The Dacia Lodgy is now #1 year-to-date in Hungary. New car sales in Hungary have started their coronavirus-triggered fall at -14.3% year-on-year to 11.478 units in March, even though it is less severe than some other European markets for now. This is due to the fact that March figures are…
The Nissan Micra is up to #4 in Portugal in February. In January, the Portuguese new car market drops - 8% year-on-year to 14.423 units. Peugeot (-10%) takes the brands lead despite falling faster than the market, distancing Mercedes (+10.3%), Renault (stable) and BMW (+12.5%), the two German premium marques…
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…