Rare Top 10 finish for the Opel Astra. The Dutch new car market soars another 37.8% year-on-year in June to 41,366 sales, meaning the H1 2023 tally is up 31.3% or almost 50,000 units to 201,793. Volkswagen (+122.1%) surges ahead to reclaim the brands top spot it holds year-to-date, dislodging…
The VW Taigo is the 2nd best-selling vehicle in Serbia in May. Based on data by our Central European partner CE Auto, the Serbian new car market gains 6.3% year-on-year in May to 2,854 units. The year-to-date volume is now up 2.7% to 11,838 sales. The Skoda Octavia repeats at…
The Opel Corsa is once again the most popular vehicle in Greece. New car sales in Greece slow down their growth in May at a still solid +8.1% to 12,957 sales, meaning the year-to-date tally is now up 30.3% to 56,968. Toyota (-8.4%) disappoints but keeps the lead of the…
The VW T-Roc is the most popular vehicle in Germany in May. 246,966 new cars hit German roads in May, a robust 19.2% year-on-year improvement. The year-to-date volume is now up 10.2% to 1,116,731. Volkswagen (+13%) trails its home market to 17.7% share, almost one percentage point below its YTD…
The Skoda Enyaq repeats at #3 in Switzerland. New car sales in Switzerland bounce back up 16.9% year-on-year in May to 21,569 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 11.6% to 98,538. 4x4 deliveries are up 14.7% for the month to 10,784 and a round 50% share vs. 50.9% a…
The Renault Express is on the Bulgarian podium in May. 3,574 new cars found a buyer in Bulgaria in May, leading to a year-to-date tally up 15.3% to 15,763 units. This month Volkswagen takes the lead with 11.7% share vs. 9.3% year-to-date where it is up 68.7%. Toyota is up…
The Skoda Kodiaq is up to a record 2nd place in Slovenia in May. New car sales in Slovenia edge up 1.4% year-on-year in May to 4,853 units, bringing the year-to-date tally up 5.5% to 22,641. The brands podium remains unchanged on last month and year-to-date and entirely outpaces the…
Turkish brand Togg has landed in the local charts. It's another record month for new light vehicle sales in Türkiye, up 70.9% year-on-year to 111,356 units which is the first time the May monthly tally tops 100,000. The previous best dates back from May 2016 (93,904). As a result the…
Volkswagen sales skyrocket year-on-year in May. The Moroccan new light vehicle market is back in positive for the first time this year at +12.4% to 14,725 sales, including 13,330 Passenger Cars and 1,393 Light Commercials, both up 12.4%. Dacia (-4.6%) remains by far the most popular carmaker in the country…
The Renault Clio is the best-selling vehicle in Croatia in May. New car sales in Croatia skyrocket 69.5% year-on-year in May to 7,097 units, the largest monthly volume this year. Year-to-date tallies add up to 26,584, a 44.3% improvement over the same period a year ago. Renault (+288.5%) shoots up…
The Kia Picanto is the best-selling vehicle in the Netherlands in May. The Dutch new car market soars 41.6% year-on-year in May to 33,135 registrations, bringing the year-to-date tally up 29.9% to 160,617. Kia (+45.6%) manages to upstage the market and repeats at #1 with 10.6% share but remains #2…
Renault sales are up 156.2% year-on-year in May. 4,402 new cars hit Luxembourg roads in May, up 24.6% year-on-year and leading to a YTD volume up 19.2% to 21,727. Volkswagen (+16.5%) trails the market but holds onto the top spot with 11.4% share, while BMW (+39.1%) is very impressive at…
The Skoda Enyaq is up to #3 in Finland in May. 9,258 new cars hit Finnish roads in May, a 19.9% year-on-year improvement leading to a year-to-date volume up 4.9% to 37,156. Toyota (+13.3%) can't quite catch up with the market growth but continues to dominate the brands ranking head…
MG ZS sales are up 537.6% year-on-year. New car sales in Spain rise 8.3% year-on-year in May to 92,025 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 26.9% to 404,337. Private sales edge up 5.3% to 36,495 for the month and 16.8% to 165,425 year-to-date while company sales are up 5.4%…
Dacia sales are up 44.6% year-on-year in April. 31/05 update: Now with Top 80 All brands and Top 440 All models. 26/05 update: Now with Top 25 brands and Top 50 models. According to preliminary data by ACEA, April new car sales in Europe (EU+EFTA+UK) gain 16.1% year-on-year to 964,932…