Over half of Opel Frontera sales are from its BEV variant. New car sales in Austria edge up 1.6% year-on-year in August to 21,788 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 12% to 212,140. Volkswagen (+8.6%) reclaims the brands top spot off Skoda (-7%) and cements its YTD leadership at…
The Fang Cheng Bao Tai 7 is up to a record 4th place at home. It's another mediocre month for new car sales in China, down year-on-year for the 11th time in a row at -23.7% to 1.55 million vehicles. The fall even accelerates, as this is worse than the…
The Geely EX2 is up to #20 for its second month in market. 09/09/26 update: Now with Top 358 All models ranking New vehicle sales in Australia are up 4.9% year-on-year in August to 108,760 units. This is the 2nd best August volume ever just below the 109,966 sales of August…
The Toyota Hilux remains the most popular vehicle in South Africa. The South African new vehicle market registers a stunning 22nd consecutive month of year-on-year gains in August at +11.4% to 57,898. This is also the 7th straight double-digit uptick and the largest August volume since at least 17 years…
The BYD Sealion 5 ranks #5 in Northern Ireland in August. Now that we have covered UK sales for August, it is time to zoom in to each UK nation. Wales (+23.6% to 3,070 sales) is the best performer this month ahead of England (+14.6% to 79,502), Northern Ireland (+7.3%…
Omoda Jaecoo is the most popular carmaker in Israel again. According to our local partner cartube.co.il, new car sales in Israel edge down -0.6% year-on-year in August to 28,174 units, but the year-to-date volume remains in stark positive at +8.8% to 231,514. In the brands ranking (models data is a…
The Kia Sportage sees its sales grow 35.7% year-on-year in August. 45,909 new passenger cars found a buyer in Poland in August, a solid 8.1% year-on-year improvement. At 102,114 units, this is the first time in Polish history that the July-August summer passes the 100,000 mark. The year-to-date volume is…
New brand Jeland already holds 2.1% of the Russian market in August. New car sales in Russia fall -6.5% year-on-year in August to 114,285 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 9.3% to 844,999. Homegrown behemoth Lada (-2%) manages to beat the market to 23.7% share, widening the gap with…
The Mitsubishi Outlander is the best-selling vehicle in the UAE in July. New car sales in the United Arab Emirates fall by a harsh -15.8% year-on-year in July to 20,420 units, bringing the year-to-date tally down -24.4% to 137,144. Toyota (-36.7%) even though imploding year-on-year, manages to still hold 20.8% of…
The Toyota RAV4 is now #1 year-to-date. New light vehicle sales in Ukraine drop -29.8% year-on-year in August to just 4,992 units. The year-to-date tally is now down -8.8% to 42,142. Toyota (+1.2%) defies the negative market to grow to 21.2% share which is believed to be its highest ever…
BYD ranks as the #5 brand in Romania for the second month in a row. It's yet another mediocre month in Romania, with August volumes down a ghastly -36.8% year-on-year to just 9,552 units. The year-to-date tally is off a more palatable -10.6% to 86,145. Local behemoth Dacia (-48.4%) completely…
The Toyota Yaris Cross is up to a record third place in Argentina in August. It's the start of August updates! The Argentinean new light vehicle market sinks by a ghastly -19.3% year-on-year this month to just 41,752 units. This brings the year-to-date tally down -13.9% to 362,497. Strikingly, the…
The Tesla Model Y is #1 for the fifth straight month. New vehicle sales in Colombia surge another +19.9% year-on-year in July to 28,666 units. This is a particularly strong result given July 2025: was already up 44.7% on the year prior. The year-to-date volume is also up by an…
The Toyota Yaris Cross is the best-selling vehicle in Serbia in July. Data released by our Central European partner CE Auto, shows a Serbian new car market surging 22.2% year-on-year in July to 4,502 units. This is a particularly strong result given July 2025 was already up 21.5% on the year…
First European Top 10 finish for the Mercedes GLC. Dataforce has the European new car market (EU+EFTA+UK) up 4.1% year-on-year in July to 1,109,960 units. This gives a year-to-date tally up 5.7% to 8,356,696. According to JATO Dynamics, BEV registrations are up 51% year-on-year to 279,000 units or 25.1% share…