The Toyota Yaris Cross (#7) helps Toyota reach record heights in Italy. New car sales in Italy confirm they are back in positive in October at +14.6% to 115,827 registrations. As it has been the case for the past few months, this performance has to be compared with October 2021…
The Dacia Sandero is the best-selling vehicle in Spain in October. The Spanish new car market lodges a third straight year-on-year gain in October at +11.7% to 65,966 sales. Keep in mind October 2021 was down -20.5% on the year prior however. The year-to-date volume is now down -5.8% to 666,247…
The Skoda Octavia is the most popular vehicle in North Macedonia in September. Based on data by our local partner CE Auto, the North Macedonian new car market is off a harsh -14.9% year-on-year in September to only 377 sales. This bring the year-to-date tally down -6.8% to 3,814 units. The…
The Renault Megane E-Tech is already inside the French Top 10. Picture largus.fr 28/10 update: Now with Top 300 all models. The French new car market confirms it may have bottomed out with a second straight year-on-year lift in September at +5.5% to 141,142 registrations. However this result is down…
BYD has almost doubled its volume record in the past 6 months. Fourth straight month of very solid year-on-year gain in September for wholesales in China: up 25.7% to 2,610,000 units according to data by the Chinese Association of Automobile Manufacturers. It misses out on the title of highest September…
The Suzuki S-Cross is back to #1 in Hungary. 10,988 new light vehicles found a buyer in September in Hungary, a -2.3% year-on-year drop leading to a year-to-date volume down -10.8% over the same period in 2021 to 99,819 units. In the Passenger Cars + Light Commercial Vehicles brands ranking,…
The Citroen Berlingo is up 10-fold year-on-year in September. Whereas most of the European market is in positive, new car sales in Slovenia drop a worrying -8.5% year-on-year in September to 3,776 units. This means the year-to-date tally is now off -14.7% to 36,758. Atop the brands ranking, Volkswagen (+10%)…
Volkswagen is the best-selling brand in Uruguay in September. 4,684 new light vehicles hit Uruguayan roads in September, that's a solid 9% year-on-year increase. It leads to a year-to-date volume up 2.1% to 38,123 units. Volkswagen (+25.6%) is the best-selling brand in the country for the second time in the…
The Toyota RAV4 is the best-selling vehicle in New Caledonia in September. New Caledonia is a French archipelago located north east of Australia. New car sales there surge 46.6% year-on-year to 724 units, keeping in mind September 2021 was down -38.2% on the year prior. As a result the year-to-date…
The Skoda Octavia is the best-selling vehicle in the Czech Republic in September. New car sales in the Czech Republic gain 5.2% year-on-year in September to 14,898 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -11.1% to 143,843. Homegrown behemoth Skoda (+9.4%) beats its home market to reach 36.2% share vs.…
First month in market for the Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara Wholesales of new locally produced cars in India surge by a whopping 89.5% year-on-year in September to hit a new all-time monthly volume record at 354,702 units. This is the first time the Indian market crosses the 350,000 monthly unit milestone…
The Toyota Aygo X scores its first Top 10 finish in Italy. Italian new car sales are in positive for the second straight month in September at +5.4% year-on-year to 110,976 units. However keep in mind September 2021 sales were down -32.5% on the year prior so we remain at…
The Chery iCar ranks #52 in Brazil in September. New light vehicle sales in Brazil post a second consecutive month of year-on-year double-digit gains in September at a splendid +26.8% to 180.424 units. Keep in mind however that September 2021 was down -28.4% on the year prior. The year-to-date tally…
Peugeot sales are up 23.6% year-on-year in Europe in August. 05/10 update: Now with Top 75 all-brands and Top 407 all-models. According to data by ACEA, new car sales in Europe (EU+EFTA+UK) mark their first year-on-year progression since June 2021, edge up 3.4% year-on-year in August to 748,941, leading to…
The Renault Arkana is up to a worldwide record 2nd place in Spain in September. 67,240 new cars hit Spanish roads in September, that's a second consecutive year-on-year uptick at +12.7%. The year-to-date tally is now down -7.4% to 600,281 units. In the detail, private sales grow by a modest…