Hyundai sales more than double year-on-year while the Tucson is up 69.9%. 10,198 new cars found a buyer in Romania in May, that's a 24% year-on-year increase and marks a 5th consecutive month of double-digit gains. Romania continues to evolve at the opposite of most other European markets. The year-to-date…
The Skoda Karoq is #1 at home in May. New car sales in the Czech Republic continue to suffer from stock shortages resulting from the microchip crisis with May volumes down -16.8% to 18,073 units. The year-to-date tally is now down -11.1% to 80,178. Local behemoth Skoda (-27.6%) is in…
The Toyota C-HR is up to a record 2nd place in Poland in May. 34,942 new cars hit Polish roads in May, a -13.2% year-on-year decline that brings the year-to-date tally down -13.7% to 168,850. Toyota (17%) remains ultra dominant yet slightly below its YTD level of 18.4%. Volkswagen surges…
The Toyota Yaris Cross is up to a record 6th place in Finland in May. 7,721 new passenger cars hit Finnish roads in May, a -19.5% year-on-year decline. The year-to-date volume now stands at 35,414, off -22.3% over the same period in 2021. Toyota (+12.2%) and Kia (+15.4%) hold onto…
The Cupra Formentor signs its first ever Top 20 finish in Croatia. New car sales in Croatia are down -6.6% year-on-year in May to 4,186 units, leading to a year-to-date volume off -3.9% to 18,419. Volkswagen (-12.5%) reclaims the overall brands lead it holds year-to-date at 11.1% share vs. 10.2%…
The Ford Kuga is up to #4 in Sweden in May. 26,413 new cars hit Swedish roads in May, a 8.6% year-on-year increase leading to a year-to-date tally down -13.8% to 118,094. Rechargeable cars soar 21.4% to 12,508 and 47.4% share vs. 39% a year ago, including 6,372 BEV (+61.4%)…
The Peugeot 208 is the best-selling vehicle in May and year-to-date. New car sales in the Netherlands endure a second consecutive declining month in May at -7.4% year-on-year to 23,508 units. The year-to-date volume is down -4.6% to 123,811. Atop the brands ranking, Kia (+6.6%) and Peugeot (+30.8%) go against…
The Ford Kuga is up to #3 overall in the UK in May. Hit by the continued effect of supply chain issues, the UK new car market accelerates its fall in May to -20.6% year-on-year at 123,394 registrations. When removing pandemic-hit May 2020, this is the weakest May volume since…
The Toyota Aygo X breaks into the Italian Top 20 in May. The Italian new car market slows down its fall in May to -15.1% and 121,299 units, the smallest year-on-year decline of the year so far. The year-to-date tally is down down -24.3% or 178,000 sales below the same…
The Hyundai i30 easily tops the Slovak charts this month. The Slovak new car market is down -10.7% year-on-year in April to 6,058 units, leading to a year-to-date up 13.3% to 25,279. There's a thunderbolt in the brands ranking: for the first time in history Hyundai (+42.3%) is the best-selling…
VW T-Roc New car sales in Greece drop -8.9% year-on-year in April to 9,289 units, leading to a year-to-date volume off -5.7% to 31,716. Toyota (+0.2%) goes against the negative trend to cement its leadership in the brands charts with 13.7% share vs. 14.7% YTD. Volkswagen (+49.8%) posts a rare…
The Peugeot 308 nameplate is on the French podium for the first time in over 5 years. Picture largus.fr 24/05 update: Now with Top 150 models Note the November 2021, December 2021, Full Year 2021, January 2022, February 2022 and March 2022 articles have also been updated with a Top…
The Mitsubishi Outlander is #1 in New Zealand in April. 9,756 new vehicles found a New Zealand home in April, that's a harsh -25.6% year-on-year fall which means the year-to-date tally is now up just 3.4% on the same period in 2021 to 56,800. For once Passenger Cars are up…
The VW T-Cross is the best-selling vehicle in Austria in April. The Austrian new car market continues to implode in April with sales down a steep -26.6% year-on-year to 16,364 units. This leads the year-to-date volume down -19.9% to 68,739. Volkswagen (-43.5%) stumbles down way faster than the market but holds…
Peugeot April sales are up 48% in a market down -22.8%. New car sales in Luxembourg drop a harsh -22.8% year-on-year in April to just 3,341 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -12.5% to 14,688. Peugeot (+48%) surges ahead with the biggest year-on-year gain in the Top 10 to…