The BMW 3 Series ranks 6th in Belgium so far in 2020. A revised Top 90 models with actuals is now available for Belgium for the January-April 2020 period. Compared to January which is the last time we were able to give you access to more detailed Belgian data, the…
The Skoda Fabia is #1 at home in May. Picture sportovnivozy.cz With most COVID-19 restrictions lifted by May 11, the Czech new car market performs better in May at -44.4% to 13.385 than it did in April (-53.4%) but not by such a significant margin which is disappointing. The year-to-date…
The Citroen C3 is #1 in Denmark for the 2nd time in history. Picture bilmagasinet.dk Following a trend we've already observed in the Netherlands and Finland, the Danish new car market goes against the European grain and actually fares worst in May at -40.1% to 11.432 units than it did…
The Volvo XC40 scores its very first UK Top 10 finish at #6. 20/07 update: Now with Top 160 YTD models and Top 100 May models. As we anticipated last month, May was the month the UK became the country most affected by the coronavirus pandemic in Europe, with 281.270…
The Skoda Fabia is the best-selling vehicle in Poland in May. The COVID-19 curve hasn't been flattened in Poland with total infections still on the rise: from 2.311 as of March 31 to 12.877 as of April 30 and 23.786 as of May 31. The Polish new car market does a…
Skoda leaps onto the European podium for the first time in history and the Octavia is up to a record 2nd place overall. 03/06 update: Now with final figures for the Top 100 models (JATO) 29/05 update: Now with Top 55 All-brands and Top 365 All-models (JATO). Final figures for…
The Suzuki Vitara is the best-selling vehicle in Hungary in May. Picture autonavigator.hu Following the same trend as Netherlands, Sweden and Finland, new car sales in Hungary fare worse in May at -54.5% year-on-year and 6.472 units than they did in April (-50.3%). The year-to-date tally is now down -25.7%…
Hyundai Kona sales surge 92% in a market down -50.2%. Sweden is the only European country to not have imposed any COVID-19 lockdown on its population over the past few months. As a result, infections and most strikingly deaths have continued to soar: from 4.435 and 180 respectively as of…
The government announced plans to test the entire population of Luxembourg for COVID-19. 28/05 update: Now with 2020 YTD Top 10 models. The COVID-19 state of emergency declared on March 17 isn't scheduled to expire before mid-June, and as a result new car sales in Luxembourg sink -78.9% year-on-year in…
Mercedes is the only gainer in the Top 13 and ranks 6th in April. With COVID-19 cases soaring from just 669 as of March 31 to 10.861 as of April 30 and 19.706 as of May 20, Ukraine was under strict lockdown measures for all of April, with the quarantine…
The Lexus UX is the most popular recent import launch in China. Sales of imported new cars into China are also frankly on the mend at -3.3% year-on-year in April to 92.669 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -27.4% to 253.980. Strikingly, the Top 5 most popular imported brands are…
The Mercedes EQC shoots up to a record 5th place in Norway in April. 15/05 update: Now with Top 40 All-brands and Top 190 All-models. After a two-week lockdown imposed on March 16, Norway declared the coronavirus pandemic "under control" on April 6. Total cases have gone from 4.447 as of…
BMW manages to contain its loss to -49.9% in Germany in April. 12/05 update: Now with Top 50 brands, Top 300 All-models and Top 285 private sales. Under a national COVID-19 curfew since March 22 and up until April 20 when showrooms around the country started reopening, German new car…
Mercedes holds 29% of the Singaporean market in April. After being somewhat muted throughout March, new COVID-19 cases dramatically flared up in Singapore in April, going from 926 as of March 31 to 16.169 as of April 30 and 23.787 at the time of writing. Consequently, a much stricter set of…
The spectacular new G80 helps lift Genesis to a new volume record. 13/05 update: Now with Top 30 All-brands and Top 10 foreign models. The coronavirus now seems like a long lost memory in South Korea which went from 2nd most affected country in the world as of March 6 when…