The Skoda Octavia now threatens the VW Golf for #1 year-to-date. * See the Top 37 All-brands and Top 327 All-models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Switzerland are recovering: up 2% year-on-year in February to 22,388 registrations, however after a 9% drop in January, year-to-date…
The Nissan Juke hits a record 2nd place in Slovenia this month. * See the Top 35 All-brands and Top 75 models by clicking on the title * Another very solid month for new car sales in Slovenia, up 12% year-on-year in February to 4,550 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total…
Hyundai ix35 * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 42 All-brands by clicking on the title * Dramatic month of February for Austrian new car sales: down 25% year-on-year to just 20,641 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 44,068 units, down 15% on 2014. The brands podium…
Mercedes C-Class sales are up 73% while the VW Passat is up 23% in Europe in January. * See the Top 335 All-models and Top 53 All-brands by clicking on the title * Refined European data now available shows a market still up 6% to 1.023.880 registrations in January. If Volkswagen (+9%),…
The BMW 2 Series is up to #16 in February at home in Germany. * See the Top 50 best-selling brands and Top 308 models by clicking on the title * Germany, Europe's largest new car market, is up a very satisfying 7% year-on-year in February to 223,254 registrations, bringing…
The Smart Forfour breaks into the Italian Top 20 in February. * UPDATED with actuals - See the Top 45 All-brands and Top 50 models * It is finally the end of the tunnel for the Italian new car market: after gaining 11% in January, sales are up an even more…
Ford Focus * See the Top 15 best-selling brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * Given at the same time last year the Polish new car market was boosted by VAT-exemptions for cars purchased as LCV by companies, February is logically down 10% year-to-date to 32,302 registrations, taking the year-to-date…
The Seat Ibiza is back atop the Spanish models ranking. * See the Top 45 All-brands and Top 277 All-models by clicking on the title * Another spectacular month for new car sales in Spain with sales up 27% both in February to 87,192 registrations and year-to-date to 155,809 units,…
VW Passat * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 32 All-brands by clicking on the title * A combination of low interest rates, rising stock market and housing prices, strong consumer confidence and a string of attractive new models lifts the Swedish new car market to great heights…
Hungarian Police Mercedes B-Class * See the Top 10 best-selling brands and models by clicking on the title * The Hungarian new car market continues on its excellent run so far in 2015: up another 18% year-on-year in February to 5,914 registrations, 7,255 including LCVs. The brands ranking is unchanged…
The Audi A3 flamboyantly takes the lead of the Belgian models ranking in January. * See the Top 330 All-models by clicking on the title * The Belgian new car market is down 4% year-on-year in January to 52,992 registrations including LCV. Big surprise atop the models ranking: the Audi…
Toyota holds just under 15% of the Greek market in January. * UPDATED - See the Top 30 All-brands and Top 165 All-models * New car sales in the country were back in positive for the first time in 7 year in 2014 at a very robust +21% to 71,218 units, still…
Along with the Skoda Octavia, the Opel Astra is #1 in Bosnia this month. * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title * Horrific start of the year for the Bosnian new car market: down 26% to just 400 deliveries in January. The Skoda Octavia, #1…
The Toyota Yaris is among Europe's Top 10 for only the third time ever. * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title * The European new car market accelerates its recovery in January at +6% to 1.028.796 units. Encouragingly, the Top 6 largest markets…
Opel Corsa * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 40 brands by clicking on the title * New car sales in Austria are down 2% year-on-year in January to 23,427 registrations, but still dominated head-and-shoulders by the Volkswagen Group: the Volkswagen brand holds 16.9% of the market and…