VW Tiguan sales triple year-on-year over Q2. According to local consultancy DesRosiers Automotive, new light vehicles sales in June end a streak of 8 consecutive year-on-year declines with a 1.9% uptick to 182,000 units, with one extra selling day. The SAAR stands at 1.84 million, here too stopping a negative…
The Jaecoo 8 is #4 in Israel over Q2. According to our local partner cartube.co.il, the Israeli new car market surges 93.1% year-on-year in June to 32,876 units. The Q2 2026 result is up 32.2% to 81,671 and the H1 2026 tally is up 10.8% to 176,859. In the brands…
The Renault Kwid breaks into the Mexican Top 5 for the first time. New light vehicle sales in Mexico are up 7.5% year-on-year in June to 126,902 units on revised June 2025 figures. This is the highest June result in 9 years: since the 127,419 registrations of June 2017. The…
The BYD Atto 3 is the 2nd best-selling vehicle in Cyprus in June. (Evo model pictured) According to our local partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, new car sales in Cyprus skid -15.9% year-on-year in June to just 1,133 units. The H1 2026 volume is now down -11.9% to 7,244. Despite…
Ram Pickup sales are up 19.1% year-on-year over H1. The U.S. new light vehicle market is down -2.7% year-on-year over the First Half of 2026 to 7,934,650 units. Forecasts for the second half of the year aren't more optimistic, and many analysts predict a negative market over the Full Year…
Nissan Rogue sales are up 38.6% over Q2. New light vehicle sales in the U.S. are up 7.9% year-on-year in June to 1.4 million units according to GlobalData. The Seasonally adjusted annualised rate of sales (SAAR) is up from 15.95 million a year ago in June 2025 to 16.6 million,…
BMW holds 15.8% of the Luxembourg car market in June. The Luxembourg new car market soars 22.6% year-on-year in June to 5,110 units, leading to a H1 tally up 5% to 26,526. BMW (+61%) brilliantly repeats at #1, and if last month its advantage over #2 Volkswagen (+20.3%) was just…
The Kia Niro is the 2nd best-selling car in Norway in June. 19,558 new cars were registered in Norway in June, up 6.4% year-on-year. However the H1 2026 tally is in negative at -2.8% to 73,403. BEV sales are up 6% to 18,875 and 96.5% share vs. 96.9% a year…
37% of BMW X3 sales in June come from the iX3 BEV variant. 296,378 new cars hit German roads in June, a very solid 15.7% year-on-year improvement. Keep in mind June 2025 was off -13.8% on the year prior. The H1 2026 volume is up 5.8% to 1,484,393. This is…
The Nissan Qashqai is #1 in Hungary over H1 but 80% are reexported. 15,100 new passenger cars were registered in Hungary in June, a fantastic +31.2% year-on-year improvement. The year-to-date tally halfway through the year stands at 74,905, up 13.3% on H1 2025. Including LCV the June tally is 17,686…
Vinfast has landed in the Danish market. The Danish new car market shoots up 12.8% year-on-year in June to 21,487 units. This way, the H1 volume is also up 12.8% to 101,032. BEVs account for 79.1% of the market for the month and 79.9% so far this year. Toyota (+126.6%)…
First Finnish Top 10 finish for the BMW iX3. 7,433 new cars hit Finnish roads in June, a small 1.9% year-on-year improvement. This is enough to tilt the year-to-date volume into positive territory, albeit by just 7 sales at 36,585. Toyota (+70.6%) posts another fantastic month, climbing to 21.9% share,…
The Chevrolet Groove achieves a podium finish for the first time in almost two years. New vehicle sales in Chile advance 9.5% year-on-year in June to 26,576 units, bringing the YTD tally up 5.5% to 153,574. Toyota (+11%) holds onto the brands top spot but Suzuki (+27.4%) is getting closer…
The Tesla Model Y is the best-selling vehicle in the UK in June. 11/07 update: Now with H1 2026 Top 10 LCV models. New car sales in the UK are up a very satisfying +11.4% year-on-year in June to 213,166 units. This is the market's first time above the 200,000…
The BMW iX3 breaks into the Swedish Top 10 for the first time. The Swedish new car market is up 8% year-on-year in June to 29,759 units, tilting the H1 volume into positive territory at +0.6% to 141,851. BEV sales are up 21.3% year-on-year to 13,014 and 43.7% share vs.…