BMW 1 Series Thanks to SMMT we can share with you the Top 10 best-sellers for each UK nation in March. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures are already included in the March 2024 UK update. This month Scotland is the most dynamic at…
The BYD Qin Plus sells over 50,000 units in a month for the first time. Based on data shared by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, the Chinese wholesales market is up 9.9% year-on-year in March to 2,694,000 units. This includes 2,236,000 Passenger Vehicles (+10.9%) and 458,000 Commercial Vehicles (+5.6%).…
The Dacia Duster tops the models ranking in Iceland in March. The Icelandic new car market continues to crash in March at a daunting -71% year-on-year to just 531 units, leading to a Q1 volume off -60.4% to 1,385. March 2023 alone so 32% more sales than Q1 2024... The…
The Volvo XC40 is up to #12 in March. After gaining 22.5% in January and 19.5% in February, new car sales in Poland drastically reduce their growth to +1.2% and 48,961 units in March. To be fair, March 2023 was up 25.4% on the year prior. The year-to-date volume is…
Fiat sales are up 63% year-on-year in March. The Moroccan new light vehicle market endures a second consecutive month of decline in March at -5.8% to 12,831. This drop is solely due to passenger cars at -10.2% to 11,204 whereas commercial vehicles surge 42.2% to 1,627. The overall Q1 volume…
The Skoda Octavia is the most popular model in Croatia in March. The Croatian new car market is stable in March at -0.3% year-on-year to 6,258. This bring the Q1 volume to 15,205 units, up 14.8% over the same period in 2023. Despite dropping -4.1% year-on-year, Renault snaps its first…
The GWM Jolion is inside the Chilean Top 10 in March. It's a month to forget for Chilean new light vehicle sales at -37.4% year-on-year in March to just 23,525 units, the lowest March result since pandemic-plagued March 2020 (19,056). The Q1 volume is off -22.2% to 71,092. Strikingly the…
The Tesla Model Y sells 2.5 times the amount of any other model in market. The Swiss new car market skids -6.8% year-on-year in March to 23,467 units, tilting the year-to-date tally back into negative at -2.7% to 57,224. 4x4 sales edge up 0.2% for the month to 12,637 units…
Toyota RAV4 sales soar 121.3% year-on-year in March. 18,916 new cars hit Czechia roads in March, a steep -15.5% year-on-year fall. However thanks to a strong start of the year the Q1 tally is up 2.2% to 57,605 units. Home behemoth Skoda (-29.9%) doubles the market drop to 30.5% share…
The Renault Clio is the best-selling vehicle in Portugal in March. The Portuguese new car market steps up 6.2% year-on-year in March to 22,796 registrations, a solid score given March 2023 was itself up 60.1% on the year prior. The Q1 volume is up 13.1% to 59,044. Renault (+54.2%) soars…
The Tesla Model Y holds 20.4% of the Norwegian market in March. The Norwegian new car market sinks -49.7% year-on-year in March to just 9,750 units. This way the Q1 volume is off -22.4% 22,252. BEV sales are down -48.2% to 89.3% share vs. 86.8% a year ago, and hold…
The BYD Atto 3 remains the favourite of Israeli customers. Data by our Israeli partner cartube.co.il shows a market down -13.5% year-on-year in March to 25,551. Q1 volumes are off -15.9% to 89,041. We have complete March 2024 brands charts as well as Q1 2024 and each month All-models data.…
Daihatsu Tanto sales implode -93.6% year-on-year. Japanese new vehicle sales continue to struggle in March at -21.1% to 451,444, leading to a Q1 tally off -18.1% to 1,131,140. In particular, kei car sales are down -23.6% to 148,228 for the month. Sales continue to be hampered by the safety test falsification…
The Tata Punch is #1 in India in March. Indian new car wholesales climb 10% year-on-year in March to an all-time high record for the month to 369,381 units. Note the previous March record was reached just last year. The Q1 tally is up 11.7% to 1,135,030 sales, the highest…
Belgee X50 New passenger cars in Russia are up 109.4% year-on-year in March to 146,526 units, showing Western sanctions levelled following its invasion of Ukraine are not impacting the market anymore. The year-to-date tally is up 93% to 330,692. Note: compared to last year our Russian data source has shifted…