Toyota RAV4 sales are up 7-fold year-on-year in New Zealand. New vehicle sales in New Zealand drop another -2.8% year-on-year in February to 11.348 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -4.2% to 24.502. Passenger cars fall -11.1% to 2.214, light commercials sink -12.5% to 3.150 but SUVs blissfully ignore…
The Citroen C3 misses out on its first Finnish Top 10 for just one sale. 15/03: Now with the Top 70 models. The Finnish new car market steps up 2.1% year-on-year in February to 8.118 units, one of the rare European markets so far to inch a year-on-year gain this…
The MG ZS is the best-selling vehicle in Chile in February. 20/04 update: Now with Top 25 models. New light vehicle sales in Chile drop -10.3% year-on-year to 25.025 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -11.4% to 57.129. Chevrolet (-6.7%) contains its fall to easily remain in the brands…
1 in every 4 Nissans sold in Bulgaria is reexported to other EU markets. The Bulgarian new car market continues to freefall in February at -17.9% year-on-year to just 2.575 registrations, pulling the market down -16.5% to 5.494. This particularly severe correction can in fact be traced to a somewhat…
The Renault Triber breaks into the South African Top 25. New vehicle sales in South Africa edge down -0.8% on a revised February 2019 figure to 43.485 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -3.5% to 83.719. Brand leader Toyota (-10%) falls heavily but easily remains the most popular carmaker…
Renault Captur sales triple year-on-year in Switzerland. New car sales in Switzerland drop -13.8% year-on-year in February to 19.108 units, pulling the year-to-date volume down -12.1% to 37.896. 4x4 sales drop -12.3% to 9.759 and 51.1% share vs. 50.2% in February 2019, leading to a YTD tally down -8.7% to…
The Corsa surges 259.8% in February, lifting Opel up 64.5%. New car sales in Denmark sink another -19.5% year-on-year in February to just 15.005 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down a steep -15.7% to 33.676. Brand leader Volkswagen (-28%) falls even faster than the market but manages to hold onto…
Toyota sales surge 13.9% in February, the Highlander is up 34.7% 12/03 update: Now with brands actuals and official February sales for 115 models. Note previously published groups and brands data was incorrect. After a relatively complete January, Canada follows the U.S. in killing monthly sales reporting, with only 10 brands…
A bright light in the dark: Toyota sales gain 11.9%. Image quattroruote 12/03 update: Now with the Top 50 All-brands and Top 350 All-models (source JATO). The European new car market sinks -7.6% year-on-year in January to 1.138.057 units, its lowest January level since 2016. This month's sales are paying…
Seat sales surge 23.4% year-on-year and the Arona is up 46.7%. 11/03 update: Now with Top 50 Private sales models. The German new car market skids down -10.8% year-on-year in February to 239.943 units, the largest and only double-digit drop among the main European markets in February. It brings the…
The Hyundai Kona signs its first Top 10 finish in Romania. New car sales in Romania implode -26.8% year-on-year in February to 8.836 units, pulling the year-to-date volume down -18.1% to 21.325. The same way as homegrown market leader Dacia was responsible for the 37.5% market surge a year ago…
Almost 2.800 Kia Seltos found a new U.S. home in February. 11/03 update: Now with Toyota, Lexus and Volvo figures. 29 brands ended monthly sales reporting in the U.S. last month, instead choosing to report quarterly. As a result only 11 out of the 40 brands present on the market,…
Peugeot 3008 sales surge 261.5% in Estonia in January. New car sales in Estonia drop -4.9% year-on-year to 1.753 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -2.9% to 4.047. Note our year-ago figures have now been updated with actuals which is the reason behind the slight difference with our 2019…
Peugeot sales surge 160.6% year-on-year in Egypt. Discover 15 years of Egyptian Historical Data here. 10/03 update: Now with Top 40 All-brands and Top 190 All-models. The Egyptian new vehicle market skids down -5.7% year-on-year in 2019 to 182.713 units. Sales of locally-assembled vehicles drop -9.4% to 85.606 units, while…
The Skoda Kamiq breaks into the Croatian Top 10 for the first time at #8. The Croatian new car market continues to swim upstream in a depleted European context with February sales up another 4.8% to 3.717 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 2.9% to 7.305. Skoda (+62.7%) is the…