The VW T-Cross breaks into the Bosnian Top 10 for the first time in July. Based on data share by our Central European data partner CE Auto, the Bosnian new car market is off -19.5% year-on-year in July to 840 registrations, a slight improvement on the -21.4% of June leading to…
Clouds on the horizon for the Chinese market? Picture: the new generation Haval H6, launched in August. Figures released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) could indicate the end of the much-admired post-pandemic rebound in China. After April (+4.4%), May (+14.5%), June (+11.6%) and July (+16.4%) all showed gravity-defying surges, wholesales of…
Wuling retail sales are up 41.6% even before the introduction of the Hongguang MINI EV. Pictured: Hongguang Plus. Data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) shows July retail sales of Passenger Vehicles in China up a sturdy 7.9% year-on-year to 1.625.000 units, the largest increase in over two years:…
Latin America is the worst-hit new car market globally in July, with Chile down -63.6%. LMC Automotive has now released its internal Global Light Vehicle (LV) sales for July 2020, showing a single-digit year-on-year decline for the first time since February. According to LMC, July global sales are down -6.8%…
Toyota Corolla sales in Iraq are up 3-fold year-on-year in 2020. New light vehicle sales in Iraq sink -38.4% year-on-year over the first 7 months of 2020 to 27.604 units. After Q1 volumes dropped -15.4%, April sales were off -74.7% to 1.445 from 5.721 a year ago, May was down…
Mitsubishi goes from 1.8% share a year ago to 9.4% in 2020. The Lebanese new car market suffers the combined effects of an economic meltdown and the Covid-19 crisis with sales down a ghastly -65.4% year-on-year over the first 7 months of 2020 to just 7.557 units. After a First…
The Skoda Kamiq breaks into the Estonian Top 10 for the first time in July. New car sales in Estonia slow down their fall to -19.1% in July to 2.057 units, still one of the largest declines in Europe. The year-to-date tally now stands at 11.447, down -33.1% on the…
Ford (+4.5%) is the only Top 10 carmaker in positive in July. New car sales in Portugal remain significantly below their year-ago level in July at -17.5% year-on-year to 15.209 units which leads to a year-to-date tally down -45.5% to 80.057. The Top 3 best-selling carmakers are unchanged on June…
The Peugeot 2008 is up to a record #2 and ranks #1 with private buyers for the first time. 07/08 update: Now with Top 50 All-brands, Top 330 All-models and private sales best-sellers. French new car sales manage a second consecutive month in positive in July at +3.9% year-on-year and 178.982…
The new Kamiq is helping Skoda sales up 58.7% in Israel. Thanks to our partnership with cartube.co.il, we can share with you today July brands data for Israel – models data are a quarterly occurrence. Israeli new car sales have stabilised at -1.3% year-on-year in July to 22.696 units, leading to…
Great Wall pickup sales soar 272.3% in a market up 64.3%. According to data released by LMC Automotive, sales of Light Commercial Vehicles in China continue to surge in June at +64.3% to 379.661 units, a new record for the month tilting the year-to-date tally into positive at +0.7% to…
Renault Clio sales are up 129.3% year-on-year in Slovakia in June. New car sales in Slovakia drastically reduce their fall in June at -20.2% year-on-year to 7.502 units, leading to a H1 2020 tally down -34.7% to 34.015. Brand leader Skoda (+8.2%) completely bucks the negative trends with a sturdy year-on-year…
The Fiat Tipo is #1 in Lithuania. The Lithuanian new passenger car market sinks -40.8% year-on-year in June to 2.674 units, leading to a Q2 tally down -53.7% to 6.779 and a H1 volume off -28% to 16.821. Lithuania is the one market in the European Union where re-exports are…
The Peugeot 301 is equal #3 in Bosnia & Herzegovina in June. According to our Central European data partner CE Auto, new car sales in Bosnia & Herzegovina are off -21.4% year-on-year in June to 781 units, a drastic improvement on the -49.5% of May. The year-to-date volume is now down…
11 manufacturers including Chery Automobile have shared Chinese wholesales volumes for the first three weeks of July. According to figures released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), wholesales of new vehicles in China surge by a spectacular 36.5% year-on-year to 942.000 units over the first 20 days of…