VW sales bounce back up in January. 28/02 update: Now with Top 25 brands and models (Source JATO) According to preliminary data by ACEA, new car sales in Europe (27 countries EU+UK+EFTA) drops -2.1% year-on-year in January to 995,271 units. Among the Top 5 markets, France (-6.2%), Italy (-5.8%), Germany…
The Skoda Kodiaq is the best-selling vehicle in Latvia in 2024. Discover close to 55 years of Latvian Historical Data here. New car sales in Latvia drop -8.4% year-on-year in 2024. Thanks to JATO we have a Top 10 models available including 2023 figures. The Skoda Kodiaq (+35.8%) upsets the…
The BYD Song Plus is the 2nd best-selling car in Moldova in January. CE Auto data shows a Moldovan new car market up 16.2% year-on-year in January to 589 sales. The Skoda Kodiaq (+100%) snaps the top spot for the first time since June 2023, but the big event is…
The Skoda Octavia is the best-selling vehicle in Bulgaria in 2024. Consult 45 years of Bulgarian Historical Info here. New car sales in Bulgaria soar 15.9% year-on-year in 2024 to 49,751 units, believed to be a new record, eclipsing the previous high mark established in 2008. Total vehicles add up…
Volkswagen holds an improved 15.7% of the San Marino market in 2024. San Marino is a landlocked microstate located on the northeastern part of Italy. It is home to 34,000 inhabitants. 991 new cars hit San Marino roads in 2024, a +2.2% year-on-year improvement. The Top 3 carmakers clearly dominate…
The Citroen C3 IV is the best-selling vehicle at home in January. 18/02 update: Now with Top 300 All models ranking Slow start of 2025 for the French new car market at -6.2% year-on-year to 114,672 sales. Petrol sales are off a daunting -28.2% to 29,974 units and 26.1% share…
First Austrian Top 20 finish for the Cupra Terramar. It's a splendid start of the year for new car sales in Austria, up 16.5% year-on-year in January to 20,448 units. The Top 3 brands all belong to the VW Group and all beat the market: Volkswagen is up 25.2% to…
The Cupra Born is the 5th most popular car with German private buyers in January. Private sales account for 36.1% of Total German sales in January at 74,958 units. This is to be compared with just 29.3% in January 2024 and a stellar 19.8% year-on-year uptick vs. -2.8% for the…
Hyundai sales almost double year-on-year in January 13/02 update: Now with Top 37 All brands ranking Sales of light vehicles in Morocco jump +24.1% year-on-year in January to 14,997 units. This includes 13,139 passenger cars (+18.7%) and 1,858 light commercials (+84%). In the passenger car brands ranking, Dacia (-32.2%) has…
The Nissan Juke has never been ranked so high in Portugal. 14,504 new cars found a buyer in Portugal in January, a significant -7.8% year-on-year fall. Peugeot (-31.9%) compensates for a particularly high year-ago result. Dacia (+1.1%) is solid at #2 with 9% share, equally its December level. Toyota (+10.9%)…
The Dacia Logan remains the most popular vehicle at home. Romanian new car sales start the year poorly with a -6.4% year-on-year drop in January to 11,920 units. Local behemoth Dacia (+1.6%) defies the negative market and sees its share climb to 33.6% vs. 29.4% over the Full Year 2024 and…
BMW is the most popular carmaker in Luxembourg in January. The Luxembourg new car market edges up 2.6% year-on-year in January to 3,720 units. BMW (+10.9%) scores a 4th win in the past 14 month with 12.8% share, its highest since December 2023 (14.4%). Mercedes (+30.5%) manages a splendid year-on-year…
The BMW X3 is the best-selling vehicle in Switzerland in January. 14,788 new cars found a buyer in Switzerland in January, a -2.9% skid. 4x4 sales are off -5.7% to 7,579 and 51.3% share vs. 52.8% a year ago. As for sales by propulsion, petrol sinks -23% to 3,822 and…
The Toyota Yaris Cross ranks #2 in Ireland in January. The Irish new car market starts the year on the right foot with January sales, traditionally the highest of the year due to the license plate change, gain 6.7% to 33,521 units. Toyota (-1.8%) can't take advantage of the market's…
BMW holds 14.8% of the Belgian new car market in January, a new record. It's a very slow start of the year for the Belgian new car market, off -13% year-on-year in January to 40,594 units. Note though that January 2024 was up 17.1% on the year prior. More than…