The Omoda 5 will soon be produced in Barcelona. 52,322 new cars found a buyer in Spain in August, a disappointing -6.5% year-on-year decline. The year-to-date tally remains in positive at +4.5% to 671,551 units. This is -26.5% below the January-August 2019 pre-pandemic volume (913,433). Sales of rechargeable cars (BEV+PHEV)…
The Toyota Town Ace is the most popular vehicle in Taiwan in August. The Taiwanese new car market sinks -17% year-on-year in August to 29,403 units, sending the year-to-date tally into negative at -1.6% to 307,584. There are a few explanations for this brutal fall. August 4 marked the start…
Suzuki holds 22.9% of the Mauritius market so far in 2024 We welcome a new monthly update on BSCB: Mauritius. 1,300 new vehicles found a buyer in the country in July, a solid 8.7% year-on-year improvement. The year-to-date tally surges 18.5% to 9,665 units, headed to a third consecutive all…
Today we are exploring the car landscape of Scotland, including Glasgow and the Isle of Skye, following my trip there in July. As a reminder, the MG ZS topped the Scottish charts in July, ahead of the Kia Sportage, Peugeot 208 and Volvo XC40. Notice also the MG HS at…
The Toyota Yaris Cross is up to a record 5th place in France in July. 27/08 update: Now with Top 56 All brands and Top 342 All models. It's a third straight month of negative year-on-year evolution for the French new car market at -2.3% to 126,037 in July. This…
The Kia Sportage is up to 5th place Europe-wide in July. 27/08 update: Now with Top 93 All brands and Top 509 All models. According to data by JATO Dynamics, the European new car market (28 countries) is up 1.5% year-on-year in July to 1.03 million units. The year-to-date tally…
The Alphard helps push Toyota up 61.2% in July 55,881 new cars were imported in China in July, a -2.6% year-on-year decline. The year-to-date tally is now off -8.9% to 372,753. Lexus (+14%) goes against the negative market to continue dominating the brands charts, with its YTD volume almost reaching…
The Toyota Yaris is the most popular vehicle in Greece in July. Greek new car sales edge down -1.4% year-on-year in July to 12,205 units, but the year-to-date tally remains frankly in positive at +9% to 90,225. Toyota (+27%) posts another very satisfying score at 18.9% share vs. 17% so…
The Kia Stonic is back to the Cyprus top spot in July. According to our local partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, the Cyprus new car market is off a harsh -19.3% year-on-year to 1,360 units. The year-to-date tally however up 8.9% to 10,150. Kia (-38.9%) easily remains on top of the…
The BYD Qin L surges to #5 overall in July. Based on data by the Chinese Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), the Chinese wholesales market drops -5.2% year-on-year in July to 2,262,000 units. This includes 1,994,000 passenger cars (-5.1%) and 268,000 commercial vehicles (-6.6%). Likewise production is off -4.8% to…
The Seal U helps BYD to #7 brand this month. It's another very difficult month for new car sales in Iceland, down a damning -34% year-on-year to just 836 units. This is a particularly poor result given July 2023 was already off -38% on the year prior. The year-to-date volume…
The BMW X1 is #1 in Austria for the first time. New car sales in Austria gain 7.6% year-on-year in July to 18,901 units, this is however down -39.9% on pre-pandemic July 2019 (31,454). The year-to-date tally is now up 6.8% to 154,014. The Top 4 manufacturers all beat the…
The Renault Austral climbs on the Danish podium in July. 11,517 new cars found a buyer in Denmark in July, a timid +2.5% year-on-year lift. The year-to-date volume is now up 2.4% to 97,844. Volkswagen (+33.9%) reclaims the brands lead both in July with 14.6% share and year-to-date at 10.3%.…
The Audi Q3 is the most popular vehicle in Switzerland in July. Swiss new car sales drop -0.9% year-on-year in July to 18,430 units, leading to a year-to-date volume off -1.9% to 139,648. 4x4 registrations are down -3.2% to 9,210 and 50% share vs. 51.1% in June 2023 and up…
The Kia EV3 is the best-selling EV in South Korea in July. The South Korean new car market edges down -1.8% year-on-year in July to 133,497 units. This includes 111,520 domestic cars (-2.9%) and 21,977 foreigners (+4%). The year-to-date tally is off a worrying -9.5% to 929,522 sales including 781,893…