The Volvo EX30 is the best-selling vehicle in Norway in April. New car sales in Norway gain 25.2% year-on-year in April to 11,241 units, but the year-to-date tally remains in negative at -11% to 33,493. BEV sales climb 34.5% to 10,051 and 89.4% share vs. 83.3% in April 2023 and…
The Volvo XC60 is the most popular vehicle in Sweden in April. New car sales in Sweden gain 6.7% year-on-year in April to 21,977 units, yet the year-to-date tally remains in negative at -2.5% to 81,799. Rechargeable cars hold 56.9% of the market vs. 55.7% a year ago, but EV…
The Renault Megane E-Tech signs its first ever monthly win in the word. The Danish new car market is up a splendid 27% year-on-year in April to 15,323 sales, tilting the year-to-date tally into positive at +0.4% and 52,244 units. Peugeot (+743.2%) spectacularly takes the lead of the brands ranking, up…
Toyota remains the 2nd best-selling carmaker in Europe. 1/05 update: Now with Top 90 All brands and Top 489 All models (source JATO Dynamics) 25/04 update: Now with Top 25 models (source JATO Dynamics) According to preliminary data from ACEA, the European new car market (EU+EFTA+UK) is down -2.8% year-on-year…
First Top 10 finish for the BYD Destroyer 05. The selection of models including in this update drop -6.1% year-on-year in March to reach a retail sales figure of 1,469,639 units. The year-to-date tally is still in positive however at +14.2% to 4,634,280 thanks to a fantastic January result (+68.1%).…
The Mitsubishi ASX (a rebadged Renault Captur) cracks the Austrian Top 10 in March. 25,701 new cars found a buyer in Austria in March, a -2.3% year-on-year drop. The Q1 volume remains up, just, at +0.3% to 63,263 units. Volkswagen (-2.9%) easily retains the brands pole position at 13.2% share,…
The Ford Everest is up to a record 7th place in March. 14/04 update: Now with Top 308 All brands ranking. It's yet another record month for Australian new vehicle sales, the 9th in the past 12 months. March volumes are up 12.7% year-on-year to 109,647 units, eclipsing the previous…
The Tesla Model Y is the best-selling model in Belgium over Q1 2024. It's a tough month for Belgian new car sales: off -13.5% year-on-year to 44,751 in March. However the Q1 volume remains in positive at +2.8% to 135,140. This is the highest Q1 result since 2019. Over Q1,…
The Tesla Model Y obliterates its rivals in the foreign model ranking. New light vehicle sales in South Korea sink -11.6% year-on-year in March to 145,658 units, including 120,395 sales (-14.6%) for local manufacturers and 25,263 (+6%) for foreigners. The year-to-date tally is now down -12.1% to 377.043 including 322,460…
Toyota RAV4 sales are up 47.4% year-on-year in Q1. New light vehicle sales in the US edge up 5.1% in March to an estimated 1,455,000 units. Passenger cars are stable at 294,000 sales and 20.2% share while light trucks (pickups+SUVs) climb 6.5% to 1,161,000 and 79.8% share. The Seasonally Adjusted…
The EV variant accounts for 35% of Peugeot 208 sales over Q1 2024. 11/04 update: Now with the Top 57 All brands and Top 325 All models. The French new car market edges down -1.5% year-on-year in March to 180,024 sales, however there was 21 opening days this year vs.…
The BYD Qin Plus sells over 50,000 units in a month for the first time. Based on data shared by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, the Chinese wholesales market is up 9.9% year-on-year in March to 2,694,000 units. This includes 2,236,000 Passenger Vehicles (+10.9%) and 458,000 Commercial Vehicles (+5.6%).…
The Tesla Model Y sells 2.5 times the amount of any other model in market. The Swiss new car market skids -6.8% year-on-year in March to 23,467 units, tilting the year-to-date tally back into negative at -2.7% to 57,224. 4x4 sales edge up 0.2% for the month to 12,637 units…
The Tesla Model Y holds 20.4% of the Norwegian market in March. The Norwegian new car market sinks -49.7% year-on-year in March to just 9,750 units. This way the Q1 volume is off -22.4% 22,252. BEV sales are down -48.2% to 89.3% share vs. 86.8% a year ago, and hold…
The Volvo EX30 breaks into the Swedish Top 5 in March. Swedish new car sales skid -21% year-on-year in March to just 23,891 units, tilting the year-to-date volume in negative at -5.5% to 59,822. Volvo (+9.4%) goes against its home market's general trend to easily top the brands charts with…