The Kia Stonic is the best-selling vehicle in Cyprus both for the month and YTD. According to numbers by our local partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, 1,601 new cars found a buyer in Cyprus in March, a solid 11.4% year-on-year improvement. This leads to a stable Q1 volume at -0.3%…
The Dacia Duster is up to a record third place in Austria in March. 25,950 new cars hit Austrian roads in March, a tiny 1% year-on-year lift. The Q1 tally is up 4.4% to 66,017. The Top 5 brands all beat the market. Volkswagen (+5.3%) leads the way again at…
The Fiat 600 ranks #7 in Portugal in March. New car sales in Portugal are up a solid 7.8% year-on-year to 24,578 in March, reducing the YTD fall to -0.8% to 58,545. Peugeot (+22.3%) surges ahead to cement its domination of the brands charts with 10.7% share. Renault (+3.7%) remains…
The Nissan Qashqai is the most popular vehicle in Hungary in March and ranks #4 over Q1 16/04 update: Now with Q1 2025 Top 50 models (PC+LCV). 13,199 new cars hit Hungarian roads in March, a +2.4% year-on-year improvement. This leads to a Q1 tally up 3.8% to 32,899. Suzuki…
The Toyota Hilux Revo is the most popular vehicle in Thailand in February. 48,546 new light vehicles found a buyer in Thailand in February, leading to a year-to-date tally at 112,160. Toyota remains the overwhelming leader with 41.8% share vs. 39% so far this year. Honda overtakes Isuzu to reclaim…
The Xiaomi SU7 sells over 29,000 units in a single month. According to data by CAAM and CPCA, new Passenger Vehicle wholesales in China shoot up 8.9% year-on-year in March to 2,412,000 units, a record for the month. This includes 1,257,000 SUVs (+9.2%), 1,046,000 cars (+8.7%) and 108,000 MPVs (+7.3%).…
The Kia Tasman has landed in its home sales charts. The South Korean new car market edges up 2.4% year-on-year in March to 149,120 units. This includes 123,891 sales for local manufacturers (+2.9%) and 25,229 for foreigners (-0.1%). The year-to-date tally is up similarly at +2.8% to 387,702 including 327,045…
The Fiat Ducato is the favourite of German private buyers in March. 84,414 new cars were sold in German private customers in March, a 33.3% ratio and +0.3% year-on-year improvement. The private sales ratio (PSR) in March 2024 was 31.9%. Over Q1, the PS volume is up 3.9% to 225,954…
The Skoda Elroq is only outsold by the VW ID.4 in March. The Danish new car market sinks -11.2% year-on-year in March to just 14,987 units. However thanks to a solid start of the year the Q1 tally is actually up 1.3% to 37,435. Volkswagen (+59.7%) completely defies the tumbling…
Kia sales almost double year-on-year in Luxembourg in March. The Luxembourg new car market progresses 5.6% year-on-year in March to 4,840 sales, tilting the Q1 tally into positive at +1.4% to 12,671. Volkswagen (-1.9%) stays in first place with 11.8% share despite a small YoY drop. BMW (+6.6%) also repeats its…
The Cupra Formentor is up to an all-time high 5th place in Germany in March. 253,497 new cars hit German roads in March, a -3.7% year-on-year fall. The Q1 volume is off -4.3% to 664,571. 42,521 BEVs found a buyer this month, up 35.5% over March 2024. Over Q1, it's…
The Toyota RAV4 is the best-selling vehicle in Finland in March. Finnish new car sales endure a third straight negative month in March (and 15th out of the past 16 months) at -4.7% to 6,082 units. The Q1 tally is off -9.4% to 16,447. Toyota (-21.4%) keeps the brands pole…
The Tesla Model Y is the best-selling vehicle in Norway in March. The Norwegian new car market rallies back up 36.5% year-on-year in March to 13,304 units, keeping in mind March 2024 was down -49.7% on the year prior. The Q1 volume is up 42% to 31,596. 11,192 BEVs were…
The Ford Puma is back to #1 in the UK. In the most important month of the year (new '25 license plate released), UK sales grow by a splendid 12.4% year-on-year to 357,103 units, single handedly tiling the Q1 2025 tally into positive at +6.4% to 580,502. This is the…
The Nissan X-Trail is up to a record 7th place in Switzerland in March. New car sales in Switzerland are down another disappointing -7.6% in March to 21,690 units. This means the Q1 volume is off -7.9% to 52,690. 4x4 sales are down -11.4% for the month to 11,191 and…