First podium finish for the Skoda Kamiq at home. New car sales in the Czech Republic spectacularly reduce their loss to just -5.2% year-on-year in June at 20.771 units, leading to a First Half volume down -26% to 95.029. Homegrown behemoth Skoda (+16.1%) is doing the heavy lifting with a…
The Renault Clio is the best-selling vehicle in Croatia in June. Even though the coronavirus pandemic had been relatively limited so far in Croatia with just above 3.000 total cases, the country is currently in the midst of a second wave with new daily cases back to their highest levels.…
Citroen sales are up 134.9% in a market down -2.4%. 30/06 update: Now with Top 25 models. As the country progressively returns to normal after the COVID-19 crisis, Turkish new car sales drop just -2.4% year-on-year in May to 32.235 registrations, which in fact gives a false sense of recovery as…
Bentley ranks #12 in Monaco and Lamborghini #16. Picture autogespot.com Consult almost a decade's worth of Monaco Historical Data here. 29/06 update: Now with Top 265 All-models ranking. Exclusive to BestSellingCarsBlog, we can share with you today and for the 9th year in a row official new car sales data for the…
Helped by the new Sportback variant, the Audi Q3 breaks into the UK Top 30 in 2020. A full Top 130 UK models ranking is now available for the January-April 2020 period, allowing us a much more detail look at this market. The Range Rover Evoque (#12) finds itself on…
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…