Some parts of Italy have been under quarantine since late February. With a red zone established in eleven municipalities in the province of Lodi as early as 21 February, extended to a large part of Northern Italy including Milan on March 8 then to the entire nation on March 10, the Italian…
The Alfa Romeo Stelvio is up to #4 in Valle d'Aosta. After Spain, we now delve into another very rare set of data: Top 20 models by sales volume for each Italian region. Again this is 2018 data with all corresponding 2017 figures, and 2019 figures should become available towards…
The Skoda Scala breaks into the North Macedonian Top 10. Thanks to our partnership with Eastern European data specialist CE Auto we can share with you today January data for North Macedonia, a market down -7% year-on-year to 467 registrations. Toppled over the Full Year 2019 by the Kia Sportage, the Citroen C3…
The Kia Stonic surges to a record 6th place in Croatia in January. New car sales in Croatia gain 2.2% year-on-year in January to 3.631 registrations. Volkswagen (-5.7%) remains by far the most popular brand at 18.8% share vs. 13.5% over FY2019 with Skoda (+22.5%) surging 5 spots on December…
The Opel Corsa hits its highest Italian ranking since December 2011. The FY2019 article has now been updated with the Top 200 models. At -5.8% to 156.301 registrations, the Italian market drop in January is smaller than Spain (-7.5%) and France (-13.4%) and with Italy being traditionally stronger at the…
The Toyota Yaris celebrates 7 straights years as Greek best-seller. Discover close to 90 years of Greek Historical Data here. New car sales in Greece post a fantastic 7th straight year in positive at +10.3% to 114.109 units, the largest annual volume since 2010 (141.404), but we remain very far…
The Dacia Duster soars to #3 in Italy in 2019. Consult over 90 years of Italian Historical Data here. 04/02 update: Now with Top 200 models. In what is shaping up to be a European pattern, the Italian new car market benefits from an artificial December surge - up 12.2%…
The Fiat 500L nabs its first Serbian win in 18 months. Thanks to our Central European partner CE Auto, we can share with you today Serbian sales data for November: down -11.6% year-on-year to 2.236 which leads to a year-to-date tally up 4.6% to 31.743. Once the uncontested best-seller in Serbia (2013 and…
The Skoda Octavia is about to end 42 years of VW Golf reign... The Austrian new car market drops -1.4% year-on-year in November on an already very weak score a year ago to just 23.271 units, dragging the year-to-date tally down -4.8% to 306.707. Volkswagen (-17.2%) is largely responsible for…
The Fiat 500 soars 47% in Slovenia in November. The Slovenian new car market is almost perfectly stable in November at -0.2% or just 9 sales year-on-year to 5.323 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -3.2% to 68.714. On the brands podium, Volkswagen (+10.9%) stands tall with the only…
The Smart Fortwo is artificially lifted to #3 in Italy in November. The Italian new car market edges up 2.1% year-on-year in November to 151.573 registrations, yet the year-to-date volume remains in negative at -0.8% to 1.784.492. This month's growth is artificial and entirely triggered by rental sales shooting up…
The VW Golf is the best-selling vehicle in Slovenia in October. New car sales in Slovenia gain 4.9% year-on-year in October to 5.983 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down -3.5% to 63.391. Volkswagen (+16.9%) frankly outpaces the market to easily remain in the brands lead with 17.3% share vs.…
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 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 Austrian new car market bounces back up 22.4% year-on-year in September to 21.047 units on weak post-WLTP year-ago volumes, leading to a year-to-date tally down -6.4% to 258.298. Volkswagen (+33.9%) leads the brands ranking ahead of Skoda (+14.3%) and Renault (+113.5%) up 7 spots on August to #3. Seat (+108.5%),…