The Renault Megane Sedan is the most popular car in Turkiye in July. New light vehicle sales in Turkiye rally back up 14.5% year-on-year in July to 107,718 units, the 2nd biggest July result below the 112,459 units reached in 2023. Through July, volumes are up 6.5% to a new…
The Toyota Yaris Cross is the #1 vehicle in Greece in July. Picture Power Automotive Magazine. New car sales in Greece are up by a solid 11.5% year-on-year in July to 13,606 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 1.7% to 91,768. Toyota (-6%) can't take advantage of the market…
Dacia Duster sales are up 124.5% in July It's another very satisfying month for new car sales in Portugal, up 20.6% year-on-year in July to 17,549. This way, the year-to-date volume is up 8.1% to 141,575. Peugeot (+1.2%) and Mercedes (+3.4%) remain the two best-selling brands in the market but…
The VW ID.Buzz ranks inside the Danish Top 5 in July. 13,811 new cars hit Danish roads in July, a 19.9% year-on-year surge. This leads to a year-to-date tally up 5.6% to 103,365. The top four carmakers all outpace the market with surreal gains. Volkswagen is up 47.3% to 17.9%…
The Toyota Roomy sells over 10,000 units in Japan in July. Now that year-on-year boosts due to year-ago production disruptions are over, the Japanese new vehicle market is in negative for the first time this year at -3.6% to 390,516. The year-to-date tally remains in strong positive territory for now…
The Hyundai Tucson is the most popular vehicle in Ireland in July. The biannual licence plate change traditionally brings stronger volumes and 2025 is no exception with 26,769 sales. This is 4.3% better than July 2024 and leads to a year-to-date tally up 3.7% to 108,513. Toyota (+0.8%) holds onto…
First French Top 10 finish for the Dacia Bigster Mediocre results again in France, with July volumes down another -7.7% year-on-year to 116,377. This is the lowest July on record since 2022 (107,547) which itself was the lowest in 51 years. Through July, the market is off an equally disheartening…
The Jaecoo 7 is an instant blockbuster in Scotland. Thanks to SMMT we can share with you the Top 10 best-sellers for each UK nation in June. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures are already included in the July 2025 UK update. This month…
The Mini Cooper is up to #4 overall in July. Data by local association SMMT shows a UK new car market down -5% year-on-year in July to 140,154 units. This is the weakest July result since 2022, and -10.8% lower than pre-pandemic July 2019. According to SMMT, the newly announced…
Dacia sales are up 71.5% year-on-year in July. New car sales in Belgium slow down their fall in July, dropping -1.7% year-on-year to 31,613 units. This means the YTD tally is now down -9.9% to 266,229. Volkswagen (-4.8%) is the best-selling carmaker for the 2nd time in the past 3…
The Fiat Grande Panda is up to #28 at home in July. Disappointing results for Italian new car sales in July: down -5.1% year-on-year to 118,493 units. Over the first 7 months of the year, the market is off -3.8% to 973,396 and down -21.3% or 263,000 units over the…
The Ebro brand has been relaunched to assemble and sell rebadged Chery vehicles. The Spanish new car market is on a roll this year, with July sales up another 17.1% year-on-year to 98,337 units. This leads to a year-to-date tally up 14.3% to 708,139. The market is boosted by the…
The Toyota Corolla is the favourite vehicle in North Macedonia in June. According to data by our Central European partner CE Auto, the North Macedonian new car market is off -10.4% year-on-year in June to 653 sales, leading to a H1 2025 volume down -3.9% to 3,612. This month the…
Skoda Karoq sales double year-on-year in June. New car sales in Slovakia edge up 0.6% year-on-year in June to 8,800 units. This leads to a H1 2025 volume down -4.2% to 45,150. Skoda surges 29.3% to reach 21.6% share, ultra dominant again. Volkswagen is up just 1.4% but holds 9.7%…
Renault is up to #2 in Europe for the first time in two years. Data by JATO Dynamics shows June European sales (28 countries) down -4.4% year-on-year to 1,250,868 units, tilting the H1 2025 tally into negative territory at -0.3% to 6,844,426. Local association ACEA has the market down -5.1%…