The landing of the Renault Clio 5 means the Clio 4 is now fading away and the Peugeot 208 snaps the #1 spot for the first time in almost 3 years. This article has been updated with the Top 40 brands, Top 270 models and Top 10 private models. The…
The new Duster (+84.3%) helps Renault up 5.6% in May. New vehicle sales in South Africa skid -5.8% year-on-year in May to 40.506 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -4.1% to 211.749. Toyota (-8.6%) easily remains the best-selling manufacturer in the country at 24.1% share despite falling faster than…
Peugeot sales soar 109.7% in Romania in May. New car sales in Romania leap up 12.6% year-on-year in May to 13.011 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 20.3% to 57.538. Homegrown leader Dacia (+5.5%) fails to match the market growth, resulting in a weak 25.3% share vs. 30.6% YTD. Volkswagen…
The 12th generation will help the Toyota Corolla remain at #1 worldwide in 2019. Consult 60 years worth of Worldwide Historical Data here. Our exclusive Full Year worldwide models ranking is here for 2018. This is the most complete and accurate worldwide ranking published online, taking into account official sales…
The VW Polo is the best-selling vehicle in Denmark in May, a very rare feat. New car sales in Denmark plunge -15.4% year-on-year in May to 19.074 units, yet the year-to-date tally remains in positive for now at +3.3% and 101.529. Volkswagen (-5%) is the only carmaker on the podium…
BMW sales surge 42.1% year-on-year in May. New car sales in Germany enjoy their largest year-on-year gain since last August at +9.1% to 332.962 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 1.7% to 1.523.769, its highest level at this stage of the year since 2000. The odd reason behind such a large…
The VW Polo is headed towards a second consecutive annual win in the Netherlands. The Dutch new car market edges down -0.3% year-on-year in April to 36.830 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down a paltry -10.4% to 185.023. Brand leader Volkswagen (-7.3%) fares a lot worse than the market but…
BMW posts the only double-digit gain of any brand in the European Top 10. UPDATE 3 (04/06): Now with Top 55 brands and Top 355 models. UPDATE 2 (27/05): Now with Top 100 models. UPDATE 1 (23/05): Now with final figures for the Top 25 brands and models. Preliminary European…
The Haval H2 lands directly in the South African Top 30. The South African new vehicle market stops its fall in April with a shy 0.7% year-on-year uptick to 36.794 units, leading to a year-to-date volume now down -3.6% to 171.242. On a side note, exports continue to go all…
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 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…
A quirk of German new car sales has the Fiat Ducato classified as a passenger car. It shouldn't be. The German new car market endures a 7th month of decline in the past 8 in April at -1.1% to 310.715 units, tilting the year-to-date volume back into negative at -0.2% to…
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 Fiat Egea is the only nameplate in positive in the Top 35. If March results (-35.5%) seemed to indicate a possible respite in the nightmare Turkish new light vehicle sales are going through right now, April sales down -56.5% to just 30.971 swiftly kill that hope, leading to a…