Hyundai sales are up 42.7% in January and the Tucson ranks #3. New vehicle sales in Kazakhstan start the year in spectacular fashion, with January volumes up 20.5% year-on-year to 5.344. Hyundai (+42.7%) easily outpace the galloping market to secure a 5th consecutive monthly win at 21.3% share, not far…
BMW holds a record 10.4% of the Belgian new car market in January. 3/03 update: Now with Top 120 models. Belgium is the first main European market so far to show a (very timid) year-on-year gain in January at +1.5% to 51.840 registrations. There's a surprise atop the Belgian brands…
The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling vehicle in Turkey in January. After impressive rebounds last September (+82.3%), October (+127.5%) and to December (+16.5%), the Turkish new light vehicle market confirms it is on the mend with January registrations up 89.7% year-on-year to 27.273 units. Given January 2019 was down 59%,…
Toyota sales surge 45.4% year-on-year in January in Slovakia. 06/04 update: Now with Top 10 models. New car sales in Slovakia drop -5.1% year-on-year in January to 6.733 registrations. Brand leaders Skoda (+16.9%) and Volkswagen (+24%) go completely against the grain and post fantastic double-digit gains leading them to 24.1%…
The Toyota Corolla is #1 in Finland for the 6th time in the past 7 months. 3/03 update: Now with the Top 60 models. The Finnish new car market remains depressed in this start of 2020 with January registrations down another -8.3% to 10.672 units after January 2019 endured a…
Suzuki Ertiga sales surge 178.3% year-on-year in Indonesia in January. 09/06 update: Now with 135 All-models. New vehicle sales in Indonesia manage to contain their loss to -3% to 79.983 units. Toyota (-3.9%) follows the market to 30.2% share vs. 32.2% over the FY2019, as does Daihatsu (-4%) back to…
The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling vehicle in Hungary in January. Hungary is one of the rare European Union market to be in positive in January, edging up 4.1% year-on-year to 10.113 units (11.891 including LCVs), but the brands ranking gets completely reshuffled by the new emissions average EU rules.…
The Toyota RAV4 is the best-selling vehicle in Ukraine in January. The Ukrainian new car market shoots up 34.5% year-on-year in January to 7.072 units. Toyota (+91%) almost doubles its sales year-on-year to easily step up to the brands pole position for the first time since last June with 17.1%…
The Skoda Scala breaks into the North Macedonian Top 10. Thanks to our partnership with Eastern European data specialist CE Auto we can share with you today January data for North Macedonia, a market down -7% year-on-year to 467 registrations. Toppled over the Full Year 2019 by the Kia Sportage, the Citroen C3…
The Seat Ibiza scores its first Serbian Top 10 finish in at least 6 years. Based on data by our Central European data partner CE Auto, new car sales in Serbia surge 13.9% year-on-year in January to 1.831 units. The Skoda Fabia (+79%) overtakes its stablemate the Octavia (+39.2%) to take…
The Renault Clio is #1 in Bosnia & Herzegovina for the first time since 2017. According to data shared with us by our Central European market data partner CE Auto, the Bosnian new car market lifts 8.9% year-on-year in January to 735 units. The Renault Clio (+140%) more than doubles its…
The Toyota RAV4 is the #1 vehicle in Moldova again. Thanks to our Central European market data partner CE Auto, we can share with you January sales for Moldova, a market down -7.3% year-on-year to 442 registrations. The Toyota RAV4 manages a second consecutive monthly pole position, soaring to a stunning 10.9%…
The Geely Icon is the best-selling newcomer in China in January. After detailing Chinese January wholesales, as is the tradition we now detail all the new locally-produced launches for the month so you can keep up-to-date on the fastest-evolving automotive market in the world. Carmakers have rushed their new models before…
The Kia Stonic is the best-selling vehicle in Cyprus in January. Thanks to our partnership with SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, we can share with you today January figures for Cyprus, a market surging 16% year-on-year to 1.166 registrations. The Kia Stonic (+40.5%) soars to the pole position for the 4th time…
Roewe RX5 wholesales are lifted up 21.6% by the new MAX model. Chinese wholesales (ex-factory shipments) drop for the 19th consecutve month in January at -18.4% to 1.932.700 units but unlike most articles you may have read on the subject, this is not (yet) because of the COVID-19 virus. The…