The T-Cross is Volkswagen's best-seller in Italy for the 2nd month running. New car sales in Italy gain 6.6% year-on-year in October to 157.984 units, yet this isn't enough to tilt the YTD volume back into positive: -1.1% to 1.632.333. Company sales, up 22.9% to 32.499 and 20.6% share vs.…
The Kia Xceed breaks into the Spanish Top 50 in October. The Spanish new car market gains 8.4% year-on-year in October to 97.986 units, the largest result for the month in exactly 10 years - since the 98.512 units of October 2009. The year-to-date tally is now down -3.7% to…
The Kia Rio breaks into the Finnish Top 10 in October. In October, new car sales in Finland soar 18.1% on weak year-ago post-WLTP figures to 9.249 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down -8.2% to 95.684. Even though it trails the market growth, Toyota (+11.7%) easily remains the most…
The Citroen C3 remains the best-seller in North Macedonia. According to data shared with us by our partner CE Auto, North Macedonian new car sales gain 21.1% year-on-year in September to 552 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 25.7% to 5.465. The Citroen C3 (+22.6%) holds onto the top spot for…
The Cee'd lifts Kia Slovak sales up 97.1% in September. The Slovak new car market only edges up 7.3% year-on-year in September to 4.849 units, whereas last year was a particularly weak post-WLTP comparison based (4.519), itself down 37% on September 2017 (7.177). The year-to-date tally is now up 1%…
The Chevrolet Onix Plus replaces the Prisma in the Brazilian Top 10. New vehicle sales in Brazil cough (read drop) for the second time in the past 3 months at -1.4% year-on-year in October to 241.175 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 7.5% to 2.176.145. There are however wide…
The Skoda Fabia is #1 in Serbia for September. According to data provided by our partner CE Auto, new car sales in Serbia drop -4.1% year-on-year in September to 2.294 units, yet the year-to-date tally remains in positive at +5.7% to 26.637. The Skoda Fabia lifts up 3 spots on August…
The Citroen C3 is the best-selling vehicle in North Macedonia in August. Thanks to our partnership with Eastern European data specialist CE Auto we can share with you today August data for North Macedonia. Sales surge 34.3% year-on-year to 532 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 26.2% to 4.913. Leader over the…
The Kia Seltos is up to #4 in South Korea in September. 18/10 update: Now with the Top 10 foreign models. The South Korean new car market manages to post its first gain since last January at +4.1% to 132.611 units thanks to foreign manufacturers particularly strong at +17.3% to…
The VW T-Cross breaks into the Greek Top 10 this month. The Greek new car market enjoys a third consecutive month of double-digit gains in September at +19.8% to 5.899 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 10.3% to 92.772. 6 of the Top 7 best-selling carmakers outpace the galloping…
Volkswagen is now the #1 brand in Uruguay YTD. New car sales in Uruguay skid down -2.5% year-on-year in September to 3.355 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -9.9% to 29.179. Volkswagen (+35%) holds onto the monthly top spot for the 5th time in the past 6 months, snatching…
Mercedes sales soar 35% in a market down -9.7% in September. The Singaporean new car market continues to skid in September at -9.7% year-on-year to 5.577 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -5.5% to 57.444. The Top 3 carmakers however swim upstream, each posting a double-digit gain: Honda is up…
The VW T-Cross is the best-selling vehicle in Slovenia in September. The Slovenian new car market gains 6.6% year-on-year in September to 5.322 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -4.3% to 57.408. Volkswagen (+53.8%) recuperates from a severe post-WLTP hangover a year ago to hold onto the top brands spot…
First monthly win at home for the Renault Clio 5, but can it resist the arrival of the Peugeot 208 II next month? 10/10 update: Now with Top 40 brands and Top 280 models. After suffering from an unusually high comparison set last month due to rushed pre-WLTP year-ago sales,…
The Tesla Model 3 is up to a record 4th place in Denmark in September. New car sales in Denmark mechanically shoot back up 32.6% year-on-year in September to 15.992 units on weak post-WLTP year-ago volumes, lifting the year-to-date tally to a new record 173.627 units, up 2.1% on the…