The new generation Toyota Rush is an instant success in Panama. New vehicle sales in Panama are down a steep 10.6% year-on-year in 2018 to add up to 50.889 units. All segments are down, but sedans drop the most at -18.8% to 17.524 vs. 21.590 in 2017, for the first…
The VW T-Roc lands directly at #8. Consult 8 years of Liechtenstein Historical Data here. The Liechtenstein new car market drops by a stiff 8.6% year-on-year in 2018 to just 1.849 registrations. Brand leader Volkswagen (-14.9%) falls even faster but remains on top at 12% share vs. 10.6% for #2…
The Fiat Argo breaks its ranking and share records this month in Brazil. It's a fantastic month for Brazilian new light vehicle sales up a smashing 25.2% year-on-year to 189.850 units, marking a 22nd straight month of gains and leading to a year-to-date tally up 16.3% to 380.502. Brand leader…
The Mahindra XUV300 is a rebadged Ssangyong Tivoli aimed at the Maruti Vitara Brezza. It's a 6th month of year-on-year decline in the past 8 in India as February factory shipments drop ever so slightly at -0.8% to an estimated 271.618 units, bringing the year-to-date volume down 1.2% to 551.376.…
Lada Granta sales soar 54.1% year-on-year thanks to its facelift. After seeing its growth slim down to just +0.6% in January, the inevitable happens in Russia in February: with registrations down 3.6% to 128.406 units, this marks the first year-on-year decline in exactly two years, since February 2017, ending 24…
The Ford Ecosport scores its first ever Top 10 finish in the UK. February is traditionally the slowest month of the year in the UK when buyers await the March licence plate. 2019 sales encouragingly edge up 1.4% to 81.969 units, but the year-to-date volume remains in negative, just, at…
The VW T-Roc scores its first ever podium finish in Croatia in February. New car sales in Croatia continue on a downward spiral at -7.6% to 3.547 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down 5.9% to 7.098 registrations. Volkswagen (-7%) comfortably holds onto the top spot at 15.4% share, that's…
The Kia Telluride has landed in the US, helping Hyundai-Kia to a 4th consecutive gain. The U.S. new light vehicle market sinks -3.4% year-on-year in February to 1.258.042 units. Note some external reports have this figure up to 12.000 units higher due to overestimating Tesla sales. This clear February loss means…
The Ioniq helps Hyundai up 22.7% in a declining February Israeli market. Thanks to our partnership with cartube.co.il we can share with you today February brands data for Israel, models data is a quarterly occurrence. The market is down another 6.7% to 24.520 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down 3.5% to…
The Jeep Compass scores its 2nd ever podium finish in Italy. It's a 5th decline in the past 6 months for new car sales in Italy in February at -3.2% to 177.847 units, bringing the year-to-date tally down 5.4% or almost 20.000 sales to 343.758. Encouragingly, this decline is occurring…
The 508 (+125.6%) helps Peugeot sales surge 18.8% year-on-year in Spain this month. Spanish new car sales endure a 6th consecutive year-on-year decline in February at -6.9% to 103.449 units, however still the only six-digit February figure in the past 11 years alongside last year (111.166), but the first February…
The Kia Cee'd is up 33.2% to climb to #2 in Slovakia in January. New car sales in Slovakia sink -11.8% year-on-year in January to 7.096 registrations. Brand leader Skoda (-20.7%) falls almost twice as fast as the market but remains comfortably in the lead at 19.5% share, double that…
The new generation lifts the BMW X5 to #3 in Luxembourg in January. The Luxembourg new car market drops 3.4% year-on-year in 4.205 registrations. Volkswagen snaps the brands pole position by the skin of its teeth at 11% share, only 10 sales above BMW (10.8%) and 37 above Mercedes (10.2%),…
VW Transporter sales in Lithuania are up 10-fold on January 2018. The Lithuanian new car market surges 49% year-on-year in January to 3.145 registrations based on data shared with us by our partner JATO Dynamics. Keep in mind Lithuania sales are heavily impacted by re-exports: a very large part of…
The VW Tiguan is the most popular nameplate in Latvia in January. According to our partner JATO Dynamics, new car sales in Latvia edge up 0.7% year-on-year in January to 1.540. This month the VW Tiguan (+256.7%) topples 2018's winner the VW Golf (-22.7%) to score a #1 finish for…