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…
The Peugeot 208 confirms it is the new favourite of Danish buyers. Denmark started loosening its COVID-19 restrictions as early as April 15, with bans on large social gatherings likely remaining in place until August, this despite infections increasing from 3.039 as of March 31 to 10.281 at the time…
The Peugeot 208 is the best-selling vehicle in Portugal in April. Under a national COVOD-19 lockdown all through the month, Portuguese new car sales recede -87% year-on-year in April to just 2.749 units, pulling the year-to-date volume down -40.4% to 48.031. Peugeot (-86.8%) snaps the brands lead for the 2nd time…
The BMW X3 is the 2nd best-selling vehicle in Switzerland in April. The Swiss new car market is shot down -67.2% year-on-year to 9.382 units by COVID-19 disruption, pulling the year-to-date tally down -35.6% to 64.834 sales. 4x4 sales almost match the market at -66.9% to 4.885 units and 52.1%…
The Volvo XC40 is the only Top 8 model to gain volume year-on-year. Faced with the COVID-19 pandemic, Sweden has chosen not to go the lockdown route, instead opting for social distancing recommendations. As a result the confirmed infections and deaths have continued to rise steadily, from 4.435 and 180…
The Skoda Scala is up to #9 in Croatia in April. Under lockdown for the entire month, new car sales in Croatia tumble down -87.4% year-on-year in April to 1.084 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down -46.5% to 11.113 registrations. Brand leaders Volkswagen (-74.6%) and Skoda (-78.4%) fare markedly better…