Jetta is selling all the VS5 it is producing so far. Chinese registrations (or retail sales) of locally-produced vehicles are back into the double-digit drops for the third time in the past 4 months in October at -10.5% to 1.620.585 units according to our exclusive figures. Note BSCB is the only…
The Volvo S/V60 is once again the best-seller at home. The Swedish new car market clocks in a third consecutive double-digit year-on-year gain in October at +28.4% to 29.631 units on weak year-ago volumes, leading to a year-to-date tally down -9% to 277.405. Volvo (+34.3%) and Volkswagen (+66.2%) both outpace…
The Volvo S/V60 is back to #1 in Sweden. New car sales in Sweden spectacularly align a second consecutive month of double-digit gains in September at +40% to 26.758 units, however this is only due to depleted year-ago volumes under the combined effect of a new bonus-malus pricing introduced in…
The VW Golf is the best-selling vehicle in Sweden despite a ghastly -28.4% drop. Last year the Swedish market didn't operate like most European countries that recorded pre-WLTP rushes over Summer. Instead, a new bonus/malus pricing system was put in place on July 1 and depleted the market greatly over…
Hongqi Retail sales are up 85.8% in a market down -20.4%. As expected, after an artificial 41.7% surge last month due to pulled forward registrations ahead of the Stage 6 emissions standards implementation on July 1, the Chinese Retail market (end-customer registrations) falls back to earth in July at -20.4%…
Volvo S/V60 sales surge 465.4% year-on-year in Sweden. In June, the Swedish new car market suffered from a record comparison base in June 2018 when volumes that were triggered in anticipation of the implementation of a new tax system and as a result sank by -51.9%. This month, the year-on-year…
Lifted by the Niro (+176.7%), Kia sales gain 3.9% in a market down -51.9%. One year ago, new car sales in Sweden were spurred to the largest monthly volume in history thanks to sales pulled forward in anticipation of a new tax system implemented on July 1. Logically, the market…
The Volvo S/V60 has become the uncontested leader at home. Sadly the Swedish new car market is approaching a full year of double-digit declines with May marking the 11th straight month of such falls at -15.3% to 31.919 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -14.6% to 136.052. Homegrown leader Sweden…
Mercedes C-Class sales are up 229.9% in April. New car sales in Sweden endure a 10th consecutive double-digit year-on-year fall in April at -11.6% to 30.253 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -14.4% to 104.133. The Top 2 best-selling carmakers Volvo (-21.1%) and Volkswagen (-30.6%) both drop a lot…
The Tesla Model 3 has landed in Sweden, and it's already a blockbuster. No sign of improvement for Swedish new car sales, now "celebrating" 9 consecutive months of double-digit declines (not just declines) with March down another ghastly 18.7% to 30.256, pulling the year-to-date tally down 15.5% to 73.880. The…
The VW Golf is the best-selling nameplate in Sweden in February. New car sales in Sweden endure an 8th consecutive double-digit year-on-year drop in February at -14.9% to just 23.146 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down 13.1% to 43.624. Homegrown market leader Volvo (-32.7%) is hit particularly hard but remains…
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 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…
Chinese consumers are now getting nervous about buying a new car. The VW Lavida is up 57% though. * See the Top 90 All China-made brands and Top 465 models by clicking on the title * The depression Chinese new vehicle sales have fallen into in the past few months…
The Volvo XC40 is back up to a best-ever 6th place at home. * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 225 All-models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Sweden continue to suffer from the aftermath of two major pull-forward events that occurred earlier this year:…