The Ibiza (+74.3%) lifts Seat up 28.5% in Portugal this month. The Portuguese new car market slips down -3.8% year-on-year in May to 22.724 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -4.7% to 103.290. Renault (-17.2%) easily remains atop the brands ranking at 14% share despite a very steep drop,…
A Police order of 346 Rapid means Skoda is the best-selling carmaker in Bulgaria in May. New car sales in Bulgaria continue to gallop ahead with May up a brilliant 28.3% to 4.538 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 10.9% to 18.980. Skoda (+79%) is lifted by the delivery of…
Seat sales shoot up 27.5% year-on-year in Switzerland this month. New car sales in Switzerland gain a slim 0.8% year-on-year in May to 28.060 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 1.8% to 128.745. Volkswagen (+0.5%) edges into positive at 12.2% share ahead of an impressive streak of 5 manufacturers outpacing…
The VW Polo is the best-selling vehicle in Denmark in May, a very rare feat. New car sales in Denmark plunge -15.4% year-on-year in May to 19.074 units, yet the year-to-date tally remains in positive for now at +3.3% and 101.529. Volkswagen (-5%) is the only carmaker on the podium…
The new generation Accord (+42.4%) helps Honda retail sales up 39.7% in April. Retail sales are an exclusive additional monthly Chinese update on BSCB since February 2018 for locally-made vehicles, imports being covered in separate articles. If wholesales correspond to ex-factory shipments, retail sales are those to end customers, taking the marketing edge…
Lexus RX sales surge 85.6% year-on-year in China this month. Imports into China score their first year-on-year gain of 2019 in April at a sturdy +8.8% to 95.341, meaning the year-to-date volume is now down -5.8% at 348.113 vs. -10.2% as of last month. Lexus (+42.1%) roars ahead again, managing…
The Xpeng G3 breaks its volume record and outsells both the Weltmeister EX5 and NIO ES8 for the first time. Retail sales of New Energy vehicles in China including EVs, PHEVs and hybrids slow down their growth at +56.5% to 90.683 units in April but remain by far the last…
BMW sales surge 42.1% year-on-year in May. New car sales in Germany enjoy their largest year-on-year gain since last August at +9.1% to 332.962 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 1.7% to 1.523.769, its highest level at this stage of the year since 2000. The odd reason behind such a large…
The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling vehicle in Poland in May. New car and light commercial sales continue to brilliantly gallop ahead in Poland at +11.5% in May to 53.224 units, a new record for the month, leading to a year-to-date volume up 3.6% to 262.151, also a record. This…
The Skoda Scala is inside the Czech Top 10 again. Czech new car registrations fall for the 9th straight month in May at -6.4% to 24.059 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -9.5% to 106.596. Yet the Top 2 most popular brands post increases this month: homegrown Skoda (+4.4%)…
The Toyota Prius is now the best-selling regular car in Japan year-to-date. The Japanese new car market scores a 4th year-on-year gain so far this year, advancing 6.5% in May to 396.120 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now up 1.1% to 2.303.022. The Top 2 most popular brand lift…
The Mercedes A-Class has ranked inside the UK Top 5 for the past 9 months in a row. New car sales in the UK fall year-on-year for the 8th time in the past 9 months amidst economic and political uncertainty with May deliveries down -4.6% to 183.724 units, the lowest…
The Kwid (+98.1%) helps boost Renault sales up 47.1% in Brazil. New light vehicle sales in Brazil are back to stunning shape with May deliveries up a whopping 20.2% year-on-year to 234.173, the second double--digit gain this year after last February and the 24th month in positive out of the…
The Volvo S/V60 has become the uncontested leader at home. Sadly the Swedish new car market is approaching a full year of double-digit declines with May marking the 11th straight month of such falls at -15.3% to 31.919 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -14.6% to 136.052. Homegrown leader Sweden…
The VW Polo is headed towards a second consecutive annual win in the Netherlands. The Dutch new car market edges down -0.3% year-on-year in April to 36.830 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down a paltry -10.4% to 185.023. Brand leader Volkswagen (-7.3%) fares a lot worse than the market but…