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…
French new car sales fall to their lowest April tally since 1950. 8/05 update: Now with Top 220 All-models. 5/05 update: Now with Top 50 All-brands. As we anticipated a week ago, French new car sales stall -88.8% year-on-year in April to just 20.997 registrations as the country was under…
The Skoda Kamiq is up to a record #12 in Finland in April. Picture hs.fi 3/06 update: Now with Top 32 All-brands and Top 50 models. The COVID-19 state of emergency in Finland was extended to May 13, but it only involves the closure of most schools and government-run public…
The Citroen C3 is #1 in North Macedonia both in March and YTD. 06/05: Now with amended data - original data was incorrect. According to our Eastern European data partner CE Auto, new car sales in North Macedonia sink -53.3% year-on-year in March to 382 registrations as the country went into total…
The Opel Crossland X is the best-selling vehicle in Spain in April. In order to stem the spread of COVID-19, Spain has been under a strict national lockdown since March 16, scheduled to last until May 11. At the time of writing, Spain ranks 2nd in the world for reported…
Citroen drops "just" -26% in Slovakia in March. 28/05 update: Now with Q1 2020 Top 10 models. In February, the Slovak new car market is down -4.7% year-on-year to 7.220 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -4.9% to 13.953. Skoda (+13.9%) swims upstream and improves its share to 21.7%…
06/05 update: Now with refined final data for the Top 25 brands and Top 100 models. 01/05 update: Now with Top 55 brands and Top 360 models. New car sales in Europe-27 markets (EU+EFTA+UK) collapse -51.9% year-on-year in March to just 848.800 units according to figures released by JATO Dynamics,…
Turkish sales went from +89.4% in February to +1.6% in March, but no COVID-19 lockdown yet means the coming slump may last longer. 30/04 update: Now with Top 25 models. Even though President Erdoğan urged the Turkish public to stay at home on March 18 and all international borders and…
The Nissan Micra ranks #7 in New Caledonia in March. New Caledonia, a French overseas archipelago located north-east of Australia, was in lockdown between March 24 and April 19 (vs. March 17 to at least May 11 for the French mainland), and seems to have wrestled COVID-19 to the ground with…
The Toyota Aygo is up 82.8% year-on-year in a market down -60.7%. Greece increased COVID-19 related restrictions all through March, starting with national school closures in affected areas (March 10) and retail closures (March 16) and culminating in a nationwide lockdown from March 23 onwards. As a result the new…
The BMW 3 Series signs its first German podium since September 2013. 15/04 update: Now with Top 300 All Private Sales models. Germany has been under a national curfew since March 22, later than neighbouring countries which has allowed its new car market a little more breathing space in March.…