The Toyota C-HR breaks its Greek ranking record for the 2nd straight month. Greece initiated a nationwide lockdown on March 23 and remained under the strictest movement restrictions all through April, starting to ease on May 4 when small retail shops and hair salons were allowed to open. The country has…
The Toyota RAV4 is #1 in Cyprus in April. Cyprus has managed to contain the spread of the coronavirus, with 916 cases as of May 18 vs. 750 as of April 17. But quarantine measures mean its new car market is hit as hard as the rest of Europe, with…
The Foton Light Truck is the #1 LCV in China in March, the JAC Light Truck is #3. According to LMC Automotive data, Light Commercial Vehicle wholesales drop -28% year-on-year in March to 270.323 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down -36% to 527.497. The brands ranking reveals a spectacular change-of-guard:…
Without heavy truck sales, the Chinese market would still be down in April. New vehicle wholesales in China have bounced back even stronger than preliminary data suggested in April, up 4.4% year-on-year to 2.07 million units, bringing the year-to-date tally down -31.1% to 5.761.000 units. After February deliveries collapsed -79.1%…
The Mercedes EQC shoots up to a record 5th place in Norway in April. 15/05 update: Now with Top 40 All-brands and Top 190 All-models. After a two-week lockdown imposed on March 16, Norway declared the coronavirus pandemic "under control" on April 6. Total cases have gone from 4.447 as of…
The Kia Soluto hits a record 5th place in Vietnam in April. Vietnam has been one of the only south east Asian countries (alongside Taiwan) to be unscathed by the coronavirus pandemic thanks to a fast and strict response, with only 288 cases and no deaths reported as of May…
Thanks to new launches such as the S-Presso, Suzuki is down just -14.6%. COVID-19 movement restrictions triggered a -58.3% year-on-year drop for new car sales in Uruguay in April to 1.233 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down -23.2% to 9.369. Suzuki (-14.6%) resists a lot better than the market and…
Pakistan was under a national lockdown for the whole of April and has started easing it after Prime Minister Imran Khan said the government was unable to financially help all those who lost their job. This comes as COVID-19 cases surged in the past month, going from 5.374 when we published the…
First ever Russian Top 25 finish for the Kia Seltos. 20/06 update: Now with YTD Top 135 models. As we anticipated last month due to a national lockdown implemented on April 2 and in place all through the month, the Russian new car market collapses in April at -72.4% year-on-year to…
BMW manages to contain its loss to -49.9% in Germany in April. 12/05 update: Now with Top 50 brands, Top 300 All-models and Top 285 private sales. Under a national COVID-19 curfew since March 22 and up until April 20 when showrooms around the country started reopening, German new car…
Skoda posts the best hold in the Top 15. 24/06 update: Now with Top 130 YTD models. 12/05 update: Now with Top 20 models. One of the first European countries to be hit at a large scale by the coronavirus, Austria is also one of the first to come out…
Peugeot 308 sales are up 179.5% in a market down -50.3%. Given the current COVID-19 lockdown context, new car sales in Romania resist relatively well in April at -50.3% year-on-year to 4.321 units. This brings the year-to-date tally down -27.5% to 32.300 sales. Brand leader Dacia (-37.6%) holds markedly better than…
Mercedes holds 29% of the Singaporean market in April. After being somewhat muted throughout March, new COVID-19 cases dramatically flared up in Singapore in April, going from 926 as of March 31 to 16.169 as of April 30 and 23.787 at the time of writing. Consequently, a much stricter set of…
The Toyota Yaris is the best-selling regular car in Japan in April. As we anticipated in our March 2020 update, April is the month the coronavirus pandemic caught up with Japan and its new car market, with the first state of emergency in Japan history declared for 6 provinces on…
The Ford Ranger is estimated to be the best-selling vehicle in South Africa in April. All car factories and dealerships were closed in South Africa for the entire month of April, and as a result new vehicle sales stall -98.4% to just 574 units vs. 36.787 in April 2019. Light…