The Chevrolet Onix Plus breaks its volume record in Brazil this month. New light vehicle sales manage to contain their loss to single digits for the first time since the pandemic hit in November at -7.2% to 214.265 units, the second month in a row above 200.000 sales. The year-to-date…
The Cheryexeed brand has launched in Russia. New car sakes in Russia manage a 4th year-on-year gain in the past 5 months after last July (+6.8%), September (+3.4%) and October (+7%) as a weaker ruble and higher prices anticipated for the new year have pushed customers into car dealerships. November is up…
The Cupra Formentor cracks the Top 100 at home. As the country goes through a second wave of Covid-19 infections and restrictions, the Spanish new car market remains at a level well below a year ago, with November sales off -18.7% to 75.708 units leading to a year-to-date volume down…
Toyota sales are up 38.6% in a market down -7.9%. According to our Israeli partner cartube.co.il, the Israeli new car market ends a run of three consecutive months in positive in November at -7.9% year-on-year to 15.000 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now down -15.4% to 210.086. Toyota (+38.6%) brilliantly…
The Toyota Land Cruiser is up 116.3% year-on-year in Australia in November. In November the Australian new vehicle market spectacularly puts an end to 31 consecutive months of year-on-year drops - going back well before the Covid-19 outbreak - with a 12.6% surge to 95.205 units leading to a year-to-date…
The new generation has had a massive impact on Vauxhall Corsa sales at home. As we have already seen for France, the second lockdown imposed in the UK across the month hampers the market -27.4% to just 113.781 units, the slowest November since 2008 (100.333). Again like France, the drop isn't…
The Kia K5 sells a record 7.528 in the U.S. in October. 15/12 update: Now with monthly data for all Ford and Lincoln models. The U.S. new light vehicle market is up an estimated 1% year-on-year in October to around 1.350.000 units according to Bloomberg, leading to a year-to-date tally…
Volvo sales are up 25.5% in a Canadian market down an estimated 2%. Local consultancy Desrosiers estimates new light vehicle sales in Canada dip roughly -2% year-on-year to around 158.000 sales. This is the 7th year-on-year drop this year but an indication sales are stabilising after gaining 2.4% in September. It…
Chevrolet is the best-selling car brand in Kazakhstan in October. New vehicle sales in Kazakhstan continue to gallop ahead in October at +42.2% year-on-year to 9.838 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 24.7% to 73.246. New local producer Chevrolet (+3095.4%) has a lot to do with the market uptick and…
The VW Golf is back with a vengeance in the Czech Republic. As a second wave of coronavirus infections and related restrictions engulfs the country, new car sales in the Czech Republic drop -15.5% year-on-year to 16.835 units in October, leading to a year-to-date tally off -21.7% to 165.154. Local…
The Skoda Octavia is the best-selling model in Serbia in October. Thanks to our Central European partner CE Auto, we can share with you today Serbian sales data for October. After a stable September (+0.04%), the Serbian market is back to significant losses in October, down -10.3% to 2.563 units which…
The Skoda Octavia cements its lead despite a year-on-year drop. According to our partner CE Auto, the Bosnian new car market rallies back up a spectacular 41.2% year-on-year in October to 1.357 units, leading to a year-to-date tally now down -21.5% to 7.313. Despite falling -18.2% on a particularly strong year-ago…
The Dacia Logan (2021 model pictured) is #1 in Moldova in October. Based on data by our Central European partner CE Auto, new car sales in Moldova dive -22.7% year-on-year in October to just 513, bringing the year-to-date tally to 4.039 which is off -25.7% on the same period in 2019. Longtime best-seller…
The Lada Niva is up to #2 in North Macedonia in October. According to data shared with us by our partner CE Auto, North Macedonian new car sales fall -18.4% year-on-year to 505 units in October, leading to a year-to-date total down -31.8% to 4.152. Two vehicles come out literally nowhere (read…
The VW Golf is the best-selling vehicle in Austria for the first time since last February. Picture quattroruote.it New car sales in Austria edge down -3.4% year-on-year in October to 24.274 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -27.7% to 204.913. Volkswagen (-12.4%) loses almost 4 times as much ground…