The Renault Clio is #1 in Greece in August. It's a 6th consecutive double-digit year-on-year drop for Greek new car sales in August at -28.6% to just 6.853 units. This is worse than in July (-18.8%) and leads to a year-to-date tally off -39.1% to 52.939. Toyota (-8.3%) resists a…
The 1 Series soars 142.9% in August, helping lift BMW up 15.2%. Picture autobild.de 10/09 update: Now with Top 310 All Private Sales models. Illustrating the general situation in Europe over the month, the German new car market cranks the reverse gear in August, sinking -20% year-on-year to 251.044 units…
Volvo is the only carmaker in positive among those reporting monthly. 9/09 update: Now with Lexus and Toyota models data. U.S. new light vehicle volumes see their recovery halted in August at -20% year-on-year to 1.32 million units based on estimates from Cox Automotive and LMC Automotive. This is a steeper…
The Mercedes GLA is up 69.9% to 5th place in Switzerland. Switzerland endures an 8th consecutive month of double-digit year-on-year declines in August at -16.3% to 16.260 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -29.7% to 142.102. In August 4x4 sales drop -18.2% to 7.706 and 47.4% share vs. 48.5%…
The new Land Rover Defender has landed in Mexico... New light vehicle sales in Mexico remain in pretty bad shape in August at -28.4% year-on-year to 77.092 units. This is only a slightly better hold than in July (-31%), leading to a year-to-date tally down -31.2% to 586.434. For once Nissan…
The Citroen C3 is now #1 year-to-date in Denmark. After soaring 13.4% in July, the Danish new car market falls back into negative in August at -5.8% to 17.608 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -20.7% to 124.991. Ford (+191.3%) is up almost 3-fold over its August 2019 volumes…
The Ford Puma is up to a world-best 4th place in the UK in August. After lockdown pent-up demand was released in July (+11.3%), the UK new car market swings back into negative territory in August at -5.8% year-on-year to 87.226 units, yet still managing the second biggest August volume…
The success of the new Jimny helps make Suzuki the only Top 20 brand in positive in August. A second, more significant wave of Covid-19 infections lifting total cases from 35.836 on August 1 to 70.858 at the time of writing this article means some restrictions were reinstated in some…
The Wuling Hongguang Mini EV reportedly sold 15.000 units in its first 20 days in market. The -4.2% drop over the first 20 days of the month by Chinese carmakers was a false alarm: according to preliminary data by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), new vehicle wholesales in…
BMW (+4%) is the only Top 20 carmaker to post a gain in August. As the second wave of coronavirus struck the country over summer, lifting total cases from 27.296 on July 1 to 91.256 at the time of writing this article and wrecking havoc on the economy and tourism…
The Toyota Yaris is up 86.4% in a market down -28.6%. 04/09: This article has now been updated with full month data. A previous version only included 20 days in August. Facing a second wave of infections more virulent than the first from mid-July onwards, Poland had to impose new restrictions…
The Kia Niro is the best-selling vehicle in Sweden in August. Starting off a high comparison base as August 2019 was the second largest ever score for the month, new car sales in Sweden drop -13.4% year-on-year this month to 25.522 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -21.3% to…
The facelifted model (pictured) should help the Hyundai Kona improve further in Ireland. Unlike most European marker so far, Ireland continues to slow down its fall in August at just -4.2% year-on-year to 4.875 registrations vs. -14.1% in July. The year-to-date tally is now down -28.6% to 78.920. Volkswagen (-5.4%)…
BMW is the best-selling car brand in Luxembourg in August. 05/10 update: Now with Top 10 models YTD. Luxembourg new car sales return to negative territory in August at -3.7% to 3.671 units after posting a 14.9% surge in July, leading to a year-to-date tally down -24.6% to 29.973. BMW…
The Ford Puma breaks into the Italian Top 5 for the first time in August. Picture red-live.it Going against all European markets we have covered so far including France (-19.8%), Spain (-10.1%), Belgium (-24.1%), the Netherlands (-21.5%) and Austria (-29.9%) new car sales in Italy actually fare better in August…