Suzuki sells almost three times the amount of the #2 Toyota. After breaking records in 2024, the Mauritian new car market continues on its surge this year, with sales up 29.6% to 14,662 over the first 8 months of the year. Suzuki (+45.9%) tightens its grip on the brands charts…
Hyundai holds 4% of the French market in August. 19/09 update: Now with Top 54 All brands, Top 316 All models and Top 12 BEV rankings. First year-on-year uptick of the year for the French new car market, but this happens during the slowest month of the year, August. Sales…
The Citroen C3 ranks at #3 in Greece in August. 8,191 new cars hit Greek roads in August, stable at +0.5% year-on-year. This is still a weak result given August 2024 was down -21.4% on the year prior. Year-to-date sales edge up 1.6% to 99,959. Toyota (-32.3%) easily holds onto…
The VW T-Roc is the 2nd most popular vehicle in Slovenia in August. 4,272 new cars hit Slovenian roads in August, a solid +16.2% year-on-year improvement. This means the year-to-date tally is now up 8.1% to 39,515. Volkswagen (+16%) matches the market to cement its domination in the brands ranking…
The Hyundai i20 is the best-selling vehicle in Tunisia in 2024. For the first time in 5 years and thanks to our reader JFK we have access to Tunisian data. This market is up 2.4% year-on-year in 2024 to 57,137 units. This is split between 42,841 Passenger Cars (-1.2%) and…
The Maruti Suzuki Ertiga is the most popular vehicle in India in August. New light vehicle wholesales in India fall for the 2nd time in the past 3 months at a harsh -7.5% YoY to 327,719 units. At 2,863,378 sales, the year-to-date volume after 8 months remains at record level…
Zeekr sales are up 200% YoY in Singapore. 4,650 new cars hit Singaporean roads in August, a solid 17.7% year-on-year improvement. This leads to a year-to-date volume up 25.7% to 33,233. BYD (+82.5%) remains the faraway leader with a whopping 19.8% share, with Toyota (+7.4%) and Honda (+8.5%) at a…
i Another outstanding month for new car sales in Austria at +25.3% YoY in August to 21,452 units. This leads to a year-to-date tally up 10.7% to 189,370. The Top 3 carmakers trail the market with Volkswagen (+11%) and Skoda (+17.2%) still in positive but BMW (-6.9%) struggling. Audi (+26.1%)…
The outgoing T-Roc benefits from promotions before the arrival of the new generation (pictured) New car sales in Germany stand at 207,229 in August, up 5% year-on-year. This is still a weak result given August 2024 was off -27.8% on the year prior. The year-to-date volume is down -1.7% to…
First Australian Top 10 finish for Chery. 09/09 update: Now with Top 341 All models ranking. New light vehicle sales in Australia gain 2.9% year-on-year in August to 103,694 units. This is the 2nd best August volume ever below the 109,966 of August 2023. Due to a pushy first half…
The VW Polo is the most popular vehicle in Switzerland in August. The Swiss new car market edges up 1.3% year-on-year in August to 16,136 units, leading to a year-to-date volume off -4.3% to 148,898. 4x4 sales drop -2.7% to 7,836 and 48.6% share vs. 50.6% a year ago. Petrol…
The Suzuki S-Cross is the best-selling vehicle in Hungary in August. 8,649 passenger cars found a buyer in Hungary in August, a solid 6.6% year-on-year increase. The year-to-date tally is up a similarly satisfying 7% to 85,562. Suzuki (-0.7%) reclaims the top spot off Toyota (-2.3%) and cements is YTD…
The Toyota Corolla scores its highest ranking of the year in August. New car sales in Czechia advance 3.1% year-on-year in August to 17,611, leading to a year-to-date tally up 4.8% to 161,067. Local behemoth Skoda (-10.8%) underperforms to 29.3% share vs. 33.6% so far this year. In fact the…
TANK is inside the Thai Top 10 brands for the first time. The Thai new car market stands at 50,587 units in July and 370,214 after 7 months. Toyota improves its share to 39% vs. 38.6% year-to-date. After being overtaken by a euphoric BYD in June, Honda (11.2% share) and…
Chery holds a 12.6% share of the Israeli car market in August. According to our local partner cartube.co.il, the Israeli new car market soars 24.2% to 28,342 in August, partly thanks to delayed sales from last June when the war with Iran disrupted operations. Through August, volumes are up 4.8%…