First Top 20 finish for the Jaecoo J5 in New Zealand. The New Zealand new vehicle market soars 13.4% year-on-year in June to 13,440 units, leading to a year -to-date tally up 12.5% to 71,476. Sales of passenger cars are up 20.9% for the month to 9,963 whereas commercials drop…
According to fresh data by local association AIVAM, the Moroccan new vehicle market soars 17.6% year-on-year over the First Half 2026 to a record 131,748 units. Note this figure includes commercial vehicles which explains the discrepancy with previous updates. Local producer Dacia (+15.2%) holds onto the brands top spot with…
The Ford Tourneo/Transit Custom is up to #6 in Slovakia in June. New car sales in Slovakia progress 6.1% year-on-year in June to 9,339 units, however the H1 tally is in negative at -3.6% to 43,504. Skoda (-5.2%) can't capitalise on the market's growth but stays the faraway leader with…
The Geely EX5 is the best-selling vehicle in Moldova for the third straight month. Data by our Central European partner CE Auto shows a Moldovan new car market surging 26.6% year-on-year in June to 1,147 units. This way, the year-to-date tally is up 25.6% to 5,915. For the first time,…
The Tesla Model Y is the most popular vehicle in Europe in June. The European new car market (EU+EFTA+UK) is up 12.9% year-on-year in June to 1,407,291 units according to Dataforce and Mobility Sweden data combined. ACEA has the market up 13.1% to 1,407,332. Chinese brands surge 130.8% year-on-year to…
Dacia posts its first 2,000+ sales month in Portugal. Another solid result for new car sales in Portugal, up 13.6% year-on-year in June to 26,349 units, keeping in mind June 2025 was already up 14.8% on the year prior. Halfway through the year the market is up 10.5% to 137,080.…
Exeed LX in Doha A few months ago I was able to visit Doha in Qatar, and this was a great excuse to do a little "car safari" to explore what's in the streets. My observations are below. The first striking observation while scanning the Qatari car landscape is the…
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…