The Ford Puma is up to a record #3 in February in Italy. Picture red-live.it New car sales in Italy record a third consecutive double-digit loss in February at -12.3% to 144.138 registrations. Contrary to Spain which we've just covered, private sales are actually up in Italy this month at…
The Toyota Yaris ranks #2 in Italy for the second month running. Picture quattroruote.it New car sales in Italy start the year with a -14.1% year-on-year drop in January to 134.772 units. Stable private sales pull the market up at -0.7% to 91.561 and 67.9% share vs. 58.8% in January…
The Dacia Sandero scores its first ever annual win in Spain. Consult almost 50 years worth of Spanish Historical Data here. The Spanish new car market ends the 2020 year on a harsh -32.3% fall to just 851.211 units, the lowest annual volume since 2013 (723.936). Private sales outperform the…
Italy was under a nationwide lockdown during all of April. 26/06 update: Now with Top 120 YTD models. As we anticipated last week, the Italian new car market has ground to an almost complete halt in April as the country was under one of the world's strictest COVID-19 lockdowns during…
The new T-Cross helps Volkswagen outpace the European market at +1.7%. Discover 50 years of European Historical Data here. 19/02 update: Now with Top 55 brands, Top 415 models and Top 10 electrified models. According to data shared with you by our European partner JATO Dynamics, new car sales in…
The Opel Corsa hits its highest Italian ranking since December 2011. The FY2019 article has now been updated with the Top 200 models. At -5.8% to 156.301 registrations, the Italian market drop in January is smaller than Spain (-7.5%) and France (-13.4%) and with Italy being traditionally stronger at the…
The Dacia Duster soars to #3 in Italy in 2019. Consult over 90 years of Italian Historical Data here. 04/02 update: Now with Top 200 models. In what is shaping up to be a European pattern, the Italian new car market benefits from an artificial December surge - up 12.2%…
The Rifter helps push Peugeot to #1 in Spain, accounting for 14% of its 2019 volume. Consult over 45 years of Spanish Historical Data here. New car sales in Spain put an end to 6 consecutive years of growth in 2019 at -2.4% to 1.302.963 units, the first year-on-year decline…
The Dacia Duster is up 50.1% to a record 2nd place overall in Italy. Unlike Spain or France, Italy wasn't much affected by pre-WLTP stock clearances a year ago, and as a result August 2019 sales are down a measured -3.5% to 89.353 units, very close to their YTD evolution…
Fiat Tipo sales are down -53.4% at home in July despite a recent facelift. New registrations in Italy edge down just -0.3% year-on-year in June to 153.535 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -3.3% to 1.240.642. As we have observed in both France and Spain already, this is actually a…
The Dacia Duster is up 62.4% in a market down -3.8%. 31/07/2019 update: Now with the Top 180 best-selling models. New car sales in Italy drop -3.8% over the First Half of 2018 to 1.086.224 units when stable private and rental sales can't compensate for freefalling company sales. Private sales…
The Jeep Renegade is up to #2 in Italy in June. 31/07/2019 update: Now with the Top 10 models with rental companies. The Italian new car market recedes year-on-year for the 9th time in the past 11 months in June at -2.2% to 172.475 units. This despite very dynamic rental…
The Fiat 500 scores its first podium finish at home in over a year. New car sales in Italy are back in negative territory for the 8th time in the past 10 months at -1.5% in May to 197.876 units, leading to a year-to-date volume now down -4.1% to 913.120.…
Citroen is the only Top 12 brand in positive over Q1 in Europe. New car sales in Europe ex-Russia and Turkey drop -3.2% over the First Quarter of 2019 to 4.13 million units. Germany (+0.2%) is the only Top 5 market to register a (very meagre) uptick, with France (-1.1%)…
The Dacia Duster climbs on the Italian podium for the very first time. In April, new car sales in Italy register their third year-on-year gain in the past 12 months after last July and December at a shy +1.2% to 174.940 units, yet the year-to-date volume remains firmly set in…