The Opel Astra is the best-selling vehicle in Hungary in September. The Hungarian new car market is up 8.6% year-on-year in September to 9.655 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 10% to 115.106. Paying the price for artificially filling up on demo sales over the past couple of month…
The VW T-Cross is up to a record #5 in Croatia in September. New car sales in Croatia are back up 22.2% in September to 3.552 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 2.5% to 51.337. The entire brands podium outpaces the market this month with Volkswagen (+98.3%), Renault (+39.7%)…
Dacia sales are up 36.4% year-on-year in Morocco in September. The Moroccan new light vehicle market signs its first solid year-on-year gain of the year in September at +9.2% to 12.847 units including 11.110 passenger cars (+7.8%) and 1.737 light commercials (+25.2%). The year-to-date volume remains however frankly in negative at…
The Tesla Model 3 is now the #1 vehicle in the Netherlands year-to-date. As a EU member, the Dutch new car market soars 29.1% year-on-year in September to 38.122 registrations due to particularly weak year-ago volumes post-WLTP. The year-to-date tally is now down -7.9% to 331.267 units. Pushing back-loading of…
The Toyota Corolla is #1 in Finland for the 3rd straight month. The Finnish new car market manages its first year-on-year gain in over a year in September at +29.8% to 8.372 units, unfortunately this is only due to a weak post-WLTP comparison base in September 2018, with this month's…
The VW T-Cross scores its first ever podium finish in Italy in September. As is also the case with Spain, the Italian new car market aligns its first double-digit gain in 25 months (since August 2017) at +12.9% to 142.606 registrations, but far from indicating a strong underlying trend, this is…
All guns blazing: the Dacia Duster sees its record ranking in Germany rise from #29 to #10. Now updated with Private Sales data (Top 50 models and commentary). New car sales in Germany hold surprisingly well in August, edging down -0.8% to 313.748 which means the YTD volume remains in…
The Baojun 530 is sold as the Chevrolet Captiva in Chile. The July 2019 article has now been updated with the Top 25 models. New car sales in Chile sink -14.6% year-on-year in August to 33.059 units for their 7th decline of the year, with the year-to-date tally now down…
Opel sales surge 427.3% year-on-year in Singapore to #15. New car sales in Singapore continue on their seesaw year: after freefalling -41.1% in June and surging +32.5% in July, the market is back in stark negative in August at -14.2% to 5.099 registrations, leading to a year-to-date volume down -5%…
The Dacia Sandero tops the Slovenian charts for the first time. Picture avto.over.net New car sales in Slovenia drop a steep -13.7% year-on-year in August to 5.006 units, engulfed in the WLTP hangover that is gripping most European Union markets this month. As a result, the year-to-date tally is now…
The Mercedes A-Class repeats at #1 in Portugal. The Portuguese new car market is logically hit by WLTP hangover in August at a paltry -19% year-on-year to 12.435 registrations as year-ago sales were boosted by pre-WLTP stock clearances. The year-to-date volume is now down -6.1% to 159.466. Having already made…
The Smart Fortwo is the best-selling foreigner in France in August. 07/09/2019 update: Now with the Top 50 All-brands and Top 355 All-models. One year ago pre-WLTP stock clearances artificially boosted August sales up 40% in France, and they are logically down -14% this month to 129.259, but only -10%…
Hyundai sales soar 30.4% in a declining Moroccan market. New light vehicle sales in Morocco skid down -10% year-on-year in August to 10.231 units, and the decline is even steeper for passenger cars down -12.2% to 9.143 as light commercials soar 13.4% to 1.088. The year-to-date, evolution is similar, with the…
The VW T-Cross is now inside the Croatian Top 10. The Croatian new car market grows 6.8% year-on-year in August to 3.417 registrations, an excellent performance given August 2018 volumes were boosted by pre-WLTP stock clearances. As a result the year-to-date tally is now up 1.3% to 47.785. The brands…
The VW T-Cross is up to a world-best 4th place in the Netherlands. A logical clawback from an artificially boosted August 2018, new car sales in the Netherlands fall -17.2% to 34.230 units this month but are up 15.7% on August 2017, a more realistic comparison base. All-in-all, the YTD…