The Renault Clio is the best-seller in Serbia for the 2nd month running. According to data shared with us by our Central European data partner CE Auto, new car sales in Serbia fall -43.9% year-on-year in May to 2.123 units, pulling the year-to-date volume down -38.9% to 8.950. The Renault Clio…
Brazil and Latin America are pulling global new light vehicle sales down in May. LMC Automotive released its internal Global Light Vehicle (LV) sales for May 2020 and although a slight improvement on the 22-year low annualised score of April (-44.8%), the result remains dire at -33.3% to 5.086.635 units…
As Australians get ready to holiday at home, the Toyota Land Cruiser aligns ranking records. 5/06 update: Now with Top 300 All-models. Australia has not just flattened but squashed the coronavirus curve, going from being the 20th most affected country in the world as of March 31 (4.559 cases) to…
Skoda leaps onto the European podium for the first time in history and the Octavia is up to a record 2nd place overall. 03/06 update: Now with final figures for the Top 100 models (JATO) 29/05 update: Now with Top 55 All-brands and Top 365 All-models (JATO). Final figures for…
The VW Tiguan is the best-selling vehicle in Ireland in May. After almost coming to a complete stop in April (-96.1%), Irish new car sales fall another -72.3% year-on-year in May to just 1.751 registrations as the country only partially eased its COVID-19 lockdown on May 18. The year-to-date tally…
The Wuling Mini Truck is back to #1 LCV in China. The Light Commercial Vehicle market in China shoots up 17% year-on-year in April to 355.318 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -22% to 882.815. Medium and Heavy Commercials are up 50% to 215.958 and now down just -1%…
The Renault Clio is #1 in Serbia in April and YTD. After dropping -42.6% in March to 1.701 units (complete Top 10 models below), the Serbia new car market is down another -78% year-on-year in April to 934 sales, pulling the year-to-date volume down -37.1% to 6.827, according to data shared…
The Mercedes GLE ranks on the Bosnian podium in April. Thanks to our partnership with Central European market data partner CE Auto, we can now share with you April data for Bosnia & Herzegovina and sales are cratering due to COVID-19 at -78% year-on-year to just 284. The year-to-date volume is…
BMW is the best-selling brand in Belgium in April. 8/06 update: Now with the 2020 YTD Top 90 models. Like its neighbour France, Belgium was under a strict, nationwide COVID-19 lockdown for all of April and new car sales accordingly drop -90.1% year-on-year to just 5.296 units. The year-to-date tally…
Toyota Corolla sales are up 77.3% in Mexico in April. As we predicted last month, the Mexican new car market crumbles under the weight of the coronavirus crisis in April at -64.5% year-on-year to 34.903 registrations, pulling the year-to-date volume down -23.1% to 331.580 units. As it is the case in…
The Hyundai Sonata ranked #1 at home 16 times between 1994 and 2015. May 2020 update: Now with All-brands and All-models rankings from 1990 to 1997, meaning there are now 30 uninterrupted years of annual All-local models rankings for South Korea (5 new articles). BSCB covers over 30 years worth of Historical Data for South Korea. Over…
Malaysia was under a nationwide lockdown during April. Picture Vincent Than/AP The Malaysian nationwide “Movement Control Order”, a partial lockdown, was initiated to stem the spread of COVID-19 on March 18 and extended to May 12. The rise in confirmed cases has been drastically slowed, with 6.002 as of April 30…
The Daihatsu Sigra is the best-selling vehicle in Indonesia for the first time in history. Our monthly Indonesian coverage now includes All-brands retail volumes and a monthly All-models ranking, upgraded from a Top 20 models. Indonesia was late to impose COVID-19 lockdowns (if any) and as a result confirmed cases…
The Toyota Hilux is the #1 vehicle in Thailand for the first time this year. 24/07 update: Now with Top 62 All-models. Thailand has by and large squashed the coronavirus for now, with just 3.037 confirmed cases as of May 20 vs. 2.931 when we published the March update on…
Mercedes is the only gainer in the Top 13 and ranks 6th in April. With COVID-19 cases soaring from just 669 as of March 31 to 10.861 as of April 30 and 19.706 as of May 20, Ukraine was under strict lockdown measures for all of April, with the quarantine…