The Renault Clio is by far the best-selling vehicle in France in July. The French new car market is up a solid 19.9% year-on-year in July to 128,947 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 15.8% to 1,018,723. Keep in mind July 2022 was the weakest July in 51 years.…
The Toyota Town Ace is up 60.2% year-on-year in June. 42,359 new cars hit Taiwanese roads in July, a strong 10.9% year-on-year increase. The year-to-date volume is now up 14.9% to 277,216. Toyota (+11.9%) roughly matches the market to 30.7% share vs. 26.3% so far this year while Lexus (+75.2%)…
First Top 10 finish for the VW Taos in Argentina. New light vehicles in Argentina climb a solid 14.1% year-on-year in July to 41,507 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 13.8% to 264,389. Toyota (+11.6%) continues to dominate the brands ranking head and shoulders with 22.7% share, distancing Volkswagen…
The Tesla Model Y is the most popular vehicle across the continent over H1 2023. 31/07 update: Now with Top 86 All brands and Top 505 All models. ACEA data shows a European market (EU+EFTA+UK) up 17.6% or almost 1 million units to 6,588,937 over H1. The H1 2022 volume…
MG sales surge 142.3% year-on-year across Europe in June. 31/07 update: Now with Top 85 All brands and Top 460 All models rankings. According to preliminary data by ACEA, new car sales in Europe (EU+EFTA+UK) climb 18.7% or 200,000 units year-on-year in June to 1,265,658. Note June 2022 was down -16.8%…
Hyundai i20 sales more than double year-on-year. Note: Full May 2023 data is included in the data section of this article. 8,371 new cars found a home in Slovakia in June, that's a 4.3% year-on-year lift. The H1 tally is up 13.8% to 45,457 units. Skoda (+26.4%) soars to 21.1%…
Kia ranks #6 brand in Singapore in June. It's another sharp year-on-year drop for the Singaporean car market in June at -28.4% to just 2,332 sales. Keep in mind June 2022 was already down -26.5% on the year prior. The H1 2023 volume falls -20.2% to 13,224. Toyota (-24.3%) keeps its…
The Lexus ES sells three time the volume of the #2. Import sales in China slide -12.4% year-on-year in June to 62,055 units, leading to a H1 tally off -4.3% to 351,650. We're on a long term negative trend here as June 2022 was already down -18.9% on the year…
The Citroen C4 X is up to a record 11th place in June. 13,394 new cars hit Greek roads in June, a 20.8% year-on-year improvement. As a result the H1 2023 tally is up 28.4% to 70,362. Toyota (-4.7%) doesn't benefit from the market growth but still scores a solid…
The Skoda Octavia is now #1 year-to-date in Austria. New car sales in Austria gain 7.7% year-on-year in June to 24,511 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 16.7% to 126,690. Volkswagen (-1.3%) underperforms and goes against the market with a negative result, yet posts a solid 14.9% share in…
The Peugeot 2008 is the best-selling vehicle in Portugal in June and H1. The Portuguese new car market soars 42.1% year-on-year in June to 22,041 sales, leading to a H1 2023 volume up a spending 46% to 110,155. Peugeot (+80.7%) reclaims the brands lead with 14.1% share vs. 11.7% halfway…
Peugeot 2008 sales are up 4-fold year-on-year in June. New car sales in Slovenia edge up 6.3% year-on-year in June to 4,669 units, keeping in mind June 2022 was down -15.1% on the year prior which in turn was down -21.1% on 2021. So we are still evolving at particularly low…
Ford F-Series sales are up 27.9% over the period. 7.695 million new light vehicles found a buyer in the US over the First Half of 2023, that's a 12.5% improvement on a H1 2022 score which was down -18.2% on the year prior. General Motors (+18.5%) scores an excellent result…
The BYD Yuan Plus is sold as the Atto 3 in export markets. According to data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), the Chinese wholesales market is up 9.8% over H1 2023 to 13,239,000 units including 11,268,000 Passenger Vehicles (+8.8%) and 1,971,000 Commercial Vehicles (+15.8%). Production is up…
Toyota is the most popular carmaker in Ukraine in June. The Ukrainian new car market rallies back up 92.3% year-on-year in June to 5,581 sales, leading to a year-to-date tally up 52.9% to 27,058. Toyota (+136%) and Renault (+108.6%) beat the market to lead the brands charts ahead of Volkswagen…