The Mini Cooper is the best-selling car in the UK In February. The UK new car market edges down -1% year-on-year in February to 84,054 units, this still being the 2nd highest February volume in the past 20 years. The year-to-date volume is down off -1.9% to 223,399. Private sales…
The new Kia EV3 is the best-selling vehicle in the Netherlands once again. 27,820 new cars found a Dutch home in February, that's a -8.3% year-on-year decline, bringing the year-to-date tally down -3.7% to 60,431. Hybrids hold 44.9% of the market, BEVs are at 36.6%, petrol at 17.2% and diesel…
The Mazda6 is up to #5 in Saudi Arabia in January. 67,923 new vehicles found a buyer in Saudi Arabia in January, a solid 7.7% year-on-year increase. Toyota (+8%) matches the market and continues to be well ahead of its competitors at 28.5% share. The rest of the Top 6…
Jaecoo ranks #6 in Israel with just one model: the 7. Data by our local partner cartube.co.il shows an Israeli new car market down -5.9% year-on-year in February to 24,611. Thanks to a very strong January result however, the year-to-date tally is up by a sturdy 12.2% to 71,224. Hyundai (+12.7%)…
The Kia Sonet is up to #5 in Paraguay in 2024. Discover 14 years of Paraguay Historical Data here The Paraguayan new light vehicle market roars up 16.8% year-on-year in 2024 to 34,705 units. This year there's a big event in the brands charts: Kia (+34%) overtakes both Toyota (+16.8%)…
The Renault Kardian breaks its Colombian ranking record this month. 01/04 update: Now with Top 20 brands The Colombian new car market rallies back up 24.3% to 14,396 units. However let's keep in mind January 2024 was a particularly low reference base, marking the weakest January in 26 years. In…
The Toyota Corolla Cross is up to #3 in Puerto Rico this year. Discover 35 years of Puerto Rico historical data here. New light vehicle sales in Puerto Rico edge down -5% year-on-year in 2024 to 121,996 units. Although still strong, this is the lowest annual volume since 2020. Toyota…
The Station Wagon accounts for 63% of Kia Ceed sales in January. The Slovak new car market starts the year in a mediocre way, with January sales plunging -16.8% year-on-year to 6,605. Brand leader Skoda (-39.8%) falls significantly faster than the market to 18.4% share vs. 20.7% over the Full…
The Jeep Avenger is the 2nd best-selling vehicle in Serbia in January. Data shared with us by our central European partner CE Auto shows a Serbian market skidding -11.5% year-on-year in January to 1,764 units. The Skoda Octavia (-46.7%) implodes but easily holds onto the top spot with 5% share.…
The Toyota Corolla is up to #2 in Bosnia & Herzegovina According to data shared with us by our local partner CE Auto, the Bosnian new car market edges up 1.9% year-on-year in January to 783 units. The Skoda Octavia (+57.1%) remains ultra dominant at 7% share. It is followed…
The Kia Soluto is the best-selling vehicle in Ecuador in January. The Ecuadorian new car market drops -11.8% year-on-year in January to 8,240 registrations. This is the weakest January result since 2017. After celebrating 30 years in a row at #1, Chevrolet is hit hard this month with sales down…
The Hyundai Tucson holds 10.9% of the Kazakh market in 2024. Discover over 50 years of Kazakhstan Historical Data here. It's another record year for Kazakh new vehicle sales in 2024: passing the 200,000 annual volume barrier for the first time at 205,132 units (+3.2%). The top 3 manufacturers all…
Hyundai Venue in front of a kangaroo & wombat warning sign.Lightning Ridge location in Australia (blue circle) Today it is time to relate to you my test drive of the Hyundai Venue. I took it to Lightning Ridge, a small town close to the border between New South Wales and…
Renewed for 2024, the Toyota Wigo is up to #5 this year. Discover 30 years of Philippines Historical Data here. It's a record market for new vehicle sales in the Philippines at 475,094 units (+7.5%), eclipsing the previous best of 473,943 reached in 2017. Toyota (+8.9%) tightens its grip on…
The Ford Tourneo Custom is up to 5th place in January. 20/02 update: Now with Top 30 models incl. LCVs Over 9,000 new passenger cars were registered in Hungary in January, a 13% year-on-year increase. When addling light commercials, the market jumps 16.8% to 11,117. Looking at the passenger cars…