Weak year-ago volumes, first new Captur demo sales help Renault up 15.2%. 3/12 update: Now with the Top 55 All-brands and Top 350 All-models. 29/11 update: Now with the Top 100 models. 28/11 update: Now with the Top 25 brands and models. Figures shared by ACEA show European new car…
The Skoda Octavia returns to #1 just before the arrival of the new generation (pictured). New car sales in Slovakia soar 16.9% year-on-year in October to 9.436 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 2.5% to 85.854. The Top 3 best-selling brands for the month all outpace the market: Skoda…
The Toyota Corolla now tops the YTD charts in Lithuania. New car sales in Lithuania continue to pop up at +45.3% year-on-year in October to 4.103 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 43.1% to 38.854. The Toyota Corolla (+195.3%) celebrates five consecutive months in pole position and gets rewarded…
The Skoda Karoq is now among the Latvian year-to-date Top 10. The Latvian new car market surges 19.9% year-on-year in October to 1.570 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally up 8.4% to 15.679. The Toyota Corolla (+725%) remains the most popular nameplate in the country, this time ahead of the…
Volkswagen and Peugeot post the largest gains in the Top 5. 2/12 update: Now with the Top 10 models. The Belgian new car market continues to benefit from particularly low year-ago post-WLTP volumes with October registrations up 15.8% year-on-year to 42.713 units, yet the year-to-date tally remains in negative at -2.2%…
Mercedes is the best-selling brand in Luxembourg for the 2nd month in a row. 2/12 update: Now with the Top 10 models. The Luxembourg new car market soars 13.8% year-on-year in October to 4.891 registrations, leading to a year-to-date volume up 2.7% to 47.929. Mercedes (-1.8%) repeats as the #1…
The VW T-Cross scores a stunning 2nd place with Private buyers in October. 19/09 update: Now with Top 50 private sales models. As a large swath of the German market including the VW Group overused stock clearances prior to WLTP implementation in September 2018, sales were totally depleted a year…
The VW Polo is the best-selling vehicle in Austria in October. New car sales in Austria leap up 11.7% year-on-year on weak post-WLTP year-ago volumes to 25.138 units, yet the year-to-date tally remains in frank negative at -4.7% to 283.436. Volkswagen (+13.9%) just outpaces the market to easily hold onto…
The VW Golf is the best-selling vehicle in Slovenia in October. New car sales in Slovenia gain 4.9% year-on-year in October to 5.983 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down -3.5% to 63.391. Volkswagen (+16.9%) frankly outpaces the market to easily remain in the brands lead with 17.3% share vs…
The Dacia Duster hits a record 10.5% share at home in October. The Romanian new car market continues to brilliantly recover from particularly weak year-ago post-WLTP figures with October sales shooting up 58.1% year-on-year to 10.649 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 18.9% to 134.698. Homegrown brand leader Dacia (+94.5%)…
The Mercedes GLC is up to #3 in Switzerland in October. The Swiss new car market bounces back up 14.5% year-on-year in October on weak year-ago post-WLTP volumes to 26.103 registrations, lifting the year-to-date tally up 1.7% to 252.413. After a two-month interruption by Mercedes (+10.7%), Volkswagen (+31.8%) reclaims the…
The Audi e-Tron is the best-selling vehicle in Norway in October. New car sales in Norway slide down -10.1% year-on-year in October to 10.479 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -1.7% to 121.096. Volkswagen (-5.9%) reclaims the top spot in the brands ranking at 14.7% share with Toyota (+9%)…
First UK Top 10 finish for the Range Rover Evoque. Sinking consumer confidence amidst continuing Brexit uncertainty means UK new car sales resume their downward race in October at -6.7% year-on-year to 143.251 units, the lowest October result since 2011, leading to a year-to-date volume down -2.9% to 2.005.522. Indeed…
The Fiat Panda is up to #2 in Croatia in October. The Croatian new car market edges up 2.4% year-on-year in October to 4.104 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally up a similar 2.5% to 55.441. Volkswagen (-8.4%) goes against the grain with a steep fall but easily remains atop…
The Kia Xceed breaks into the Spanish Top 50 in October. The Spanish new car market gains 8.4% year-on-year in October to 97.986 units, the largest result for the month in exactly 10 years - since the 98.512 units of October 2009. The year-to-date tally is now down -3.7% to…