The Volvo XC60 is the best-selling vehicle in Sweden in April. In April, Swedish new car sales endure a disappointing third negative month this year at -6.2% to 20,586 units. This brings the year-to-date tally down -8.5% to 83,890. BEVs ignore the surrounding gloom to climb 27.8% to 6,928 sales…
The Skoda Kamiq is up to a record 2nd place in April. 18,429 new light vehicles hit Czech roads in April, a 25.2% year-on-year improvement. This leads to a year-to-date volume up 20.4% to 74,770. Skoda (+63.6%) once again vastly beats its home market to land a strong 37.5% share…
Lexus sales are up 93.2% year-on-year in April. New light vehicle sales in Taiwan gain 8.4% year-on-year in April to 38,231, bringing the year-to-date tally up 7.4% to 149,999. Toyota (-7.1%) can't surf on the overall growth but stays distant leader in the brands charts with 26.4% share vs. 27%…
The MG ZS cracks the Spanish Top 10 for the first time. After climbing 51.4% in January, 19.2% in February and 66.1% in March, new car sales in Spain markedly slow down their growth in April at just +8.2% year-on-year to 74,749 units. This is almost 40% below the 123,833 registrations…
The Tesla Model Y has sold almost 72,000 units in three months in Europe. 27/04 update: Now with Top 420 All models 24/04 update: Now with Top 75 All brands According to data by ACEA, the European new car market (EU+EFTA+UK) is up by a fantastic 26.1% in March to…
Lexus sales are up 4575% year-on-year in March. New car sales in Ukraine bounce back up 726.2% year-on-year in March to 4,511 units on a year ago volume devastated by the Russian invasion. The Q1 2023 tally tilts into position at +0.3% and 11,199 registrations. Toyota (+636.4%) hold onto the…
Nissan sales more than double year-on-year in Singapore. The Singaporean new car market is off -5.9% year-on-year in March to 2,469 sales, bringing the year-to-date tally down -17.4% to 6,493. Once again Toyota (-16.4%) falls faster than the market but scores a solid 21.3% share vs. 20.3% year-to-date. Mercedes (-5.4%) roughly…
Austria is virtually the last country in the world where the Ford Galaxy is successful. A year ago in March 2022, sales of new cars in Austria fell -30.1% on the year prior. This month they bounce back 27.4% to 26,307, meaning they haven't yet returned to March 2021 levels. The…
The Peugeot 2008 is back to being the best-selling nameplate in Portugal. The Portuguese new car market surges 60.1% year-on-year in March to 21,472 units, leading to a Q1 2023 result up 49.6% to 52,191. The entire podium beats the market this month. Peugeot (+93.7%) retains the top spot with…
The Mini Countryman is the most popular vehicle in Cyprus in March. Based on data shared with us by SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, new car sales in Cyprus surge 106.5% year-on-year in March to 1,751 units. As a result, the Q1 volume is up 32% over the same period a year…
The VW T-Roc is the most popular vehicle in Germany in March. New car sales in Germany finally get some traction in March at +16.6% year-on-year to 281,361 units. However, dampening this enthusiasm is the fact that March 2022 was off a painful -17.5% on the year prior, so we are not…
VW sales almost double year-on-year in March. New light vehicle sales in Morocco sink another -11.9% year-on-year in March to 13,619 units, that includes 12,475 Passenger Cars (-10.3%) and 1,144 Light Commercials (-26.7%). The cumulative volume over Q1 is 36,816 vs. 41,408 a year ago, a -11.1% decline. In the…
Sales of Toyota RAV4 surge ahead over Q1. Local consultancy DesRosiers Automotive has the Canadian market up just 3.7% year-o-year in March to an estimated 146,000 units. This is a paltry result considering March 2022 was off -19.8% on the year prior. The Q1 2023 tally is up 5.2% to…
The Hyundai Custin is inside the Taiwanese Top 20 for March. 44,161 new cars joined Taiwanese roads in March, a 12% year-on-year improvement. The Q1 2023 tally stands at 111,768 units, up 7.1% over the same period last year. Toyota (-9.2%) retrogrades to 23.9% share vs. 27.2% year-to-date and goes…
The BMW X1 ranks #2 in Switzerland in March. The Swiss new car market is up 15.9% year-on-year to 25,184 units in March, which means Q1 2023 sales gain 8.5% to 58,819. 4x4 sales are up 19.5% for the month to 12,608 and 50.1% share vs. 48.6% over the same…