The Toyota Corolla is the most successful model in Finland in May. The Finnish new car market bounces back up 95.2% year-on-year in May to 9.590 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally up 18.3% to 45.590. Brand leader Toyota (+94.8%) matches the market and remains at #1 with 14% share.…
Skoda Octavia sales are up 169.5% year-on-year in May. The Romanian new car market is up only 14.9% year-on-year in May to 8.221 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -9.2% to 35.836. Note May 2020 was down -45% on the year prior and as a result May 2021 volumes…
The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling vehicle in Ireland in May. New car sales in Ireland bounce back up 241.6% year-on-year in May to 5.947 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 17.8% to 61.132. However May sales are down -6.1% on two years ago in May 2019 (6.331) while the…
The Skoda Kamiq is up to a record 5.5% share in the Czech Republic in May. The Czech new car market is up 62.4% year-on-year in May to 21.734 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 21.5% to 90.244. However it's worth noting that May 2021 volumes remain down -9.7% on…
Daihatsu Move sales are up 268.6% year-on-year in May. The Japanese new vehicle market rallies back up 46.3% year-on-year in May to 319.318 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 12.8% to 2.098.955. Toyota (+31.6%) trails its home market but remains ultra-dominant at 32.9% share vs. 31.6% so far this year.…
The Lada Niva is the best-selling SUV in Russia in May. New light vehicle sales in Russia bounce back 133.8% year-on-year in May to 147.378 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 38.7% to 663.312. More significantly, the market is up 12.6% on pre-pandemic May 2019, when removing Daimler and BMW…
The Hyundai Creta is the best-selling vehicle in India in May. As Covid infections suddenly surged to world record levels, the Indian new car market suffers in May. At 103.343 wholesales, it is up 184.9% on May 2020 which was also heavily impacted by Covid, but more significantly it is…
The VW Golf is the best-selling vehicle in the UK in May. As the UK market was paralysed by Covid-19 restrictions a year ago, UK new car sales surge 674.1% year-on-year in May to 156.737 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 42.5% to 723.845. However, May 2021 volumes remain down…
The Isuzu D-Max is up to a record 4th place overall in Australia in May. Now updated with the Top 289 All-models. New vehicle sales in Australia surge 68.3% year-on-year on Covid-impacted year-ago volumes to 100.809 units, stopping just short of the all-time May record of 102.901 hit in 2017…
Tesla holds 3% of the Israeli new car market in May. Thanks to our partner cartube.co.il, we can share with you today Israeli brands data for Israel, models data is a quarterly occurrence. New car sales in the country are up 159% year-on-year in May to 26.800 units, leading to a year-to-date…
Volkswagen sales are up 175.4% year-on-year in Turkey. Picture sabah.com.tr 7/06 update: Now with Top 25 models. New light vehicle sales in Turkey are up 132.4% year-on-year in April to 61.488 units. This ends three consecutive months of all-time record results but still marks the highest April volume since 2018…
The Fiat Argo scores its first ever monthly win in Brazil in May. As the coronavirus crisis worsened a year ago, new light vehicle sales in Brazil jump up 209.8% in May to 175.405 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 30.7% to 837.125. However a comparison with pre-pandemic May 2019…
The Ford Mustang Mach-E is the best-selling vehicle in Norway in May. New car sales in Norway are up 75.8% year-on-year in May to 14.063 units, keeping in mind May 2020 was down -39% on the year prior. This way, May 2021 volumes are actually up 7.2% on May 2019…
The Skoda Enyaq is up to #2 in the Netherlands in May. The Dutch new car market soars 72.5% year-on-year in May to 25.601 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now down just -2.4% to 130.061 sales. Three brands finish the month close together atop the charts: Kia (+26.9%) remains…
The Renault Clio V and Dacia Sandero III are the best-selling vehicles in France in May. Picture largus.fr 22/07 update: Now with Top 290 All-models The French new car market is up 46.4% year-on-year in May to 141.041 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 50.1% to 723.258. However when comparing with…