Renault remains the most popular carmaker in Uruguay despite a steep drop this month. The Uruguayan new car market slows down its freefall in February at a still painful -9% to 3.130 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now down 18.9% to 6.105. Renault (-31.1%) remains master in command at…
Mercedes sales gain 15.9% in Singapore in February. After surging 48% in January, new light vehicle sales in Singapore fall back to earth in February at -4% year-on-year to 5.010 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 23% to 13.267. Toyota (including Lexus) reclaims the brands top spot thanks to sales…
The Skoda Fabia is the best-seller at home in February. It's a 6th consecutive year-on-year drop in the Czech Republic with February registrations down 6.7% to 18.847 leading to a year-to-date tally down 12.2% to 38.125. Homegrown leader Skoda (+2.3%) defies the negative for the month but remains down 10.2%…
Dacia remains the most popular carmaker in Bulgaria. The Bulgarian new car market stabilises in February at +0.3% to 3.136 registrations, leading to a year-to-date volume up 3.5% to 6.582. Dacia (+35.2%) posts a fantastic score to improve its footprint on the market to 13.1% share, eclipsing Renault (-7.5%) once again…
The C5 Aircross is already having an impact on Citroen European sales. Update 3 (03/04): Now with the Top 55 brands and Top 350 All-models. Update 2 (09/03): Now with the Top 100 models. Update 1 (28/02): Now with actuals for the Top 25 brands and models. The European new…
Isuzu holds 44.8% of the Tunisian LCV market in 2018. New light vehicle sales in Tunisia hit a wall in 2018 at -19.4% to just 51.348 units, while the parallel market is hit ever harder at -28.9% to 14.493. This fall was expected as 2018 marked a steep devaluation of…
Daihatsu Tanto sales soar 17.4% year-on-year in February. The Japanese new car market scores another positive month in February with sales edging up 1.2% year-on-year to 479.428 units, meaning the year-to-date volume is now up 1.6% to 887.403. Brand leader Toyota (+1.8%) outpaces the market to snatch a 28.1% share,…
The Jeep Compass scores its 2nd ever podium finish in Italy. It's a 5th decline in the past 6 months for new car sales in Italy in February at -3.2% to 177.847 units, bringing the year-to-date tally down 5.4% or almost 20.000 sales to 343.758. Encouragingly, this decline is occurring…
The 508 (+125.6%) helps Peugeot sales surge 18.8% year-on-year in Spain this month. Spanish new car sales endure a 6th consecutive year-on-year decline in February at -6.9% to 103.449 units, however still the only six-digit February figure in the past 11 years alongside last year (111.166), but the first February…
The Kia Cee'd is up 33.2% to climb to #2 in Slovakia in January. New car sales in Slovakia sink -11.8% year-on-year in January to 7.096 registrations. Brand leader Skoda (-20.7%) falls almost twice as fast as the market but remains comfortably in the lead at 19.5% share, double that…
The Citroen Berlingo is the best-selling vehicle in Estonia in January. Thanks to our partnership with JATO Dynamics, we can share with you today Estonian sales data for January when registrations drop 10.7% year-on-year to 2.186. The models ranking is totally reshuffled in this start of year with the Citroen…
Citroen sales in Uruguay are up 81.3% in a market down 27.2%. After freefalling -19.6% over the Full Year 2018, new car sales in Uruguay start in an ever worse fashion with January registrations imploding down 27.2% to 2.975. Just as its Kwid managed its first ever win in the…
The Golf (+44.7%) helps Volkswagen up 22.5% this month in Denmark. Danish new car sales start 2019 with a bang as January registrations bounce up 7% to 21.313 units. Volkswagen (+22.5%) is partly responsible for this surge at 13.8% share, distancing Peugeot (-0.5%) edging down but up to a fantastic…
Sales of Peugeot 308 in Greece are up 12-fold year-on-year in January. Solid start of the year for Greek new car sales at +3.7% to 9.210 units. Brand leader Toyota (-5.4%) isn't surfing on the positive wave but remains in the lead at 12.5%, even though Peugeot (+10.6%), Opel (+10.3%)…
Discounts on the outgoing generation and demo sales of the new one (pictured) means the Triton outsells the Hilux in January. Signalling that the streak of 5 consecutive record years New Zealand has enjoyed may be coming to an end, January sales recede 6% to 13.938 units, with passenger cars…