MG ranks #12 in Spain in June. New car sales in Spain gain 13.3% year-on-year in June to 101,085 units, leading to a half year total up a strong 24% to 505,421. Note however that H1 2023 volumes remain off -27% on pre-pandemic H1 2019. Private sals are up 8.5%…
The VW Polo is the best-selling vehicle in North Macedonia in May. According to data shared with us by our Eastern European data partner CE Auto, the North Macedonian new car market is up a whopping 22.2% year-on-year in May to 551 units. The year-to-date volume is now up 10.1% to…
The Renault Arkana breaks its ranking record in France. 20/06 update: Now with Top 310 All models ranking. The French new car market advances +14.8% year-on-year in May to 145,538 sales, leading to a year-to-date tally up 16.3% or almost 100,000 units to 698,931. Petrol sales rise 18.4% to 54,273…
The Ford Ranger is the best-selling vehicle in New Zealand for the 4th time in a row. The New Zealand market is stable in May (+0.2%) at 13,354 sales but remains down year-to-date at -12.3% to 61,457. Passenger Cars drop -17.2% to 2,104 and 15.8% share vs. 19.1% a year…
The Cupra Leon breaks into the Austrian Top 20 for the first time. The Austrian new car market rallies back up 20.6% year-on-year in May to 20,623 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 19% to 102,179. The top four manufacturers all vastly outpace the market. Volkswagen (+34.6%) is on…
First Top 10 finish for the VW ID.Buzz in Norway. New car sales in Norway return to positive in May at +15.6% year-on-year to 13,342 registrations. However a poor start of the year has the year-to-date tally down -4.9% to 50,983. BEV sales rise 27.6% to 10,773 and 80.4% share…
Peugeot sales triple year-on-year in Mexico. The Mexican new light vehicle market is up a very robust 17.1% year-on-year in May to 106,798 sales leading to a year-to-date tally up 21.4% to 519,534. Brand leader Nissan (+42.2%) vastly outpaces the market to 18.8% share vs. 18.1% year-to-date where it is…
The VW T-Roc is the most popular vehicle in Germany in May. 246,966 new cars hit German roads in May, a robust 19.2% year-on-year improvement. The year-to-date volume is now up 10.2% to 1,116,731. Volkswagen (+13%) trails its home market to 17.7% share, almost one percentage point below its YTD…
The Skoda Kodiaq is up to a record 2nd place in Slovenia in May. New car sales in Slovenia edge up 1.4% year-on-year in May to 4,853 units, bringing the year-to-date tally up 5.5% to 22,641. The brands podium remains unchanged on last month and year-to-date and entirely outpaces the…
MG Hector sales are up 71.5% year-on-year in May. Wholesales of new cars in India soar 13.8% year-on-year to 334,499 units. This is a new record for the month, eclipsing the 300,583 units of May 2018. The year-to-date tally is now up 11.7% over the same period in 2022 to…
The Vauxhall Mokka is #1 in Northern Ireland and Scotland in May. Thanks to SMMT we can share with you the Top 10 best-sellers for each UK nation in May. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures are already included in the May 2023 UK update.…
Turkish brand Togg has landed in the local charts. It's another record month for new light vehicle sales in Türkiye, up 70.9% year-on-year to 111,356 units which is the first time the May monthly tally tops 100,000. The previous best dates back from May 2016 (93,904). As a result the…
Volkswagen sales skyrocket year-on-year in May. The Moroccan new light vehicle market is back in positive for the first time this year at +12.4% to 14,725 sales, including 13,330 Passenger Cars and 1,393 Light Commercials, both up 12.4%. Dacia (-4.6%) remains by far the most popular carmaker in the country…
The Skoda Octavia holds 11.8% of its home market in May. 20,298 new cars hit Czech roads in May, a 12.3% year-on-year uptick leading to a year-to-date volume up 18.6% to 95,068 units. Local behemoth Skoda (+36%) vastly outpaces its home market to reach 36.1% share. The next four carmakers…
The Polestar 2 breaks its ranking and volume records in May. The Swedish new car market is up for only the second month this year at +7.9% to 28,490 units in May. The year-to-date total is however still in negative at -4.8% to 112,380. BEVs are up a spectacular 82.6%…