The Dacia Sandero soars to 8.5% share at home in November. New car sales in Romania continue to gallop ahead in November at +57.7% year-on-year to 13.091 units, marking an 11th double-digit gain in the past 12 months and lifting the year-to-date volume up 21.5% to 147.789. Homegrown market leader Dacia…
The Renault Captur is back on the Portuguese podium. New car sales in Portugal gain 5.8% year-on-year in November to 16.400 units, leading to a year-to-date tally now down -2.9% to 206.073. Renault (+6.7%) is back above Peugeot (+19%) atop the brands ranking while BMW (+27.2%) continues to progress, dislodging…
The VW Polo is the best-selling vehicle in Austria in October. New car sales in Austria leap up 11.7% year-on-year on weak post-WLTP year-ago volumes to 25.138 units, yet the year-to-date tally remains in frank negative at -4.7% to 283.436. Volkswagen (+13.9%) just outpaces the market to easily hold onto…
The VW Golf is the best-selling vehicle in Slovenia in October. New car sales in Slovenia gain 4.9% year-on-year in October to 5.983 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down -3.5% to 63.391. Volkswagen (+16.9%) frankly outpaces the market to easily remain in the brands lead with 17.3% share vs.…
The Dacia Duster hits a record 10.5% share at home in October. The Romanian new car market continues to brilliantly recover from particularly weak year-ago post-WLTP figures with October sales shooting up 58.1% year-on-year to 10.649 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 18.9% to 134.698. Homegrown brand leader Dacia (+94.5%)…
The BMW 3 Series is at its highest in Portugal in almost 5 years. The Portuguese new car market lifts 12.2% year-on-year in October on weak year-ago post-WLTP volumes to 15.649 units, leading to a year-to-date tally now down -3.5% to 189.673. Peugeot (+9.2%) overtakes Renault (+19.8%) to reclaim the…
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…
First monthly win at home for the Renault Clio 5, but can it resist the arrival of the Peugeot 208 II next month? 10/10 update: Now with Top 40 brands and Top 280 models. After suffering from an unusually high comparison set last month due to rushed pre-WLTP year-ago sales,…
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 VW Passat is up to #2 in Turkey in August. Given August 2018 sales were already imploding -52.6%, the Turkish new light vehicle market somewhat "limits" its fall to -23.6% this year to 26.246 units, with Passenger Cars down -20.1% to 21.544 and Light Commercials crumbling -36.2% to just 4.702.…
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…
The Fiat 500 scores its first Swiss podium in August. As is the case for most of the European Union his month, the Swiss new car market endures a -9.5% year-on-year fall in August to 19.437 sales as year-ago volumes were artificially propped up by pre-WLTP stock clearances. The year-to-date…
The Dacia Sandero tops the Slovenian charts for the first time. Picture avto.over.net New car sales in Slovenia drop a steep -13.7% year-on-year in August to 5.006 units, engulfed in the WLTP hangover that is gripping most European Union markets this month. As a result, the year-to-date tally is now…
The perfect fit: the Porsche 911 is the best-selling vehicle in Monaco in 2018. Consult 8 years of Monaco Historical Data here. After the Top 53 All-brands, we can now share with you an exclusive Top 265 All-models ranking for Monaco. You won't find this data anywhere else. Fitting to…