Dacia remains the most popular carmaker in Bulgaria. The Bulgarian new car market stabilises in February at +0.3% to 3.136 registrations, leading to a year-to-date volume up 3.5% to 6.582. Dacia (+35.2%) posts a fantastic score to improve its footprint on the market to 13.1% share, eclipsing Renault (-7.5%) once again…
The Ford Focus is up 110.1% year-on-year in a market down 11.4% Much like neighbouring Sweden, Finnish new car sales remain embroiled in a post-WLTP depression, with February (-11.4% at 7.952) marking the 5th double-digit year-on-year drop in the past 6 months, and 6 negative months in as many months.…
Hyundai-Kia is the only Top 10 group to manage a double-digit gain in February. Canadian new light vehicle sales celebrate a sad milestone in February: a full year, or 12 consecutive months, of year-on-year declines at -2.1% to 123.341 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down 3.8% to 234.465. According to local…
The Fiat Egea hits a record 10.6% share in February. No improvement in sight for the Turkish new car market, with February sales continue to freefall at -47.1% to 24.875 including light commercials, after a -59% drop in January, meaning the year-to-date tally is now down 52.2% to 39.248. Thanks to…
Toyota Land Cruiser sales surge 57.6% to #2 in Uganda this year. Consult 6 years worth of Uganda Historical Data here New vehicle sales in Uganda soar 9.7% year-on-year in 2018 to 2.594 units after two consecutive years of decline. Pickups account for 42.4% of the market and SUVs for…
The C5 Aircross is already having an impact on Citroen European sales. Update 3 (03/04): Now with the Top 55 brands and Top 350 All-models. Update 2 (09/03): Now with the Top 100 models. Update 1 (28/02): Now with actuals for the Top 25 brands and models. The European new…
The VW T-Roc now ranks 5th year-to-date in Germany. The German new car market edges back into positive territory for the first time since pre-WLTP-boosted August with February up 2.7% to 268.867 registrations, enough to also tilt the YTD tally into positive at +0.6% 534.569. Instrumental to this return to growth…
Isuzu holds 44.8% of the Tunisian LCV market in 2018. New light vehicle sales in Tunisia hit a wall in 2018 at -19.4% to just 51.348 units, while the parallel market is hit ever harder at -28.9% to 14.493. This fall was expected as 2018 marked a steep devaluation of…
The Hyundai Palisade ranks 4th at home in South Korea for the second month running. This article along with all South Korea monthly articles since January 2018 have been updated with the Top 85 foreign models. The South Korean new light vehicle market is down 2.3% year-on-year in February to…
The VW T-Roc lands directly at #8. Consult 8 years of Liechtenstein Historical Data here. The Liechtenstein new car market drops by a stiff 8.6% year-on-year in 2018 to just 1.849 registrations. Brand leader Volkswagen (-14.9%) falls even faster but remains on top at 12% share vs. 10.6% for #2…
Lada Granta sales soar 54.1% year-on-year thanks to its facelift. After seeing its growth slim down to just +0.6% in January, the inevitable happens in Russia in February: with registrations down 3.6% to 128.406 units, this marks the first year-on-year decline in exactly two years, since February 2017, ending 24…
The Ford Ecosport scores its first ever Top 10 finish in the UK. February is traditionally the slowest month of the year in the UK when buyers await the March licence plate. 2019 sales encouragingly edge up 1.4% to 81.969 units, but the year-to-date volume remains in negative, just, at…
The Ioniq helps Hyundai up 22.7% in a declining February Israeli market. Thanks to our partnership with cartube.co.il we can share with you today February brands data for Israel, models data is a quarterly occurrence. The market is down another 6.7% to 24.520 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down 3.5% to…
The new generation lifts the BMW X5 to #3 in Luxembourg in January. The Luxembourg new car market drops 3.4% year-on-year in 4.205 registrations. Volkswagen snaps the brands pole position by the skin of its teeth at 11% share, only 10 sales above BMW (10.8%) and 37 above Mercedes (10.2%),…
The new BMW X2 is already knocking at the Top 10 imports' door in China. 108.910 imported new cars were registered in China in January, a steep 10% year-on-year loss as higher tariffs clamp sales. Like in December, BMW (-5.2%) is the most popular brand, outselling Mercedes (-26.2%) which came…