The Renault Clio is by far the most popular vehicle in Martinique in 2024. New light vehicle sales in Martinique, a French overseas territory located in the Caribbean, skid -10.7% in 2024 to 14,628 units. Even though H1 sales were up 6%, a disastrous H2 (-21.8%) pulled the Full Year…
Dacia Duster sales are up 43.6% year-on-year in Mayotte. Mayotte is a French overseas archipelago located north west of Madagascar. Its new light vehicle market is off -9.5% in 2024 to 2,331 sales. Dacia (+6.9%) defies the negative context to overtake Peugeot (-26.5%) and take the lead of the brands…
The Renault Clio is the most popular model in Reunion in 2024. 2024 is a difficult year for new car sales in Reunion, a French overseas territory located east of Madagascar. 26,351 new light vehicles found a buyer, a harsh -11.8% year-on-year drop. Renault (-7.2%) resists better than the market…
Dacia holds 16.5% of the French Guianan market in 2024. 6,613 new light vehicles hit French Guiana roads in 2024, a -5.2% year-on-year contraction. Peugeot (-1.3%) falls slower than the market and remains the most popular carmaker in the territory with 17.8% share. Dacia (+4.6%) however is catching up with…
Kia sales are up 62.3% in February. We have a new monthly update on BSCB: Martinique, a French overseas territory. After 6 consecutive months of year-on-year decline including -21.2% last November, -21% in December and -13.6% in January, new car sales in the territory are up 16.9% in February to…
The Renault Symbioz is up to a record #13 in France in February. 14/03 update: Now with Top 244 All models ranking 141,569 new cars found a buyer in France in February, showing a market returning to stability at -0.7% year-on-year. Keep in mind February 2024 was up 12% on…
The Audi Q8 is up to a record 5th place in February. 19,619 new cars found a buyer in Austria in February, a -1.9% year-on-year drop. This way, the year-to-date tally is up 6.7% to 40,067 thanks to a splendid start of the year (January at +16.5%). Volkswagen (-5.2%) falls…
The Dacia Bigster has landed in its home charts. The Romanian new car market is up 4.5% year-on-year in February to 11,850 units, but due to a disappointing January result, the year-to-date tally remains in negative at -1.3% to 23,770. Local hero Dacia (+6.5%) is solid but drops to 29.8%…
The Peugeot 208 is the best-selling car in Portugal in February. Worryingly, Portuguese new car sales are down again this month at -5.1% to 19,463 units. This means the year-to-date tally is off -6.3% to 33,967. Peugeot (-6.5%) is the faraway leader once again at 12.6% share for the month…
Peugeot sales are up 662.5% in February. The Moroccan new light vehicle market continues to shoot up in February at +46.4% year-on-year to 15,758 units. This is split between 13,506 passenger cars (+42.7%) and 2,259 light commercials (+72.9%). After freefalling in January, Dacia (+30.3%) recovers this month to 23.8% share…
The Suzuki Vitara is #1 in Croatia in February. 2025 e-Vitara model shown. New car sales in Croatia recede -5.5% year-on-year in February to 4,239 units, leading to a year-to-date volume off -2.8% to 8,700. Skoda (+5%) easily reclaims the brands top spot from Volkswagen (-2.2%) with 15.4% share vs…
Renault sales surge in Belgium in February. Another disappointing month for Belgian new car sales in February at -8.1% year-on-year to 40,161 units. This way, the year-to-date tally recedes -10.7% or almost 10,000 sales to 80,755. BMW (-1.3%) leads the brands charts again but drops to 10.7% share after reaching…
First Top 20 finish for the Fiat 600 at home. It's another disappointing result for the Italian new car market with February sales off -6.3% year-on-year to 137,922. This brings the year-to-date tally to 271,638, down -6.1% over the same period a year ago and -21% over pre-pandemic 2019. Private…
The MG ZS is the most popular vehicle in Spain in February. It's another sturdy month for new car sales in Spain, with February up 11% year-on-year to 90,327 units. This leads to a year-to-date tally up 8.4% to 162,643. The nation-wide volume is helped by replacement vehicles purchased in…
VW sales bounce back up in January. 04/03 update: Now with Top 97 All brands and Top 514 All models (Source JATO) 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…