The VW Golf is #1 in Latvia for the first time since 2013. Consult close to 50 years of Latvian Historical Data here. The Latvian new car market posts a 5th year of gain in a row in 2018 at +1.1% to 16.879 units, this despite December sales plunging down…
The Skoda Octavia remains the best-seller in Estonia, just. Consult almost 50 years of Estonian Historical Data here. New car sales in Estonia enjoy a third consecutive year of growth in 2018 at +3.6% to 25.387 registrations. Despite a ghastly 22.8% fall, the Skoda Octavia is the best-selling vehicle in the…
The Nissan Qashqai is the best-selling vehicle in Finland for the second time ever, after 2012. Consult close to 65 years of Finland Historical Data here. New car sales in Finland edge up 1.5% in 2018 to 118.941 registrations. Market leader Toyota (+1.9%) sees its share stabilised at 12.6%, wheres…
The Skoda Octavia has now been #1 in Bosnia & Herzegovina for 6 of the past 7 years. Consult over a decade of Bosnian Historical Data here. According to data shared with us by our Central European data partner CE Auto, new car sales in Bosnia & Herzegovina step up 7.8%…
Chinese luxury marque Hongqi is up 422% year-on-year in December partly thanks to the new H5. After covering December and Full Year 2018 wholesales data for China, it's now time for us to explore Chinese retail sales, a new monthly update on BSCB since February 2018 taking the marketing edge…
Record 2nd place finish for the VW Tiguan at home. Consult 70 years worth of German Historical data here. German new car sales put an end to 4 consecutive years of growth in 2018, edging down a tiny 0.2% to 3.435.778 units, still the second-largest annual volume this decade below last…
Fiat Tipo sales are up 109% year-on-year in Lithuania in November. According to our partner JATO Dynamics, the Lithuanian new car market surges 17.2% year-on-year in November to 2.841 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally up 25.5% to 29.992 units. The Fiat 500 (+87%) remains ultra-dominant with 16.1% share, followed…
The VW Golf is back in charge of the Latvian new car market. Based on data shared by our partner JATO Dynamics, new car sales in Latvia gain 4.9% year-on-year in November to 1.341 sales, lifting the year-to-date volume up 2.7% to 15.808. The VW Golf (+73%) spectacularly reclaims the…
The Volvo S/V90 is the best-seller at home for the first time. Consult 68 years worth of Swedish Historical Data here It was a schizophrenic year for the Swedish new car market: up 16.5% to an all-time record of 225.543 units half-way through the year thanks to a June frenzy leading…
The Mini lineup breaks into the German Top 5 for the first time in November. German new car sales still haven't returned to normalcy after a stormy last few months connected to the new WLTP emissions standards put in place across the European Union on September 1. After spending summer under…
The 12th generation is coming: a Toyota Corolla in runout mode takes the lead in November. Is the worst over? After imploding 75% in September and 76.6% in October, the Turkish new light vehicle market is down "just" 42.3% in November at 58.204 registrations, still a ghastly performance but an…
The Panda swims upstream in the midst of Fiat debacle: +16% in November. After -25.5% in September and -8% in October, the Italian market continues to slowly recover from post-WLTP hangover with November deliveries down another 6.8% to 148.024 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down 3.6% to 1.798.078. Following a…
The VW Tiguan is the best-selling vehicle in Latvia in October. According to figures released by our partner JATO Dynamics, the Estonian new car market is down 7.4% year-on-year in October to 1.309 units, but the year-to-date volume remains in positive at +4.8% to 14.798. The VW Tiguan (+111%) spectacularly…
The Skoda Octavia remains the best-selling nameplate in Bosnia & Herzegovina. According to data shared with us by our partner CE Auto, new car sales in Bosnia & Herzegovina gain 12.3% year-on-year in October to 912 units, lifting the year-to-date volume up 8.9% to 9.336. The Skoda Octavia (+52%) retains the…
The VW Passat is the best-selling vehicle in the Republic of Macedonia in October. Based on data released by our Eastern European partner CE Auto, new car sales in the Republic of Macedonia surge 26.3% year-on-year to 552 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 3.1% to 4.901. We have a surprise…