The Dacia Jogger breaks into its home Top 10 in April. New car sales in Romania continue on their outstanding run in 2022, with April volumes up another 23.4% year-on-year to 8,469 units. This leads to a year-to-date tally up 35.6% to 37,447. Homegrown leader Dacia (+37.8%) outpaces the market on…
The Ford Puma is up to a record 2nd place in Italy in April. Italian new car sales collapse in April at -33% year-on-year to 97,339 units, driving the year-to-date tally down -26.5% to 435,647. Private sales fall even faster at -40.1% to 52,304 and 53% share (-6.5 points) and…
The Dacia Duster is the best-seller at home for only the second time ever. The Romanian new car market is in great shape this year: after climbing 55.5% in January and 25.1% in February, the March volume is up another 40.2% year-on-year to 11,025 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now…
The VW T-Roc is #1 in Cyprus both in February and YTD. Note: The data section of this post also includes January figures. Thanks to our local partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, we can share with you today January and February data for Cyprus. The commentary will only cover February data…
Dacia Duster sales are up 3-fold in Romania in February. New car sales in Romania gain 25.1% year-on-year in February to 8,616 units, with the year-to-date volume now up 39.3% to 17,953. These results follow particularly low year-ago comparison base. Dacia (+93.2%) recuperates from a February 2021 crash (-48.9%) to…
The Toyota Yaris Cross is on the Greek podium in January. Picture carandmotor.gr The Greek new car market starts the new year in a paltry way: down -28.9% to 5,521 registrations, while January 2021 was already down -20.6% on the year prior. Toyota (-21.7%) is the runaway leader with 18%…
The Fiat Cronos holds a whopping 14% of the Argentinean market in January. The Argentinean new vehicle market is down -12.5% year-on-year in January to 43,256 units. Fiat (+14.8%) defies the market drop to score its first monthly top spot in 23 years: since 1999. Leader over the Full Year…
The Fiat Pulse misses out on a first Top 10 finish by just 100 sales. It's a very harsh start of the year for new light vehicle sales in Brazil, down -28.3% to 116,601 units on a January 2021 volume already down -11.7% on the year prior. Fiat (-24.6%) easily…
The Fiat Strada is the best-selling vehicle in Brazil for the first time. Discover Brazilian Historical Data spanning over 65 years here. With December down another -16.8% to 193,555 units, the Brazilian new light vehicle market ends the year with a tiny +1.2% uptick at 1,974,421 registrations, including 1,557,957 autos…
The Fiat 500 is up to a record 2nd place at home in 2021. Consult over 90 years of Italian Historical Data here. The Italian new car market is up a shy 5.5% year-on-year in 2021 to 1,457,952 units as the microchip shortage continued to impact stocks and sales with…
The Toyota Yaris Cross breaks into the Italian Top 10 for the first time in November. New car sales in Italy slide down -24% year-on-year in November to 106,690 units, an improvement on the -35.7% of October but still a very significant loss. This leads to a year-to-date tally up 8.9%…
The Peugeot 208 climbs onto the Argentinean podium in October. The Argentinean new vehicle market is down -26% year-on-year in October to just 27.513 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 16.2% to 330.883. Toyota (+15.2%) swims upstream to reach 19.2% share, cementing its new status as the favourite brand…
The Dacia Spring is the best-selling BEV in Italy in September. The microchip and parts crisis and the expiration of government incentives have combined to produce a particularly ghastly month in Italy in September with sales plunging -32.5% to 106.345 units. The year-to-date volume is now up 20.9% to 1.176.520.…
The Fiat Strada is the best-selling vehicle in Brazil in August. The Brazilian new vehicle market accelerates its fall with a -8.6% year-on-year drop in August to 158.514 units, leading to a year-to-date tally now up 20.7% to 1.327.535 units. Fiat (+24.5%) once again ignores the challenging context to fly…
Fiat Mobi sales are up 131.1% year-on-year in July. Brazilian new light vehicle sales edge down -0.4% year-on-year in July to 162.404 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 26.2% to 1.169.052. This is a poor performance, keeping in mind July 2020 was down -29.8% on the year prior. In…