The Skoda Octavia remains the best-selling vehicle in Slovenia. Discover over 20 years of Slovenian Historical Data here. The Slovenian new car market rises 5.6% year-on-year in 2023 to 48,923 units. The top 3 brands are unchanged on 2022: Volkswagen (-1.1%) leads the way but drops one percentage point to…
The BYD Qin Plus ends the year in 2nd place. Discover 40 years worth of Chinese Historical Data here. Chinese retail sales of the selection of vehicles included in this update are up a modest 4.5% in 2023 to 20,742,652 units. That's much more discreet than the 12% increase of…
The Tesla Model Y is the favourite of private car buyers in Germany. Discover over 90 years worth of German Historical data here. Private sales account for 32.9% of the German market in 2023 at 935,876 units, compared to 35.9% and 951,837 (-1.7%). The Tesla Model Y leads the way with…
The Tesla Model Y peaked at 46% share in November Discover 20 years of Icelandic Historical Data here. The Icelandic new car market is up 5.2% year-on-year in 2023 to 17,542 sales. Tesla (+181.7%) leaps from the 4th place in 2022 to #1 brand in 2023 with 20.2% share. Toyota…
The MG 4 was #1 overall in December. Discover 50 years of New Zealand Historical Info here. The New Zealand new vehicle market skids -9.6% year-on-year in 2023 to 149,005 units. This year, sales have been disrupted by Clean Car policy changes with customers rushing to register vehicles to avoid…
The Toyota RAV4 misses out on the 2nd spot overall for just 569 sales. Discover 40 years of Canadian Historical Data here. The new light vehicle market in Canada is up a robust 12.8% year-on-year in 2023 to 1,708,906 unifts after a nightmarish 2022 result which was the lowest in 13…
The BMW X1 is the best-selling vehicle in Belgium in 2023. Discover over 65 years of Belgian Historical Data here. 466,675 new cars hit Belgian roads in 2023, a 30.1% year-on-year surge which brings the market to its highest since 2020. BMW (+33.1%) confirms it is the favourite of Belgian…
The Renault Clio is the best-selling vehicle in France for the first time since 2018. Consult 130 years worth of French Historical Data here. 18/01 update: Now with Top 410 All models, Top 30 LCV brands and Top 100 LCV models. French new car sales see a solid uptick in…
The Skoda Octavia is the best-selling vehicle in Austria for the 2nd year in a row. Discover over 45 years of Austrian Historical Data here. 239,150 new cars found a buyer in Austria this year, a solid 11.2% year-on-year improvement. Volkswagen (+5.2%) sees its share drop from 14.9% to 14.1%. In…
The Tesla Model Y is the best-selling vehicle in Finland in 2023. Consult over 65 years of Finland Historical Data here. The Finnish new car market is up 7.3% year-on-year in 2023 to 86.114 units. This is still a weak result as 2022 was the lowest tally in 27 years.…
The VW Golf manages to keep its pole position at home. Discover over 90 years worth of German Historical data here. New car sales in Germany are up 7.3% year-on-year in 2023 to 2,844,609 units. For context, this is still below the 2,917,678 units of pandemic-plagued 2020. Fleet sales account for 67.1%…
The Ford F-Series has been #1 in the U.S. since 1982. Discover 115 years of U.S. Historical Data here. The U.S. new light vehicle market recovers faster than expected in 2023 at +12.3% to 15,608,386 units. This is significantly higher than the 14.8 million predicted by analysts at the start…
Sales for the BYD Yuan Plus (Atto 3 in export markets) are up 84.7% in 2023. According to data by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, shipments of new vehicles in China climb 12% year-on-year in 2023 to 30,094,000 units, marking the first time above 30 million annual sales. This…
The Toyota Corolla Cross is #1 in Taiwan for the third consecutive year. Consult over 15 years worth of Taiwanese Historical Data here 476,987 new vehicles hit Taiwanese roads in 2023, a robust 11% year-on-year gain. We are now over the 2020 result (457,435), in fact this is the largest…
The MG 4 is the second best-selling vehicle in London in 2023. Discover 8 years of London Historical Data here. Data by SMMT has the Greater London new car market up 16.8% year-on-year in 2023 to 85,455 sales. The Tesla Model Y (+29.6%) cements its lead in the models charts,…