The Renault Duster is the most popular vehicle in Ukraine in June. The Ukrainian new light vehicle market is down -8.1% year-on-year in June to 6,102 units, leading to a H1 volume off -4.8% to 31,304. Toyota (-20.1%) easily retains the brands top spot with 12.4% share and despite a…
The Renault Duster is the best-selling vehicle in Ukraine so far this year. The Ukrainian new light vehicle market is off a harsh -17% year-on-year in May to 5,647 units. This tilts the year-to-date tally into negative at -4% to 25,715. Toyota (-29.9%) craters but still easily wins the brands…
First Top 10 finish for the BMW X3 (including the iX3, pictured). 49,590 new cars hit Polish roads in May, a 6.3% year-on-year improvement. The year-to-date tally is now up 7.4% to 253,067 after five months. Brand leaders Toyota (-6.2%) and Skoda (-7%) can't capitalise on the market growth but…
The Jaecoo 7 is inside the Czech Top 10 for the first time in May. 20,463 new light vehicles hit Czech roads in May, a +4.8% year-on-year improvement. The year-to-date tally after 5 months is up 2.9% to 103,412. Skoda (+12.4%) outpaces its home market to 35.4% share, yet this…
The Renault Megane is the best-selling vehicle in Bulgaria in May. The Bulgarian new car market are up 11.7% year-on-year in May to 4,805 units, which means the year-to-date tally is now up 6% to 22,818. Keep in mind a significant part of these registrations never see Bulgarian roads as…
The MG ZS breaks into the Romanian Top 10 for the first time in May. New car sales in Romania rally back up 7% year-on-year in May to 11,253 units. This is still a poor result given May 2025 was down -32.7% over the year prior. After a mediocre start…
The VW T-Roc ranks #3 in Slovenia in April. 6,004 new cars hit Slovenian roads in April, a splendid 15.6% year-on-year improvement coming at the back of a 10.6% YoY uptick a year ago. The year-to-date volume is now up 13.3% to 22,505. Volkswagen (+22%) is the uncontested leader with…
The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling car in Montenegro in March. With a bit of delay we can now share with you Montenegro data for March 2026, thanks to our local partner CE Auto. The market is up 7.3% year-on year to 410 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up…
The Maruti Suzuki DZire hits its highest monthly volume in almost 8 years. Indian wholesales shoot up a surreal 25% year-on-year in April to 441,721. That's over 88,000 additional sales from one year to the next. Add to this the fact that April 2025 was already a record month and…
The Renault Clio is the faraway leader in Turkiye in April. 104,287 new light vehicle hit Turkish roads in April, a small -1% year-on-year drop making it the second highest ever April volume below the record 105,352 of last year. The year-to-date tally is off -3.1% to 369,696. The top…
The Skoda Octavia is the best-selling vehicle in Hungary in April. New Passenger Cars sales in Hungary progress 9.7% year-on-year in April to 11,832 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 10.5% to 48,287. Skoda (+17%) takes the lead of the brands ranking with 9.8% share but is stuck at…
The Peugeot 208 is the best-selling vehicle in Portugal in April. Very satisfying results for the Portuguese new car market in April with sales up 15.2% year-on-year to 21,594. The year-to-date tally is up an equally impressive 10.8% to 85,653. This month Peugeot (+19.8%) beats the market to return to…
Suzuki holds 10.6% of the New Caledonian new car market over Q1. Q1 volumes in New Caledonia, a French overseas territory located northeast of Australia, gain 44.8% year-on-year to 1,053 units, due to particularly low year-ago results. Suzuki (+115.4%) more than doubles its sales year-on-year to reach 10.6% share, toppling…
The BYD Seal manages its first ever Serbian Top 10 finish in March. Based on data shared with us by our Central European partner CE Auto, the Serbian new car market is up 27.2% year-on-year in March to 3,868 units. This brings the year-to-date tally up 16.3% to 8,093. The…
The VW T-Roc is the third best-selling vehicle in Belgium over Q1 2026. New car sales in Belgium are back into positive territory in March at a solid +8.8% year-on-year to 43,733 units. The Q1 volume is off -5.9% to 113,805. Over Q1, private buyers account for 48.8% of the…