The Hyundai Ioniq 5 almost doubles its sales month-on-month. New car sales in South Korea sink -21% year-on-year in June to 160.952 units including 134.761 sales for local carmakers (-23.6%) and 26.191 for foreigners (-4.2%). This disappointing result is partly due to the ongoing shortage of semi conductors but also…
Lexus NX sales are up 37.1% in May in China. Note: April data is also included in the tables below. Sales of imported cars in China drop -11.5% year-on-year in May to 79.295 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 18% to 405.337. Lexus (-8.1%) resists better than the market…
The Hyundai Staria has landed in the South Korean charts... The South Korean new car market edges down -2.5% to 161.179 units on strong Covid recovery year-ago volumes and production disruptions due to the global microchip shortage. The year-to-date tally is now up 7.3% to 592.684. Hyundai (-3.3%) falls slightly…
Audi imports are up 247.9% year-on-year in March. Note: January and February data is also included in the tables below. Sales of imported cars in China bounce back 31% year-on-year in March to 88.534, leading to a year-to-date tally up 49.1% to 240.490 units. Lexus (+52.6%) gains more ground than…
Audi A3 sales are up 39.7% year-on-year. Picture autobild.de New car sales in Germany are off -19% year-on-year in February to 194.349 units as Covid-19 restrictions are extended. This brings the year-to-date tally down -25.1% to 364.103 sales. Brand leader Volkswagen (-9.7%) manages to slice the market decline in two…
Toyota RAV4 private sales soar 51.4% in 2020 in Poland. Picture auto-swiat.pl Discover close to 30 years worth of Polish Historical Data here. New car sales in Poland drop -22.9% year-on-year in 2020 to 428.377 units. Private sales are down -28% to 117.296 and 27.4% share vs. 29.3% in 2019 while…
The Dacia Logan nameplate is #1 at home for the 16th consecutive year. Discover over 50 years of Romanian Historical Data here. New car sales in Romania skid down -21.8% year-on-year in 2020 to 126.281 units, a loss of 35.000 sales compared to 2019. Homegrown behemoth Dacia (-20.6%) resists slightly…
The Renault Clio secures an 8th consecutive annual win in Portugal. Discover over 30 years of Portugal Historical Data here. The Portuguese new car market is hit full frontal by the Covid crisis in 2020 with sales off a ghastly -35% year-on-year to just 145.417 units vs. 223.799 in 2019.…
The VW Golf is down to 4.7% share, its lowest ever in a Full Year at home. Discover 75 years worth of German Historical data here. The German new car market is hit -19.1% by the coronavirus crisis in 2020 to 2.917.678 registrations, that's a loss of almost 700.000 sales compared…
The Ford F-Series is #1 in the USA for the 39th consecutive year. Discover over 110 years of U.S. Historical Data here. 12/02 update: Now with Mercedes and Jaguar Land Rover models sales. After Q4 sales down just -2.4% and a December SAAR at 16.38 million vs. 17.11 million in…
The Fiat 500 was the best-selling electric vehicle in Italy in December. Picture quattroruote.it Consult over 90 years of Italian Historical Data here. New car sales in Italy are off -27.7% year-on-year in 2020 to 1.393.556 units, the lowest annual figure since 2014 (1.359.616). Private sales resist markedly better at…
The Toyota Prado hits a record 4th place in Australia in October. A good surprise this month is how well the Australian new car market is holding: down just -1.5% year-on-year in October to 81.220 units, by far the smallest year-on-year decline since the pandemic started, leading to a year-to-date…
The Peugeot 2008 smashes its European ranking record at #7. Picture quattroruote.it 31/08 update: Now with Top 353 All-models. 28/08 update: Now with final Top 55 All-brands and Top 100 models. As you have already tracked on our Live COVID-19 Dashboard, the European new car market has spectacularly stabilised in July, posting…
The Skoda Octavia soars 29% year-on-year in July. 11/08 update: Now with final brands data and Top 20 models. New car sales in Austria continue to struggle in July at -21.2% year-on-year to 24.784 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -33.6% to 137.571. Brand leader Volkswagen (-30.1%) is hit…
The Hyundai Avante hits its largest volume in 4 years. The South Korean new car market is full steam ahead again in July, securing a 5th consecutive positive month at +9.2% to 161.694 units. Local manufacturers soar 10.4% to 141.916 while foreigners are more muted at +1.7% to 19.778. Year-to-date…