Exclusive data from our local partner CE Auto shows a Serbian new car market up a very strong 32.9% year-on-year in October to 2,934 units. This means the year-to-date volume is now up 15.9% to 29,210. The Skoda Fabia (+66.7%) is up three spots on September to clinch the pole…
The Peugeot 208 is the best-selling vehicle in Portugal in October. 15,291 new cars found a buyer in Portugal in October, a solid 10.3% year-on-year improvement. The year-to-date volume is now up 3.5% to 173,133. Peugeot surges 59.4% to tighten up its grip on the brands charts even further at…
The Mitsubishi Space Star soars to #2 overall in Austria in June. 30,693 new cars hit Austrian roads in June, a fantastic 25.2% year-on-year improvement. The year-to-date volume is now up 6.6% to 135,113 halfway through the year. Brand leader Volkswagen (+40.5%) manages to vastly outpace the market to 16.7%…
The MG 4 misses out on a Top 10 finish by 322 sales. New car sales in Germany advance by a solid 6.1% year-on-year in June to 297,329 units, leading to a H1 2024 result up 5.3% to 1,471,641. Although positive, these scores remain below pre-pandemic June 2019 levels: -8.6%…
Cupra is up to a record #13 this month. The Spanish new car market edges up 2.2% year-on-year in June to 103,357 sales, leading to a year-to-date volume up 5.9% to 535,243. Like last month, sales to rental companies single-handedly pull the market in positive territory as they progress +15.4%…
The Opel Astra is up to #4 in Germany in May. The German new car market recedes slightly in May at -4.4% to 236,044 sales. The year-to-date tally remains in positive however at +5% to 1,172,725 units. Volkswagen (+8.7%) goes against the general negative trend with a solid uptick leading to…
The Citroen C3/Aircross breaks into the German Top 10 in March. 263,368 new cars joined German roads in March, a disappointing -6.4% year-on-year drop. However the Q1 volume manages to stay in positive at +4.1% to 694,309 units. Volkswagen (-3.4%) fares better than the market albeit in negative to 18.3%…
VW Passat sales are up 54.9% in February. Picture Martin Meiners. German new car sales edge up 5.4% year-on-year in February to 217,388 units. That's the smallest lift among the Top 5 European markets. Year-to-date volumes are up 11.8% to 430,941. Note BEV sales drop -15.4% year-on-year to 27,479 and…
The Skoda Octavia is on the German podium for the 2nd time ever. German new car sales shoot up 19.1% year-on-year in January to 213,553 units. Volkswagen (+12.1%) trails the market slightly but scores a solid 19.5% share vs. 18.2% over the Full Year 2023. Mercedes (-0.5%) is soft year-on-year but…
The Toyota Corolla misses out on the monthly top spot for just 90 sales. New car sales in Spain advance 7.3% year-on-year in January to 68,685. Almost the entire growth is due to sales to rental companies, up 74.6% to 7,238. Private sales grow 6.3% to 34,037 and company sales…
New wind for the VW Golf at home. New car sales in Germany are flat in September at -0.1% year-on-year to 224,502, leading to a year-to-date volume up 14.5% to 2,138,066. September is down -8.2% on pre-pandemic September 2019 (244,622) and YTD is down -22% over the same period in…
Cupra sales are up 51.4% year-on-year in July 17,566 new cars hit Austrian roads in July, a shy 9.4% lift on July 2022. This is down -11.7% on July 2021 (19,902), down -29.1% on July 2020 (24,784) and down -44.2% on July 2019 when 31,454 cars were registered. The year-to-date volume now stands…
The Cupra Leon breaks into the Austrian Top 20 for the first time. The Austrian new car market rallies back up 20.6% year-on-year in May to 20,623 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 19% to 102,179. The top four manufacturers all vastly outpace the market. Volkswagen (+34.6%) is on…
The Hyundai Tucson is the best-selling vehicle in Spain in 2022. Discover 50 years worth of Spanish Historical Data here The Spanish new car market drops -5.4% year-on-year in 2022 to 813,396 registrations which is the lowest annual volume since 2013 (723.936). December sales are down -14.1% to 73.927 units as…
The Seat Arona is by far the best-selling vehicle in Spain in May. New car sales in Spain drop another -10.9% year-on-year in May to 84,977 units, with sales to rental companies (-41.4% to 18,235) the single channel responsible for this month's fall. Indeed private sales are up 4.3% to…