The Renault 5 is the best-selling BEV in France in April. 22/05 update: Now with Top 50 brands and Top 300 models. After getting back in positive for the first time in 5 months in March, the French new car market is back down -0.3% year-on-year in April to 138,339…
Once again the ridiculously cheap Leapmotor T03 ranks #3 in Italy. Outstanding month for new car sales in Italy at +11.6% year-on-year in April to 155,210 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 9.8% to 640,083. Strikingly, private sales are up 19.3% to 78,583 and 50.3% share vs. 47% a…
First Top 20 finish for the BYD Atto 2. The Argentinean new light vehicle market hits the brakes in April: it falls -14.6% year-on-year to 44,344 units. The year-to-date tally is now down -6.2% to 193,445. Strikingly, the Top 8 brands are all in negative. Toyota (-31.4%) implodes but repeats…
The Mitsubishi Colt lands at #7 in Iceland in April. New car sales in Iceland drop a harsh -28.6% year-on-year in April to just 1,033. However thanks to a stunning Q1 result (+54.3%), the year-to-date tally after 4 months is still in frank positive at +21.9% to 4,516. This month…
Hyundai i20 sales are up 133.6% in March. The Slovak new car market is up a sturdy 9.7% year-on-year in March to 8,300 units, but the Q1 volume is in negative at -1.6% to 20,042. Skoda (+9.3%) maintains itself above 20% share while Volkswagen (+17.9%) is back up to 2nd…
This article has been updated with additional photos. As is the case every year, BSCB had the opportunity to attend the China Auto Show in 2026, this time in Beijing. Firstly the Show is now a dual-venue format, held at the old China Exhibition Center (Shunyi Hall) and the adjacent…
First podium finish at home for the Renault Clio VI. 25/04 update: Now with Top 52 brands and Top 300 models rankings. For the first time since last October, the French new car market is actually up year-on-year in March at a very robust +12.9% to 173,633 units. Keep in…
The Tesla Model Y is by far the best-selling vehicle in Europe in March. ACEA has the European new car market up a robust 11.1% year-on-year in March to 1,581,169 units, with a Q1 result up 4.1% to 3,521,110. Among the Top 5 markets in March, Germany fares best at…
The Nissan Juke is the best-selling vehicle in Greece in March. New car sales in Greece grow by a robust 15.7% year-on-year in March to 14,710 units, lifting the year-to-date tally into positive territory after three months at +4.9% to 34,812. Toyota (+8.8%) remains by far the most popular carmaker…
The VW T-Roc is the third best-selling vehicle in Belgium over Q1 2026. New car sales in Belgium are back into positive territory in March at a solid +8.8% year-on-year to 43,733 units. The Q1 volume is off -5.9% to 113,805. Over Q1, private buyers account for 48.8% of the…
The Nissan Juke is the best-selling vehicle in Cyprus in March. According to numbers by our local partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, we have another difficult month for new car sales in Cyprus. March is off by a harsh -24.2% year-on-year to 1,214 units. This means the Q1 volume is…
The Chevrolet Aveo is the best-selling vehicle in Mexico in March. New vehicle sales in Mexico edge up 2.4% year-on-year in March (on revised year-ago volume) to 131,569 units. This is the 2nd biggest March volume below the 137,021 units of March 2017. Q1 results are up 3.7% to 381,653…
The Tesla Model Y resumes its dominance in Finland. Finnish new car sales post an unusually strong month in March at +10% year-on-year to 6,692 units. This tilts the YTD tally into positive territory at +2.7% to 16,886. Toyota (-5.2%) remains the most popular brand in the country by far…
The Citroen C3 is the most popular vehicle in Portugal in March. Solid month for new car sales in Portugal at +8.6% year-on-year in March to 26,680 units. The Q1 volume is up by an even better +9.4% to 64,060. In the brands ranking, Mercedes (+6.2%) reclaims the top spot…
The new Toyota Yaris Cross lands at #12. The Argentinean new light vehicle market edges up 0.3% year-on-year in March to 46,072 units, this is the highest March volume in 8 years: since the 83,954 units of March 2018. The year-to-date tally is now down -3.6% to 148,692. The Top 3…