The new Toyota Corolla easily takes the lead of the Finnish charts. The Finnish market remains in the gutter with May registrations down another -13.5% year-on-year to 10.607, marking the 8th double-digit drop in the past 9 months and leading to a year-to-date volume down -14.5% to 48.883. Leader Toyota…
The VW Polo is headed towards a second consecutive annual win in the Netherlands. The Dutch new car market edges down -0.3% year-on-year in April to 36.830 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down a paltry -10.4% to 185.023. Brand leader Volkswagen (-7.3%) fares a lot worse than the market but…
The Fiat 500 scores its first podium finish at home in over a year. New car sales in Italy are back in negative territory for the 8th time in the past 10 months at -1.5% in May to 197.876 units, leading to a year-to-date volume now down -4.1% to 913.120.…
Peugeot 3008 sales are up 27.2% in May in Spain. After getting their head above water in April at +5.9%, new car sales in Spain are back under in May at -4.6% to 129.777, lodging an 8th year-on-year decline in the past 9 months yet this is still the 2nd…
The Dacia Duster remains the best-selling vehicle in New Caledonia. The new light vehicle market in New Caledonia, a French Overseas archipelago located north-east of Australia, dives down -17.2% year-on-year in May to just 515 units, pulling the year-to-date volume down -7.3% to 2.936. Renault (+18.4%) and most strikingly Dacia (+74.2%)…
BMW posts the only double-digit gain of any brand in the European Top 10. UPDATE 3 (04/06): Now with Top 55 brands and Top 355 models. UPDATE 2 (27/05): Now with Top 100 models. UPDATE 1 (23/05): Now with final figures for the Top 25 brands and models. Preliminary European…
Hyundai sales surge 126.1% year-on-year in Kazakhstan partly thanks to the Creta. New vehicle sales in Kazakhstan gain 25.8% year-on-year in April to 5.744 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 19.5% to 19.508. The Top 5 brands all outrace the market, led by Lada (+28.6%) ahead of Toyota (+52.3%),…
BMW soars 12.3% to climb on the Belgian brands podium. This article has been updated with the Top 10 models. The Belgian new car market edges down -2% year-on-year in April to 53.498 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -4.9% to 209.364. Renault (-3%) overtakes Volkswagen (-9.6%) to take…
The Opel Astra is on the Hungarian podium in April. New car sales in Hungary edge up 3% year-on-year to 12.412 units in April, leading to a year-to-date tally up 7% to 46.746. The Suzuki Vitara (-38.1%) is back in the lead of the models ranking for the first time…
The Dacia Duster scores its very first podium in Slovakia in April. The Slovak new car market gains 5.8% year-on-year in April to 8.894 registrations, tilting the year-to-date volume into positive at +0.1% to 32.791. The top 2 brands Skoda (-0.2%) and Volkswagen (-7%) go against the grain with disappointing losses,…
The VW T-Roc is up to a record 4th place in Slovenia. This article has been updated with the Top 30 brands and Top 20 models. New car sales in Slovenia drop -2.2% year-on-year to 6.446 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -1.1% to 26.708. Volkswagen (+20.8%) surges to…
Audi is the 2nd best-selling carmaker in Luxembourg in April. This article has been updated with the Top 10 models. New car sales in Luxembourg gain 5% year-on-year in April to 5.642 registrations, lifting the year-to-date volume up 4.3% to 20.509. Volkswagen remains by far the most popular carmaker with…
The VW Golf is the best-seller in Lithuania in April. According to our partner JATO Dynamics, new car sales in Lithuania soar 42.2% year-on-year in April to 4.450 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 53% to 14.695. The VW Golf (+189.7%) is up 4 spots on March to take…
The Toyota RAV4 is the most popular model in Latvia this month. Thanks to our partner JATO Dynamics we can share with you today April data for Latvia, a market surging up 12.2% year-on-year to 1.644 registrations, which brings the year-to-date tally up 8.1% to 6.105. Like in neighbouring Estonia and…
The Toyota RAV4 is the best-selling vehicle in Estonia again. Based on data shared by our partner JATO Dynamics, new car sales in Estonia gain 4.5% in April to 2.534 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -3.8% to 8.708. The Toyota RAV4 (+75.5%) remains the best-selling vehicle in the…