The Skoda Octavia is the best-selling vehicle in Estonia in August. New car sales in Estonia slide -4.6% year-on-year in August to 2.534 units, tilting the YTD volume back into negative territory at -0.5% to 18.893. The Skoda Octavia (+85.2%) ends 5 consecutive months of Toyota domination and takes the…
The new model boosts Daihatsu Tanto sales up 84.3% in September. New vehicle sales in Japan surge +12.9% year-on-year in September to 548.209 units, its largest gain since June 2017 (+13.4%), lifting the year-to-date volume up 3.1% to 4.149.685. If last month the market growth was almost entirely due to…
The new Stepway variant boosts Renault Logan sales up 178.9% in Russia. The Russian new light vehicle market is down for the 7th time in the past 8 months in September but this time the decline is minimal at -0.2% to 157.129 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down -2%…
The new generation Vauxhall Corsa (pictured) hasn't landed just yet in the UK, but it's already had an impact through clear-out sales of the outgoing model. Whereas all other major European market spectacularly recuperate from dismal post-WLTP year-ago figures, the UK remains plagued by consumer confidence stifled by Brexit uncertainty,…
The Skoda Kamiq is getting closer to its home Top 10: up to #13 in September. The Czech new car market only partly recovers from disastrous post-WLTP year-ago volumes in September at +8.5% to 15.770 registrations but down a dismal -22% on September 2017 which is a more realistic comparison…
Dacia is inside the Belgian Top 5 brands for the 2nd time in history. Picture life1.be Now updated with the Top 10 models. Like most of the European Union this month, the Belgian new car market pays the price of artificial pre-WLTP stock clearances a year ago and dives -11.9%…
Porsche holds 2.8% of the Luxembourg market in August vs. 1.4% YTD. Now updated with the Top 10 models. The Luxembourg new car market drops -9% year-on-year in August to 3.811 registrations as the post-WLTP hangover rears its head, tilting the year-to-date tally into negative territory at -0.1% or -43…
The Volvo S/V60 is back to #1 in Sweden. New car sales in Sweden spectacularly align a second consecutive month of double-digit gains in September at +40% to 26.758 units, however this is only due to depleted year-ago volumes under the combined effect of a new bonus-malus pricing introduced in…
The Tesla Model 3 is now the #1 vehicle in the Netherlands year-to-date. As a EU member, the Dutch new car market soars 29.1% year-on-year in September to 38.122 registrations due to particularly weak year-ago volumes post-WLTP. The year-to-date tally is now down -7.9% to 331.267 units. Pushing back-loading of…
Ford Ranger sales are up 15.9% in a market down -31.7%. The new vehicle market in Argentina continues to freefall at -31.7% year-on-year in September to 35.781 units, leading to a year-to-date tally imploding down -44.5% to just 377.619 registrations, by far the lowest result at this stage of the…
The Chevrolet Onix celebrates 50 straight months as the #1 vehicle in Brazil. After a July hiccup (-3.5%), the Brazilian new vehicle market is back to splendid growth at +9.1% in September to 223.240 units, in line with its YTD gain of +8.7% at 1.935.013 registrations. Atop the brands ranking,…
The Toyota Corolla is #1 in Finland for the 3rd straight month. The Finnish new car market manages its first year-on-year gain in over a year in September at +29.8% to 8.372 units, unfortunately this is only due to a weak post-WLTP comparison base in September 2018, with this month's…
The Toyota Rush breaks into the New Caledonian Top 15 whereas it is not sold in metropolitan France. After dropping -9.6% year-on-year in August at 696 registrations, new car sales in New Caledonia, a French Overseas archipelago located north-east of Australia, fall another tough -12.2% in September to 625 units, bringing the…
Baojun introduces the new RC-6 in China... The Chinese Retail market (end-customer registrations) continues to suffer from pulled forward sales in June ahead of the Stage 6 emissions standards implementation on July 1: after freefalling -20.4% in July, the market sinks another -20.1% in August to 1.438.543 units, tilting the year-to-date…
Kia Sportage sales in Ukraine are up 110.6% year-on-year. New car sales in Ukraine surge 12.5% year-on-year in August to 8.256 units, the largest volume in the country since December 2017 (9.179), cementing the YTD progression to +2% at 54.566 registrations. Renault (+44.2%) continues to vastly outperform the market and…