The Renault Duster is the best-selling vehicle in Ukraine in March. As of March 31, there were only 669 reported COVID-19 cases in Ukraine, and although some restrictive measures were taken the new car market wasn't much affected at -14.8% year-on-year in March to 6.244 units. The year-to-date tally remains in…
The Citroen C3 is #1 in North Macedonia both in March and YTD. 06/05: Now with amended data - original data was incorrect. According to our Eastern European data partner CE Auto, new car sales in North Macedonia sink -53.3% year-on-year in March to 382 registrations as the country went into total…
Toyota sales are down just -18% in a market down -48.2% 11/06 update: Now with Top 10 models for Q1 2020. New car sales in Lithuania fall off -48.2% year-on-year in March to 3.638 registrations, tilting the year-to-date tally into negative at -14.2% to 15.254 units. Fiat (-52.4%) easily holds onto…
Citroen drops "just" -26% in Slovakia in March. 28/05 update: Now with Q1 2020 Top 10 models. In February, the Slovak new car market is down -4.7% year-on-year to 7.220 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -4.9% to 13.953. Skoda (+13.9%) swims upstream and improves its share to 21.7%…
06/05 update: Now with refined final data for the Top 25 brands and Top 100 models. 01/05 update: Now with Top 55 brands and Top 360 models. New car sales in Europe-27 markets (EU+EFTA+UK) collapse -51.9% year-on-year in March to just 848.800 units according to figures released by JATO Dynamics,…
The Skoda Octavia is the best-selling vehicle in Bosnia in March. According to data shared with us by our Central European market data partner CE Auto, the Bosnian new car market drops -30.6% year-on-year in March to 616 registrations, tilting the Q1 volume tally into negative at -1.6% to 2.285. The…
The Dacia Logan is back to #1 in Moldova. New car sales in Moldova are down -43.4% year-on-year in March to 275 unfits according to our Eastern European data partner CE Auto, pulling the year-to-date tally down -19.5% to 1.114. The Dacia Logan (+25%) ingress the surrounding gloom to reclaim the…
Ram is the only manufacturer in Mexico to post a year-on-year gain in March. As of March 31, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Mexico amounted to 1.315 and a partial lockdown had just been announced, scheduled to last until May 30. As a result, new car sales are…
Malaysia is under a Movement Control Order since March 18. On March 18, a nationwide "Movement Control Order" which equates to a partial lockdown, was implemented to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Originally scheduled to last until March 31, it was later extended to April 14, April 28 then May…
Turkish sales went from +89.4% in February to +1.6% in March, but no COVID-19 lockdown yet means the coming slump may last longer. 30/04 update: Now with Top 25 models. Even though President Erdoğan urged the Turkish public to stay at home on March 18 and all international borders and…
The Isuzu D-Max holds a round 20% of the Thai market in March. 24/07 update: Now with Top 62 All-models. With 1.651 confirmed COVID-19 cases as of March 31 (and 2.931 at the time of writing), Thailand seems to have been relatively spared by the pandemic, however low testing levels…
The Toyota RAV4 is the best-selling vehicle in Georgia so far in 2020. 783 new light vehicles found a buyer in Georgia over the First Quarter of 2020. Toyota is the uncontested leader over the period, soaring to 41.3% share vs. 30.1% over the Full Year 2019. Skoda leaps up…
The Kia Rio scores its first ever podium finish in Kazakhstan. Despite declaring a state of emergency on 15 March and placing the cities of Nur-Sultan and Almaty in quarantine on 19 March, the Kazakh new car market is unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic so far, with March sales shooting…
Porsche Panamera sales are up 443.7% year-on-year. After collapsing -78.4% in February, retail sales of imported cars in China drop -35.3% in March to 61.260 units, a better hold than the wholesales market (-43.3%). Q1 2020 volumes are down -39.5% to 153.817. Lexus (-29.6%) reclaims the brands top spot for…
After January 2019 (world car market) and April 2019 (Chinese market), BSCB and I are featured for the third time in French newspaper Le Monde, one of the most important and widely respected newspapers in the world according to Wikipedia. The article, published in yesterday's edition (dated March 23) explores how different…