The Nissan Juke is the best-selling vehicle in Cyprus in March. Based on data by SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, the Cyprus new car market is back up 36.2% year-on-year in March to 1.011 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -6% to 2.746. This month the Nissan Juke (+236.8%) takes control of…
Skoda sales are up 4-fold in March. Picture automotorsport.com.tr 30/04 update: Now with Top 25 models. It's another record for the Turkish market in March, the third in a row, up a whopping 92.8% year-on-year to 96.428 units which eclipses the previous best of 83.302 in March 2015. The year-to-date…
The MG ZS is now the best-selling vehicle in Chile year-to-date. The Chilean new light vehicle market bounces back up 70.6% year-on-year on weak year-ago volumes to 32.511 units in March, leading to a year-to-date tally up 7.6% to 81.987. Chevrolet (+72.2%) leads the way again with a stable market…
The VW Taos is up to #15 in Mexico in March. Picture autocosmos.com.mx New light vehicle sales in Mexico edge up 9.1% year-on-year in March to 95.513 units, keeping in mind March 2020 was down -25.5% on the year prior. The Q1 volume is now down -12.7% to 259.039. The Top…
The Toyota Avanza is #1 in Indonesia for the first time in a year. After two difficult months, the Indonesian new vehicle market now benefits from weak year-ago levels and perks back up. March wholesales are up 10.6% to 84.910, leading to a year-to-date tally down -21% to 187.021. For…
The Kia Stonic makes its first appearance in the NZ Top 10. Picture autocar.co.nz February data is also included in the data section of this article. In March, new vehicle sales in New Zealand soar 87.6% on weak, Covid-19 impacted year-ago volumes to 15.498 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up…
Chevrolet is back to #1 in Kazakhstan in March. The Kazakh new vehicle market continues to soar in March with sales up 21.7% year-on-year to 8.362, leading to a year-to-date tally up 35.4% to 24.161. This year-on-year surge is about to get even more impressive in the coming months as…
The Hyundai Tucson is #1 in Northern Ireland in March. Thanks to our partnership with SMMT we can share with you the Top 10 best-sellers for all UK nations in March. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures are included in our March 2021 UK update.…
The new generation lifts the Toyota Yaris to #2 in New Caledonia. Unlike metropolitan France, new car sales in New Caledonia, a French overseas archipelago located north-east of Australia, actually drop year-on-year in March at -6.1% to 505 registrations, due to a 3-week Covid-19 lockdown. This means the year-to-date tally is…
The Wuling Hongguang MINI EV scores its first podium in China. According to data by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), China new vehicle wholesales mark 12 consecutive months of year-on-year gains in March at +74.9% to 2.526.000 units, also up 0.2% on March 2019. This is split into…
The VW Tiguan is the best-selling vehicle in Switzerland in March. New car sales in Switzerland rebound 43.7% year-on-year in March to 25.236 units, tilting the year-to-date tally into positive at +1.9% and 56.497 sales. Note the March 2021 volume is down -12.8% on March 2019 pre-pandemic levels. 4x4 sales…
The new Sienna helps Toyota sales over Q1. New light vehicle sales in the U.S. rally back up in March on year-ago volumes severely impacted by Covid-19 lockdowns: sales are estimated to soar roughly 60% year-on-year to 1.6 million units, equivalent to the March 2019 volume. This means the U.S.…
Seat Arona sales are up 3-fold year-on-year in March. New car sales in the Czech Republic rally back up 46.5% year-on-year to 20.053 units on Covid-impacted year-ago volumes, leading to a year-to-date tally now down -1.3% to 49.534. Homegrown brand leader Skoda (+36.4%) can't quite match the market growth but…
The Ford Kuga is up to a record 8th place in March. Picture moottori.fi New car sales in Finland gain 12.8% year-on-year in February to 10.189 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -1.4% to 27.423. Toyota (+17%) and Volkswagen (+23.9%) top the brands ranking and both post market-beating gains…
Nissan (+17.4%) posts the largest year-on-year gain among the Top 15 brands. Picture autocar.jp New vehicle sales in Japan gain 5.4% year-on-year in March to 613.003 units, leading to a Q1 2021 tally up 4.2% to 1.429.743. Brand leaders Toyota (+6.6%) and Suzuki (+8.2%) both advance faster than the market…