The Tesla Model 3 is the best-selling vehicle in Ireland in November. The Irish new car market shuts down for the end of the year as per the tradition in anticipation for new license plates issued in January. As such, the 769 registrations of November, although up 19.6% year-on-year, are…
The Smart Fortwo is artificially lifted to #3 in Italy in November. The Italian new car market edges up 2.1% year-on-year in November to 151.573 registrations, yet the year-to-date volume remains in negative at -0.8% to 1.784.492. This month's growth is artificial and entirely triggered by rental sales shooting up…
Weak year-ago volumes, first new Captur demo sales help Renault up 15.2%. 3/12 update: Now with the Top 55 All-brands and Top 350 All-models. 29/11 update: Now with the Top 100 models. 28/11 update: Now with the Top 25 brands and models. Figures shared by ACEA show European new car…
The Dacia Duster breaks into the Finnish Top 10 for the third time. The Finnish new car market edges up 0.2% year-on-year in November to 8.616 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down -7.5% to 104.304. Both Toyota (+7.7%) and Volkswagen (+6.3%) advance a lot faster atop the brands ranking,…
The Renault Logan is #1 in Ukraine in October. Russian model shown. New car sales in Ukraine soar 24.4% year-on-year in October to 8.971 units, the largest monthly volume since December 2017 (9.179), lifting the year-to-date tally up 4.7% to 70.694, the largest at this time of the year since…
The Skoda Octavia returns to #1 just before the arrival of the new generation (pictured). New car sales in Slovakia soar 16.9% year-on-year in October to 9.436 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 2.5% to 85.854. The Top 3 best-selling brands for the month all outpace the market: Skoda…
Discounts ahead of the launch of the new model (pictured) push the Skoda Octavia to #1 in Moldova in October. Based on data by our Central European partner CE Auto, the Moldovan new car market continues to gallop ahead at +21.4% year-on-year to 664 registrations, leading to a year-to-date volume up 6.5%…
Renault Colombia is portraying the Kwid as the successor to the Renault 4. The Colombian new vehicle market continues to gallop ahead with a splendid 10.9% year-on-year in October to 23.890 units, marking a 6th consecutive gain. The year-to-date volume is now up 5.9% to 208.982. The main event of…
The Dacia Duster hits a record 10.5% share at home in October. The Romanian new car market continues to brilliantly recover from particularly weak year-ago post-WLTP figures with October sales shooting up 58.1% year-on-year to 10.649 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 18.9% to 134.698. Homegrown brand leader Dacia (+94.5%)…
The GT Line variant accounts for 50% of Peugeot 208 II initial sales. 08/11 update with Top 365 All-models final figures and buyer types info. 02/11 update with Top 50 All-brands. The French new car market posts a sturdy 8.7% year-on-year gain to 188.985 units in October, signing the largest…
The Skoda Scala is the third best-selling vehicle in the Czech Republic. New car sales in the Czech Republic edge up 1.2% year-on-year in October to 19.935 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down -7.2% to 211.045. Homegrown brand leader Skoda (+8.8%) vastly outpaces the market to remain above 40%…
The T-Cross is Volkswagen's best-seller in Italy for the 2nd month running. New car sales in Italy gain 6.6% year-on-year in October to 157.984 units, yet this isn't enough to tilt the YTD volume back into positive: -1.1% to 1.632.333. Company sales, up 22.9% to 32.499 and 20.6% share vs.…
The Toyota Corolla dominates the Latvian sales charts. New car sales in Latvia soar 19% year-on-year in September to 1.283 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 7.2% to 14.109. The Toyota Corolla (+261.1%) leaps up 3 spots on August to reclaim the pole position for the 4th time in…
The Skoda Fabia is #1 in Serbia for September. According to data provided by our partner CE Auto, new car sales in Serbia drop -4.1% year-on-year in September to 2.294 units, yet the year-to-date tally remains in positive at +5.7% to 26.637. The Skoda Fabia lifts up 3 spots on August…
The Skoda Octavia remains the best-seller in Bosnia & Herzegovina. Thanks to our partnership with CE Auto, we can share with you Bosnian sales data for September, a market edging up 0.5% to 824 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -0.8% to 8.358. The Skoda Octavia (-10.3%) remains head and…