The new Chevrolet Captiva already ranks just outside the Top 20. Picture aljarida.com The Kuwaiti new car market stumbles down -36.6% year-on-year over the first 7 months of 2020 to 38.736 units. After Q1 volumes sank -20.3%, April imploded -80.2% to 1.601 vs. 8.085 in April 2019, May worsened to…
The Ford Bronco ranks third most successful launch in automotive history... Within three weeks of its July 13 unveiling, more than 165.000 people reportedly placed $100 online deposits to order one of the three versions of the new Ford Bronco, generating interest unseen since the launch of the Tesla Model…
The Ford Puma signs a second ever Top 10 finish in Hungary. New car sales in Hungary are stuck in a rut at -21.2% year-on-year in July to 12.045 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now down -24.6% to 67.715. When including Light Commercials these figures are 13.672 for July…
The Skoda Octavia soars 29% year-on-year in July. 11/08 update: Now with final brands data and Top 20 models. New car sales in Austria continue to struggle in July at -21.2% year-on-year to 24.784 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -33.6% to 137.571. Brand leader Volkswagen (-30.1%) is hit…
First ever Spanish podium for the Peugeot 2008. 11/08 update: Now with BEV, PHEV and HEV segment volumes and Top 5 models. After France last month (+1.2%), Spain is the second main European market to return to positive thanks to a generous cash-for-clunkers government incentive plan aimed at reviving an industry battered…
Kia (+26.3%) posts the largest gain in the Top 20 in July. The Swedish new car market manages to drastically reduce its fall in July to just -4% year-on-year at 22.718 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -22.5% to 148.403. Helping a lot are sales of rechargeable vehicles (EV…
The Peugeot 2008 ranks #18 in May in the UK vs. #82 so far in 2020. A full Top 160 UK models ranking is now available for the January-May 2020 period as well as a Top 100 models for May, allowing us a much more detail look at this market.…
The Renault Zoe and Peugeot e-208 are the stars of the EV segment in France. Picture autoplus.fr 11/08 update: Now with Top 20 PC and LCV fleet models. 17/07 update: Now with Top 375 All-models. 2/07 update: Now with the Top 54 All-brands, Top 58 All LCV brands and Top 100…
The Chevrolet Silverado is up 4% year-on-year in a market down -23.7%. 15/07 update: Now with complete data including Mercedes and Jaguar Land Rover. Hit full frontal by the coronavirus crisis with 3.431.574 total cases and 136.466 lives lost according to figures by Johns Hopkins University at the time of…
The Tesla Model 3 is the best-selling vehicle in London so far in 2020. Thanks to our partnership with SMMT, we can now share with you today H1 2020 new car sales data in Greater London. The market dives -46% year-on-year to 25.286 units, a slightly better hold than the UK overall…
The Ford Puma ranks #9 in Wales, its first Top 10 finish in any UK nation. Thanks to our partnership with SMMT we can now share with you the UK detail by nation for June. Logically as its car showrooms could reopen as early as June 1, England (-32.9%) fares the best…
The Hyundai Kauai is the only gainer in the Top 10. Picture garagemglobal.com The Portuguese new car market is stuck in a rut in June at -56.2% year-on-year to 11.076 units which is the worst European score we've recorded so far this month. The year-to-date tally now stands at 64.848, down…
First ever UK podium finish for the Toyota Yaris. Even though car showrooms were allowed to re-open in England on June 1, according to the National Franchised Dealers Association one in five remained shut throughout the entire month. As for Wales (June 22) and Scotland (June 29), the reopening date was…
The Citroen C3 ranks #2 in New Caledonia in June. As a French territory, New Caledonia, an archipelago located north-east of Australia, benefits from the government stimulus that kick started on June 1 and sees its June registrations soar 35.2% year-on-year to 810 units, meaning the year-to-date tally already almost levels with 2019…
Kia Sportage sales are up 83.6% year-on-year in May. New car sales in Ukraine are recovering: from -46.9% in April to just -15.1% in May at 5.895 units, bringing the year-to-date tally down -7.3% to 29.838. This is a much better hold than the rest of Europe where Moldova (-27.7%) and…