The Omoda 5 is the best-selling vehicle in Scotland in April. 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 2026 UK update…
The Toyota Hilux is the best-selling vehicle in Chile in April. Upcoming 2026 model pictured. The Chilean new light vehicle market is up 5.5% year-on-year in April to 27,572 unit. This leads to a year-to-date tally up 5.7% to 102,549, the first time above 100,000 sales at this stage of…
The Skoda Elroq is up to a record #12 in Czechia in April. 22,397 new cars hit Czech roads in April, a solid 5.5% year-on-year increase. This leads to a year-to-date tally up 2.5% to 82,949. Local behemoth Skoda (+14.4%) beats its home market to remain at stratospheric heights: 38.4%…
The Peugeot 208 is the best-selling vehicle in Portugal in April. Very satisfying results for the Portuguese new car market in April with sales up 15.2% year-on-year to 21,594. The year-to-date tally is up an equally impressive 10.8% to 85,653. This month Peugeot (+19.8%) beats the market to return to…
Honda Accord sales are up 42.5% and tilt the brand into positive. Three factors have combined to trigger the 4th consecutive year-on-year market decline in the US at -6.7% to 1,367,000 units according to GlobalData. First, April 2025 was propped by a pre-tariff rush that lifted the market by 10%…
The Toyota RAV4 is by far the best-selling vehicle in Ireland in April. Exceptional month for new car sales in Ireland at +17% year-on-year in April to 10,184 units. The year-to-date tally is now up 2.2% to 75,073. Toyota (+38.4%) and Skoda (+34.9%) end the month just 11 units apart,…
The Mercedes CLA is up to #14 in Taiwan in April. New car sales in Taiwan skid -4.5% year-on-year in April to 31,407 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -3.7% to 127,841. Toyota (+3.2%) defies the negative trend with a small uptick to reach 32.8% share vs. 31.1% so…
First UK Top 10 finish for the Omoda 5. UK new car sales in April soar 24% year-on-year to 149,247 units, however year-ago volumes were particularly weak as buyers pulled purchases forward to March to beat incoming vehicle tax increases. The year-to-date tally is now up by a robust 9%…
First Top 20 finish for the BYD Atto 2. The Argentinean new light vehicle market hits the brakes in April: it falls -14.6% year-on-year to 44,344 units. The year-to-date tally is now down -6.2% to 193,445. Strikingly, the Top 8 brands are all in negative. Toyota (-31.4%) implodes but repeats…
The Toyota C-HR+ ranks #9 in the Netherlands in April. The Dutch new car market drops -4.8% year-on-year in April to 25,704 units, bringing the year-to-date tally down -9.9% to 106,611. HEV sales are up 1.7% to 13,562 and 52.8% share vs. 49.1% a year ago in April 2025, BEVs…
The Dongfeng Box has a great start in New Zealand. New light vehicle sales in New Zealand soar 25.1% year-on-year in March to 14,910 units, leading to a Q1 volume up 12.5% to 36,910. In the detail, passenger cars gain 19.4% to 10,063 sales while light commercials shoot up 38.9%…
Haval sales are up 63.6% year-on-year over Q1. The Saudi new car market sinks -24.3% year-on-year over the first quarter of 2026 to just 166,748 units. If January and February were both weak, March pulled sales even further down at -34.7% year-on-year to 51,484 vs. 78,877 in March 2025. Toyota…
This article has been updated with additional photos. As is the case every year, BSCB had the opportunity to attend the China Auto Show in 2026, this time in Beijing. Firstly the Show is now a dual-venue format, held at the old China Exhibition Center (Shunyi Hall) and the adjacent…
The Tesla Model Y is by far the best-selling vehicle in Europe in March. ACEA has the European new car market up a robust 11.1% year-on-year in March to 1,581,169 units, with a Q1 result up 4.1% to 3,521,110. Among the Top 5 markets in March, Germany fares best at…
The VW T-Roc is the third best-selling vehicle in Belgium over Q1 2026. New car sales in Belgium are back into positive territory in March at a solid +8.8% year-on-year to 43,733 units. The Q1 volume is off -5.9% to 113,805. Over Q1, private buyers account for 48.8% of the…