Citroen sales soar 30.2% year-on-year in April. New car sales in Portugal edge down -1.7% year-on-year in April to 21.121 units, a much better hold than last month (-10.8%) leading to a year-to-date tally down -4.9% to 80.566. Quite spectacularly, the Top 3 best-selling manufacturers, all French, all post market-defying double-digit…
The Dacia Duster is the most popular foreign model in the Czech Republic this month. It's an 8th consecutive month of year-on-year decline for new car sales in the Czech Republic in April at -5.5% to 22.921 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -10.4% to 82.537. Homegrown brand leader…
The Opel Grandland X makes its first appearance inside the Croatian Top 20 and Top 10 in April. The Croatian new car market spectacularly bounces back up 22.5% year-on-year in April to 8.633 registrations, meaning the year-to-date volume is now down just -0.5% at 20.772. Renault (+29.9%) steps up to…
The Seat Leon is by far the most popular vehicle in Spain in April. Spanish new car sales cut short a painful streak of 7 consecutive months of declines in April with a sturdy +5.9% year-on-year uptick to 123.833 units, the largest result for the month since 2006 (129.468). The…
Skoda is the healthiest carmaker in the French Top 20 in March with overall sales up 15.8% and private deliveries up 16.6%. Picture largus.fr This article has been updated with the Top 35 brands, Top 265 models and Top 10 private sales. The French new car market is back into…
The Fiat 500 steps up to #3 overall in Portugal in March. The Portuguese new car market dives -10.8% year-on-year in March to 24.900 registrations, pulling the year-to-date volume down -6% to 59.445. Renault (-6.1%) repeats at #1 in the brands ranking, now also taking control YTD (-14.4%) despite a…
The VW Golf is back up 51.8% year-on-year in Croatia in March. No sign of improvement for new car sales in Croatia, freefalling down -19.9% year-on-year in March to 5.041 registrations, pulling the year-to-date tally down -12.3% to 12.139. Quite strikingly, the entire Top 5 best-selling brands markedly outpace the…
The Mercedes A-Class was the best-selling vehicle in Portugal in January. This article has been updated with complete Top 40 All-brands and Top 250 All-models for January and February. In January, the market gains a sturdy 8.3% year-on-year to 15.684 registrations while in February it recedes at -9.3% to 18.861, tilting…
The Citroen C3 posts the largest gain in the Top 25 in March. It's a painful 7th straight month of year-on-year decline for Spanish new car sales at -1.3% 126.984 units in March, still the 2nd largest volume for the month in the past 12 years below just last year.…
The Dacia Sandero ranks #2 in Slovenia in February. This article has been updated with the Top 35 All-brands. New car sales in Slovenia grow 6.4% year-on-year in February to 6.021 registrations, tilting the year-to-date volume into positive at +0.6% to 12.584. The Renault Clio (-29.4%) manages to remain…
The Hyundai Kona ranks #2 in Ireland in February. The Irish new car market continues on a horrendous start of 2019 with February sales down another 11.3% to 15.088 units, leading to a year-to-date tally now down 12.3% to 47.380. Volkswagen (+14.9%) and Skoda (+5.3%) buck the negative trend to…
The Citroen C5 Aircross is up to #23 at home. This post has been updated with the Top 40 brands, Top 265 models and Top 10 private sales. In February, the French new car market (+2.1%) is back in positive for the first time since last August at 172.438 units,…
The Dacia Sandero is the most popular nameplate in Kosovo this year. For the second year in a row we can share with you exclusive models data for Kosovo - make sure you also check out our Kosovo visit as one of the 10 countries in 10 days with a…
The X3 (+26.5%) helps BMW sales up 3.5% in Austria in February. New car sales in Austria continue to plunge at -10.8% year-on-year in February to 23.640 registrations, bringing the year-to-date volume down 11.2% to 48.897 units. Volkswagen (-1.2%) resists much better than the market and comfortably holds onto the brands…
Dacia Sandero sales are up 181.8% year-on-year at home. The Romanian new car market surges another 37.5% year-on-year in February to 12.071 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 26.8% to 26.023. Homegrown carmaker Dacia (+82.7%) plays a big market in this fantastic result, reaching exactly 1 in every 3 cars…