The Opel Crossland is the best-selling vehicle in Croatia for the first time. 3,320 new cars hit Croatian roads in August, a splendid 16.9% jump on August 2021. The year-to-date tally is now down -6.9% to 32,245. Opel (+145.9%) is the runaway leader this month with a gargantuan 21.8% share,…
The BYD Atto 3 has now landed in the Dutch charts. The Dutch new car market is up for the first time since last March with 23,638 sales in August, up 9.2% year-on-year. The year-to-date tally however remains in negative at 199,297 units, down -5.6% on the same period a…
First Top 10 finish for the Toyota Yaris Cross in France. 9/09 update: Now with Top 300 all models ranking. New car sales in France end 14 consecutive months of decline in August with a timid +3.8% year-on-year lift to 91,406 units. This is still down a harsh -29.3% vs.…
The VW T-Roc is the best-selling vehicle at home in August. At +3% and 199,183 units, the German new car market lodges its first year-on-year uptick since last February. The year-to-date tally is now down -9.7% to 1,643,069. The Top 3 manufacturers all beat the market: Volkswagen is up 5%…
The DR 5.0 ranks #10 in Italy in August. After 13 consecutive months of decline, the Italian new car market finally lodges a gain in August at +9.9% to 71,190 registrations. The year-to-date tally is however almost 200,000 sales below that of the same period last year at 865,044 vs.…
The VW T-Roc is the best-selling vehicle in Europe for the first time. 2/09 update: Now with Top 70 all brands and Top 405 all models. New car sales in Europe 26 markets (UE+EFTA+UK) slow down their fall in July to -10.5%, the smallest drop since last February. The July volume…
The Kia Sportage is the best-selling vehicle in Slovakia in July. 6,221 new cars found a buyer in Slovakia in July, a steep -19.2% year-on-year drop. Thanks to a strong start of the year, the year-to-date tally remains in positive (just!) at 46,174 units, up 30 sales over the same…
The VW Taigo enters the Slovenian Top 10 for the first time in July. 3,796 new cars hit Slovenian roads in July, a -14.2% year-on-year decline. This is a particularly poor performance given July 2021 was already down -31.1% on the year prior. The year-to-date volume now stands at 29,643,…
The Peugeot 208 is the best-selling vehicle in Greece in July. Picture carandmotor.gr The Greek new car market edges up 2.7% year-on-year to 10,874 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down marginally at -4.8% to 65,672 units. Over in the brands ranking, Toyota (-9.1%) keeps the lead at 13% share, resisting…
The Toyota Yaris Cross breaks its Polish ranking record in July. 33,849 new cars hit Polish roads in July, that's a -11% year-on-year decline. It leads to a year-to-date volume off -12.5% to 241,268 units. The Top 9 brands are unchanged on June but show vastly different behaviours. Leader Toyota…
The Toyota Urban Cruiser is the best-selling vehicle in South Africa in July. The South African new light vehicle market shoots up 30.9% year-on-year in July to 43,593 units vs. 33,312 a year ago. Exports are up 177.7% to 31,242 vs. 11,252 in July 2021. 83.6% of the July volume…
Fiat is up to a record 26.2% share in Turkey in July. 52,206 new light vehicles hit Turkish roads in July, a 9.1% year-on-year increase but keep in mind July 2021 was a particularly weak month at -45.2% on the year prior. This means the year-to-date tally is now down -7.3%…
Peugeot sales almost double year-on-year in Belgium. 26,161 new cars found a home in Belgium in July, a -5.2% year-on-year contraction while July 2021 was already down -38% on the year prior. The year-to-date tally now stands at 221,548 units, down -14.8% over the same period last year. BMW (-0.5%)…
The Maserati Grecale has landed in the German sales charts. The German new car market remains in frank recession in July with sales off another -12.9% year-on-year to just 205,911, keeping in mind July 2021 was already down -24.9% on the year prior. In fact sales are down -38.1% on pre-pandemic…
The Citroen C4 scores its best ranking in the world in Portugal this month. 14,485 new cars hit Portuguese roads in July, a 17.6% year-on-year lift. The year-to-date tally is now down -4.1% to 89,944, a good performance in the current European context. The brands podium is in euphoric mode: Peugeot…