The Dacia Duster is the most popular vehicle in Portugal in April. The Portuguese new car market lifts 8.2% year-on-year in April to 18,752 sales, tilting the year-to-date volume into positive at +1.2% to 77,297. Peugeot (+64.6%) soars ahead to solidify its dominance in the brands charts, while Mercedes (+13.8%)…
The Skoda Octavia is the best-selling vehicle in Slovenia in April. 5,193 new cars hit Slovenian roads in April, a solid 10.6% year-on-year improvement. This way, the year-to-date tally is up 6.3% to 19,865. 3 of the Top 4 carmakers outpace the market, with Volkswagen (+18.3%) and Skoda (+42.6%) very…
The Toyota RAV4 is the most popular vehicle in New Zealand. 8,839 new vehicles found a buyer in New Zealand in April, a -4.3% year-on-year contraction. The year-to-date tally is now down -4.9% to 41,031 units. The Top four brands all fall faster than the market. Toyota is off -8.8%…
The MG 5 is back inside the Mexican Top 5. 108,298 new light vehicles hit Mexican roads in April, a -4.6% year-on-year dip. The year-to-date tally remains in positive however at 473,402 units, up 1.4% over the same period in 2024. Nissan (+6.3%) defies the gloomy market and widens the…
First Australian Top 20 finish for the Chery Tiggo 4 Pro 12/05 update: Now with Top 322 All models ranking. New vehicle sales in Australia drop -6.1% year-on-year in April to 91,316 units, leading to a year-to-date volume off -3.6% to 387,273. Private sales fall -8.9% to 44,568, business fleets edge…
The BYD Sealion 6 ends the month at #11. 52,643 new light vehicles hit Thai roads in March, leading to a year-to-date volume standing at 164,803. Toyota remains the dominant force in the market with 40.4% share vs. 39.5% so far this year. Honda holds onto the 2nd spot with…
BYD sells more cars than Tesla in April, albeit both at very low levels. The German new car market is stable in April at -0.15% year-on-year to 242,728. This is however 22% below the pre-pandemic volumes of April 2019 (310,715). The year-to-date tally is down -3.3% to 907,299. Volkswagen (-2.7%) falls…
The Toyota Hilux is the best-selling vehicle in Chile in April. 26,132 new light vehicles found a buyer in Chile in April, a 2.5% year-on-year improvement. This way, the year-to-date volume tilts into positive at +0.4% to 97,010 units. Toyota (+33.8%) lodges a splendid performance and wrestles back control of…
Dacia Duster sales are down -27.9% year-on-year despite a new generation. It's a mediocre month for new car sales in Romania with April off -24.7% year-on-year to 9,996 units. To be fair, April 2024 was up 34.6% on the year prior. Year-to-date volumes are off -6.1% to 43,688. Local behemoth…
The BYD Seal U is only outsold by the Renault Clio in April. 105,352 new light vehicles found a buyer in Turkiye in April, a spectacular 38.8% year-on-year surge and a new record for the month, the first time above 100,000 units and eclipsing the previous April best of 97,679…
Peugeot sales are up 393.3% year-on-year in April. New car sales in Luxembourg edge down -1.2% year-on-year in April to 4,363 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up just 0.7% to 17,034. Volkswagen (-4.4%) easily stays on top of the brands ranking with a dominant 13.6% share, distancing a struggling BMW…
Skoda Fabia sales are up 84.3% in April. 21,226 new cars hit Czech roads in April, a solid 8.6% year-on-year improvement. The year-to-date tally is now up 4.9% to 80,912. Skoda (+17.4%) easily outpaces its home market to 35.4% share, leaving Hyundai (+8.7%) and Volkswagen (+20.1%) in the dust. Toyota…
The Volvo XC40 ranks #3 in Northern Ireland and Scotland. Thanks to SMMT we can share with you the Top 10 best-sellers for each UK nation in April. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures are already included in the April 2025 UK update.…
The Peugeot 2008 is up to #8 overall in the UK in April. New car sales in the UK skid -10.4% year-on-year in April to just 120,331 units, the 6th fall in the past 7 months. Yet thanks to a strong March result the YTD tally is in positive at…
Toyota is the most popular carmaker in Hungary in April. 10,785 new cars hit Hungarian roads in April, up 3.6% year-on-year and leading to a year-to-date tally up 3.8% to 43,688. Toyota scores its first win since July, overstepping traditional leader Suzuki, down to 10.2% share vs. 12.5% so far…