The Opel Frontera is up to #7 in Croatia in March. It's another very strong result for new car sales in Croatia at +26.6% in May to 7,929 registrations. This way, the Q1 volume is up 11.8% to 16,738. Like a year ago, Renault (+8.5%) is the favourite brand in…
Toyota sales are up 67.5% year-on-year in February. It's an outstanding month for new car sales in Spain with March volumes up 11.7% year-on-year to 130,340 units. This is a particularly good result given March 2025 was already up 23.2% on the year prior. In fact, this is the first…
The Hyundai Tucson is up to a record 2nd place in New Zealand in February. New vehicle sales in New Zealand jump 8.3% year-on-year in February to 10,193 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 8.5% to 22,000. Toyota (-34.2%) stays on top of the brands ranking but sees its…
The Toyota Corolla is the 2nd best-selling vehicle in Slovakia in February. The Slovak new car market stabilises in February at -0.9% year-on-year to 6,151. This is however a poor result given February 2025 was down -19.4% on the year prior. Due to a disastrous January figure, the year-to-date tally…
The Kia Picanto is once again the most popular vehicle in Colombia. New vehicle sales in Colombia continue to surge, at +49.5% year-on-year in February to 25,582 units. This way, the year-to-date tally is now up 44.6% to 45,580. This the highest February volume in 12 years. Kia (+48.4%) follows…
The Skoda Kodiak is up to #3 in Bosnia & Herzegovina in February. CE Auto has the Bosnian new car market edging up 4.7% to 852 sales. The year-to-date volume is now up 1.4% to 1,575. As usual the Skoda Octavia (-23%) is the favourite despite falling heavily year-on-year. Year-to-date,…
Nissan Qashqai sales are up 57.5% year-on-year in February. It's another weak result for new car sales in Cyprus, based on data by our local partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, with February volumes down -13.8% year-on-year to 1,107. Keep in mind February 2025 was already off -14.5% on the year…
The VinFast VF 3 is the best-selling vehicle in Vietnam in February. New light vehicle sales in Vietnam drop -13.1% year-on-year in February to 32,261due to the Lunar New Year negatively impacting the number of opening days. However thanks to a fantastic January figure the year-to-date tally is up 35.3%…
The Kia PV5 is up to a record 4th place in South Korea in February. 13/03 update: Now with Top 50 best-selling foreign models. The South Korean new vehicle market is down a harsh -7.3% year-on-year in February to 122,874 units. Indeed if foreign manufacturers are euphoric at +34.6% to…
Dongfeng sales are up 4-fold in Uruguay in February. The Uruguayan new light vehicle market edges up 2.4% year-on-year in February to 5,754 units. This is the biggest February volume in at least 11 years. The year-to-date volume is now up 13.8% to 11,119. This month Fiat (-33.2%) reclaims the…
The Tata Nexon is the best-selling vehicle in India for the 4th time in the past 5 months. The Indian new wholesales market is up by a sturdy 10.5% year-on-year in February to 420,613 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 11.6% to 873,102. These are both new records. This is…
The MG ZX is the previous generation ZS New vehicle sales in Chile advance 6.1% year-on-year in February to 22,318, leading to a year-to-date volume up 1.6% to 47,619. In the brands charts, Toyota (-0.9%) reclaims the top spot it held over the Full Year 2025 despite edging down. #1…
The Fiat Ducato is the best-selling vehicle with German private buyers in February. German private sales are stable in February, at +0.7% to 66,548 and a 31.5% private sales ratio (PSR), compared to 32.5% a year ago in February 2025. Year-to-date, the volume is off -11.2% to 125,200 and a 30.9%…
The Dacia Duster is the best-selling vehicle in New Caledonia so far in 2026. New car sales in New Caledonia, a French overseas territory located north east of Australia, rally back up 33.3% year-on-year on devastated year-ago results (-53.5%) to 633 registrations over the first two months of the year.…
The Chery Tiggo 4 is up to #3 year-to-date in Australia. 10/03 update: Now with Top 335 All models ranking. New vehicle sales in Australia are down -2.7% year-on-year in February to 94,131 units, leading to a year-to-date volume off -1.3% to 181,884. Petrol sales fall -17.7% to 33,309, diesel…