An outstanding month for the Nissan Qashqai in Hungary. Passenger Car sales disappoint once again in Hungary with a -10.4% year-on-year slide in August to 8,951 units. The year-to-date tally is now off -3.2 % to 73,879. When adding Light Commercial Vehicles, the market is down -1.5% year-to-date to 87,534. Toyota…
The VW T-Roc is the best-selling vehicle in Slovenia in August. The Slovenian new car market edges down -3% year-on-year in August to 3,240 sales, meaning the year-to-date tally is now up 4.1% to 34,326. Volkswagen (-26.4%) remains the most popular carmaker in the country with 13.5% share and despite…
The VW Golf just misses out on a win this month. The Austrian new car market is up 5.5% year-on-year in August to 18,790 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 14.4% to 163,046. Volkswagen (-8.8%) easily retains the brands top spot with 15.3% share and despite a year-on-year fall.…
The VW Golf is back inside the Romanian Top 10. The Romanian new car market is up 2.8% year-on-year in August to 12,891 units, a poor result given August 2022 was off -22.3% on the year prior. Year-to-date, sales are up 20.2% to 100,166. Local behemoth Dacia (-10.6%) easily remains…
The Octavia helps push Skoda to the brands top spot. The Irish new car market edges down -0.4% year-on-year in August to 8,119 sales. Thanks to seven consecutive months of year-on-year gains prior to this month, the year-to-date tally is up 18.3% to 112,717. In the brands ranking, Skoda (+45.5%)…
The Toyota Corolla is up to a record 9.1% share in August. 35,456 new cars hit Polish roads in August, a limited 6.7% year-on-year increase. This way, the year-to-date tally is now up 10.7% to 303,909 units. Toyota (+42.2%) stuns with a tremendous gain to reach 24.3% share, a new…
The Smart #1 is inside the Swiss Top 40 in August. New car sales in Switzerland gain 15.8% year-on-year in August to 18,977 units, meaning the year-to-date volume is now up 13.9% to 161,328. 4x4 sales follow the market at +16.1% for the month to 9,440 and 49.7% share vs.…
The VW Golf is the 2nd best-selling vehicle in the Czech Republic in August. New car sales in the Czech Republic climb 12.9% year-on-year in August to 18,718 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 16.6% to 150,356. Local behemoth Skoda (+19.2%) beats its home market again but holds "just"…
The Dacia Duster is the best-selling vehicle in Croatia in August. The Croatian new car market is back in positive in August at +4.7% year-on-year to 3,475 sales. The year-to-date volume is now up 31.8% to 42,485 units. Skoda (+43.5%) almost multiplies the market growth by 10 to stay in…
The Toyota C-HR is by far the best-selling vehicle in Bulgaria in August. With 3965 vehicles sales in August, the Bulgarian new car market surges 39.2% year-on-year. Its year-to-date tally is now up 22.4% to 27,874. Note thanks to low prices, many of these cars are re-exported to the European…
The Skoda Scala hits a record 2nd place in Serbia. According to data released by our Central European partner CE Auto, the Serbian new car market falls -2.2% year-on-year to 2,965 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now up 1.8% to 18,026 sales. The Skoda Octavia (-0.6%) stays atop the…
The Toyota Yaris Cross is up to #2 in Bosnia & Herzegovina. Data by our Central European partner CE Auto shows a Bosnian new car market soaring 26.6% year-on-year in July to 1,086 sales. This brings the year-to-date volume up up 27.8% to 6,941. The Skoda Octavia (+64.3%) remains by far the…
Skoda places five models in the Top 8. The Slovak new car market rallies back up 28.6% year-on-year in July to 8,001 sales, meaning the year-to-date volume is now up 15.8% to 53,458. Skoda (+36.8%) outpaces the surging market to 19.4% share while Kia (+4.3%) is a lot more muted but…
2nd Top 10 finish in Slovenia for the Renault Austral The Slovenian new car market is stable in July at -0.5% year-on-year to 3,776 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 4.9% to 31,086. We remain at historically low levels given July 2022 was down -14.2% over the year prior and July…
Cupra sales are up 51.4% year-on-year in July 17,566 new cars hit Austrian roads in July, a shy 9.4% lift on July 2022. This is down -11.7% on July 2021 (19,902), down -29.1% on July 2020 (24,784) and down -44.2% on July 2019 when 31,454 cars were registered. The year-to-date volume now stands…