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%)…
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…
The Fiat Tipo is the best-selling vehicle in Serbia in August. Based on data shared by our Central European market data partner CE Auto, the Serbian new car market is up 11% year-on-year in August to 2.803 registrations, lifting the year-to-date volume up 6.7% to 24.343 units. Fiat places a record 6…
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 new A-Class (+50.8%) helps Mercedes up 18.2% in July. 04/09/2019 update: Now with the Top 55 brands and Top 350 models. 28/08/2019 update: Now with an exclusive Top 100 models. New car registrations in Europe 27 markets gain 1.2% year-on-year in July to 1.325.600 units, the largest July volume…
The Dacia Duster is up 50.1% to a record 2nd place overall in Italy. Unlike Spain or France, Italy wasn't much affected by pre-WLTP stock clearances a year ago, and as a result August 2019 sales are down a measured -3.5% to 89.353 units, very close to their YTD evolution…
The Fiat 500L hits its best monthly ranking of 2019 in Serbia. According to data released by our Central European data partner CE Auto, new car sales in Serbia shoot up 20.6% year-on-year in July to 3.330 registrations, lifting the YTD volume up 6.5% to 21.540 units. The Skoda Octavia (+14.9%) is…
Fiat Tipo sales are down -53.4% at home in July despite a recent facelift. New registrations in Italy edge down just -0.3% year-on-year in June to 153.535 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -3.3% to 1.240.642. As we have observed in both France and Spain already, this is actually a…
The Dacia Duster is up 62.4% in a market down -3.8%. 31/07/2019 update: Now with the Top 180 best-selling models. New car sales in Italy drop -3.8% over the First Half of 2018 to 1.086.224 units when stable private and rental sales can't compensate for freefalling company sales. Private sales…
The Fiat Panda is the darling of Greek rental car companies. The Greek new car market is up 4.5% year-on-year in June to 13.133 registrations, resulting in a YTD volume up 1% to 65.557 units, the highest First Half volume in Greece since 2010 (98.531). Fiat (+62.8%) is the hero…
The Jeep Renegade is up to #2 in Italy in June. 31/07/2019 update: Now with the Top 10 models with rental companies. The Italian new car market recedes year-on-year for the 9th time in the past 11 months in June at -2.2% to 172.475 units. This despite very dynamic rental…
The Suzuki Swift is up 6-fold year-on-year to #5 in Greece. New car sales in Greece soar 10.9% year-on-year in May to 13.832 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 52.424. Toyota (+37.8%) almost quadruples the market growth to hold onto the brands top spot at 10.5% share, distancing Fiat (-12.7%), Peugeot…
The Fiat 500 scores its first podium finish at home in over a year. New car sales in Italy are back in negative territory for the 8th time in the past 10 months at -1.5% in May to 197.876 units, leading to a year-to-date volume now down -4.1% to 913.120.…
BMW posts the only double-digit gain of any brand in the European Top 10. UPDATE 3 (04/06): Now with Top 55 brands and Top 355 models. UPDATE 2 (27/05): Now with Top 100 models. UPDATE 1 (23/05): Now with final figures for the Top 25 brands and models. Preliminary European…
The Citroen C5 Aircross scores its very first Top 10 finish in France - and the world - in April. This article has been updated with the Top 35 brands and Top 265 models. New car sales in France edge up a very shy +0.4% year-on-year in April to 188.199…