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…
The imminent arrival of the new gen 208 could install Peugeot in the Belgian #1 spot. 05/11 update: Now with the Top 10 models. New car sales in Belgium logically bounce back up 31.6% year-on-year in September to 35.720 unit on weak post-WLTP year-ago volumes, yet the year-to-date tally remains…
Renault Logan sales soar 64.9% year-on-year in Ukraine in September. The Ukrainian new car market is up 5.6% year-on-year in September to 7.157 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 2.4% to 61.723 units, the largest 9 month-volume since 2014 but still 63% below the pre-Crimean crisis 2013 tally at this stage…
Skoda is the most popular carmaker in Estonia in September. The Estonian new car market leaps 12.2% year-on-year to 1.725 sales, tilting the year-to-date tally back into positive at +0.5% and 20.618. Skoda (16.6% share) edges past Toyota (16.5%) to snap the brands top spot for the month for just…
Mercedes sales soar 35% in a market down -9.7% in September. The Singaporean new car market continues to skid in September at -9.7% year-on-year to 5.577 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -5.5% to 57.444. The Top 3 carmakers however swim upstream, each posting a double-digit gain: Honda is up…
The VW T-Cross is the best-selling vehicle in Slovenia in September. The Slovenian new car market gains 6.6% year-on-year in September to 5.322 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -4.3% to 57.408. Volkswagen (+53.8%) recuperates from a severe post-WLTP hangover a year ago to hold onto the top brands spot…
MG breaks its Chilean ranking record to #12 in September. The August 2019 article has now been updated with the Top 25 models. 12/11 update: Now with the Top 20 models. The Chilean new car market endures a 7th year-on-year drop in the past 8 months in September at -3.4%…
First monthly win at home for the Renault Clio 5, but can it resist the arrival of the Peugeot 208 II next month? 10/10 update: Now with Top 40 brands and Top 280 models. After suffering from an unusually high comparison set last month due to rushed pre-WLTP year-ago sales,…
The Opel Astra is up to #3 in Romania in September. Like almost every European Union market this month, we witness the exact opposite evolutions as last year when WLTP came into force on September 1. As such this month's Romanian new car sales shoot up 118.2% year-on-year to 6.046…
The Fiat 500 lineup smashes its German ranking record from #16 to #7. Now with the Top 50 Private Sales models and commentary. The German new car market bounces back up 22.2% year-on-year in September to 244.622 on weak post-WLTP year-ago volumes, doing better than all other major European markets such…
The Dacia Duster is up to a record 2nd place overall in Europe in August. 10/10 update: now with Top 55 brands and Top 355 models. 27/09 update: now with final Top 25 brands and Top 100 models. According to final figures released by JATO Dynamics, the WLTP hangover kicks…