The Tesla Model Y ends the month at #2 in Taiwan. 41,587 new light vehicles found a buyer in Taiwan in June, a -1.9% year-on-year decline. This leads to a H1 2024 tally off -1% to 232,503. Toyota (+3.4%) defies the negative market to easily keep the lead with a…
BMW is the most popular carmaker in Luxembourg in June. New car sales in Luxembourg falter -9.3% year-on-year in June to 4,324 units, bringing the year-to-date tally off -5.3% to 25,085. BMW (+4.8%) takes the lead of the brands charts for the 4th time in the past 12 months, dislodging…
The VW T-Roc is the best-selling vehicle in Europe in May. 05/07 update: Now with Top 93 All brands and Top 501 All models (Source: JATO Dynamics) 27/06 update: Now with Top 25 brands and models data (Source: JATO Dynamics) Preliminary data from ACEA shows a European new car market…
The Opel Corsa is now #2 year-to-date in Croatia. New car sales in Croatia gain 14% year-on-year in June to 8,225 units, an excellent score given June 2023 was already up 41% on the year prior. The year-to-date volume is now up 14.8% to 38,794. Skoda (+79.8%) scores a stellar month…
The Kia Sportage repeats at #1 in the UK. It's a 23rd consecutive month of year-on-year gains for the UK market in June at a meagre +1.1% to 179,263 units, according to SMMT. This way, the H1 tally passes the million mark for the first time since 2019 at 1,006.763…
The new gen Land Cruiser helps lift Toyota imports sales in China. Sales of new imported cars in China sink -13.2% year-on-year in May to just 50,712 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -9.3% to 262,801. Lexus (+8.3%) goes against the negative market to extend its lead over the…
The Tesla Model 3 is the favourite of Portuguese car buyers in May. The Portuguese new car market edges up 0.2% year-on-year in May to 19,850 sales, leading to a year-to-date volume up 9.2% to 96,224. Peugeot (-16.7%) is back to the brands pole position it holds year-to-date even though…
Toyota is the most popular brand in Hungary in May. 20/06 update: Now with Top 75 models ranking 9,531 new passenger cars found a buyer in Hungary in May, a 5.9% year-on-year improvement. The year-to-date volume is now up 9.6% to 51,611. This month Toyota (+47.9%) takes the lead of…
The Renault Megane E-Tech has just launched in Morocco. 15,970 new light vehicles found a buyer in Morocco in May, a 8.5% year-on-year gain. This incudes 14,546 passenger cars (+9.1%) and 1,424 light commercials (+2.1%). The passenger cars year-to-date volume is now down -0.3% year-on-year to 58,193. Dacia (+8.7%) matches…
BYD ranks #3 in Singapore in May. New car sales in Singapore rally back up 44% year-on-year in May on a low year-ago reference. The year-to-date cume is now 35.9% to 14,802. Toyota (+6.6%) and Mercedes (+15.7%) top the brands ranking but both trail the market by a significant margin.…
The Suzuki Ignis is the best-selling vehicle in Greece in May. The Greek new car market is up 6.2% year-on-year in May to 13,760 sales. This way, the year-to-date tally is up 12.1% to 63,873. Toyota (+34.8%) sports another fantastic month at 16.2% share vs. 15.6% so far this year.…
AITO reaches a record 32,226 wholesales in May. Chinese car wholesales in May edge up 1.2% year-on-year in May to 2,031,000 units. This includes 1,104,000 SUVs (+9.3%), 847,000 Passenger Cars (-6.3%) and 79,000 MPVs (-13.3%). The year-to-date volume is up 8.5% to 9,584,000 units including 5,141,000 SUVs (+15.1%), 4,068,000 Passenger…
The Opel Astra is up to #4 in Germany in May. The German new car market recedes slightly in May at -4.4% to 236,044 sales. The year-to-date tally remains in positive however at +5% to 1,172,725 units. Volkswagen (+8.7%) goes against the general negative trend with a solid uptick leading to…
The VW Golf hits 7.2% share in May, its highest since December 2014. New car sales in Austria recede -3.9% year-on-year in May to 19,820 units, however the year-to-date volume remains in positive at +2.2% to 104,420. Volkswagen (+14.8%) defies the negative market to improve to a stellar 18% share,…
BMW sales climb 13.3% year-on-year in negative market The new car market in Luxembourg returns to negative territory in May at a harsh -12.6% year-on-year to 3,847 units. This way the year-to-date tally is off -4.4% to 20,761. Volkswagen (+1.8%) retains the brands top spot with 13.3% share, however BMW…