Seat sales surge 23.4% year-on-year and the Arona is up 46.7%. 11/03 update: Now with Top 50 Private sales models. The German new car market skids down -10.8% year-on-year in February to 239.943 units, the largest and only double-digit drop among the main European markets in February. It brings the…
The Kia Stonic soars to an all-time record 12th place in Spain in February. The Spanish new car market slightly slows down its fall in February at -5.1% to 98.221 registrations, the slowest February since 2016. The year-to-date tally is now down -6.2% to 187.871. Once again the reading by…
The Dacia Sandero is #1 in 24 Spanish provinces in 2018. We have come across Top 15 models rankings for each of the 51 Spanish provinces (all 50 official + Ceuta). This is a level of detail we had never been able to access before, so even though it is…
167 Porsche Taycan found a new German home in January. 13/02 update: Now with Top 50 private sales models. New car sales in Germany skid down -7.3% year-on-year in January to 246.300 units, with business fleet sales (-5.1%) resisting better than the market at 168.469 and a whopping 68.4% share…
The Seat Ateca is up to a record 4th place at home in January. In a pattern we expect for most European Union markets this month, Spain starts the year down with January registrations at -7.5% year-on-year to 89.646. Company sales keep their head above the water, up 4.8% to…
The Mercedes A-Class topped the Portuguese monthly charts 5 times in 2019. Discover over 30 years of Portugal Historical Data here. The Portuguese new car market puts an end to 6 consecutive years of gains in 2019 at -2% to 223.799 registrations. The brands podium remains unchanged on 2018 with…
The Rifter helps push Peugeot to #1 in Spain, accounting for 14% of its 2019 volume. Consult over 45 years of Spanish Historical Data here. New car sales in Spain put an end to 6 consecutive years of growth in 2019 at -2.4% to 1.302.963 units, the first year-on-year decline…
The Toyota C-HR is up to a record 4th place in Spain in November. New car sales in Spain progress by 3.9% year-on-year in November to 97.173 units, the 2nd largest November volume in the past 12 years below 2017 (104.756), leading to a year-to-date tally down -3.2% to 1.193.642,…
The Kia Xceed breaks into the Spanish Top 50 in October. The Spanish new car market gains 8.4% year-on-year in October to 97.986 units, the largest result for the month in exactly 10 years - since the 98.512 units of October 2009. The year-to-date tally is now down -3.7% to…
The new generation Renault Clio is about to hit the Turkish market. The Turkish new light vehicle market seems to have finally bottomed up in September with sales up a stunning 82.3% year-on-year to 41.992 units, managing a first gain in 18 months (since March 2018). However September 2018 was…
The Fiat 500 lineup smashes its German ranking record from #16 to #7. Now with the Top 50 Private Sales models and commentary. The German new car market bounces back up 22.2% year-on-year in September to 244.622 on weak post-WLTP year-ago volumes, doing better than all other major European markets such…
The Mercedes A-Class is the best-selling vehicle in Portugal again. New car sales in Portugal bounce back up 13.9% year-on-year in September to 14.558 units on weak post-WLTP year-ago volumes, leading to a year-to-date tally down -4.7% to 174.024. Renault (+90.9%) returns to the top spot it holds year-to-date with…
The Renault Clio scores its first Spanish win in 3 years. It's time to kick start September updates and in Europe we will see a blanket of seemingly impressive year-on-year gains due to the depleted September 2018 volumes post-WLTP implementation. Spain inaugurates the trend with a 20.7% year-on-year surge to…
All guns blazing: the Dacia Duster sees its record ranking in Germany rise from #29 to #10. Now updated with Private Sales data (Top 50 models and commentary). New car sales in Germany hold surprisingly well in August, edging down -0.8% to 313.748 which means the YTD volume remains in…
The MG ZS is up to a record 2nd place in Wales in August. Thanks to our partnership with SMMT we can share with you today the Top 10 best-sellers for all UK nations in August. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures being included in…