All brands and Top 509 All models. According to data by JATO Dynamics, the European new car market (28 countries) is up 1.5% year-on-year in July to 1.03 million units. The year-to-date tally…
The Alphard helps push Toyota up 61.2% in July 55,881 new cars were imported in China in July, a -2.6% year-on-year decline. The year-to-date tally is now off -8.9% to 372,753. Lexus (+14%) goes against the negative market to continue dominating the brands charts, with its YTD volume almost reaching…
The Toyota Yaris is the most popular vehicle in Greece in July. Greek new car sales edge down -1.4% year-on-year in July to 12,205 units, but the year-to-date tally remains frankly in positive at +9% to 90,225. Toyota (+27%) posts another very satisfying score at 18.9% share vs. 17% so…
The BYD Qin L surges to #5 overall in July. Based on data by the Chinese Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), the Chinese wholesales market drops -5.2% year-on-year in July to 2,262,000 units. This includes 1,994,000 passenger cars (-5.1%) and 268,000 commercial vehicles (-6.6%). Likewise production is off -4.8% to…
The BMW X1 is #1 in Austria for the first time. New car sales in Austria gain 7.6% year-on-year in July to 18,901 units, this is however down -39.9% on pre-pandemic July 2019 (31,454). The year-to-date tally is now up 6.8% to 154,014. The Top 4 manufacturers all beat the…
The Renault Austral climbs on the Danish podium in July. 11,517 new cars found a buyer in Denmark in July, a timid +2.5% year-on-year lift. The year-to-date volume is now up 2.4% to 97,844. Volkswagen (+33.9%) reclaims the brands lead both in July with 14.6% share and year-to-date at 10.3%.…
The Audi Q3 is the most popular vehicle in Switzerland in July. Swiss new car sales drop -0.9% year-on-year in July to 18,430 units, leading to a year-to-date volume off -1.9% to 139,648. 4x4 registrations are down -3.2% to 9,210 and 50% share vs. 51.1% in June 2023 and up…
The Lexus LBX is inside the Polish Top 50 again. Another outstanding month for the Polish new car market in July at +18.5% year-on-year to 42,122 units. The year-to-date volume is now up 16.6% to 312,986. In the brands charts, Toyota (+21.6%) improves its share year-on-year to 17.1%, an easy…
MG sales are up 351.1% year-on-year in July. 4,275 new cars hit Luxembourg rods in July, a meagre 1.6% year-on-year lift. The year-to-date volume is still in negative however at -4.4% to 29,360. This month Volkswagen (-18.1%) reclaims the brands top spot with 11.3% share and despite a hefty year-on-year…
Skoda Karoq sales are up 105.9% in July. Photo: Jan Bürgermeister 238,263 new cars found a German buyer in July, a disappointing -2.1% year-on-year drop and -28.4% below the pre-pandemic levels of July 2019 (332,788). The year-to-date tally is up 4.3% to 1,709,904 and -21.6% below the first 7 months of…
The Volvo XC40 is up to a record 4th place in July. It's a 24th consecutive month of growth for the UK new car market with sales up 2.5% year-on-year in July to 147,517. The YTD total is up 5.5% to 1,154,280. The trend towards fleet sales continues this month…
Mini sales are up 82.4% year-on-year in July. The June 2024 post has been updated with a H1 2024 Top 20 models and Top 5 models by region, fuel type and sales channel. The Belgian new car market falls -1.6% year-on-year in July to 32,151 units, bringing the year-to-date tally…
Fiat Panda sales crash -17.6% year-on-year in July. 124,806 new cars found an Italian buyer in July, a 4.7% year-on-year improvement. This way, the year-to-date tally is up 5.2% or over 50,000 units to 1,011,259. This is still -18.2% below the pre-pandemic January-July 2019 figure. Local association UNRAE predicts a…
Zeekr breaks its monthly volume record in June. We can share with you today All brands and All models retail sales data for China in June. Sales for the selection of vehicles included in this report drop a harsh -12.1% year-on-year to 1,672,270 units, yet the H1 2024 tally remains…
The Range Rover is up to #4 among imports in China in June. Sales of new imports in China retrograde -14.7% year-on-year in June to 52,925 units, bringing the H1 2024 tally -10.1% to 316,171. Lexus (-0.9%) resists very well in the brands pole position and even sports a 26.1%…