The Toyota C-HR misses out on the YTD top spot for just one sale. New light vehicle sales in Bulgaria advance 9.5% year-on-year in February to 2,260 units, keeping in mind February 2021 was down -17% on the year prior. The year-to-date tally is now up 10.9% to 4,712. The…
The Hyundai Solaris ranks #2 in Russia, its highest position since December 2016. The Russian new car market is down -4.8% year-on-year in February to 114,349 units, bringing the year-to-date talky down -4.3% to 206,011. It is too early to feel the potential effects of the economic sanctions levelled at…
The Hyundai Tucson is up to a record third place in the Czech Republic in February. New car sales in the Czech Republic drop -3.1% year-on-year in February to 14,225 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 3.4% to 30,488. Skoda (+5%) and Hyundai (+6.3%) defy the market decline and post year-on-year…
Dacia Duster sales are up 3-fold in Romania in February. New car sales in Romania gain 25.1% year-on-year in February to 8,616 units, with the year-to-date volume now up 39.3% to 17,953. These results follow particularly low year-ago comparison base. Dacia (+93.2%) recuperates from a February 2021 crash (-48.9%) to…
The Renault Koleos is up to 6th place in Ukraine in January. Despite the current war in Ukraine, our contact there still managed to find the time to share with us the latest car sales data, a testimony to the kindness, dedication and resilience of this people. In January the…
First Top 10 finish for the Toyota Yaris Cross in Slovenia. The Slovenian new car market edges down -1.6% year-on-year in January to 5,320 registrations. Volkswagen (-16.3%) although faring a lot worse than the market, is the uncontested leader in the brands ranking with 15.3% share, in line with the…
The Ssangyong Korando misses out on a Top 10 finish by just 20 sales. New car sales in Slovakia start the year all guns blazing at +72.6% year-on-year to 5,739 units. Skoda (+23.9%) largely trails the market but remains by far the most popular brand with 19.7% share vs. 20.3%…
The Kia Sportage is the best-selling vehicle in Bosnia & Herzegovina in January. Data shared with us by our Central European partner CE Auto shows a Bosnian new car market up 14.6% year-on-year to 550 units. The Kia Sportage topples the Skoda Octavia (+25%) to end the month in pole position with…
The Renault Express lands directly at #5 in North Macedonia in January. According to our Central European partner CE Auto, new car sales in North Macedonia drop a further -18.2% in January to 302 units after already falling -21% in January 2021. The Toyota Corolla (+122.2%) almost doubles its market…
The Dacia Logan is by far the best-selling vehicle in Moldovan in January. Based on data shared with us by CE Auto, the Moldovan new car market is up 18.1% year-on-year in January to 418 units. The Dacia Logan (+240.9%) spectacularly reclaims the top spot it held until 2019 with a…
The Citroen C3 is up to a rare 2nd place at home. 24/05/22 update: Now with Top 150 models. New car sales in France endure a 7th consecutive month of year-on-year decline in February at -13% to 115.386 units. The drop widens to -31% when comparing with pre-pandemic February 2020.…
Dacia is the only year-on-year gainer among the Top 12 brands. Picture quattroruote.it Things are not improving in Italy, on the contrary: February sales are off by a damning -22.6% to 110,869 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -21.1% to 218,716 units. Private sales drop -25.9% to 69,900 and…
The Toyota Hilux is the most popular vehicle in New Caledonia in 2021. Discover over 15 years of New Caledonian Historical Data here. New light vehicle sales in New Caledonia, a French archipelago located north east of Australia, gain 4.1% year-on-year in 2021 to 8,235 units. The top three brands…
The Toyota Yaris Cross is on the Greek podium in January. Picture carandmotor.gr The Greek new car market starts the new year in a paltry way: down -28.9% to 5,521 registrations, while January 2021 was already down -20.6% on the year prior. Toyota (-21.7%) is the runaway leader with 18%…
The Suzuki Vitara is once again the best-selling vehicle in Hungary in 2021. Discover close to 30 years worth of Hungarian Historical Data here. 23/02 update: Now with Top 40 All-brands and Top 50 models. New car sales in Hungary are down -4.8% year-on-year in 2021 to 121,920 units. Suzuki…