The Opel Crossland X secures its first podium finish in Switzerland. New car sales in Switzerland are back up 18.7% year-on-year in September to 24.219 on weak post-WLTP year-ago volumes, tilting the year-to-date tally back into positive territory at +0.4% to 226.310 units. 4x4 sales follow the market at +17.9%…
The Volvo XC40 scores its first Top 50 finish in Poland, directly at #38. New light vehicle sales in Poland logically perk up 21% year-on-year in September to 39.500 units on weak year-ago post-WLTP volumes, leading to a year-to-date tally up 2.1% to 461.350. Passenger cars are even more dynamic…
The Mercedes A-Class is the best-selling vehicle in Portugal again. New car sales in Portugal bounce back up 13.9% year-on-year in September to 14.558 units on weak post-WLTP year-ago volumes, leading to a year-to-date tally down -4.7% to 174.024. Renault (+90.9%) returns to the top spot it holds year-to-date with…
The Ford Kuga is the most popular vehicle in Ireland in September. The Irish market register a 4th year-on-year gain in the past 6 months in September at +7.4% to 3.427 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down -7.5% to 113.957. Brand leader Volkswagen (+40.9%) vastly outperforms the market, in…
The VW T-Cross is up to a record #5 in Croatia in September. New car sales in Croatia are back up 22.2% in September to 3.552 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 2.5% to 51.337. The entire brands podium outpaces the market this month with Volkswagen (+98.3%), Renault (+39.7%)…
Mitsubishi posts the largest gain in the Top 13 in August. Following 29 consecutive months of growth between January 2017 and May 2019, the Thai market has now declined for 3 months in a row with August (-6.9%) showing the largest drop since November 2016 to 80.838 units. However thanks…
Proton hits its highest market share at home since July 2015. For the third consecutive month, the Malaysian new vehicle market suffers from an unusual high year-ago comparison base as GST was temporarily scrapped between June and August 2018. As a result this month's sales drop -22% year-on-year to 51.148…
BMW sales gain 41.6% year-on-year in Hong Kong in July. New light vehicle sales in Hong Kong manage their first year-on-year gain since last March at +0.8% in July to 3.403 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -4.5% to 22.641. Toyota (+2.8%) easily keeps the lead of the brands…
The new Stepway variant boosts Renault Logan sales up 178.9% in Russia. The Russian new light vehicle market is down for the 7th time in the past 8 months in September but this time the decline is minimal at -0.2% to 157.129 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down -2%…
The new generation Vauxhall Corsa (pictured) hasn't landed just yet in the UK, but it's already had an impact through clear-out sales of the outgoing model. Whereas all other major European market spectacularly recuperate from dismal post-WLTP year-ago figures, the UK remains plagued by consumer confidence stifled by Brexit uncertainty,…
Dacia is inside the Belgian Top 5 brands for the 2nd time in history. Picture life1.be Now updated with the Top 10 models. Like most of the European Union this month, the Belgian new car market pays the price of artificial pre-WLTP stock clearances a year ago and dives -11.9%…
Porsche holds 2.8% of the Luxembourg market in August vs. 1.4% YTD. Now updated with the Top 10 models. The Luxembourg new car market drops -9% year-on-year in August to 3.811 registrations as the post-WLTP hangover rears its head, tilting the year-to-date tally into negative territory at -0.1% or -43…
The Tesla Model 3 is #1 in London again. Thanks to our partnership with SMMT we can share with you today the Top 10 best-sellers for all UK nations as well as London in September. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures being included in our…
The Volvo S/V60 is back to #1 in Sweden. New car sales in Sweden spectacularly align a second consecutive month of double-digit gains in September at +40% to 26.758 units, however this is only due to depleted year-ago volumes under the combined effect of a new bonus-malus pricing introduced in…
The Tesla Model 3 is now the #1 vehicle in the Netherlands year-to-date. As a EU member, the Dutch new car market soars 29.1% year-on-year in September to 38.122 registrations due to particularly weak year-ago volumes post-WLTP. The year-to-date tally is now down -7.9% to 331.267 units. Pushing back-loading of…