The GWM Jolion is inside the Chilean Top 10 in March. It's a month to forget for Chilean new light vehicle sales at -37.4% year-on-year in March to just 23,525 units, the lowest March result since pandemic-plagued March 2020 (19,056). The Q1 volume is off -22.2% to 71,092. Strikingly the…
Toyota RAV4 sales soar 121.3% year-on-year in March. 18,916 new cars hit Czechia roads in March, a steep -15.5% year-on-year fall. However thanks to a strong start of the year the Q1 tally is up 2.2% to 57,605 units. Home behemoth Skoda (-29.9%) doubles the market drop to 30.5% share…
The Renault Clio is the best-selling vehicle in Portugal in March. The Portuguese new car market steps up 6.2% year-on-year in March to 22,796 registrations, a solid score given March 2023 was itself up 60.1% on the year prior. The Q1 volume is up 13.1% to 59,044. Renault (+54.2%) soars…
Renault sales are up 60% year-on-year in March. Surprise, surprise, the March 2024 volume is a new record for the month but it slows down its year-on-year growth rate at +5.7% to 109,828. The previous March record was established just last year at 103,929. Q1 volumes are up 25.2% to…
The Volvo EX30 breaks into the Swedish Top 5 in March. Swedish new car sales skid -21% year-on-year in March to just 23,891 units, tilting the year-to-date volume in negative at -5.5% to 59,822. Volvo (+9.4%) goes against its home market's general trend to easily top the brands charts with…
The Toyota Yaris posts an excellent month at the expense of the Toyota Etios. Sales of new light vehicles in Argentina implode -36.4% year-on-year in March to 24,017 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -30% to 80,084. Toyota (-30.1%) improves its share to 25.3% vs. 19.1% over Q1 with…
The Nissan Qashqai tops the UK charts in March. March is a very important month for new car sales in the UK as it marks the biannual new license plate release and traditionally achieves the largest monthly volume of the year. The 2024 class posts a positive note at +10.4%…
Tesla sales crash -49.7% year-on-year in Italy in March. The Italian new car market decreases -3.7% year-on-year in March to 162,083 units with a Q1 2024 result up 5.7% to 451,261. This is 16.1% below the pre-pandemic result of Q1 2019. Private sales skid -5.5% to 81,531 and 49.7% share…
The Nissan Qashqai signs its first Spanish win in over four years. 94,840 new cars found a buyer in Spain in March, a -4.7% year-on-year drop and the first negative month since December 2022. Part of this result is to be attributed to low sales during the "Semana Santa" preceding…
MG sales in Europe are up 105.8% year-on-year in February. 02/04 update: Now with Top 90 All brands and Top 475 All models. According to preliminary data from ACEA, the European market (EU+EFTA+UK) climbs up 10.2% per almost 100,000 sales year-on-year in February to 995,059 units. After two months, the…
The Citroen C4 ranks inside the Bosnian Top 10 in February. Data by our Central European partner CE Auto shows new car sales in Bosnia & Herzegovina up 13.9% year-on-year in February to 951 units, leading to a year-to-date volume also up 13.9% to 1,719. The Skoda Octavia easily reclaims…
The Ford Ranger is #1 in Vietnam in February. VAMA data shows a Vietnamese market imploding -49.5% year-on-year to just 11,633 sales and off -23.5% to 30,876. When adding Hyundai who reports separately from VAMA, these figures climb to 13,666 (-52%) and 36,478 (-26%). According to VAMA, the horrendous market…
Fiat Panda sales are up 261.6% year-on-year in February. The Greek new car market is up a splendid 15% year-on-year in February to 11,451 sales, leading to a year-to-date tally up 18.1% to 24,203 units. Toyota (+44.6%) vastly outpaces the galloping market to reach 15.6% share, well above Citroen (+9.4%)…
Chevrolet sales triple year-on-year in February. New light vehicle sales in Uruguay surge 31.8% year-on-year in February to 4,813 units. This brings the year-to-date tally up 18.9% to 8,850. Chevrolet (+202.6%) triples its sales year-on-year to hold 21.6% of the market, its 2nd highest share in the past 6 years…
The Renault Captur is the best-selling vehicle in Portugal in February. New car sales in Portugal surge 27.6% year-on-year in February to 20,511 units. This is a particularly good result given February 2023 was already up 39% on the year prior. The year-to-date tally is up 18% to 36,248. The…