The Jetour T2 is the third best-selling vehicle in the UAE in July. The Emirati new car market is up 4.6% year-on-year in July to 24,257 units. This brings the year-to-date tally up 5.3% to 181,502. Toyota (+6%) maintains its stranglehold on the brands charts with 27.6% share, well above…
First Top 10 finish in Serbia for the MG ZS Data released by our Central European partner CE Auto, shows a Serbian new car market surging 21.5% year-on-year in July to 3,685 units, which means the YTD volume is now up 6.2% to 22,492. The Skoda Octavia (+92.6%) almost doubles its…
Today we continue on our series of Test Drives from France. One vehicle that has intrigued me since its launch is the Fiat Grande Panda. Released exclusively as a BEV first, it failed to make any impact on the market, notably in Italy when it sold just a couple of…
The Renault Megane Sedan is the most popular car in Turkiye in July. New light vehicle sales in Turkiye rally back up 14.5% year-on-year in July to 107,718 units, the 2nd biggest July result below the 112,459 units reached in 2023. Through July, volumes are up 6.5% to a new…
The new generation Optra helps lift Chevrolet to #1 brand in Egypt. 69,842 new light vehicles hit Egyptian roads over the First Half of 2025, a sumptuous 97% year-on-year surge. There's a big event atop the brands charts: Chevrolet goes from #5 over the Full Year 2024 directly to the…
BYD holds 12.6% of the Uruguayan market in July. Excellent results for the Uruguayan new light vehicle market, up 21.4% to 5,908 units. This brings the year-to-date tally up 9.8% to 36,678. We have a big event atop the charts this month: Chinese superstar BYD (+271.5%) improves its sales 4-fold…
The Dacia Bigster is the 4th most popular vehicle with German private buyers in July. German private buyers bough 91,357 new cars in July, a 34.5% private sales ratio (PSR) and a splendid 12.1% year-on-year loft. The July 2024 PSR was 34.2%. Year-to-date, total private sales add up to 561,978,…
The Fiat Fastback reaches a record 11th place in Brazil in July. New light vehicle sales in Brazil edge up 1.3% year-on-year in July to 230,223, leading to a year-to-date tally up 4.4% to 1,361,494. Fiat (+0.3%) is stable and lodges its first 50,000+ sales month of the year with a…
The Toyota Yaris is #1 in Argentina for the 2nd time in the past 3 months. The Argentinean new light vehicle market continues to stun with July sales up a whopping 45.7% year-on-year to 59,030 units. This is the highest June volume in 7 years: since July 2018 (66,746). As…
The Fiat Grande Panda is up to #28 at home in July. Disappointing results for Italian new car sales in July: down -5.1% year-on-year to 118,493 units. Over the first 7 months of the year, the market is off -3.8% to 973,396 and down -21.3% or 263,000 units over the…
Data shared by our Central European partner CE Auto shows a Serbian new car market up a very solid +15.6% year-on-year in June to 3,800. This way, the H1 2025 volume is now up 3.6% to 18,807. It's a complete triumph this month for the Toyota Corolla, up 363.6% year-on-year…
The Citroen C3 ranks #2 in Greece both in June and over H1. It's a fourth consecutive month in positive in Greece with June volumes up 3.5% year-on-year to 14,647 units. This is enough to tilt the YTD tally into positive territory at +0.2% to 78,162 units. Toyota (-42.6%) implodes…
The Renault Clio holds 8% of its home market in June. 28/07 update: Now with H1 2025 Top 20 models (private sales only) 22/07 update: Now with Top 50 brands and Top 300 models. French new car sales endure a 6th consecutive month of year-on-year decline (and 12th in the…
The VW T-Roc is the favourite vehicle with German private buyers in June. German private customers gobbled up 84,544 new cars in June, down -10.3% year-on-year. That's a 33% Private Sales Ratio (PSR) vs. 31.7% in June 2024. Halfway through the year, German private are stable at +0.1% to 469,934…
Renault sales more than double YoY in June. New light vehicle sales in Uruguay edge down -1.9% year-on-year in June to 4,948 units, but the H1 2025 volume is in positive at +7.8% to 30,770. Fiat (+74.1%) shoots up and tightens its grip on the market with 16.2% share vs…