India is fast becoming the global epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak and some areas are reimposing lockdowns. LMC Automotive released its internal Global Light Vehicle (LV) sales for June 2020, showing yet another weak figure but continuing improvement on the lowest pandemic score last April (-44.8%). Global sales are down -18.1%…
The Suzuki Carry is the best-selling vehicle in Indonesia in June. The coronavirus pandemic has continued to worsen in Indonesia, going from 26.473 total cases as of May 31 to 56.385 as of June 30 and 88.214 at the time of writing. As a result, sales figures only improve marginally…
Great Wall sales are up 372.2% year-on-year in June and the Wingle ranks #8. 20/07 update: Now with Top 100 models. The Uruguay new car market slow down their fall in June to -28.9% year-on-year and 2.344 registrations vs. a -54.2% collapse in May. This brings the year-to-date tally down -29.6%…
The Fiat Ducato ranks #3 overall in Germany in June. 17/07 update: Now with Top 285 All Private sales ranking. Just as France (+1.2%) completely recovers and Italy (-23.3%) drastically reduces its fall in June, Germany (-32.2%) falls to 220.272 units and is among the other European naughty kids such as…
The Suzuki Vitara and SX4 S-Cross are the best-selling vehicles in Hungary in June. 11/08 update: Now with H1 2020 Top 55 models. The Hungarian new car market slows down its fall in June to -23.7% and 10.355 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down -25.3% to 55.670. Suzuki (-47.5%) confirms…
The Toyota Yaris is now also made in Pakistan. According to data released by PAMA, sales of locally-made light vehicles drop another -50.2% year-on-year in June to 8.753 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down -63% to just 44.475. This is a fair representation of the total Pakistani market as very high taxes…
The Audi Q3 shoots up 56% to #5 in June. The Swiss new car market drastically slows down its fall in June, going from -50.5% last month to -13.8% and 24.477 units. The year-to-date tally is now down -34.3% to 103.201. However alternatively fuelled vehicles shoot up 65.1% year-on-year in…
Mazda3 sales are up 6-fold year-on-year in Estonia in June. The Estonian new car market drops another -33.9% on corrected year-ago volumes in June to 1.673 registrations, pulling the year-to-date tally down -35.6% to 9.390. Toyota (-37.9%) reclaims the top spot off Skoda (-20.9%) despite falling faster than the market while…
Dacia Duster sales are up 8-fold year-on-year in Slovenia in June. With a much reduced -5.8% year-on-year drop to 6.565 registrations in June, Slovenia enters a small circle of European markets having already stabilised post-Covid, alongside France (+1.2%), Belgium (-1.8%) and the Czech Republic (-5.2%). The year-to-date tally now stands…
The new Daihatsu Taft is available in a 80s retro livery. 20/07 update: Now with H1 Top 115 models (all categories). New vehicle sales in Japan skid down -22.9% year-on-year to 347.371 units in June, a better hold than both April (-28.6%) and May (-44.9%), leading to a First Half volume down…
Thanks to the new ZS EV, MG sales gain 22.7% in 2020. New car sales in the UK collapse -48.5% or 616.000 units to just 653.502 over the First Half of 2020. This is the lowest H1 volume in almost 50 years: since 1971 (623.483), at a time when the Austin…
Volvo is the only Top 30 carmaker managing a double-digit gain in June. Italy has now been out of lockdown for two full months and its new car market accordingly improves month after month: from absolute hell in both March (-85.4%) and April (-97.5%) to -49.4% in May and -23.3% in June thanks…
Kia Sportage sales are up 83.6% year-on-year in May. New car sales in Ukraine are recovering: from -46.9% in April to just -15.1% in May at 5.895 units, bringing the year-to-date tally down -7.3% to 29.838. This is a much better hold than the rest of Europe where Moldova (-27.7%) and…
Peugeot is the best-selling brand in Belgium in May. 30/07 update: Now with YTD Top 120 models and May Top 50 models. 30/06 update: Now with YTD Top 10 models. After enduring one of the strictest coronavirus lowdown in Europe and the highest death rate per million in the world…
...meanwhile Ssangyong is up 3700%! 30/06 update: Now with YTD Top 10 models. Slovak new car sales continue to be battered by the coronavirus crisis with May registrations down another -58.3% year-on-year to 4.123, showing only a slight improvement on the -61.5% from April. The year-to-date tally is now down…