The Clio lifts Renault up to 12.5% share this month in Portugal. * See the Top 35 All-brands and Top 204 All-models by clicking on the title * The Portuguese new car market is catching up on lost time and continues to lodge extravagant growth rates: +36% year-on-year in February…
Back to basics: the Lada 4x4 bucks the trend, up 20% year-on-year in February. * See the Top 53 All-brands and Top 25 models by clicking on the title * The Russian new car market situation is rapidly escalating to become catastrophic: -38% year-on-year in February to just 128,298 registrations…
The BMW 2 Series is up to #16 in February at home in Germany. * See the Top 50 best-selling brands and Top 308 models by clicking on the title * Germany, Europe's largest new car market, is up a very satisfying 7% year-on-year in February to 223,254 registrations, bringing…
Mercedes E-Class * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 191 All-models by clicking on the title * New vehicle sales in Hong Kong are up by a very robust 24% year-on-year in February to 4,907 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 9,317 units, up 15.5% on 2014. Toyota remains…
The Smart Forfour breaks into the Italian Top 20 in February. * UPDATED with actuals - See the Top 45 All-brands and Top 50 models * It is finally the end of the tunnel for the Italian new car market: after gaining 11% in January, sales are up an even more…
Only the Ford Fiesta outsells the VW Golf in the UK this month. * See the Top 10 best-selling models and Top 40 brands by clicking on the title * SMMT figures show the UK new car market up year-on-year for the 36th consecutive month (3 years exactly) at +12%…
Nissan Qashqai * See the Top 40 best-selling models and Top 32 All-brands by clicking on the title * The Estonian new car market is down 13% year-on-year in February to 1,239 sales, bringing the year-to-date total into negative territory at -4% to 2,931 registrations. Toyota remains the most popular manufacturer…
VW Passat * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 34 All-brands by clicking on the title * New car sales in Ireland are on a roll: up another 24% year-on-year in February to 15,839 registrations which brings the year-to-date total to 45,727 units, up 28% on 2014. Bypassed…
Toyota Avensis * See the Top 34 All-brands and Top 30 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Finland slow down their fall in February at -2.5% year-on-year to 7,917 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 18,127 units, down 13% on 2014. Toyota (10.5%) and Skoda…
The Stepway variant accounts for 80% of Renault Sandero sales in Belarus. * See the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 36 All-brands by clicking on the title * New light vehicle sales in Belarus are up 3% year-on-year in 2014 to reach an all-time record 29,552 registrations - including…
The Toyota Yaris is among Europe's Top 10 for only the third time ever. * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title * The European new car market accelerates its recovery in January at +6% to 1.028.796 units. Encouragingly, the Top 6 largest markets…
The BMW X6 is the 2nd best-selling model in Latvia in January... * See the Top 50 models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title * The Latvian new car market is up a very satisfying 15% year-on-year in January to 1,335 registrations, however once again sales data…
Ford Fiesta * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title * Data provided by SEMO Cyprus and analysed by INNOSOFT bring to light a very dynamic start of the year for new car sales in Cyprus: up 15% year-on-year in January to 846 registrations. Leader in 2012 and 2013 but down to #3…
The Mercedes B-Class is still far above the BMW 2 Series Active Tourer for now. * See the Top 50 brands and Top 271 models by clicking on the title * New car sales start the year in positive in Germany at +3% in January to 211.337 registrations. Market leader Volkswagen is particularly…
Seat Leon * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title * As an appetiser for overall German new car registrations, I give you German Private Sales data for January 2015. Germany characterises itself by an exceptionally low Private Sales (PS) ratio in general, but in January…