Dacia is the only Top 7 carmaker in positive in November. The recovery was short-lived: after gaining ground for two straight months, the Moroccan new vehicle market is back in negative in November at -3.4% to 13.309 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -7% to 143.993. In the detail,…
Weak year-ago volumes, first new Captur demo sales help Renault up 15.2%. 3/12 update: Now with the Top 55 All-brands and Top 350 All-models. 29/11 update: Now with the Top 100 models. 28/11 update: Now with the Top 25 brands and models. Figures shared by ACEA show European new car…
The Dacia Duster breaks into the Finnish Top 10 for the third time. The Finnish new car market edges up 0.2% year-on-year in November to 8.616 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down -7.5% to 104.304. Both Toyota (+7.7%) and Volkswagen (+6.3%) advance a lot faster atop the brands ranking,…
The VW T-Roc is estimated to break into the Turkish Top 25 for the first time. 07/01/20 update: The Top 20 models has now been replaced with correct figures. New light vehicle sales in Turkey confirm they are on the mend with volumes up for the second straight month and…
The next generation Skoda Octavia (pictured) is coming soon to Bosnia. According to our partner CE Auto, the Bosnian new car market gains 5.4% year-on-year in October to 961 units, leading to a year-to-date tally now down just -0.2% to 9.319. The Skoda Octavia (+120%) is going from strength to…
The VW Polo is the best-selling vehicle in Austria in October. New car sales in Austria leap up 11.7% year-on-year on weak post-WLTP year-ago volumes to 25.138 units, yet the year-to-date tally remains in frank negative at -4.7% to 283.436. Volkswagen (+13.9%) just outpaces the market to easily hold onto…
Lebanese Toyota Prado sales are up 146.4% year-on-year in Q3. The Lebanese new car market isn't out of the woods just yet, and by a large margin: Q3 deliveries sink -20.1% year-on-year to just 8.644 units, hampering the YTD tally now down -11.2% to 27.967. Whereas the remainder of the…
The Great Wall Group gains 5% in Chile in October. The September 2019 post has now been updated with the Top 20 models. 10/12 update: now with the Top 20 models. New car sales in Chile implode down -24.5% in October to just 28.038 units, enduring its harshest year-on-year decline…
The VW Polo is the best-selling vehicle in the Netherlands in October. New car sales in the Netherlands soar 13.4% year-on-year on weak year-ago post-WLTP volumes in October to 34.101 units, leading to a year-to-date tally now down -6.3% to 364.999. Volkswagen (+54.3%) is up 4 spots on September to…
Toyota sales leap 18.8% year-on-year in October. After 8 straight months of decline, new light vehicle sales in Morocco seem to now be on the mend, managing a 2nd consecutive month of year-on-year gain in October at +4.6% to 13.821 units, including 11.856 cars (+0.7%) and 1.976 Light Commercials (+35.6%).…
The Audi e-Tron is the best-selling vehicle in Norway in October. New car sales in Norway slide down -10.1% year-on-year in October to 10.479 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -1.7% to 121.096. Volkswagen (-5.9%) reclaims the top spot in the brands ranking at 14.7% share with Toyota (+9%)…
The Fiat Panda is up to #2 in Croatia in October. The Croatian new car market edges up 2.4% year-on-year in October to 4.104 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally up a similar 2.5% to 55.441. Volkswagen (-8.4%) goes against the grain with a steep fall but easily remains atop…
The T-Cross is instrumental in Volkswagen's European recovery this month. 06/11 update: Now with the Top 55 brands and Top 390 models 29/10 update: Now with the Top 100 models (Source JATO) 25/10 update: Now with the Top 25 brands and models (Source JATO) The European new car market soars…
The T-Cross is Volkswagen's best-seller in Italy for the 2nd month running. New car sales in Italy gain 6.6% year-on-year in October to 157.984 units, yet this isn't enough to tilt the YTD volume back into positive: -1.1% to 1.632.333. Company sales, up 22.9% to 32.499 and 20.6% share vs.…
The Kia Xceed breaks into the Spanish Top 50 in October. The Spanish new car market gains 8.4% year-on-year in October to 97.986 units, the largest result for the month in exactly 10 years - since the 98.512 units of October 2009. The year-to-date tally is now down -3.7% to…