The Sandero (+12%) helps Dacia hit a record 6th place in Spain in August. The Spanish new car market logically falls -29% year-on-year in August because one year ago the market was artificially boosted up 49% by pre-WLTP stock clearing registrations. A better comparison set is August 2017, and this…
The Audi Q2 is up to #22 in Turkey in July. After a slight pause at "just" -16.4% in June, the Turkish new light vehicle market resumes its implosion at a ghastly -66% in July to only 17.927 units, pulling the year-to-date volume down -47.5% to 213.071. Out of the 40…
The Toyota Yaris ranks equal #2 in North Macedonia in July. According to our Eastern European data partner CE Auto, the North Macedonian new car market is up 10.1% year-on-year in July to 590 sales, leading to a year-to-date volume up 25.4% to 4.379. The VW Golf (+52.6%) leaps back up…
The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling vehicle in Lithuania in July. The Lithuanian new car market freefalls -18.1% year-on-year in July to 2.266 registrations, bringing the revised year-to-date tally down -20.3% to 14.909. Like last month, the Toyota Corolla returns a full scoreboard by ranking #1 in every Baltic state…
The Toyota RAV4 steps up to #2 YTD in Latvia. New car sales in Latvia show strong resolve in July at +13% to 1.580 units, leading to a revised year-to-date volume now down -5.4% at 9.904. The Toyota Corolla (+262.5%) remains the most popular vehicle in the country both for…
The Toyota Corolla remains the best-selling vehicle in Estonia, but just. The Estonian new car market lifts +7.7% year-on-year in July to 2.429 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down -7.9% to 15.506. The Toyota Corolla (+636.4%) holds onto the top spot for just 3 sales above the YTD leader,…
Suzuki Mehran, Toyota Corolla dn Suzuki Alto market shares in Pakistan August 2009-July 2019 We recently wrote about the arrival of the new locally-produced Suzuki Alto in Pakistan, securing a 9.6% share for its first month of sales in the country in June and shooting up to an incredible 36.4%…
The Kazakh new vehicle market scores a splendid 5th consecutive double-digit year-on-year gain in July at +35.1% to 7.056 units, pushing the YTD volume up 20.8% to 39.134. After Hyundai scooped its first ever brands pole position in June, Toyota (+22.8%) wrestles the #1 spot back for just 8 units above…
The Peugeot 208 and Citroen C3 are the best-selling models in France in July. 27/08/2019 update: Now with the Top 50 All-brands and Top 353 All-models. If the June -8.4% fall appeared higher than it really was due to two less selling days vs. June 2018, the situation is reversed…
Our Toyota Corolla Hybrid in Silverton, Australia. The Toyota Corolla needs no introduction: a nameplate originally launched in 1966, more than 46 million units across 12 generations have been sold since. The Corolla has been the best-selling vehicle in the world on and off since 1974 and without interruption from 2005…
The Suzuki Alto holds a record 36.4% of the Pakistani market in July. Thanks to PAMA we can share with you today July sales of locally-produced light vehicles in Pakistan, a fair representation of new car landscape in the country as high taxes make imports negligible. The market is down a…
The Kia Sportage is the best-selling vehicle in Cyprus in July. Based on data shared with us by our local partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, new car sales in Cyprus gain a sturdy 13.5% year-on-year in July to 1.292 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now down -10.5% to 7.833. With…
The Toyota Corolla was #1 in the world 1980. 20/08/2019 update: Now with information for 1983 (1 new and 2 updated articles). The direct links to 38 Historical World posts are below. Thanks to Florian at Interautonews I can now share with you the world's best-selling models in much more detail…
The Ford Escort was #1 in Ireland in 1974 18/04/2024 update: Now with brands data for 1972 (1 new article). 20/08/2019 update: Now with information for 1983 and 1985 (2 new articles). 18/07/2019 update: Now with an annual All-brands ranking from 1990 to 2000 (7 new articles). The direct links…
The Mercedes EQC has landed in Switzerland. New car sales in Switzerland edge up 0.1% year-on-year in July to 25.518 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down just -0.4% to 182.654. 4x4 sales gain 1% to 12.548 and a whopping 49.2% share vs. 48.7% year-to-date and are up 3.3% YTD…