Citroen C3 sales surge 25.4% year-on-year in February. The Greek new car market defies the surrounding European gloom for the second straight month in February at +4% to 7.862 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 5.2% to 17.647. Strikingly, the Top 5 best-selling brands all post double-digit gains, led by…
The Peugeot 2008 II breaks into its home Top 5 for the first time in February. 19/03 update: Now with the Top 285 All-models. The French new car market records a second consecutive month in negative in February at a much more palatable -2.7% year-on-year to 167.785 units, leading to…
First win for the VW Golf in a year in Austria. Picture carmagazine.co.uk The Austrian new car market sinks -10.9% year-on-year in February to 21.067 registrations, pulling the year-to-date tally down -10% to 44.026 units. Volkswagen (-25.4%) behaves a lot worse than the market but easily remains atop the brands…
The Citroen C3 misses out on its first Finnish Top 10 for just one sale. 15/03: Now with the Top 70 models. The Finnish new car market steps up 2.1% year-on-year in February to 8.118 units, one of the rare European markets so far to inch a year-on-year gain this…
The MG ZS is the best-selling vehicle in Chile in February. 20/04 update: Now with Top 25 models. New light vehicle sales in Chile drop -10.3% year-on-year to 25.025 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -11.4% to 57.129. Chevrolet (-6.7%) contains its fall to easily remain in the brands…
The Corsa surges 259.8% in February, lifting Opel up 64.5%. New car sales in Denmark sink another -19.5% year-on-year in February to just 15.005 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down a steep -15.7% to 33.676. Brand leader Volkswagen (-28%) falls even faster than the market but manages to hold onto…
A bright light in the dark: Toyota sales gain 11.9%. Image quattroruote 12/03 update: Now with the Top 50 All-brands and Top 350 All-models (source JATO). The European new car market sinks -7.6% year-on-year in January to 1.138.057 units, its lowest January level since 2016. This month's sales are paying…
The VW Tiguan is the best-selling vehicle in Ireland in February. The Irish new car market accelerates its fall in 2019 with February deliveries down -7.8% year-on-year to 13.906, leading to a year-to-date tally down -4.8% to 45.086. Volkswagen (-12.9%) is back in charge in the brands ranking despite a steep…
The BMW (+15.1%) is inside the Austrian Top 20 in January. New car sales in Austria drop a steep -9.1% year-on-year in January to 22.959 registrations. The entire brands podium falls faster than the market: Volkswagen (-11.4%) distances Skoda (-13.7%) and Seat (-12.3%) exactly like the FY2019 order. BMW (+20%),…
The Kia Niro is the #1 car in the Netherlands in February. Picture autoblog.nl Dutch new car sales go against the European grain in February, edging up 0.3% to 29.868 units which reduces the year-to-date tally drop to -4% at 73.898 units. The hero of the month is Kia (+32.4%)…
The Ford Puma is the best-selling hybrid in Italy so far in 2020. New car sales in Italy accelerate their fall in February to -8.8% year-on-year and 162.793 registrations, leading to a year-to-date volume now down -7.3% to 318.545. As of today March 5, over 3.000 Italians have been infected…
The Kia Stonic soars to an all-time record 12th place in Spain in February. The Spanish new car market slightly slows down its fall in February at -5.1% to 98.221 registrations, the slowest February since 2016. The year-to-date tally is now down -6.2% to 187.871. Once again the reading by…
BMW holds a record 10.4% of the Belgian new car market in January. 3/03 update: Now with Top 120 models. Belgium is the first main European market so far to show a (very timid) year-on-year gain in January at +1.5% to 51.840 registrations. There's a surprise atop the Belgian brands…
The Toyota Corolla is #1 in Finland for the 6th time in the past 7 months. 3/03 update: Now with the Top 60 models. The Finnish new car market remains depressed in this start of 2020 with January registrations down another -8.3% to 10.672 units after January 2019 endured a…
The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling vehicle in Hungary in January. Hungary is one of the rare European Union market to be in positive in January, edging up 4.1% year-on-year to 10.113 units (11.891 including LCVs), but the brands ranking gets completely reshuffled by the new emissions average EU rules.…