The Ford Kuga is up to #4 in Sweden in May. 26,413 new cars hit Swedish roads in May, a 8.6% year-on-year increase leading to a year-to-date tally down -13.8% to 118,094. Rechargeable cars soar 21.4% to 12,508 and 47.4% share vs. 39% a year ago, including 6,372 BEV (+61.4%)…
The Kia Sportage hits its best Swedish ranking in over 6 years. picture dagensps.se The Swedish new car market edges up 0.3% year-on-year to 21,942 sales, leading to a year-to-date volume down -18.7% to 91,681. Rechargeable cars progress 11.6% year-on-year to 10,567 units and 48.1% share vs. 43.1% a year…
The Volvo XC40 is #1 in March and year-to-date in Sweden. The Swedish new car market dives -39.5% year-on-year in March to 28,710 but the March 2021 comparison base was extremely high as it was a record for the month, triggered by an upcoming bonus malus change. The year-to-date volume now…
The Volvo XC60 is the best-selling vehicle in Sweden in February. New car sales in Sweden recede -7.4% year-on-year in February to 21,136 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -5.5% to 41,029. In February, rechargeable cars hold 51.6% of the market vs. 34.8% a year ago and are up…
The Kia EV6 is a successful launch in Sweden. The new year starts with a -3.3% year-on-year drop in Sweden at 19,893 registrations. Local behemoth Volvo (-12.2%) falls four times faster than the market but easily keeps the brands top spot with 18.7% share vs. 16% over the Full Year…
The Volvo S/V60 is #1 at home for the third year running. Discover over 70 years of Swedish Historical Data here The Swedish new car market edges up 3.1% year-on-year in 2021 to 300.983 registrations. Local behemoth Volvo (-8.5%) easily remains in the brands lead but loses two percentage points…
The Kia Ceed is the best-selling vehicle in Sweden in July. New car sales in Sweden fall off a cliff in July at -26.2% year-on-year to just 16.778 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 28% to 189.941. Rechargeable vehicles are down -5.9% year-on-year to 6.312 units and 37.6% share…
The Volvo XC60 is the best-selling vehicle in Sweden in May. The Swedish new car market soars 53.2% year-on-year to 24.327 units on depressed year-ago volumes, with the year-to-date tally now up 35.8% to 137.068. Note May 2021 volumes remain down -23.8% on May 2019 pre-pandemic levels. At 9.500 units,…
The VW ID.4 is the best-selling vehicle in Sweden in April. Picture norrbil.se On April 1, the bonus/government rebate for PHEV vehicles decreased by an average of SEK 10.000, whereas the bonus for EVs increased from SEK 60.000 to SEK 70.000. As a result, EV sales surge 368% year-on-year this…
The Volvo S/V60 repeats at #1 at home. Discover over 70 years of Swedish Historical Data here The Swedish new car market is off -18.1% year-on-year in 2020 to 291.664 units, keeping in mind 2019 was the third best year in history so a very high comparison base. The main…
Kia (+26.3%) posts the largest gain in the Top 20 in July. The Swedish new car market manages to drastically reduce its fall in July to just -4% year-on-year at 22.718 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -22.5% to 148.403. Helping a lot are sales of rechargeable vehicles (EV…
Hyundai Kona sales surge 92% in a market down -50.2%. Sweden is the only European country to not have imposed any COVID-19 lockdown on its population over the past few months. As a result, infections and most strikingly deaths have continued to soar: from 4.435 and 180 respectively as of…
The Honda Fit hits its highest ranking at home in over 5 years at #2. Apart from school closures, international travel bans and of course the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, as of March 31 Japan had been relatively unscathed by the COVID-19 pandemic, even being hailed as…
The Kia Stonic breaks into the Swedish Top 10. Picture hogstavaxeln.se Sweden has not ordered its inhabitants to stay-at-home in the face of the coronavirus outbreak with life continuing almost as usual in the country so far, 4.435 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 180 related deaths reported in the country as…
The Volvo XC40 smashes its ranking record at home to hit #2 in February. The Swedish new car market drops -6.3% year-on-year in February to 21.694 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down -11.8% to 38.492. Sales of rechargeable cars (EV+PHEV) surge another 95% in February to 25.1% of the…