The Vauxhall Corsa has topped the UK charts four times in the past year. New car sales in the UK remain in negative during the all-important September plate change month at -4.4% year-on-year to 328.041 following already weak scores in 2018 and 2019, making 2020 the weakest result for the…
The Hyundai Venue has landed in Taiwan. New car sales in Taiwan celebrates a second straight double-digit year-on-year gain and third uptick in the past 4 months in September at +13.3% to 37.241 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 4.4% to 325.806. Brand leader Toyota (-26.2%) goes against the market's…
The Toyota RAV4 is up to a record 2nd place in Sweden in September. The Swedish new car market lodges its first year-on-year gain of 2020 in September at +7.3% to 28.719 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -18.2% to 202.644. According to local automaker association BIL Sweden, the…
First pole position at home for the new generation Seat Leon. As the country is engulfed in a second coronavirus wave triggering the return partial lockdowns, notably in the capital Madrid, the Spanish new car market continues to worsen with September volumes down -13.5% year-on-year to 70.729 registrations following a…
Peugeot sales are up 32.5% in July and 0.2% in August in Slovakia. In July, new car sales in Slovakia slow their far to -12.5% year-on-year to 8.262 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -31.3% to 42.277. Brand leader Skoda (+2.7%) bucks the negative and posts the only year-on-year…
Dacia is by far the best-selling brand in Montenegro with 19.4% share. For only the third time in BSCB history after 2014 and 2018, we can share with you today exclusive sales data for Montenegro. 739 new cars found a buyer over the period, a ghastly -56.1% drop over the…
The Peugeot 2008 II repeats at #2 with 5.5% share, both all-time records. 16/09 update: Now with Top 55 All-brands and Top 340 All-models. 9/09 update: Now with Top 10 EV models. After showing the entire European continent the way to recovery in June (+1.2%) - and confirming in July (+3.9%) -…
Fiat sales are up 45.8% in a market down -5.1%. New car sales in Uruguay slim down their decline to -5.1% year-on-year in August at 3.224 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down -24.7% to 19.433. The top 2 brands fare much worse than the market however, with Volkswagen down -14.2%…
The Renault Clio is #1 in Greece in August. It's a 6th consecutive double-digit year-on-year drop for Greek new car sales in August at -28.6% to just 6.853 units. This is worse than in July (-18.8%) and leads to a year-to-date tally off -39.1% to 52.939. Toyota (-8.3%) resists a…
The 1 Series soars 142.9% in August, helping lift BMW up 15.2%. Picture autobild.de 10/09 update: Now with Top 310 All Private Sales models. Illustrating the general situation in Europe over the month, the German new car market cranks the reverse gear in August, sinking -20% year-on-year to 251.044 units…
Skoda sales soar 77.2% in August. Picture thecar.co.il Thanks to our partnership with cartube.co.il, we can share with you today August brands data for Israel – models data are a quarterly occurrence. After two single-digit drops in June and July, the Israeli new car market scores its first year-on-year gain since…
The Renault Clio remains the best-selling vehicle in Portugal. Contrary to the majority of European markets we have covered so far, Portuguese new car sales improve on July to end August virtually immobile year-on-year at -0.1% to 12.417 units, that's only 18 sales less than in August 2019. The year-to-date…
The Polestar 2 surges to 4th place overall in Norway in August. 04/09 update: Now with Top 42 All-brands and Top 310 All-models. Like almost every European market we have covered so far, Norway is back in negative territory in August at -10.5% to 10.802 registrations, leading to a year-to-date…
The Kia Niro is the best-selling vehicle in Sweden in August. Starting off a high comparison base as August 2019 was the second largest ever score for the month, new car sales in Sweden drop -13.4% year-on-year this month to 25.522 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -21.3% to…
Ford sales are up 417% year-on-year in Turkey in August. 05/10 update: Now with Top 25 models. Once again Turkish new light vehicle sales post extravagant numbers in August at +134.4% year-on-year to 61.533 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 68.4% to 403.002. However it must be noted that the…