First podium finish for the Toyota Yaris Cross in Italy. Coming off very weak year-ago volumes, new car sales in Italy lift 40.8% year-on-year in March to 168,294 units, simply returning to its March 2021 level (171,064. The year-to-date tally is up 26.2% to 427,019 sales, still -20.6% off the 538,060 units…
Volkswagen sales are up 56.6% year-on-year in January. New car sales in Italy soar 17.5% year-on-year in February to 130,365 units, keeping in mind February 2022 was down -22.6% on the year prior. The year-to-date cume stands at 258,689, up 18.2% over the first two months of 2022. Private sales vastly…
The Fiat Doblo is the most popular vehicle in Serbia this month. Data by our central European partner CE Auto shows a Serbian market edging down -4% year-on-year to 1,555 sales. The Fiat Doblo brilliantly repeats at #1 with 8% share vs. #6 with 2.9% over the Full Year 2022. Fiat manages a…
The Jeep Renegade repeats at #2 in Italy. The Italian new car market rallies back up 19% year-on-year in January to 128,301 registrations, keeping in mind January 2022 was down -19.7% on the year prior. Private sales trail the market at +10% to 79,964 and 61.5% share vs. 66.7% in…
The Toyota Yaris is the most popular vehicle in Greece once again. Discover Greek Historical data covering 90 years here. New car sales in Greece edge up 4.3% year-on-year in 2022 to 105,283 units. Toyota (+12.6%) beats the market to improve its share from 13% to 14.1%. Hyundai (+3.5%) is…
The Dacia Sandero is the best-selling foreign model in Italy in 2022. Consult over 90 years of Italian Historical Data here. New car sales in Italy drop -9.7% year-on-year in 2022 to 1,316,702 units, its lowest annual volume since 2013. This is down -31.7% on pre-pandemic 2019. Private sales fall -15.6%…
The Dacia Sandero is up to a record 2nd place in Italy. Picture quattroruote.it New car sales in Italy continue to recover at +14.7% to 119,853 units in November. The year-to-date tally remains frankly in negative at -11.6% or 160,000 units less than a year ago to 1,211,769. Disappointingly, private…
The Toyota Yaris Cross (#7) helps Toyota reach record heights in Italy. New car sales in Italy confirm they are back in positive in October at +14.6% to 115,827 registrations. As it has been the case for the past few months, this performance has to be compared with October 2021…
The Fiat Panda is at its highest in Serbia in at least a decade. Data from our local partner CE Auto shows a Serbian market down -12% year-on-year in September to 2,036 sales. This brings the year-to-date tally off -4.6% to 22,204 units. The Skoda Octavia (+167.4%) surges to the top spot…
The Peugeot 3008 is by far the best-selling vehicle in Greece in September. The Greek new car market scores a second consecutive month of stellar gains in September at +30.2% to 8,606 registrations. As a result, the year-to-date tally tilts into positive at +1.4% and 82,936 units. Peugeot (+81.3%) manages…
The Fiat Panda is the best-selling vehicle in Portugal in September. The Portuguese new car market grows 15.6% year-on-year in September to 12,471 sales, tilting the year-to-date total into positive at +1.1% to 113,764 units. Mercedes (+102.3%) more than doubles its sales year-on-year to score its 4th ever monthly win…
The Toyota Aygo X scores its first Top 10 finish in Italy. Italian new car sales are in positive for the second straight month in September at +5.4% year-on-year to 110,976 units. However keep in mind September 2021 sales were down -32.5% on the year prior so we remain at…
The DR 5.0 ranks #10 in Italy in August. After 13 consecutive months of decline, the Italian new car market finally lodges a gain in August at +9.9% to 71,190 registrations. The year-to-date tally is however almost 200,000 sales below that of the same period last year at 865,044 vs.…
The VW T-Roc is at its highest since May 2020. After six consecutive months of double-digit year-on-year losses, the Italian market stabilises in July at -0.8% to 109,580 registrations. However keep in mind July 2021 was down -19.2% on 2020 and -27.9% on 2019. The year-to-date tally is now off…
The Dacia Jogger breaks into the Italian Top 50 for the first time, landing directly at #25. New government incentives for low-emissions vehicles have failed to produce a turnaround of the Italian market, with June sales down another -15% year-on-year to 127,209 units. This means the H1 volume is off…