Toyota Yaris Cross sales are up 26.4% in October. The Italian new car market is back in negative in October at -0.6% to 125,826. The year-to-date tally is now down -2.7% to 1,293,366. This is off 332,000 or -20.4% on pre-pandemic 2019. Once again private sales are weak at -12.2%…
The Renault 5 holds a record 3.3% share at home in October. The French new car market is up for the third month in a row in October but still very shy at +2.9% to 139,513. Note October 2024 was down -11.1% on the year prior. For reference, we are…
The Citroen C3 ranks at #3 in Greece in August. 8,191 new cars hit Greek roads in August, stable at +0.5% year-on-year. This is still a weak result given August 2024 was down -21.4% on the year prior. Year-to-date sales edge up 1.6% to 99,959. Toyota (-32.3%) easily holds onto…
The Dacia Sandero is the most popular vehicle in Portugal in August. 12,991 new light vehicles found a Portuguese buyer in August, a solid 9.9% year-on-year improvement. The year-to-date volume is now up 8.2% to 154,566. Mercedes (+15%) beats the market to smnap the brands top spot off Peugeot (-18.9%)…
First French Top 10 finish for the Dacia Bigster 25/08 update: Now with Top 50 All brands and Top 300 models rankings. Mediocre results again in France, with July volumes down another -7.7% year-on-year to 116,377. This is the lowest July on record since 2022 (107,547) which itself was the…
The Citroen C3 ranks #2 in Greece both in June and over H1. It's a fourth consecutive month in positive in Greece with June volumes up 3.5% year-on-year to 14,647 units. This is enough to tilt the YTD tally into positive territory at +0.2% to 78,162 units. Toyota (-42.6%) implodes…
The Citroen C3 Aircross II leaps inside the Top 15 in May. 25/06 update: Now with Top 52 brands and Top 300 models. Another disappointing month for French new car sales with May off -12.3% year-on-year to just 123,919. This is the lowest May volume since pandemic-stricken May 2020. The…
Citroen C3 sales are up 55.4% year-on-year in May. Excellent results for the Greek new car market in May, up 13.9% year-on-year to 15,670 units. The year-to-date tally is now down just -0.6% to 63,515. Toyota (+15.4%) remains by far the most popular carmaker in the country, selling more than…
The Citroen C3 ranks #2 in Portugal in May. New car sales in Portugal shoot up 18.6% year-on-year in May to 23,545 units, bringing the year-to-date tally to 100,842, up 4.8% over the same period last year. Peugeot (+38.5%) remains the uncontested leader with 10.5% of the market, while Dacia…
The Renault Clio is the best-seller across Europe for the first time since November 2021. According to data by JATO Dynamics, the European (28 countries) new car market is stable in April at +0.1% year-on-year to 1,078,521 units. After four months, the YTD tally is also up 0.1% to 4,467,681…
The Peugeot 2008 is the best-selling vehicle in Greece so far this year. It's a second consecutive positive month for the Greek new car market at a solid +9% year-on-year in April to 14,649 units. Due to a difficult start of the year, the YTD tally remains in negative for…
The Toyota Yaris is the best-selling vehicle in Montenegro in February. Data by our local partner CE Auto shows 248 new cars hit Montenegrin roads in February, pushing the year-to-date tally to 458. The models ranking is topped for the second straight month by the Toyota Yaris holding a 4.4%…
The Kia EV3 is the most popular vehicle in the Netherlands for the third month running. New car sales in the Netherlands fall a steep -14.8% year-on-year in March to 31,515 units, leading to a year-to-date volume off -9.8% to 91,766. Over Q1, BEV sales go against the negative environment…
MG is among the 10 most popular carmakers in Italy for the first time. New car sales in Italy are back up 6.2% year-on-year in March to 172,223 units, yet a slow start of the year means the year-to-date volume remains down at -1.6% to 443,906. Private sales edge down…
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…