The Toyota Corolla Cross is up to a record 2nd place in July. July is the month of the biannual license plate change and therefore boosted registrations in Ireland. In fact July sales almost equal January volumes at 27,143 (+23.9%) vs. 27,323. After 7 months, the Irish market is up 20.1%…
The Skoda Octavia is now #1 year-to-date in Austria. New car sales in Austria gain 7.7% year-on-year in June to 24,511 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 16.7% to 126,690. Volkswagen (-1.3%) underperforms and goes against the market with a negative result, yet posts a solid 14.9% share in…
The Hyundai Grandeur is the best-selling vehicle in South Korea in April. Sales of new light vehicles in South Korea climb 4.8% year-on-year in April to 149,497 as local manufacturers (+7.5%) fare much better than foreigners (-9.4%). The picture is similar year-to-date with a market up 12.8% to 578,530 including…
The Hyundai Grandeur is the best-selling vehicle in South Korea in March. The South Korean new light vehicle market soars 21.1% year-on-year in March to 164,766 units. This includes 140,926 local manufacturers (+26.8%) and 23,840 foreigners (-4.3%). That's a 85.5% market share for local brands. Keep in mind March 2022 was…
The Suzuki Swift is up to #3 overall in February. Affected by the month's floods and Cyclone Gabrielle, new vehicle sales in New Zealand sink -24% year-on-year in February to just 9,541 units. This is the lowest February volume since 2014. The year-to-date tally now skids -15.5% to 22,022 sales. Passenger Cars…
Hyundai Grandeur sales are up 118.6% thanks to a new generation. New vehicle sales in South Korea increase by a robust 19.7% year-on-year in February to 146,877 units, including 125,240 local models (+21.3%) and 21,637 foreigners (+11.2%). Year-to-date, the market is now up 12.9% to 264,267 sales, that includes 226,408…
Kia Seltos sales are up 123.9% year-on-year in February. According to estimates by local consultancy Desrosiers Automotive, new light vehicle sales in Canada progress 5.1% year-on-year in February to 103,771 units. This is the second weakest monthly total in the past decade, above only last year. The cumulative total after…
The Dacia Spring is up to #2 in Bulgaria in February. In February, 2,656 new light vehicles hit Bulgarian roads, a very strong 17.5% year-on-year improvement. This means the year-to-date tally is now up 18.5% over the same period last year to 5,584. Toyota (-7.8%) compensates for a particularly high…
The BMW X4 is up to #23 in January. According to data by our local partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, the Cyprus new car market gains 14.9% year-on-year in January to 1,275 sales. This month we have access to brand data. It shows BMW (+77.2%) spectacularly soaring up to snap the…
The Toyota Corolla ends 24 years of domination by the Honda Civic in the car charts. Discover close to 40 years of Canadian Historical Data here. New light vehicle sales in Canada are hit -8.9% year-on-year in 2022 to just 1,514,465 units as the microchip crisis and associated stock woes…
The Hyundai Tucson ranks #1 in Northern Ireland again. Discover over a decade of Northern Ireland Historical data here. Data by SMMT shows a Northern Irish market up 4.8% year-on-year in 2022 to 38,381 registrations. Keep in mind overall UK sales figures have already been analysed in our UK Full…
The Hyundai Tucson is once again the most popular vehicle in Ireland. Discover almost 50 years of Irish Historical Data here. The Irish new car market edges up 0.3% year-on-year in 2022 to 105,253 registrations. Toyota (+23%) vastly outpaces the market to reach 15.2% share vs. 12.4% a year ago…
The Kia Frontier holds 23.1% of the Iraqi market. Over the first 9 months of 2022, 57,741 new light vehicles found a new home in Iraq. Kia holds onto the brands top spot with a mammoth 34% share, distancing Toyota at an equally generous 27.8% of the market. This means…
The Renault Arkana hits a world record 2nd place in Ireland this month. As the year comes to an end, the Irish market traditionally falls into oblivion, awaiting the licence plate change of January. On top of this, new car sales fall back into negative in October at -2.1% to…
The Dacia Sandero is the best-selling vehicle in Spain in October. The Spanish new car market lodges a third straight year-on-year gain in October at +11.7% to 65,966 sales. Keep in mind October 2021 was down -20.5% on the year prior however. The year-to-date volume is now down -5.8% to 666,247…