BMW soars 12.3% to climb on the Belgian brands podium. This article has been updated with the Top 10 models. The Belgian new car market edges down -2% year-on-year in April to 53.498 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -4.9% to 209.364. Renault (-3%) overtakes Volkswagen (-9.6%) to take…
The Dacia Duster scores its very first podium in Slovakia in April. The Slovak new car market gains 5.8% year-on-year in April to 8.894 registrations, tilting the year-to-date volume into positive at +0.1% to 32.791. The top 2 brands Skoda (-0.2%) and Volkswagen (-7%) go against the grain with disappointing losses,…
Audi is the 2nd best-selling carmaker in Luxembourg in April. This article has been updated with the Top 10 models. New car sales in Luxembourg gain 5% year-on-year in April to 5.642 registrations, lifting the year-to-date volume up 4.3% to 20.509. Volkswagen remains by far the most popular carmaker with…
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…
The new X70 lifts Proton to #2 brand at home. New vehicle sales in Malaysia are up 6.1% year-on-year in April to 49.964 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 5.9% to 193.028. Brand leader Perodua (+11%) easily outpaces the market to deliver its 2nd highest market share ever at…
The Peugeot 301 is the best-selling car in North Macedonia in April. Our Eastern European data specialist partner CE Auto is telling us sales of new cars in North Macedonia jump up 38.7% year-on-year in April to 660, leading to a year-to-date tally up 38.9% to 2.534. The Peugeot 301 (+84.2%) is the…
The Renault Kwid is the 2nd best-selling vehicle in Colombia in April. The Colombian new vehicle market is down for the second time this year at -2.1% year-on-year in April to 19.788, tilting the year-to-date volume into negative at -0.2% to 74.423. Renault (+5.1%) goes against the grain to sail…
Citroen sales are down "only" 16.8% in Morocco in April. A rare intermediary update for Morocco shows passenger car sales freefalling down -49.3% in April to 10.764 while LCVs are up 36.8% and year-to-date overall volumes down -12.7% to 52.948. Dacia (-49.7%) and Renault (-52.8%) remain ultra-dominant, accounting for a…
The Toyota Yaris is #1 in Greece in April. After a painful -13.9% fall in March, the Greek new car market bounces back up 17.2% in April to 12.303 units, tilting back the YTD volume into positive at +3.5% to 38.592. Toyota (+23.9%) is up three spots on last month to…
Dongfeng breaks into the Uruguayan Top 10 brands for the first time in history. No improvement at the horizon for depressed new car sales in Uruguay down another devastating -23.1% year-on-year in April to 2.954 units which leads to a YTD tally down -21.2% to 12.207. Volkswagen (-32.3%) edges past…
The Skoda Octavia is the best-selling vehicle in Austria for only the 2nd time ever after February 2009. New car sales in Austria edge up 0.4% year-on-year in April to 31.951 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now down -7.8% to 112.806. Brand leader Volkswagen (-10.7%) posts the only double-digit drop…
Citroen is the only Top 12 brand in positive over Q1 in Europe. New car sales in Europe ex-Russia and Turkey drop -3.2% over the First Quarter of 2019 to 4.13 million units. Germany (+0.2%) is the only Top 5 market to register a (very meagre) uptick, with France (-1.1%)…
Tesla has sold a record 17.440 units in Europe this month. This article has been updated with actuals for the Top 54 brands and Top 352 models. The European new car market retracts for the 7th straight month in March at -3.6% year-on-year to 1.77 million sales, leading to a…
The Ford Focus is the best-selling vehicle in Denmark in April. After a +33.2% surge last month, the Danish new car market falls back on earth in April at -13.5% to 16.183 units, yet the year-to-date volume remains in record territory at +9% to 82.467. Brand leader Volkswagen (-21.7%) suffers…
Mercedes C-Class sales are up 229.9% in April. New car sales in Sweden endure a 10th consecutive double-digit year-on-year fall in April at -11.6% to 30.253 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -14.4% to 104.133. The Top 2 best-selling carmakers Volvo (-21.1%) and Volkswagen (-30.6%) both drop a lot…