Renault Captur sales triple year-on-year in Switzerland. New car sales in Switzerland drop -13.8% year-on-year in February to 19.108 units, pulling the year-to-date volume down -12.1% to 37.896. 4x4 sales drop -12.3% to 9.759 and 51.1% share vs. 50.2% in February 2019, leading to a YTD tally down -8.7% to…
Seat sales surge 23.4% year-on-year and the Arona is up 46.7%. 11/03 update: Now with Top 50 Private sales models. The German new car market skids down -10.8% year-on-year in February to 239.943 units, the largest and only double-digit drop among the main European markets in February. It brings the…
Polestar is the 36th best-selling carmaker in Belgium in February. The Belgian new car market drops -6.3% year-on-year in February to 46.775 registrations, tilting the year-to-date tally into negative territory at -2.3% to 98.615 units. Volkswagen (-11.7%) reclaims the brands pole position ahead of Renault (-23.8%) and Peugeot (-20.9%) but the…
Audi sales soar 49.5% year-on-year in Luxembourg in February. The Luxembourg new car market drops -4.9% year-on-year in February to 4.795 registrations, bringing the year-to-date tally down -1.4% to 9.114. Volkswagen (-10.6%) reclaims the brands top spot despite falling twice faster than the market, Mercedes (+2.4%) posts a strong result…
BMW holds a record 10.4% of the Belgian new car market in January. 3/03 update: Now with Top 120 models. Belgium is the first main European market so far to show a (very timid) year-on-year gain in January at +1.5% to 51.840 registrations. There's a surprise atop the Belgian brands…
167 Porsche Taycan found a new German home in January. 13/02 update: Now with Top 50 private sales models. New car sales in Germany skid down -7.3% year-on-year in January to 246.300 units, with business fleet sales (-5.1%) resisting better than the market at 168.469 and a whopping 68.4% share…
Vauxhall Corsa sales surge 41.2% year-on-year in January on the new gen. 15/03 update: Now with the Top 120 models. January new car sales in the UK are down -7.3% to 149.279 units, the weakest tally for the month in 7 years, adding up to a 10th month of year-on-year…
The Toyota Raize is the #1 regular car in Japan for its 3rd month in market. New car sales in Japan skid another -11.7% year-on-year in January to 360.103 units, the 4th consecutive double-digit drop after -24.2% in October, -12.7% in November and -11% in December. Regular cars sink -11.1%…
The Seat Ateca is up to a record 4th place at home in January. In a pattern we expect for most European Union markets this month, Spain starts the year down with January registrations at -7.5% year-on-year to 89.646. Company sales keep their head above the water, up 4.8% to…
The A-Class helps Mercedes pass BMW to rank #1 premium brand in 2019. Discover close to 65 years of Belgian Historical Data here. 3/02 update: Now with Top 10 models. The Belgian new car market edges up just 0.07% or 377 sales in 2019 to 550.009 units, its highest annual…
The Hyundai Grandeur scores a third straight year at #1 in South Korea. Discover 25 years of South Korean Historical Data here. The South Korean new light vehicle market edges down -1.9% year-on-year in 2019 to 1.772.277 units. Hyundai (+2.8%) swims upstream and improves its already mammoth market share by…
Honda is the #1 brand in Singapore for the third time in the past 4 years. Discover close to 15 years of Singapore Historical Data here. New car sales in Singapore endure a second consecutive year of double-digit decline at -10.8% to 72.254 registrations. Honda (+1.8%) cements its lead in…
The Mercedes A-Class topped the Portuguese monthly charts 5 times in 2019. Discover over 30 years of Portugal Historical Data here. The Portuguese new car market puts an end to 6 consecutive years of gains in 2019 at -2% to 223.799 registrations. The brands podium remains unchanged on 2018 with…
The Skoda Karoq is up to #3 at home in 2019. Discover over 50 years of Czech Historical Data here. The Czech new car market drops -4.4% year-on-year in 2019 to 249.915 units, marking a second consecutive year of decline. Keep in mind a significant part of Czech sales (estimated…
Could the Toyota Raize top the 2020 charts? Discover over 50 years of Japanese Historical Data here. The Japanese new vehicle market skids down -1.5% year-on-year in 2019 to 5.195.216 units, this annual drop entirely due to a typhoon-induced sales freefall during the last 3 months of the year: -24.2%…