The Citroen C3 is the best-selling vehicle in North Macedonia in May. According to data released by our Eastern European data specialist partner CE Auto, new car sales in North Macedonia sink -56.4% year-on-year in May to 274 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down -23.9% to 1.776. The Citroen C3 (+15.4%)…
French new car sales are slowly recovering after the lockdown was lifted on May 11. 20/06 update: Now with Top 270 All-models and Top 30 All-EV models. 2/06 update: Now with the Top 55 All-brands. The much anticipated May volumes in Europe are starting to trickle down, giving us a…
Uruguay is the first country to crown the Suzuki S-Presso. Picture motorbeam.com The Uruguayan new car market drops -54.2% year-on-year in May to 1.538 registrations, pulling the year-to-date tally down -29.8% to 10.927. Suzuki (+0.8%) continues to swim upstream, even managing a small year-on-year gain, the only one in the Top…
The Mercedes GLB ranks inside the Polish Top 160. Picture moto3m.pl A new Top 160 Passenger Cars ranking now available for Poland for the January-April 2020 period, an upgrade on our monthly Top 50. It shows the Mazda CX-30 already up to #53, the Citroen C5 Aircross at #66, the…
Citroen gains 29.9% in a market down -51.6%. Picture queenoftheroad.co.il After stalling -88.7% in April, the Israeli new car market stirs itself back into better shape in May as COVID-19 lockdowns ease, dropping another -51.6% to 10.347 units according to data shared with us by our local partner cartube.co.il. This…
The Citroen C3 is #1 in Denmark for the 2nd time in history. Picture bilmagasinet.dk Following a trend we've already observed in the Netherlands and Finland, the Danish new car market goes against the European grain and actually fares worst in May at -40.1% to 11.432 units than it did…
The A-Class is #1 in Portugal in May, helping Mercedes to a record share. New daily coronavirus cases have remained below 400 since May 8 in Portugal but the pandemic hasn't been completely wrestled to the ground just yet, adding up to 33.592 cases and 1.455 deaths at the time…
The Toyota Hilux is back to #1 in Argentina. As the country is slowly awakening from its COVID-19 torpor, new vehicle sales in Argentina drop -42.6% year-on-year in May to 21.015 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down -45.4% to 115.864. That's a much better hold than in April (-88.3%) but still hardly…
The Audi A1 climbs on the Spanish podium for the first time. New car sales in Spain collapse -72.7% year-on-year in May to 34.337 registrations, according to data by Anfac. This follows a March drop of -69.3% and an April fall of -96.5%, as contrary to France, the May drop…
The Skoda Fabia is the best-selling vehicle in North Macedonia in April. Our Eastern European data specialist partner CE Auto is telling us sales of new cars in North Macedonia drop -76.4% year-on-year in April to 156, leading to a year-to-date tally down -40.7% to 1.502. It's worth noting that no vehicle…
Peugeot is the most popular brand in Turkey in April. 29/05 update: Now with Top 25 models. Following the spread of COVID-19 in Turkey, a 15-day entry ban to the 30 provinces with metropolitan status was imposed on April 3 but infections continued to rise through the month to reach 120.204…
Toyota soars to 36% share in New Caledonia in April. New Caledonia is a French overseas archipelago located north-east of Australia. Unlike metropolitan France where the COVID-19 lockdown lasted until May 11, here businesses reopened as early as April 20. After March sales down a moderate -25.9%, April deliveries drop -47.2%…
The Seat Ibiza first topped the Spanish charts in 1987. May 2020 update: Now with All-brands annual rankings from 2007 to 2011 and All-models rankings from 2011 onwards, meaning BSCB now offers Spanish All-brands annual data without interruption since 1985. August 2019 update: Now complete with All-brands, All-models, All LCV brands and…
Thanks to new launches such as the S-Presso, Suzuki is down just -14.6%. COVID-19 movement restrictions triggered a -58.3% year-on-year drop for new car sales in Uruguay in April to 1.233 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down -23.2% to 9.369. Suzuki (-14.6%) resists a lot better than the market and…
The spectacular new G80 helps lift Genesis to a new volume record. 13/05 update: Now with Top 30 All-brands and Top 10 foreign models. The coronavirus now seems like a long lost memory in South Korea which went from 2nd most affected country in the world as of March 6 when…