The Volvo S/V60 is the best-selling vehicle in Sweden in January. Swedish new car sales skid down 10.9% year-on-year in January to 20.478 units. Atop the brands charts, both Volvo (-14.1%) and Volkswagen (-21.7%) lose share year-on-year but Kia (+9.2%) and BMW (+12.6%) show impressive results. Only Ford (+4.9%) also…
The BMW X7 has now landed in Germany. Germany starts 2019 with a -1.3% drop in January to 265.702 registrations. Volkswagen (-6.5%) is up to 19.1% share, signing its best share and first single-digit drop since the WLTP implementation last September. Mercedes (-4.3%) steps back up to #2 with 9.5%…
The VW Tiguan is the best-selling SUV in Europe in 2018. Consult close to 50 years of European Historical Data here. October 2019 update: Now with Top 10 LCV brands and Top 40 models. February 2019 update: Now with Top 60 brands and Top 430 All- models. Thanks to our…
The Mercedes A-Class lodges a third European Top 10 finish in 4 months, helping Mercedes become the only gainer in the Top 12 brands. The Europe Full Year 2018 post has now been updated with the Top 60 brands and Top 415 models. The Europe November 2018 post has now…
The Dacia Sandero signs its 10th monthly win in Spain. The Spanish new car market starts the year on the wrong foot with a -5.1% year-on-year decline in January to 96.890 registrations, yet this is still the 2nd largest January volume in the past decade below last year's 102.149 units.…
Would the French finally be warming up to the Renault Zoe? It would appear so. Now updated with the Top 45 All-brands, Top 310 All-models and Top 10 private sales. The French new car market ends 2018 on a dark note, with sales down an abysmal 14.5% in December to…
Record 2nd place finish for the VW Tiguan at home. Consult 70 years worth of German Historical data here. German new car sales put an end to 4 consecutive years of growth in 2018, edging down a tiny 0.2% to 3.435.778 units, still the second-largest annual volume this decade below last…
The Volvo S/V90 is the best-seller at home for the first time. Consult 68 years worth of Swedish Historical Data here It was a schizophrenic year for the Swedish new car market: up 16.5% to an all-time record of 225.543 units half-way through the year thanks to a June frenzy leading…
The Qashqai (+214%) helps Nissan up 108% in Ukraine in November. The Ukrainian new light vehicle market seems to have hit a plateau, with November marking its third consecutive month of year-on-year decline at -4.4% to 7.337 registrations. The year-to-date tally remains in positive at +2.4% to 74.842 units but…
The Volvo XC40 breaks into the Swedish monthly Top 5 for the first time. -49.4% in July, -17.5% in August, -39.6% in September, -28.1% in October and now -20.5% in November: the Swedish new car market endures a 5th consecutive month of double-digit decline, impacted by two pull-forward events earlier…
It's in Ukraine that the Audi Q8 scores its first Top 50 finish in the world. New car sales in Ukraine worryingly post a second straight year-on-year decline in October at -5.7% to 7.214 registrations, this is the 5th drop in the past 12 months in a trend that seems…
The A-Class soars 81%, helping Mercedes post its highest share since August 1980 at 12.6%. * See the Top 50 brands and Top 320 models by clicking on the title * Updated with all Mercedes market share records from 1974 and 1980. The largest new car market in the European Union,…
Without FCA, the U.S. market would be down 1.2% this month. Ram (+14%) and its pickup shine. * See the Top 15 groups, Top 40 brands and Top 280 models by clicking on the title * Whereas most analysts had predicted a drop, the U.S. new light vehicle market edges…
The Toyota Hilux has now been #1 in Australia for 12 straight months. * See the Top 50 All-brands and Top 280 All-models by clicking on the title * Real estate investment is one of Australia's hobbies, and lower property prices in Sydney and Melbourne this year go a long way…
The VW T-Roc is among the five most popular nameplates in Germany for the first time. * See the Top 50 brands, Top 335 models and Top 20 private sales by clicking on the title * As we have witnessed in Spain (+48%), France (+40%) and to a lesser extent Italy…