The Mercedes GLB is inside the Czech Top 30 in January. New car sales in the Czech Republic drop -22.7% year-on-year to 14.794 registrations in January. Homegrown brand leader Skoda (-30.8%) falls faster than the market to 38.7% but January 2020 was a particularly high comparison base as it hit…
The Toyota RAV4 is the best-selling vehicle in Moldova this year. The Moldovan new car market skids -23.4% year-on-year in 2020 to 5.233 units vs. 6.831 in 2019. This year we witness a very rare event atop the Moldovan models ranking: a change of leadership. Thanks to the new generation, the…
The Toyota Corolla is #1 in Israel for the 2nd straight year. Discover 30 years of Israeli Historical Data here. Thanks to our Israeli partner cartube.co.il, we can share with you Q4 models and Full Year 2020 data for Israel. The market drops -15.5% year-on-year to 214.544 registrations. The Top 5…
The Skoda Scala climbs onto the Czech podium in 2020. Discover over 50 years of Czech Historical Data here. New car sales in the Czech Republic drop -18.8% year-on-year in 2020 to 202.971 units. Local behemoth Skoda (-12.9%) outpaces its home market and markedly improves its share from 34.4% to…
The Dacia Duster is the best-selling vehicle in Moldova in November. According to data by our Central European partner CE Auto, the Moldovan new car market is down -11.8% year-on-year in November to 553 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -24.3% to 4.592. The Dacia Duster (+12.2%) secures its second win…
The VW Golf is up 7-fold year-on-year in November. Picture auto.cz The Czech new car market is down another -13.3% year-on-year in November to 17.484 registrations, bringing the year-to-date volume down -21% to 182.638. Once again homegrown brand leader Skoda (-27%) loses a lot more ground than the market and…
The VW ID.3 is the most popular vehicle in Ireland for the 2nd month running. Picture completecar.ie As the year comes to an end, new car sales in Ireland dwindle to a trickle as a bi-annual license plate system encourages buyers to wait until January to get a 21 licence…
The Dacia Duster holds 14.8% of the Moldovan new car market in September. Picture quattroruote.it According to data shared with us by our Central European market data partner CE Auto, the Moldovan new car market edges up 2.2% year-on-year in September to 561 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -26.2%…
The Toyota Corolla returns to the YTD pole position in Israel. Thanks to our partnership with cartube.co.il, we can share with you today September brands data for Israel as well as monthly models data for Q3. The Israeli new car market is up 4.6% year-on-year in September, leading to a year-to-date…
The Toyota RAV4 remains the best-selling vehicle in Latvia in 2020. New car sales in Latvia drop a harsh -31.6% year-on-year in August to just 1.113 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -28.4% to 9.181. The Toyota RAV4 (-11.2%) remains on top year-to-date with a minimal loss due to…
The Porsche Cayenne is among the 10 most popular cars in Moldova in August. According to data shared with us by our Central European market data partner CE Auto, new car sales in Moldova freefall -33.4% year-on-year in August to 387 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -29.8% to 2.965.…
First podium finish for the Skoda Kamiq at home. New car sales in the Czech Republic spectacularly reduce their loss to just -5.2% year-on-year in June at 20.771 units, leading to a First Half volume down -26% to 95.029. Homegrown behemoth Skoda (+16.1%) is doing the heavy lifting with a…
First ever Russian Top 25 finish for the Kia Seltos. 20/06 update: Now with YTD Top 135 models. As we anticipated last month due to a national lockdown implemented on April 2 and in place all through the month, the Russian new car market collapses in April at -72.4% year-on-year to…
Skoda sales in Russia soar 41.7% in March. Anticipating a significant price increase due to a weakened currency, Russian buyers somewhat "stockpiled" on new cars in March with sales up 4% year-on-year to 162.321 units, only the 4th positive month in the past year. As a result the Q1 volume…
The Skoda Kodiaq is up to a record 2nd place in Moldova in February. According to our Central European market data partner CE Auto, new car sales in Moldova drop -5.7% year-on-year in February to 397, leading to a year-to-date tally down -6.6% to 839. The Dacia Logan (-35%) reclaims the top…