The Suzuki Swift is the best-selling vehicle in the Netherlands in January. The Dutch new car market retrogrades -13.1% year-on-year in January, an after-effect of artificially boosted December sales (amendment of BEV subsidies). HEVs hold 62% of the market thanks to 17,571 sales, BEVs are at 25.3% (7,165 sales), petrol…
The Toyota Yaris Cross is the most popular vehicle in Hungary in January. New passenger car sales in Hungary drop a painful -9.2% year-on-year in January to 8,287 units. The brands ranking is completely reshuffled. Toyota (+36.3%) is a distant leader with a record 17.5% share, distancing Skoda (-35.4%) in…
The Skoda Octavia reaches 9.4% share in January. It's a difficult start of the year for new car sales in Czechia at -6.7% year-on-year in January to 18,043 units. Local behemoth Skoda (+1.1%) goes against the grain to reach a stratospheric 39.5% share, its highest since January 2024 (42.3%). Volkswagen…
The Jaecoo 7 is only outsold by the Kia Sportage in January. The UK new car market is up 3.4% year-on-year in January to 144,127 units, this is the highest January volume in six years: since pre-pandemic January 2020. Encouragingly, private sales beat the market at +4.5% to 52,397, but…
The Mercedes CLA ranks #9 in Finland this month. Yet more worries for new car sales in Finland at -5.1% year-on-year in January to just 5,374 units. Toyota (-7.4%) reclaims the brands top spot with 15.1% share vs. 11.2% in December, distancing Skoda (+9.8%) at 11.5% vs. 10% last month.…
Peugeot sales are up 27.5% in a devastated market. Horrible start of the year for the Belgian new car market at -18.7% to 32,997 units. This is on top of January 2025 volumes being already down -13% on the year prior. One of the explanations of this poor result is…
The Kia K4 SW ranks inside the Top 10 for its first month of sales. New car sales in Sweden are down a daunting -18.3% year-on-year to 16,041 units. The decrease is due, among other things, to the large increase in ethanol cars in January last year, ahead of changed tax…
The Skoda Octavia is up to a record 2nd place in January. Mediocre start of the year for the Romanian new car market with sales down a painful -33.5% year-on-year to just 7,927. In all European markets we have covered so far (France, Spain and Italy), Dacia has endured appalling…
The Skoda Elroq is #1 in the Netherlands for its first year in market. Discover over 40 years worth of Dutch Historical Data here. 388,024 new cars found a buyer in the Netherlands in 2025, a limited +1.7% improvement. December (+31.9%) single handedly tilted the overall market into positive territory.…
The new generation Renault Clio has cracked its home Top 10. After losing -5.5% to its lowest annual level in 50 years in 2025, the French new car market continues on its downward trajectory and starts 2026 with a -6.6% contraction to just 107,157 sales. Petrol sales implode -48.9% to…
The Dacia Sandero is the most popular vehicle in Europe for the 2nd straight year. Discover over 50 years of European Historical Data here. Preliminary data from ACEA has European new car sales (EU+EFTA+UK) up 2.4% year-on-year in 2025 to 13,271,270 units, that's over 400,000 more than in 2024. Among…
The Skoda Octavia is #1 in Slovakia for the third consecutive year. Discover over 50 years of Slovak Historical Data here. Note: November data is also included in this update. The Slovak new car market is stable in 2025 at -0.3% year-on-year to 93,103 units. Skoda (-3.2%) loses market share…
The Skoda Octavia is #1 in Serbia for the third year in a row. Discover over 15 years of Serbian Historical Data here. According to data by local outlet CE Auto, the Serbian new car market is up 8% year-on-year in 2025 to 36,771 units. Skoda and Toyota are the…
The Skoda Octavia has been #1 in Bosnia & Herzegovina for 13 of the past 14 years. Discover over 15 years of Bosnian Historical Data here. Based on data by our local partner CE Auto, the Bosnian new car market is up 7.6% year-on-year in 2025 to 12,899 units. The…
The Toyota RAV4 is #1 in Moldova for the third time. Consult over 50 years worth of Moldovan data here. Data by our local partner CE Auto shows a Moldovan new car market up another fantastic 26.7% year-on-year in 2025 to 13,101 units. This follows a 15.2% lift in 2024,…