The Clio nameplate signs a 22nd annual victory at home. Consult 130 years worth of French Historical Data here. Now updated with Top 70 All brands, Top 421 All models, Top 20 LCV brands and Top 100 LCV models. French new car sales edge down -3.2% year-on-year in 2024 to 1,718,416…
The BYD Seagull ends the year at #3. Discover almost 45 years of Chinese Historical Data here. Data by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers show new vehicle shipments up 4.5% year-on-year in 2024 top 31,436,000 units, a new record. This is helped by December figures up 10.5% to 3,489,000…
The Tesla Model Y is #1 in Switzerland for the third year in a row New car sales in Switzerland reverse -5% year-on-year in 2024 to 239,535 units. 4x4 registrations are off -3.2% to 124,568 and 52% share vs. 51% in 2023. Petrol sales are down -17.1% to 69,527 and…
The Toyota RAV4 signs its first ever US podium ranking Discover over 115 years of U.S. Historical Data here. The U.S. new light vehicle market gains 2.2% year-on-year in 2024 to 15.9 million units according to data by Wards Intelligence. This the highest annual volume since 2019. Hybrids helped lift…
The Sorento is the first Kia to top the Korean charts in at least 35 years. Discover 35 years of South Korean Historical Data here. New light vehicle sales in South Korea drop -6.8% year-on-year in 2024 to 1,622,130 units. This includes 1,358,842 domestic vehicles (-6.4%) and 263,288 foreign ones…
The VW ID.4 is up 122.8% to #2. Discover over 40 years of Denmark Historical Data here. The Danish new car market edges up 0.2% year-on-year in 2024 to 173,047. Volkswagen (+19.1%) surges from 9.7% to 11.6% share and reclaims the brands top spot off Tesla (-28.2%) in complete freefall.…
Tesla places the Model Y at #1 and the Model 3 at #2 this year. Discover over 65 years of Norwegian Historical Data here. 128,691 new cars found a Norwegian home in 2024, with the annual tally only edging into positive in November. This is still a mediocre result given…
UK Kia Sportage sales are up 30.5% in 2024. Discover almost 60 years of UK Historical Data here. 28/01 update: now with Top 200 models ranking 1,952,778 new cars hit UK roads in 2024, a small 2.6% year-on-year improvement. This is the best result in the past five years but…
The Polestar 2 lodges its first ever Top 10 finish in 2024. Discover over 70 years of Swedish Historical Data here It's a disappointing year for the Swedish new car market, down -7% to 269,498. This is the weakest annual volume in 11 years, since the 269,363 units of 2013,…
The Tesla Model Y is the best-selling vehicle in the Netherlands again. Discover over 40 years worth of Dutch Historical Data here. The Dutch new car market ends 2024 in positive at +3.1% year-on-year to 381,227 units. This is uniquely due to a late-year sprint that saw sales up 22%…
Xiaomi SU7 sales keep improving month after month, now above 23,000. Retail sales are in for China, and it's a bumper month, up 27.4% year-on-year to a record 2,388,475 for the models included in this report. This means the year-to-date volume is now up 8.3% to 19,892,401. BSCB is the…
The Renault 5 is already inside the French Top 10. 16/12 update: Now with top 54 All brands and Top 350 All models. 7th straight month of year-on-year fall for the French new car market in November at -12.7% to just 133,318 units, that's -22.8% on pre-pandemic November 2019. The…
Leapmotor breaks its all-time monthly volume record for the 6th consecutive month. Now that trade-in incentives are in full force and promotional activity by local governments and manufacturers gears up towards for the end-of-year sales push, the Chinese wholesales market reaches unseen before heights in November. According to data by…
The Grand Koleos accounts for 90% of Renault Korea sales in November. November new light vehicle sales disappoint in South Korea at -8.1% to 147,577. This includes 123,793 domestic manufacturers (-6.4%) and 23,784 foreigners (-16%). Year-to-date volumes are down an equally unimpressive -6.7% to 1,489,973 including 1,250,209 locals (-6.5%) and…
Tesla Model 3 sales are up 4-fold year-on-year in November. 11,689 new cars found a buyer in Norway in November, a 13.2% year-on-year improvement. This is still a very poor result given November 2023 was down -47% on the year prior. It nevertheless tilts the year-to-date volume into positive territory…