4th monthly win in Slovenia for the Renault Captur, record #4 for the Peugeot 2008. 12/08 update: Now with Top 210 All-models ranking. It's back to positive for the Slovenian new car market lifting by a sturdy 7.9% year-on-year in July to 6.429 registrations, which brings the year-to-date tally down…
The Ford Puma signs a second ever Top 10 finish in Hungary. New car sales in Hungary are stuck in a rut at -21.2% year-on-year in July to 12.045 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now down -24.6% to 67.715. When including Light Commercials these figures are 13.672 for July…
The Toyota RAV4 is #1 in New Zealand for the 2nd time in the past 3 months. Picture chasingcars.com.au Just as New Zealand celebrates 100 days without a coronavirus community infection, its new car market tilts back into positive for the first time in almost a year (since September 2019)…
Ford (+4.5%) is the only Top 10 carmaker in positive in July. New car sales in Portugal remain significantly below their year-ago level in July at -17.5% year-on-year to 15.209 units which leads to a year-to-date tally down -45.5% to 80.057. The Top 3 best-selling carmakers are unchanged on June…
The Ford Kuga surges 47.1% to #5 in a market down -14%. The Irish new car market endures a 6th consecutive double-digit drop in July at -14% to 21.213 units, and given July is traditionally the second biggest month of the year due to new bi-annual license plates, this stalls…
The new generation enables the Skoda Octavia to cement its domination in Finland. New car sales in Finland have stabilised in July at -2% year-on-year to 8.838 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -19.3% to 55.084. It's a very close finish in the brands ranking: Toyota (-35.7%) is in…
For its 2nd month in market, the Rapid II reaches the highest ever ranking for any Skoda nameplate in Russia at #6. Complete turnaround for the Russian new car market, now up 6.8% year-on-year in July to 141.924 units. The year-to-date tally is now down -19.3% to 742.681 and this…
The new Kamiq is helping Skoda sales up 58.7% in Israel. Thanks to our partnership with cartube.co.il, we can share with you today July brands data for Israel – models data are a quarterly occurrence. Israeli new car sales have stabilised at -1.3% year-on-year in July to 22.696 units, leading to…
BMW sales surge 67% year-on-year in Belgium in July. Whereas neighbours France (+3.9%) and Luxembourg (+14.9%) have returned to positive, new car sales in Belgium can't quite get there just yet with July volumes down -1.3% year-on-year to 44.532 units. The year-to-date tally is now down -26.6% to 261.137. As…
After returning to positive in June (+8.2%), new car sales in Taiwan are off -9.3% year-on-year in July to 43.939, tilting the year-to-date tally back into negative at -0.6% to 253.720. This disappointing evolution has in fact a lot to do with the timing of the traditional folklore month which…
The Lada Granta is back to #1 in Kazakhstan. New car sales in Kazakhstan confirm they have recovered from Covid-19, posting a second consecutive double-digit year-on-year gain in June at a spectacular +55.1% to 9.924 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 12.8% to 36.205. The Top 3 brands in June all…
The Renault Clio is bolstered by a new generation, heavy discounts and French subsidies. 31/07 update: Now with Top 56 All-brands and Top 412 All-models. 30/07 update: Now with Top 100 models. New car sales in Europe are laminated by the Covid-19 crisis: off -39.5% year-on-year to 5.101.669 units vs.…
The Fiat Tipo is #1 in Lithuania. The Lithuanian new passenger car market sinks -40.8% year-on-year in June to 2.674 units, leading to a Q2 tally down -53.7% to 6.779 and a H1 volume off -28% to 16.821. Lithuania is the one market in the European Union where re-exports are…
The Jeep Wrangler supremacy in the U.S. Virgin Islands is under threat. The U.S. Virgin Islands is a new addition on BSCB as this is only our second sales article about this unincorporated U.S. territory located east of Puerto Rico in the Caribbean Sea and home to 107.000 inhabitants. Sales in…
First appearance in the Chinese charts of the Enovate ME7. 29/07 update: Now with Top 190 All New Energy models. It's a predicted hiccup for the recovery of Chinese retail sales of passenger vehicles (cars, SUVs and MPVs) in June at -6.2% year-on-year to 1.65 million units according to data…