VW T-Roc New vehicle sales in Japan soar 10.7% year-on-year in September to 437,493 units, meaning the year-to-date volume is now up 15.6% to 3,607,486. Toyota (+18%) once again beats the market but at 31.1% share it remains below its YTD volume of 33.5%. Suzuki (+5.6%) follows at 14.1% share…
The MG ZS is the best-selling vehicle in Spain for the 2nd month running. New car sales in Spain confirms the slowdown of its growth rate with a meagre +2.3% year-on-year in September to 68,803 units. The year-to-date tally is now up 18.5% to 711,380, yet down -15.8% on the…
The Ford Ranger doubles its sales year-on-year in September. New light vehicle sales in Argentina edge down -3.1% year-on-year in September to 31,389 units. The year-to-date tally remains frankly in positive at +10.9% to 333,283. Toyota (-18.1%) easily remains the most popular carmaker in the country at 17.6% share, and…
The Jeep Avenger breaks into the Italian Top 10 for the first time. 136,283 new cars hit Italian roads in September, corresponding to a 22.8% year-on-year surge on September 2022 which was already up 5.4% on the year prior. We now are just -4.9% below pre-pandemic September 2019 which is…
The Citroen C3 is the best-selling vehicle in North Macedonia in August. Based on data shared with us by our Eastern European partner CE Auto, the North Macedonian new car market is immobile in August at 347 units, exactly the same amount as August 2022. The year-to-date tally is now up 3.7%…
The Fiat Panda is the most popular vehicle in Greece for the 2nd month running. The Greek new car market is up another 19.8% year-on-year in August to 10,368 sales, marking a 7th double-digit year-on-year gain for the year. This is a particularly strong performance given August 2022 was already…
The Renault Express is the best-selling vehicle in Morocco in August. All our thoughts are with the victims of the Moroccan earthquake. In August, the new light vehicle market in Morocco returns to negative for the 5th time this year at -2.9% to 11,128 sales. This includes 9,666 Passenger Cars…
Fiat sales are up 150% year-on-year in August. The Uruguayan new light vehicle market is up 21.7% year-on-year in August to 5,074 sales, bringing the year-to-date tally up 7.6% to 35,985. Atop the brands ranking, Chevrolet (+67.8%) and Fiat (+150%) vastly outpace the market to 17.8% and 15.2% share respectively…
Toyota holds 19.3% of the Ukrainian market in August. New car sales in Ukraine double year-on-year in August at +98% to 5,790. This means the year-to-date tally is now up 57% to 38,159 units. Toyota (+49.1%) halves the market growth but easily retains the brands top spot with 19.3% share…
Chery holds 7.1% of the Turkish market in August. Once again the Turkish new light vehicle market beats records in August with sales up 78.9% year-on-year to 86,454. This is a new August record, edging past the 82,577 of August 2015. With each month of the year so far being…
The Toyota Yaris Cross breaks its ranking and share records in August... 11/09 update: Now with Top 315 All models ranking. New car sales in France soar 24.3% year-on-year in August to 113,599, leading to a year-to-date tally up 16.6% to 1,132,321. For reference, August 2023 remains -12.1% below the…
The Peugeot 208 is the best-selling vehicle in Portugal in August. 13,050 new cars found a Portuguese home in August, a 14.1% year-on-year uptick. As a result, the year-to-date tally is now up 36.8% to 132,279. Peugeot (+24.2%) confirms it is the favourite carmaker around with 10.7% of the market,…
Ford Ranger sales more than double year-on-year in August. New light vehicle sales in Argentina gain 2.1% year-on-year in August to 36,614 units. That means the year-to-date volume is now up 12.4% to 301,468. Toyota (+11%) and Renault (+10.7%) are in good shape atop the brands ranking, whereas Fiat (-5.2%)…
The Honda HR-V is inside the Brazilian Top 10 in August. New light vehicle sales in Brazil edge up just 1.4% year-on-year in August to 196,878 units. This means the year-to-date tally is now up 10.9% to 1,347,065. Fiat (+2.8%) doubles the market growth to easily remain in the lead…
The Toyota C-HR is by far the best-selling vehicle in Bulgaria in August. With 3965 vehicles sales in August, the Bulgarian new car market surges 39.2% year-on-year. Its year-to-date tally is now up 22.4% to 27,874. Note thanks to low prices, many of these cars are re-exported to the European…