The Honda e:Ny1 ranks #4 in Iceland in August. The Icelandic new car market craters -60.2% year-on-year in August to just 464 sales, leading to a year-to-date tally off -39.8% to 7,651. Toyota (-33.6%) improves its share to 18.8% vs. 13.2% so far this year and now ranks #2 year-to-date.…
The Kia Sorento is the best-selling vehicle in South Korea for the first time. The South Korean new light vehicle market dips -6.1% year-on-year in September to 129,243 sales, including 106,678 for domestic manufacturers (-6.1%) and 22,565 for foreigners (-5.7%). The year-to-date tally remains in clear positive at +6.3% to…
The Torres is already SSangyong's best-seller at home. New light vehicle sales in South Korea dip down -2.9% year-on-year in July to 143,557. This includes 122,134 local vehicles (-1.1%) and 21,423 foreigners (-12.2%). Year-to-date, the cume stands at 943,452 (-10.1%) including 791,020 locals (-9.9%) and 152,432 foreigners (-11.5%). Kia (+6.6%)…
The Peugeot 208 is the best-selling vehicle in May and year-to-date. New car sales in the Netherlands endure a second consecutive declining month in May at -7.4% year-on-year to 23,508 units. The year-to-date volume is down -4.6% to 123,811. Atop the brands ranking, Kia (+6.6%) and Peugeot (+30.8%) go against…
Dacia Duster sales are up a whopping 804.3% year-on-year in May. After two consecutive months of growth, the Irish new car market falls back in negative in May at -10.4% year-on-year to 5,300 registrations. However the year-to-date tally remains in positive at +2.8% to 63,042 units. In the brands ranking,…
The Toyota Yaris Cross ranks #2 in Ireland in November. The Irish new car market usually dies down as the year ends, in anticipation of the new licence plates delivered in January, and 2021 is no exception, with just 1,124 registrations in November. That's a 23.1% year-on-year surge leading the…
The Renault Arkana ranks inside the Irish Top 10 in September. In September, the Irish new car market endures its first year-on-year decline since January at -22% to 4.409 registrations, suffering from a high year-ago comparison base when the market was up 66.3% and leading to a year-to-date tally up…
The Dacia Sandero is the best-selling vehicle in Portugal in August. The Portuguese new car market implodes -35.8% year-on-year in August to 7.971 units, leading to a year-to-date volume now up 10% to 101.739. BMW (-2.4%) resists much better than the market and snaps the monthly top spot for only…
First podium finish in the world for the Hyundai Ioniq 5. The Norwegian new car market steps up 7.5% year-on-year in July to 10.507 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 36.9% to 94.437. The country remains the world champion in electrified sales, with volumes up 28.4% year-on-year in July…
The Renault Captur is now #1 year-to-date in Portugal. New car sales in Portugal gain 71% year-on-year in June to 18.936 registrations, bringing the year-to-date volume up 25.6% to 81.445. Note June 2021 remains significantly down on pre-pandemic levels of two years ago in June 2019 at -25.2% for the…
The Tesla Model 3 is the best-selling vehicle in Norway in June and H1 2021. New car sales in Norway continue to gallop ahead in June at +78.2% year-on-year to score a record June volume at 20.392 units. This leads to a year-to-date tally up 41.7% to 83.930. BEV sales…
The VW ID.4 holds 13.9% share in Norway. Picture nybiltester.no New car sales in Norway rally back up 77.3% year-on-year in April to 13.166 units, keeping in mind April 2020 was down -34% on the year prior which at the time was the smallest drop in Europe. The year-to-date tally…
Chinese EV maker Xpeng is climbing up the Norwegian sales charts. Picture elbil.no The Norwegian new car market advances 23.1% year-on-year in March to 15.321 units, keeping in mind March 2020 was down -32.2% on the year prior. The year-to-date tally stands at 36.309 units, up 12.2% on the same period…
The Lincoln stand at the 2018 Beijing Auto Show. Press Days at the Beijing Auto Show are now over and it's time to sift through roughly 2.000 pictures to give you my highlights. You can see our coverage of the 2014 Beijing Auto Show here and the 2016 Beijing Auto…