The Volvo S/V60 has become the uncontested leader at home. Sadly the Swedish new car market is approaching a full year of double-digit declines with May marking the 11th straight month of such falls at -15.3% to 31.919 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -14.6% to 136.052. Homegrown leader Sweden…
BMW posts the only double-digit gain of any brand in the European Top 10. UPDATE 3 (04/06): Now with Top 55 brands and Top 355 models. UPDATE 2 (27/05): Now with Top 100 models. UPDATE 1 (23/05): Now with final figures for the Top 25 brands and models. Preliminary European…
BMW soars 12.3% to climb on the Belgian brands podium. This article has been updated with the Top 10 models. The Belgian new car market edges down -2% year-on-year in April to 53.498 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -4.9% to 209.364. Renault (-3%) overtakes Volkswagen (-9.6%) to take…
The VW T-Roc is up to a record 4th place in Slovenia. This article has been updated with the Top 30 brands and Top 20 models. New car sales in Slovenia drop -2.2% year-on-year to 6.446 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -1.1% to 26.708. Volkswagen (+20.8%) surges to…
Audi is the 2nd best-selling carmaker in Luxembourg in April. This article has been updated with the Top 10 models. New car sales in Luxembourg gain 5% year-on-year in April to 5.642 registrations, lifting the year-to-date volume up 4.3% to 20.509. Volkswagen remains by far the most popular carmaker with…
The VW Golf is the best-seller in Lithuania in April. According to our partner JATO Dynamics, new car sales in Lithuania soar 42.2% year-on-year in April to 4.450 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 53% to 14.695. The VW Golf (+189.7%) is up 4 spots on March to take…
The Toyota RAV4 is the best-selling vehicle in Estonia again. Based on data shared by our partner JATO Dynamics, new car sales in Estonia gain 4.5% in April to 2.534 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -3.8% to 8.708. The Toyota RAV4 (+75.5%) remains the best-selling vehicle in the…
The Peugeot 301 is the best-selling car in North Macedonia in April. Our Eastern European data specialist partner CE Auto is telling us sales of new cars in North Macedonia jump up 38.7% year-on-year in April to 660, leading to a year-to-date tally up 38.9% to 2.534. The Peugeot 301 (+84.2%) is the…
A quirk of German new car sales has the Fiat Ducato classified as a passenger car. It shouldn't be. The German new car market endures a 7th month of decline in the past 8 in April at -1.1% to 310.715 units, tilting the year-to-date volume back into negative at -0.2% to…
The Skoda Octavia is the best-selling vehicle in Austria for only the 2nd time ever after February 2009. New car sales in Austria edge up 0.4% year-on-year in April to 31.951 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now down -7.8% to 112.806. Brand leader Volkswagen (-10.7%) posts the only double-digit drop…
Citroen is the only Top 12 brand in positive over Q1 in Europe. New car sales in Europe ex-Russia and Turkey drop -3.2% over the First Quarter of 2019 to 4.13 million units. Germany (+0.2%) is the only Top 5 market to register a (very meagre) uptick, with France (-1.1%)…
Tesla has sold a record 17.440 units in Europe this month. This article has been updated with actuals for the Top 54 brands and Top 352 models. The European new car market retracts for the 7th straight month in March at -3.6% year-on-year to 1.77 million sales, leading to a…
Mercedes C-Class sales are up 229.9% in April. New car sales in Sweden endure a 10th consecutive double-digit year-on-year fall in April at -11.6% to 30.253 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -14.4% to 104.133. The Top 2 best-selling carmakers Volvo (-21.1%) and Volkswagen (-30.6%) both drop a lot…
The Skoda Kodiaq sees its sales shoot up 170.4% year-on-year in Switzerland. The Swiss new car market gains a solid 7.9% year-on-year in April to 28.620 registrations, tilting the year-to-date volume into positive territory at +2.1% to 100.685. Volkswagen (+17.7%) and Skoda (+54%) stun with fantastic gains and rank #1 and…
The Vauxhall Grandland X hits a record 2nd place in Scotland in April. Thanks to our partnership with SMMT we can share with you the Top 10 best-sellers for all UK nations in March. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures are included in the April…