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 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.…
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…
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…
The Renault Kardian breaks its Colombian ranking record this month. 01/04 update: Now with Top 20 brands The Colombian new car market rallies back up 24.3% to 14,396 units. However let's keep in mind January 2024 was a particularly low reference base, marking the weakest January in 26 years. In…
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 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…
Dacia holds 8.6% of the Italian market in January, a new record. The Italian new car market starts the year in negative in January at -5.9% to 133,692 units. UNRAE now predicts a total 2025 volume at 1,550,000 units, down -0.6% on 2024 and -19% on pre-pandemic 2019. Sales of…
Colombia is the only country in the world where the Mazda CX-30 is #1. New car sales in Colombia rally back up 7.7% year-on-year in 2024 to 210,219 units, keeping in mind 2023 was particularly low: down -28.9% on the prior year to the lowest annual total in 15 years.…
The Dacia Duster is #1 in Moldova for the third year running. Consult over 50 years worth of Moldovan data here. It's another fantastic year for the Moldovan new light vehicle market, up 15.2% in 2024 to 10,339 sales according to data by CE Auto. This follows a 15.3% lift…
The Kia Sportage is #1 in North Macedonia for the 2nd year running. Discover over 15 years of North Macedonian Historical Data here. Based on data by our local partner CE Auto, the North Macedonian new car market surges 32.9% year-on-year to 7,202 units. The Kia Sportage (+28.4%) repeats at…
The Skoda Kodiaq is up to 2nd place in Estonia in 2024. Discover over 50 years of Estonian Historical Data here. It's a booming year for new car sales in Estonia: +11.2% year-on-year to 25,386 units in 2024, helped by a late year boost (December sales are up 97.1%) in…
The Dacia Duster is the most popular vehicle in Iceland in 2024. Discover close to 25 years of Icelandic Historical Data here. The Icelandic new car market freefalls -41.7% year-on-year in 2024 to just 10,220 units vs. 17,542 last year. Both Toyota (-45.5%) and Kia (-31.5%) gain one spot to…
The Toyota Hilux is the most popular vehicle in New Caledonia for the 4th year in a row. Discover over 20 years of New Caledonian Historical Data here. Social unrest has had a devastating impact on the New Caledonian new car market with sales imploding -52.2% to just 4,094. Toyota…