The Kia Soluto breaks into the Colombian Top 50 this month. New vehicle sales in Colombia end a streak of 6 consecutive months of growth in November at a steep -8.8% year-on-year to 23.989 units, yet the year-to-date tally remains in positive at +4.2% to 232.971. Renault (+1.4%) continues to…
The Skoda Octavia is about to end 42 years of VW Golf reign... The Austrian new car market drops -1.4% year-on-year in November on an already very weak score a year ago to just 23.271 units, dragging the year-to-date tally down -4.8% to 306.707. Volkswagen (-17.2%) is largely responsible for…
The Renault Clio V and Peugeot 208 II have now taken control of the French charts. 12/12 update: Now with the Top 315 All-models. New car sales in France edge up 0.7% year-on-year in November to 172.735 units, but with 2 less selling days than in November 2018 this actually…
Audi Q3 sales soar 453.6% thanks to the new model. New car sales in Switzerland edge up 0.5% to 24.228 units in November, leading to a year-to-date tally up 1.6% to 276.641. However 4x4 sales soar +14.9% for the month to 13.446 and 55.5% share vs. 48.5% in November 2018,…
The Fiat 500 soars 47% in Slovenia in November. The Slovenian new car market is almost perfectly stable in November at -0.2% or just 9 sales year-on-year to 5.323 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -3.2% to 68.714. On the brands podium, Volkswagen (+10.9%) stands tall with the only…
The Suzuki Alto holds 30.2% of the Pakistani market in November. Sales of locally-produced light vehicles in Pakistan continue to implode in November at -43.8% year-on-year to 9.840, bringing the year-to-date tally down -25.4% to 175.611, the lowest at this stage of the year since 2014. This is a fair representation of…
The Kwid (+78%) helps push Renault up 30.5% in November in South Africa. The South African new vehicle market is back in negative for the 6th time in the past 7 months at -5.8% year-on-year in November to 44.738 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -3.4% to 494.996. Toyota (-14.5%) falls…
The Dacia Sandero soars to 8.5% share at home in November. New car sales in Romania continue to gallop ahead in November at +57.7% year-on-year to 13.091 units, marking an 11th double-digit gain in the past 12 months and lifting the year-to-date volume up 21.5% to 147.789. Homegrown market leader Dacia…
The Ford Ranger 4x4 outsells the Toyota Hilux 4x4 for the 8th straight month. Picture whichcar.com.au 12/12 update: Now with Top 48 All-brands and Top 285 All-models. 6/12 update: Now with the Top 80 models. No improvement in sight for new vehicle sales in Australia, if anything the crisis is worsening…
The Tesla Model 3 has landed in Hong Kong. New light vehicle sales in Hong Kong only edge down -0.6% year-on-year in September to 3.116 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -5.6% to 29.014. Toyota (+1.5%) easily remains the most popular brand in the territory with 29.7% share vs.…
Sharp fleet deals on the outgoing generation ahead of the December launch of the new model (pictured) propel the Ford Kuga to #3 in Germany. New car sales in Germany continue to recover from particularly paltry year-ago post-WLTP sales with November registrations up 9.7% year-on-year to 299.127 units, leading to…
The Mazda CX-30 hits its world record ranking in Norway in November. The Norwegian new car market dives -18.5% year-on-year in November to just 10.031 registrations, leading to a year-to-date volume down -3.2% to 131.127. Even though it skids even faster than the market, Volkswagen (-24.5%) edges past Tesla (+19.3%)…
The Karoq (+75%) helps Skoda up 45.3% in Estonia in November. The Estonian new car market drops -3.2% year-on-year on a revised November 2018 figure, leading to a year-to-date tally up 2% to 24.760. Toyota (+17%), Skoda (+45.3%) and Renault (+30.2%) all post spectacular gains to dominate the brands ranking,…
The new Konect SUV helps lift Brilliance sales up 177.6% in Chile. The October 2019 article has now been updated with the Top 20 models. 10/01/20 update: Now with the Top 20 models. The crisis deepens to the Chilean new light vehicle market, down -27.6% year-on-year in November to 24.272…
The Skoda Kamiq enters the Polish Top 30 in November. New vehicle sales in Poland edge up 2% year-on-year in November to 50.731 registrations including light commercials, leading to a year-to-date tally up 3% to 564.952. Once again the passenger cars market is more vigorous at +5.7% to 44.633 units…