The Dacia Spring was #1 in Romania in November and December, peaking at 12.9% share. Discover over 50 years of Romanian Historical Data here. New car sales in Romania drop -4% year-on-year in 2021 to 121,199 units. Local behemoth Dacia (-12.9%) triples the market decline rate to see its share…
The Peugeot 2008 snaps the #1 spot in Portugal off the Renault Clio. Discover over 30 years of Portugal Historical Data here. The Portuguese new market edges up 0.8% year-on-year to 146,637 units with December down another -11.5% to 12,608. Let's keep in mind 2020 volumes were down -35% on…
The Toyota Roomy is up to 2nd place in the regular cars ranking in 2021. Discover over 50 years of Japanese Historical Data here. The Japanese new vehicle market edges down -3.3% year-on-year in 2021 to 4,438,440 registrations. Toyota (-2.1%) resists better than its home market to improve its share…
The Skoda Fabia is #1 at home for the first time since 2008. Discover over 50 years of Czech Historical Data here. The Czech new car market edges up 1.9% year-on-year in 2021 to 206,876 registrations. Local behemoth Skoda (-5.1%) goes against the market evolution and sees its share drop…
In 2021, the VW Golf lost the monthly pole position for the first time in almost 30 years. Discover 90 years worth of German Historical data here. New car sales in Germany are down a further -10.1% on a devastated 2020 to just 2,622,132 units, the lowest annual volume in 36 years:…
The Volvo S/V60 is #1 at home for the third year running. Discover over 70 years of Swedish Historical Data here The Swedish new car market edges up 3.1% year-on-year in 2021 to 300.983 registrations. Local behemoth Volvo (-8.5%) easily remains in the brands lead but loses two percentage points…
The Vauxhall Corsa is the best-selling vehicle in the UK in 2021. Discover over 55 years worth of UK Historical Data here. The UK new car market ends 2021 with a very shy 1% year-on-year gain to 1,647,181 registrations as the microchip crisis triggered vehicle stock shortages that cancelled any…
The Peugeot 208 is once again the best-selling vehicle in France in 2021. Consult almost 130 years worth of French Historical Data here. 24/05/22 update: Now with Top 150 models. Instead of a frank rebound after a 2020 year torpedoed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the French new car market is…
This is Part 6 of our Dacia Duster adventure through 10 countries and 9000 km around the Black Sea, you can read Part 1: Transnistria here, Part 2: Chernobyl here, Part 3: Belarus here, Part 4: Crossing the Black Sea and Georgia here and Part 5: Azerbaijan here. As a reminder this Test Drive happened before COVID-19…
Lada Largus sales are up 352.8% year-on-year in November. The Kazakh new vehicle market leaps up 8.8% year-on-year in November to 10,028 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 29.3% to 106,874. Local assembler Chevrolet (+20.3%) easily remains the most popular carmaker in the country with 22.4% share vs. 25.4%…
Hyundai European sales are up 41.6% in a market down -17.5%. 24/12 update: Now with Top 65 All-brands and Top 400 All-models. 22/12 update: Now with Top 50 models. According to preliminary data by ACEA, the European new car market (EU+EFTA+UK) slims down its fall from -29.3% in October to -17.5%…
The Toyota Corolla Cross holds 10.1% of the Taiwanese market in November. The Taiwanese new car market slides down -13.4% year-on-year to 40,103 registrations, tilting the year-to-date tally into negative territory at -0.6% to 409,552. Toyota (-6.3%) once again resists better than the market and improves its share to 31.1%…
Kia sales are up 5-fold year-on-year in Slovenia in November. The Slovenian new car market rallies back up 15.8% year-on-year in November to 4,126 registrations, tilting the year-to-date tally back into positive territory at +0.2% and 51,445 units. Renault (+12.5%) can't quite keep up with the market but retail the…
BMW is the best-selling importer in China for the 2nd month in a row. Sales of imported new cars in China implode -35.3% year-on-year in November to 63,773 units, sending the year-to-date tally into negative at -3.2% to 857,362 units. BMW (-26.9%) holds onto the brands top spot for just…
The Cupra Formentor is up to 6th place in Austria in November. The Austrian new car market drops -12.6% year-on-year in November to 17,519 registrations, sending the year-to-date tally down -1.2% to 222,155 units. Skoda (+23.1%) goes against the negative market with a significant gain taking it to 12% share,…