Peugeot sales are up 5.1% in a market down -25.9%. Since March 13, Estonia is under a COVID-19 state of emergency which is scheduled to last until May 1, and the country closed its borders on March 17. All public gatherings are banned, including sports and cultural events and schools…
Skoda sales in Russia soar 41.7% in March. Anticipating a significant price increase due to a weakened currency, Russian buyers somewhat "stockpiled" on new cars in March with sales up 4% year-on-year to 162.321 units, only the 4th positive month in the past year. As a result the Q1 volume…
The GMC Sierra (+4.5%) is up to third place in Canada in Q1. Picture caranddriver.com As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, by mid-March all of Canada's provinces and territories had declared states of emergency with various degrees of movement restrictions, and travellers from all countries including the U.S. were banned…
Soon-to-be-discontinued Holden soars in March on stock-clearing discounts. Picture PerformanceDrive.com.au 08/04 update: Now with Top 295 All-models. In March, new car sales in Australia endure a 24th consecutive month or 2 full years of year-on-year declines - and their steepest drop yet - at -17.9% to 81.690 which is the…
The Porsche Taycan breaks into the Swiss Top 100 in March. The Swiss government has so far avoided imposing strict lockdown measures to its population, instead opting for the ban of all events with more than 1.000 participants on February 28 - which triggered the cancellation of the Geneva Auto…
The Tesla Model 3 is #1 in Denmark for the 2nd time in the past 4 months. Denmark was among the first European countries to introduce lockdown measures, starting March 13. Initially scheduled to last two weeks, they were later extended to April 13. Despite total infections rising by 73%…
The Seat Arona is up to #14 in Israel in Q1. Thanks to our partnership with cartube.co.il, we can share with you today complete Israeli data including models data for each month of 2020 so far. In response to the spread of the coronavirus, widespread non-essential business closures were initiated in…
The Fiat Argo (+30.8%) posts the only gain among the Top 12 models. The coronavirus crisis has hit Brazilian new car sales in March at -21.9% to 155.810 registrations, the weakest March volume in 14 years, since 2006 (148.234). The year-to-date tally is now down -8.2% to 532.549. However Brazil's…
The Honda Fit hits its highest ranking at home in over 5 years at #2. Apart from school closures, international travel bans and of course the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, as of March 31 Japan had been relatively unscathed by the COVID-19 pandemic, even being hailed as…
The Vauxhall Corsa is #1 in Scotland and Wales in March. Thanks to our partnership with SMMT we can share with you the Top 10 best-sellers for all UK nations as well as London in March. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures are included in…
The Skoda Kamiq advances to an all-time high 4th place in March. After declaring a COVID-19-triggered state of emergency on March 12 and for the first time in the country's modern history, on March 16 a nationwide quarantine was imposed in the Czech Republic, initially scheduled to last until March…
Holi festival in Chennai on March 10. A nationwide 21-day lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus pandemic was announced on March 23 by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Limiting movement of the entire 1.3 billion population simultaneously, it is the largest quarantine measure in human history. School…
The VW Golf is the best-selling vehicle in the UK in March. On March 23, the UK debuted a strict stay-at-home order scheduled to last at least 3 weeks. On March 25 both the heir to the British throne Prince Charles and the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson tested positive to the…
The Tesla Model 3 is the 4th best-selling vehicle in Finland in March. Although all schools as well as most government-run public facilities and the country's external borders were closed on March 16 and until April 13, Finland isn't currently under the type of strict lockdown measures that are affecting…
The Jeep Renegade is up to a record 11th place in Croatia in March. Croatia was weighted down by two emergency situations in March. On March 17, Croatian Prime Minister Plenković announced the closure of most public venues and shops, severely curtailing car showroom activity, in order to limit the spread…