The Skoda Octavia is the best-selling vehicle in Ireland in July. The biannual licence plate change traditionally brings the 2nd strongest volume of the year below January, with July sales in Ireland up 8.6% year-on-year to 29,040. This leads to a year-to-date tally up 5.3% to 114,222. Toyota (+1.1%) returns…
The Renault Boreal is an instant blockbuster in Turkiye. New light vehicle sales in Turkiye endure a harsh -25% year-on-year fall in July to 80,786 units, leading to a year-to-date volume off -10.7% to 638,965. Renault (-23.2%) remains the best-selling carmaker in the country while Volkswagen (-8%) resists and overtakes…
The Dacia Bigster is up to #4 in Bulgaria in July. The Bulgarian new light vehicle market is up 5.3% year-on-year in July to 5,483 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 7.5% to 34,220. Keep in mind a significant part of these registrations (up to 30%) never see Bulgarian…
BYD sales are up 186.3% to 3.8% share in July. The Belgian new car market is back to hell in July with registrations down -7.4% year-on-year to just 29,274. The year-to-date tally is now off -2.4% to 259,955. BMW (+20.3%) defies the negative market to easily stay atop the brands…
The Cupra Raval is up to #5 in the Netherlands for its 2nd month in market. New car sales in the Netherlands are down -2.6% year-on-year in July to 28,066 units. BEVs are the most popular powertrain at 47.3% share vs. 30.8% a year ago thanks to sales up 48.6%…
The Renault Clio is up 27.3% year-on-year in July. The Italian new car market is solid again in July with sales up 3.9% year-on-year to 123,184 units. This leads the year-to-date up 8.9% to 1,060,175. This is however still -14.3% inferior to the same period in pre-pandemic 2019. Private sales…
The Renault Scenic is up to #6 in France in July. It's an encouraging third consecutive month of year-on-year gains for French new car sales, at +9% to 126,808. This way, the year-to-date volume is up 2.6% to 983,974. Petrol sales implode -44.2% year-on-year to 13,903 and 11% share vs. 21.4%…
Citroen Ami 6 29/07/2026 update: Now with the Top 13 All French brands and Top 34 All French models. Today we go back 60 years to study the best-selling brands and models in France in 1966... Consult over 130 years of French Historical Data here Check out our additional French…
According to fresh data by local association AIVAM, the Moroccan new vehicle market soars 17.6% year-on-year over the First Half 2026 to a record 131,748 units. Note this figure includes commercial vehicles which explains the discrepancy with previous updates. Local producer Dacia (+15.2%) holds onto the brands top spot with…
After the Renault Clio VI, we stay with the French manufacturer to now test drive the new Twingo E-Tech. The Twingo nameplate is legendary, having sold over 4 million units across 25 countries since its launch in 1993. Among these, 1.9 million were sold in France and the first generation,…
The Dacia Sandero remains the best-selling vehicle in Europe so far this year. New car sales in Europe (EU+EFTA+UK) grow 5.9% over the First Half of 2026 to 7,245,920 units. ACEA has the market up 6.1% to 7,232,066. Chinese carmakers advance 111.5% year-on-year to 643,468 sales, doubling their share at…
The Tesla Model Y is the most popular vehicle in Europe in June. The European new car market (EU+EFTA+UK) is up 12.9% year-on-year in June to 1,407,291 units according to Dataforce and Mobility Sweden data combined. ACEA has the market up 13.1% to 1,407,332. Chinese brands surge 130.8% year-on-year to…
The Renault Clio VI has had a somewhat disappointing start at home in France. Six months after its launch, the nameplate hasn't managed higher than a third place. More worrying, after peaking at 4% share in March, it has actually gone down to 2.8% in May and 3.6% in June. Although…
The BMW iX3 is an instant blockbuster in Belgium. The Belgian new car market is up by a solid 9.4% year-on-year in June to 45,449 units, however the H1 2026 volume remains in negative at -1.7% to 230,681. For reference, the H1 2025 tally was off -10.9% on the year…
The BYD Atto 3 is the 2nd best-selling vehicle in Cyprus in June. (Evo model pictured) According to our local partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, new car sales in Cyprus skid -15.9% year-on-year in June to just 1,133 units. The H1 2026 volume is now down -11.9% to 7,244. Despite…