The Togg T10X is the most popular vehicle at home in August. The Turkish new light vehicle market endures a -20.3% year-on-year loss in August to 81,031 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -11.9% to 719,996. Renault (-16.9%) manages the fall slightly slower than the market but at 10.8%…
Omoda/Jaecoo is the #8 brand in Italy in August with 4.1% share. New car sales in Italy gain 3.2% year-on-year in August to 69,411 units in what is traditionally the weakest month of the year, coinciding with the summer holidays. The year-to-date volume is now up 8.5% to 1,129,596 which…
First European Top 10 finish for the Mercedes GLC. Dataforce has the European new car market (EU+EFTA+UK) up 4.1% year-on-year in July to 1,109,960 units. This gives a year-to-date tally up 5.7% to 8,356,696. According to JATO Dynamics, BEV registrations are up 51% year-on-year to 279,000 units or 25.1% share…
The Renault Scenic is up to #6 in France in July. 17/08 update: Now with Top 55 All brands and Top 300 models. It's an encouraging third consecutive month of year-on-year gains for French new car sales, at +9% to 126,808. This way, the year-to-date volume is up 2.6% to…
The Citroen C3/C3 Aircross ranks #10 with German private buyers in July. 98,917 new cars were sold to German private buyers in July, a 36.9% private sales ratio (PSR) and a solid 8.3% year-on-year improvement. The July 2025 PSR was 34.5%. Year-to-date, private sales are up 8.5% to 609,856 and…
The Dongfeng Nammi is the best-selling vehicle in Uruguay in July. New light vehicle sales in Uruguay are up 13.4% year-on-year in July to 6,698 units. This is believed to be the 2nd highest ever monthly volume record in the country below the 6,755 units of last December, and a…
The Geely EX2 is up to #9 in Brazil in July. 265,907 new cars hit Brazilian roads in July, a splendid 15.5% year-on-year improvement. This is the highest July volume in 12 years: since the 279,815 units of July 2014. The year-to-date tally is now up 19.5% to 1,626,541, here…
JAC La Venezolana Pro The Venezuelan new vehicle market continues to rally back up, with H1 2026 sales soaring 66.8% year-on-year to 25,173. JAC (+94.9%) overtakes Toyota (+13.9%) to easily snap the brands pole position at an overwhelming 42.5% share vs. 26.2% for Toyota. Changan (+73.5%) stays in third place…
The Renault Boreal is an instant blockbuster in Turkiye. New light vehicle sales in Turkiye endure a harsh -25% year-on-year fall in July to 80,786 units, leading to a year-to-date volume off -10.7% to 638,965. Renault (-23.2%) remains the best-selling carmaker in the country while Volkswagen (-8%) resists and overtakes…
The BMW iX3 lodges a second straight Top 10 finish in Sweden. 18,684 new cars hit Swedish roads in July, a +5.7% year-on-year lift. The year-to-date tally is now up 1.2% to 160,535. Rechargeable cars hold no less than 66.4% share vs. 62.3% a year ago and 66.1% so far…
The Renault Clio is up 27.3% year-on-year in July. The Italian new car market is solid again in July with sales up 3.9% year-on-year to 123,184 units. This leads the year-to-date up 8.9% to 1,060,175. This is however still -14.3% inferior to the same period in pre-pandemic 2019. Private sales…
The Skoda Karoq holds 16% of the Montenegrin market in June. Based on data shared with us by our local partner CE Auto, the Montenegrin new car market implodes -68.4% year-on-year in June to just 144 units. This brings the year-to-date tally to a revised 1,823 units, off -21.7% over…
The Fiat Grande Panda is produced in Kragujevac. Data shared by our Central European partner CE Auto shows a Serbian new car market surging 32.2% year-on-year in June at 5,023 units. This means the H1 2026 volume is now up 17.9% to 22,168. The Skoda Octavia (+99.3%) doubles its sales…
The Fiat Grande Panda is up to #4 in North Macedonia in June. According to data by our Central European partner CE Auto, the North Macedonian new car market edges down -1.5% year-on-year in June to 643 units. This way, the H1 volume is down -4.4% to 3,452. The Skoda…
The Dacia Sandero remains the best-selling vehicle in Europe so far this year. New car sales in Europe (EU+EFTA+UK) grow 5.9% over the First Half of 2026 to 7,245,920 units. ACEA has the market up 6.1% to 7,232,066. Chinese carmakers advance 111.5% year-on-year to 643,468 sales, doubling their share at…