The Cavalier (+252.3%) helps Chevrolet up 110.7% in Mexico this month. After 19 consecutive months of year-on-year declines, in January the Mexican new car market records its first uptick since May 2017 at +1.8% and 111.225 units. However, the reason behind this gain is a little controversial as it is solely…
Renault may be the #2 brand in Colombia this month, but the Sandero remains by far the best-selling model. New vehicle sales in Colombia drop 2.9% year-on-year in January to 15.965. For the first time since last August, Chevrolet (-22.1%) manages to outsell Renault (-1.1%) to resume its domination of…
The Karoq (+137.5%) helps Skoda up 3.5% in January in Ireland. January is traditionally the strongest month of the year in Ireland as it corresponds to a bi-annual license plate change. Irish license plate feature the year of registration. But this year is off to a wobbly start, with new…
Renault soars 17.8% in Slovenia in January. This post has now been updated with the Top 10 models. The Slovenian new car market edges up 1.4% year-on-year in January to 6.563 units, and like in December Renault (+17.8%) snaps the brands lead away from Volkswagen (-5.3%) with Skoda (+20.2%) also…
The Skoda Fabia is the best-selling vehicle in Serbia. According to our Central European data partner CE Auto, the Serbian new car market skids down 5.3% in January to 1.608 units. Skoda manages to monopolise the podium for the second time ever and in the past 4 months (after last October) with…
The Hyundai Tucson is up 27.3% in Bosnia & Herzegovina in January. Thanks to our Central European market data partner CE Auto, January data for Bosnia & Herzegovina is now available and the news aren't great with a steep -20.8% drop to 675 sales. The Skoda Octavia (-10.6%) is head and…
The Dacia Duster spends a second consecutive month in the Moldovan pole position. Based on data shared by our Central European market data partner CE Auto, the Moldovan new car market gains a sturdy 15.5% year-on-year in January to 477 registrations. Following on from a pole position in December, the Dacia Duster…
Citroen sales in Uruguay are up 81.3% in a market down 27.2%. After freefalling -19.6% over the Full Year 2018, new car sales in Uruguay start in an ever worse fashion with January registrations imploding down 27.2% to 2.975. Just as its Kwid managed its first ever win in the…
The Golf (+44.7%) helps Volkswagen up 22.5% this month in Denmark. Danish new car sales start 2019 with a bang as January registrations bounce up 7% to 21.313 units. Volkswagen (+22.5%) is partly responsible for this surge at 13.8% share, distancing Peugeot (-0.5%) edging down but up to a fantastic…
Sales of Peugeot 308 in Greece are up 12-fold year-on-year in January. Solid start of the year for Greek new car sales at +3.7% to 9.210 units. Brand leader Toyota (-5.4%) isn't surfing on the positive wave but remains in the lead at 12.5%, even though Peugeot (+10.6%), Opel (+10.3%)…
The Skoda Octavia (+29.1%) holds 4.3% of the Swiss market in January. New car sales in Switzerland creep down 3.4% year-on-year in January to 20.931 units, however alternative fuelled vehicles soar 35.6% to 1.724 and 8.2% share vs. 5.9% a year ago, pushed by EVs up 77.1% to 434 and…
Discounts on the outgoing generation and demo sales of the new one (pictured) means the Triton outsells the Hilux in January. Signalling that the streak of 5 consecutive record years New Zealand has enjoyed may be coming to an end, January sales recede 6% to 13.938 units, with passenger cars…
The Lexus UX is up to #25 in Taiwan in January. New car sales in Taiwan take a 7.9% hit in January to 44.143 registrations, just as brand leader Toyota (-12.8%) falls faster but scores a higher share than over FY2018 at 26% vs. 23.7%. Nissan (-12.9%), Honda (-11.1%) and…
The Honda CR-V is the most popular nameplate in Vietnam in January. The Vietnamese new vehicle market surges 28.6% year-on-year in January to 33.484 registrations, with new brands leader Toyota (+48.1%) cementing its pole position at 22.7% share and Mazda (+2.2%) stepping up to #2 overall above Thaco-Kia (-25.1%). Lexus (+263.8%),…
The Toyota Yaris is the best-selling vehicle in New Caledonia in January. New car sales in New Caledonia, a French overseas archipelago located north-east of Australia, start the year in the most depressing fashion: down an abysmal 25.6% to just 494 units. Toyota (+10.3%) and Peugeot (+48.6%) however buck the…