The Skoda Fabia is #1 at home in May. Picture sportovnivozy.cz With most COVID-19 restrictions lifted by May 11, the Czech new car market performs better in May at -44.4% to 13.385 than it did in April (-53.4%) but not by such a significant margin which is disappointing. The year-to-date…
As Australians get ready to holiday at home, the Toyota Land Cruiser aligns ranking records. 5/06 update: Now with Top 300 All-models. Australia has not just flattened but squashed the coronavirus curve, going from being the 20th most affected country in the world as of March 31 (4.559 cases) to…
The Toyota RAV4 is the best-selling vehicle in New Zealand for the first time. As one of the only countries in the world to have truly defeated the coronavirus with no active infections, no new daily infections since May 21 and businesses reopening, New Zealand new car sales see their…
The Kia Stonic is the 2nd best-selling vehicle in Croatia in May. The Croatian new car market remains very affected by the coronavirus crisis with sales down another -76.2% year-on-year in May to 2.173 units, pulling the year-to-date volume down -55.6% to 13.286. Market leaders Volkswagen (-64.1%) and Skoda (-46.8%)…
The A-Class is #1 in Portugal in May, helping Mercedes to a record share. New daily coronavirus cases have remained below 400 since May 8 in Portugal but the pandemic hasn't been completely wrestled to the ground just yet, adding up to 33.592 cases and 1.455 deaths at the time…
The Skoda Fabia is the best-selling vehicle in Poland in May. The COVID-19 curve hasn't been flattened in Poland with total infections still on the rise: from 2.311 as of March 31 to 12.877 as of April 30 and 23.786 as of May 31. The Polish new car market does a…
The Hyundai Creta is the best-selling vehicle in India in May. After completely stopping in April with zero wholesales and retail sales, the Indian new car market gingerly steps out in May at -84.5% year-on-year to just 36.576 wholesales vs. 236.533 in May 2019, pulling the year-to-date tally down -48.1%…
Chevrolet Tracker sales are lifted up 51.7% by the new generation. Brazil is in the process of displacing the USA to become the new global epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic, going from 108.620 total cases a month ago to 555.383 today and 7.367 deaths when we published the April sales…
The Hongqi H9 is part of an avalanche of new local models hitting the Chinese market as it recovers from the coronavirus... According to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), May wholesales in China are expected to surge 11.7% year-on-year to 2.14 million units according to preliminary estimates. This…
The U.S. recovery is hampered by absent fleet sales, notably rental cars. U.S. new light vehicle sales are estimated to fall -33% year-on-year in May to 1.065.000 units according Edmunds, ALG and Cox Automotive, compared to a revised -50% and 668.000 in April. This pulls the year-to-date tally down -24.2%…
The Suzuki Vitara is the best-selling vehicle in Hungary in May. Picture autonavigator.hu Following the same trend as Netherlands, Sweden and Finland, new car sales in Hungary fare worse in May at -54.5% year-on-year and 6.472 units than they did in April (-50.3%). The year-to-date tally is now down -25.7%…
Hyundai Kona sales surge 92% in a market down -50.2%. Sweden is the only European country to not have imposed any COVID-19 lockdown on its population over the past few months. As a result, infections and most strikingly deaths have continued to soar: from 4.435 and 180 respectively as of…
The Ford Kuga breaks into the Finnish Top 10 in May. The April 2020 article has been updated with the Top 32 All-brands and Top 50 models. After losing a somewhat contained -39.1% in April, Finnish new car sales go against most other European markets and accelerate their fall in…
The VW Tiguan is the best-selling vehicle in Ireland in May. After almost coming to a complete stop in April (-96.1%), Irish new car sales fall another -72.3% year-on-year in May to just 1.751 registrations as the country only partially eased its COVID-19 lockdown on May 18. The year-to-date tally…
The Audi A1 climbs on the Spanish podium for the first time. New car sales in Spain collapse -72.7% year-on-year in May to 34.337 registrations, according to data by Anfac. This follows a March drop of -69.3% and an April fall of -96.5%, as contrary to France, the May drop…