The Dacia Duster is the best-seller at home for only the second time ever. The Romanian new car market is in great shape this year: after climbing 55.5% in January and 25.1% in February, the March volume is up another 40.2% year-on-year to 11,025 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now…
The Citroen C4 ranks #7 in Scotland in February. Thanks to SMMT we can share with you the Top 10 best-sellers for each UK nation in February. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures are included in the February 2022 UK update. Scotland (+28.9%) is the…
The VW T-Roc is #1 in Cyprus both in February and YTD. Note: The data section of this post also includes January figures. Thanks to our local partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, we can share with you today January and February data for Cyprus. The commentary will only cover February data…
The Hyundai Ioniq 5 is up to 5th place in Ireland in February. Picture carzone.ie New car sales in Ireland drop -12.5% year-on-year in February to 11,990 units, leading to a year-to-date volume off -4.7% to 37,013. Hyundai (+21.6%) defies the market slump to sign its first monthly win in…
The Jeep Compass is up to #2 in Croatia in February. The Croatian new car market skids down -15.4% year-on-year in February to 2,910 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -7.4% over the same period in 2021. Skoda (-18.4%) retains the pole position despite falling faster than the market,…
Dacia Duster sales are up 3-fold in Romania in February. New car sales in Romania gain 25.1% year-on-year in February to 8,616 units, with the year-to-date volume now up 39.3% to 17,953. These results follow particularly low year-ago comparison base. Dacia (+93.2%) recuperates from a February 2021 crash (-48.9%) to…
The Vauxhall Mokka is up to #3 in the UK in February. Always a low month before the license plate change of March, in February the UK market rises 15% year-on-year on a locked down February 2021 to 58,994 sales. The year-to-date tally is now up 23% to 174,081. When…
The Mitsubishi Outlander is the best-selling vehicle in New Zealand in January. New vehicle sales in New Zealand edge down -3.3% year-on-year in January to 13,514 units. Mitsubishi (+96%) shows explosive growth to snap the brands pole position for the first time, breaking records for volume (2,814) and share (20.8%)…
The Kia EV6 is up to #5 in Denmark in January. The Danish new car market recedes -8.3% year-on-year in January to 9,407 registrations. Toyota (+43.8%) ignore the negative environment to take hold of the brands pole position with 9.1% share vs. 8% over the FY2021. Volkswagen (-18.2%) is toppled…
The Toyota RAV4 is up 36.1% year-on-year in January. The bi-annual license plate system in place in Ireland which indicates the year of registration on the plate means January is traditionally the biggest month of the year in Ireland, accounting for roughly 30% of annual sales. This year starts with…
The Citroen C4 breaks into the Portuguese Top 10 in January. New car sales in Portugal edge down -2% year-on-year in January to 9,829 units. Peugeot (+0.8%) easily retains the brands top spot with 13.9% share vs. 12% over the Full Year 2021. It is followed this month by BMW…
The Ford F-Series remains the best-selling vehicle in Canada. Discover over 35 years of Canadian Historical Data here. After a month of December down -4.5% to 102,919 and Q4 2021 sales off -12.4% to 347,277, the Canadian new vehicle market ends the year up 6.6% to 1,663,277 units, still far…
The Hyundai Tucson is the best-selling vehicle in Northern Ireland in 2021. Discover over a decade of Northern Ireland Historical data here. Our partnership with SMMT enables us to share with you a zoom in on Northern Ireland as a UK nation, keep in mind overall UK sales figures have already…
The Ford Ranger holds a record 11.6% of the New Zealand market in October. The New Zealand new vehicle market is up 18.2% year-on-year in October to 14,019 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up a whopping 38.1% to 136.880. Note October 2021 is down -6.1% on pre-pandemic October 2019…
The new Maverick helps Ford regain control of the U.S. market in October. New light vehicle sales in the U.S. are estimated to drop -23% year-on-year in October to around 1.040.000 units according to Morgan Stanley, that's a slightly smaller decline than in September (-25%). It leads to a year-to-date…