The CMC J Space repeats at a record third place. 37,281 new cars found a buyer in Taiwan in March, a harsh -9.8% year-on-year fall. The Q1 2025 volume is off an equally disappointing -11.2% to 99,860. Toyota (+19.8%) dries the surrounding gloom to land an ultra dominant 31.6% market…
First Top 10 finish for the Renault Symbioz at home. It's a mediocre month for the French new car market in March at -14.5% year-on-year to just 153,842 units. The Q1 2025 volume is therefore off -7.8% to 410,085. This drop is partly due to pulled forward sales in February…
Renault Captur sales are up 102.4% year-on-year in March. It's another excellent month for new car sales in Spain, up 23.2% year-on-year in March to 116,725 units, getting closer to the 126,984 units of pre-pandemic March 2019. As a result, the Q1 volume is up 14.1% to 279,368. Sales have been…
The Renault Duster available in Colombia is still the previous generation. Note: The January 2025 article has now been updated with a Top 20 brands ranking. 17,114 new vehicles found a buyer in Colombia in February, a solid 9.6% year-on-year improvement. The year-to-date tally is therefore up 15.8% to 31,513.…
Skoda Superb sales are up 42.9% in a market down -19.4% It's another very disappointing month for new car sales in Slovakia, freefalling -19.4% year-on-year in February to just 6,205 units. As a result the year-to-date tally is off -18.1% to 12,810. In the lead of the brands charts, both…
The Hyundai Mufasa ranks 5th in Kazakhstan in February. Complete January figures are also included in the data section of this article. After stable results in January at +0.3% to 11,273 registrations, the Kazakh new vehicle market surges 29.8% year-on-year in February to 15,963 units, leading to a year-to-date tally…
The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling vehicle in Serbia in February. Based on data shared with us by CE Auto, the Serbian new car market edges down -1.8% year-on-year in February to 2,154 units. The year-to-date tally is now off -6.4% to 3,918. This month the Toyota Corolla (+111.8%) surges…
The Skoda Octavia remains the overall leader in Bosnia & Herzegovina. According to data by our local partner CE Auto, new car sales in Bosnia & Herzegovina fall a heavy -14.4% year-on-year in February to just 814 units. This way, the year-to-date tally is now off -7.1% to 1,597. The…
First Top 10 finish for the Jetour T2 in Moldova. According to our Central European partner CE Auto, new car sales in Moldova advance 3% year-on-year in February to 656 units. This means the year-to-date volume is up 8.8% to 1,245. The Dacia Duster (-33.8%) reclaims its traditional top spot…
The Renault Clio remains firmly in the lead in North Macedonia. Data by our local partner CE Auto shows a North Macedonian new car market edges down -2.2% year-on-year in February to 539 sales. The year-to-date tally is up 5.9% to 1,028 units, an excellent result given 2024 registrations over…
The VW ID.7 is the 2nd best-selling vehicle in Montenegro in January. According to our local partner CE Auto, 210 new light vehicles found a buyer in Montenegro in January. As it is always the case for such a tiny market, the models ranking is very volatile, with none of…
The Hyundai Accent is the best-selling vehicle in Saudi Arabia in February. 72,388 new light vehicles hit Saudi Arabian roads in February, a fantastic 14% year-on-year uptick. This means the year-to-date tally is up 10.9% after two months to 140,311 units. Toyota (+15.5%) edges past the market growth to 26.2%…
Jetour T2 sales are up 521.7% year-on-year in February. New light vehicle sales in the United Arab Emirates grow 4.4% year-on-year in February to 25,346 units. This brings the year-to-date tally up 6.5% to 50,116. The Top three brands all trail the market. Toyota is up just 0.9% to 23.4%…
The Cupra Born is the fifth most popular model with German private buyers. Private sales in Germany come to 66,116 in February, a 32.5% ratio, exactly the same as a year ago in February 2024 and a -6.9% year-on-year drop. Year-to-date private sales amount to 140,998 units , a 34.3%…
The Citroen C3 breaks its European ranking record in February. JATO Dynamics figures have the European market (EU+EFTA+UK) down -2.5% year-on-year in February to 966,271. ACEA data has it at 963,540 (-3.1%) and 1,959,580 year-to-date (-2.6%). Among the Top 5 markets, Spain (+11%) stands out with the only YoY gain,…