The Hyundai Kona is the best-selling vehicle in Cyprus in October. Thanks to our partnership with SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT we can share with you today October sales figures for Cyprus. New car sales in Cyprus take a harsh -19.3% year-on-year hit in October to just 774 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally…
The Suzuki Ignis secures a second consecutive - and ever - Top 20 finish. After sporting their first year-on-year gain of 2020 in September (+9.8%), new car sales in Italy stabilise in October at -0.3% to 158.250. The year-to-date tally is now down -30.7% year-on-year to 1.131.466 units. We are…
The Kia K5 breaks into the Russian Top 25 for the first time in October. The Russian new light vehicle market is up a robust 7% year-on-year in October to 154.164 units: that's the largest year-on-year gain of any month in 2020, eclipsing July (+6.8%). Note BMW and Mercedes now…
In October, Renault sales are up 28.1% in a market down -29.1%. In September, the Slovak new car market rallies back up 30.9% year-on-year to 6.350 registrations, setting the year-to-date tally down -27.3% to 55.607. Skoda (+9.9%) trails the market bit posts a fantastic 25.1% share, distancing Kia (+21%) at…
Maxus LCV sales are up 87.6% year-on-year in September in China. It's another fantastic result for sales of Light Commercial Vehicles in China in September at +25.5% year-on-year to 337.888. This lifts the year-to-date tally up 11.5% over the same period in 2019 - an outstanding feat given the Coronavirus…
Chevrolet now assembles cars in Kazakhstan. Picture kaz.tengrinews.kz The Kazakh new vehicle market remains oblivious to the Coronavirus crisis, with September sales marking a 5th consecutive month of year-on-year gains at a stellar +62.6% to 10.142 units. This lifts the year-to-date tally up 22.3% to 63.408. Lada (+123.3%) more than doubles…
Both Tesla and the Model 3 are #1 in Hong Kong for the first time in history. New light vehicle sales in Hong Kong enjoy their first post-pandemic year-on-year gain in August at +9% to 3.550 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down -18.1% to 18.535. Helped by a particularly…
The Renault Clio returns to #1 in Serbia. According to data provided by our partner CE Auto, the Serbian new car market is almost identical year-on-year in September at 2.295 units vs. 2.294 a year ago (+0.04%). The year-to-date tallies are far apart through with 2020 down -25.5% on the same…
Only the Skoda Octavia manages to outsell the Scala in Bosnia & Herzegovina in September. Thanks to our partnership with CE Auto we can share with you today Bosnian September data. The market is still reeling from the Covid crisis with sales down another -22.7% to 637 units which leads to a…
The Dacia Duster holds 14.8% of the Moldovan new car market in September. Picture quattroruote.it According to data shared with us by our Central European market data partner CE Auto, the Moldovan new car market edges up 2.2% year-on-year in September to 561 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -26.2%…
The Skoda Octavia is the best-selling vehicle in North Macedonia. Based on data by our Eastern European partner CE Auto, new car sales in North Macedonia remain at low levels in September, down another -23.4% year-on-year to 423 registrations which leads to a year-to-date tally off -33.3% to 3647. This month…
Citroen sales are up 3-fold year-on-year in Turkey in September. Now with September Top 25 models. The August 2020 post has been updated with the Top 25 models. New light vehicle sales in Turkey once again display insolent good health in September at a surreal +115.8% year-on-year to 90.619 units, lifting…
Dacia sales are up 6-fold year-on-year in Luxembourg in September. Now with a Top 10 models ranking. The August 2020 post has now been updated with the Top 10 YTD models. The Luxembourg new car market posts a second year-on-year surge in the past three months in September with sales…
The new P7 sedan lifts Xpeng wholesales to record heights. It's a spectacular 5th consecutive month of double-digit gains for the Chinese wholesales market with September volumes up another 12.8% year-on-year to 2.565.000 units, making it by far the largest month of 2020 so far and the 2nd largest September…
After January 2019 (world car market), April 2019 (Chinese market), April 2020 (Coronavirus impact) and July 2020 (public transport in China), BSCB and I continue our collaboration with French newspaper Le Monde, one of the most important and widely respected newspapers in the world according to Wikipedia. It’s always an honour to appear…