The Fiat Grande Panda ranks #7 in Serbia in January. Data shared with us by our central European partner CE Auto shows a Serbian market up 4.6% to 1,845 sales in January. The Skoda Fabia (+96.4%) doubles its sales year-on-year to topple the Skoda Octavia (+3.4%) for its first monthly…
Thanks to one of our readers JFK we can share with you today exclusive pictures of the modern cars of Cuba. We have already covered 1950s vintage Americans (60,000 are still in circulation) symbolic of the country, so this post will focus on the more recent car park in Cuba.…
BYD scores a third ever monthly win in Uruguay. After a record 2025, the Uruguayan new light vehicle market starts 2026 with all guns blazing at +29.3% year-on-year in January to 5,363 units. BYD (+160.7%) is up 5 spots on December to score a third ever pole position after last…
20% of the Renault Clio's January volume is the new generation. 947,482 new cars found a buyer in Europe (EU+EFTA+UK) in January, a -3.6% year-on-year contraction. ACEA has the market down -3.5% to 961,382. This is the first time sales are down year-on-year across the continent since last June. BEV…
The new generation Renault Clio has cracked its home Top 10. 24/02 update: Now with Top 50 brands and Top 300 models. After losing -5.5% to its lowest annual level in 50 years in 2025, the French new car market continues on its downward trajectory and starts 2026 with a…
The JAC Arena is the best-seller in Venezuela in 2025. Consult over 25 years of Venezuelan Historical Data here 23/02 update: Now with Top 10 models ranking. New vehicle sales in Venezuela surge 119.9% year-on-year in 2025 to 38,610 units. This is the highest annual volume in the country since…
The Kia Picanto is the best-selling model in Tunisia in 2025. Discover 15 years of Tunisian Historical Data here The Tunisian new light vehicle market is up 11.7% year-on-year in 2025 to 63,850 units. This year Kia (+27.8%) overtakes sister brand Hyundai (-8.5%) to take the lead of the brands…
The Citroen C3 is the most popular vehicle in Greece in January. New car sales in Greece drop -5.4% year-on-year in January to 10,087 units, keep in mind January 2025 was a already off -16.4% on the year prior so this is a weak result. Toyota (-19.5%) is by far…
The Fiat Grande Panda ranks #10 in Slovenia in January. 5,141 new cars found a buyer in Slovenia in January, a 2.5% year-on-year improvement. Volkswagen (-5.5%) easily retains the brands top spot with 15.3% share, distancing Skoda (-3.9%) at 9.7% and Renault (+2.4%) at 8.3%. Toyota (+22.5%), Mercedes (+42.9%) and…
For once the VW Golf is the favourite of German private buyers in January. Private sales account for just 30.2% of total German sales in January at 58,582 units, a steep -21.8% year-on-year fall. In January 2025 the private sales ratio (PSR) was 36.1% and 29.3% in January 2024. As…
The Skoda Elroq is up to #8 in Germany in January. New car sales in Germany recede by a steep -6.6% year-on-year in January to 193,981. BEV sales are up a splendid 23.7% year-on-year to 42,692 and 22% share vs. 16.6% a year ago in January 2025. Market leader Volkswagen…
The BYD Atto 2 ranks #10 and helps the brand to a new share record The Turkish new light vehicle market is up a solid 9.8% year-on-year in January to 75,362, however this is not a new January record as January 2024 was above (79,701). Renault (+9.8%) exactly matches the…
The Dolphin Mini is the #1 BEV in Brazil and helps BYD to a record 6% share. 162,779 new light vehicles found a buyer in Brazil in January, a small 2.1% year-on-year improvement. Fiat (-0.3%) remains solid at 21% share vs. 20.9% over the Full Year 2025, distancing a surging…
The Territory is Ford's best-seller in Argentina in January. The Argentinean new vehicle market drops -5.3% year-on-year in January to 62,749 units, keeping in mind January 2025 was up 103% on the year prior. Volkswagen (-15.6%) tops the brands charts for the third month running with 15.6% share, despite a…
Peugeot sales are up 27.5% in a devastated market. Horrible start of the year for the Belgian new car market at -18.7% to 32,997 units. This is on top of January 2025 volumes being already down -13% on the year prior. One of the explanations of this poor result is…