85.2% of Tesla Model Y sales have gone to private buyers in March. 102,956 new cars found a private buyer in Germany in March, a sumptuous 22% year-on-year improvement. The Private Sales Ratio (PSR) stands at 35% vs. 33.3% a year ago in March 2025. Over Q1, private sales tilt…
The Chevrolet Aveo is the best-selling vehicle in Mexico in March. New vehicle sales in Mexico edge up 2.4% year-on-year in March (on revised year-ago volume) to 131,569 units. This is the 2nd biggest March volume below the 137,021 units of March 2017. Q1 results are up 3.7% to 381,653…
The VW Touareg is up to a world best #4 in Ukraine in March. New light vehicle sales in Ukraine are up a robust 10.9% year-on-year in March to 5,534 units, bringing the year-to-date tally over the First Quarter to 14,446, up 3.7% on the same period in 2025. Toyota…
The Renault Filante is up to #9 for its first full month in market. Excellent result for new light vehicle sales in South Korea with March volumes up 10.2% year-on-year to 164,393 units. This includes 130,529 local manufacturers (+5.3%) and 33,964 foreigners (+34.6%). Over Q1, the market is up 5.2%…
The Model Y is at its highest in 2 years in Germany. 294,161 new cars hit German roads in March, a stunning 16% year-on-year gain. The Q1 volume is now up 5.2% to 699,404. 70,663 BEVs found a buyer this month, up a fantastic 66.2% while the Q1 volume is…
The GWM Poer is the best-selling vehicle in Chile over Q1 2026. 27,358 new light vehicles hit Chilean roads in March, a solid 14% year-on-year gain. The Q1 volume is now up 5.8% to 74,977 units. Toyota (+22.9%) repeats at #1 and reclaims the YTD top spot off Suzuki (-1.9%)…
The Tesla Model Y is the favourite of Austrian car buyers in March. The Austrian new car market posts a splendid result in March: up 27.2% year-on-year to 33,018 units. Q1 volumes are up 17% to 77,235. Volkswagen (+15.7%) leads the way but, even though it is up by double-digits,…
The Nissan Gravite has landed in the Indian market. Indian new car wholesales surge 16% year-on-year in March to 447,702 units, smashing the previous March record of 385,842 established just last year. It's the 6th consecutive year the March record is broken. The Q1 volume is up 13.1% to 1,320,914,…
The Toyota RAV4 reaches its best ranking in over 3 years. In the all important month of March marking the end of the Financial Year and filled with promotions, new vehicle sales in Japan edge down -1.8% year-on-year to 490,640. This means the year-to-date tally is now down -2.5% to…
The Nissan Juke is the overall best-seller in Northern Ireland. Thanks to SMMT we can share with you the Top 10 best-sellers for each UK nation in March. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures are already included in the March 2026 UK update. In…
The Skoda Kodiaq threepeats at a record #2. New car sales in Czechia are up 6% year-on-year in March to 23,918 units, leading to a Q1 volume up 1.5% to 60,552. Once again Skoda (+8.9%) outpaces its home market but drops to 36.4% share, significantly below the 39%+ it held…
The Kia Soluto is up to #5 in Kazakhstan in February. Note: January sales figures are also included in the data section of this article. The Kazakh new vehicle market shoots up 26.4% year-on-year in January to 14,244 but drops -16.1% in February to 13,399. Year-to-date volumes are up 1.5%…
The Citroen C3 is the most popular vehicle in Portugal in March. Solid month for new car sales in Portugal at +8.6% year-on-year in March to 26,680 units. The Q1 volume is up by an even better +9.4% to 64,060. In the brands ranking, Mercedes (+6.2%) reclaims the top spot…
The Toyota C-HR is up to a record #2 in Turkiye in March. The Turkish new light vehicle market continues to slide in March at -12.7% on a record March 2025 volume to 101,997. The Q1 result is now down -3.9% to 265,398. Only three Top 10 brands are in…
The Hyundai i20 is the best-selling vehicle in Bulgaria again. 4,957 new light vehicles were registered in March in Bulgaria, a solid 6.3% year-on-year improvement bringing the Q1 volume to 12,740, off -0.4%. Keep in mind a significant part of these registrations never see Bulgarian roads as they are reexported…