Tesla Model Y sales are up 185.8% year-on-year in February. 206,210 new cars found a German home in February, a very shy 2.8% year-on-year increase. The year-to-date tally edges into positive at +0.2% to 385,457 units. The podium brands are unchanged on last month and all beat the market with…
Hyundai Grandeur sales are up 118.6% thanks to a new generation. New vehicle sales in South Korea increase by a robust 19.7% year-on-year in February to 146,877 units, including 125,240 local models (+21.3%) and 21,637 foreigners (+11.2%). Year-to-date, the market is now up 12.9% to 264,267 sales, that includes 226,408…
Skoda breaks its market share record in Germany in January. 179,247 new cars hit German roads in January, a disappointing -2.6% year-on-year fall. Volkswagen (+1.3%) edges up to 20.7% share, its highest and first time above 20% since July 2021. Mercedes (+14.5%) hits its highest monthly share since October 2018…
The Toyota Corolla hits 11.6% of the Finnish market in January. The Finnish new car market continues to fall in January at -9% year-on-year to just 7,084 units. Toyota (-8.4%) fares slightly better than the market and edge past the record share it established a year ago at 22.1%. Volvo…
The Kia Sorento is up to #2 at home in 2022. Discover over 30 years of South Korean Historical Data here. 1,671,911 new light vehicles hit South Korean roads in 2022, a -2.4% year-on-year decline. Local manufacturers drop -3.4% to 1,388,476 and 83% share vs. 83.9% a year ago while…
The VW Golf remains the best-seller in Germany but was challenged again this year. Discover 90 years worth of German Historical data here. Thanks to sales bouncing back up 38.1% year-on-year in December to 314,318, the German new car market edges into positive at the last minute in 2022 at +1.1%…
The Honda N-BOX is the best-selling vehicle in Japan in 2022. Discover over 50 years of Japanese Historical Data here. New vehicle sales in Japan drop -5.6% year-on-year in 2022 to 4,201,321 units vs. 4,448,340 in 2021. Brand leader Toyota (-12.4%) is the only Top 8 carmaker to fare worse…
The Peugeot 208 is the best-selling vehicle in Denmark in 2022. Discover 40 years of Denmark Historical Data here. Danish new car sales plummet -20% year-on-year in 2022 to just 148,283 units. Volkswagen (-12.2%) improves its share from 10.5% to 11.6% while Toyota (-13.7%) climbs from 8% to 8.7% of…
The Kia Carnival is the best-selling vehicle in South Korea in November. The South Korean new light vehicle market is up 7.5% year-on-year in November to 155,379 units, and this increase is entirely due to foreigners up a whopping 53.3% to 28,222 and 18.2% share. Locals edge up only 0.8%…
The Fiat 500 lineup is up to a record 4th place in Germany. 28/11 update: Now with Mercedes EQA, EQB, EQC, EQE and EQS splits. New car sales in Germany rally back up 16.6% year-on-year in October to 208,353 units, keeping in mind October 2021 was down a ghastly -34.9% on the…
The Tesla Model Y is the best-selling vehicle in 2022 so far in Switzerland. 20,947 new cars found a buyer in Switzerland in September, a 6.6% year-on-year uptick. The year-to-date tally it now down -9.7% over the same period in 2021 at 162,606 units. 4x4 sales grow 13.7% year-on-year to…
The Peugeot 208 is the best-selling vehicle in Denmark in September. After 7 consecutive months of double-digit losses, Danish new car sales curb their fall somewhat in September to -8.5% year-on-year at 13,011 units. The year-to-date tally is however off a damning -22.1% to 109,085. The Top 3 brands all…
The VW ID. Buzz has landed in the German charts. New car sales in Germany are hit -10.2% year-on-year in May to 207,199 units, meaning the year-to-date volume is now down -9.2% to 1,013,417. Volkswagen (-14.3%) falls faster than its home market but reaches a solid 18.7% share vs. 17.8%…
The Toyota Corolla Cross continues to dominate the Taiwanese charts. New car sales in Taiwan drop -10.1% year-on-year in May to 30,922 units. This means 170,520 vehicles have hit Taiwanese roads since the start of the year, a -12% decline. Toyota (+9.2%) swims upstream and posts a very solid year-on-year improvement…
The Audi Q3 is the best-selling vehicle in Switzerland in April. New car sales in Switzerland sink -29.1% year-on-year in April to just 15,646 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down -11% to 69,873. BMW (-18.4%) overtakes Volkswagen (-33.8%) to snap the brands pole position for 24 sales at 9.9%…