The Skoda Octavia is the best-selling vehicle in Bosnia in May. The Bosnian new car market is up 3% year-on-year in May to 1,238 sales, leading to a year-to-date volume off -2.7% to 5,053, this according to our Central European partner CE Auto. The Skoda Octavia is stable year-on-year and continues to dominate…
The Dacia Sandero holds 8.5% of the Montenegrin market in May. Based on data shared with us by our local partner CE Auto, the Montenegrin new car market stars at 480 sales in May, leading to a year-to-date tally at 1,871. The Dacia Sandero repeats at #1, but while it…
The Renault Clio leads the way year-to-date. Data by our Central European partner CE Auto shows a North Macedonian new car market shooting up 20% year-on-year in May to 743 units. This means the year-to-date tally is now down just -2.3% to 2,959. The Renault Clio (+133.3%) reclaims the top…
The Renault Clio is the best-selling vehicle in Europe for the 2nd month running. Now with Top 99 All brands and Top 537 All models. According to data by JATO Dynamics, the European new car market (28 countries) edges up 2.5% year-on-year in May to 1,107,517 units. This way, the…
The Citroen C3 Aircross II leaps inside the Top 15 in May. 25/06 update: Now with Top 52 brands and Top 300 models. Another disappointing month for French new car sales with May off -12.3% year-on-year to just 123,919. This is the lowest May volume since pandemic-stricken May 2020. The…
The Hyundai i20 sees its sales jump 171.1% year-on-year in May. 7,651 new cars found a buyer in Slovakia in May, a correct 4.9% year-on-year improvement. The YTD tally remains in negative however at -5.3% to 36,350. Once again brand leaders Skoda (+10.2%) and Kia (+25%) both outpace the market…
The Nissan Qashqai ranks #2 in Hungary in May. 10,899 new cars found a buyer in Hungary in May, a splendid +14.3% year-on-tear improvement. This means the year-to-date volume after 5 months stands at 54,588 units, up 5.7% over the same period a year ago. Including LCVs the market is…
The Jeep Avenger scores its first podium finish in Cyprus. Data by our local partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT shows a Cypriot new car market up 6.2% year-on-year in May to 1,328 units. This means the year-to-date volume is now down -6.8% to 6,874. Kia (-15%) holds onto the brands lead…
The Citroen C3 ranks #2 in Portugal in May. New car sales in Portugal shoot up 18.6% year-on-year in May to 23,545 units, bringing the year-to-date tally to 100,842, up 4.8% over the same period last year. Peugeot (+38.5%) remains the uncontested leader with 10.5% of the market, while Dacia…
Jetour Kazakh sales more than double year-on-year in April. Complete March 2025 figures are also included in the data section of this article. Kazakh new vehicle sales climb 35.4% year-on-year in April to 19,223 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 22.9% to 66,066. The Top 2 manufacturers both beat…
BYD sales in Morocco are up 3672.7% in April and 713.6% in May. In April, the Moroccan new car market shoots up 35.7% year-on-year to 18,149 units, divided into 15,740 passenger cars (+32.2%) and 2,409 light commercials (+76.8%). In the passenger car brands ranking, Dacia (+5.9%) trails the market to…
The Leon nameplate (Cupra+Seat) would be #2 overall this month. 24,311 new cars hit Austrian roads in May, a fantastic 22.7% year-on-year surge. This way, the year-to-date tally is now up 10.3% to 115,183. Volkswagen (-1%) can't catch up with the market growth but still manages 14.5% share vs. 14.4%…
The Renault Captur is only 15 sales below the Skoda Octavia year-to-date. 5,118 new cars found a buyer in Slovenia in May, a satisfying 5.2% year-on-year uptick. The year-to-date volume is also in positive at +6.1% to 24,983. Both Volkswagen (-9%) and Renault (-5,.3%) don't benefit from the market growth…
The Skoda Elroq is the third most popular vehicle with German private buyers in May. Sales to private customers in Germany are up 2.5% year-on-year in May to 78,729 for a 32.9% Private Sales Ratio (PSR) vs. 32.5% a year ago. This way, the year-to-date cume is up 3.1% to…
The new model lifts the Maruti Suzuki DZire to its first win since January 2020. New locally produced light vehicles in India are stable in May at +0.2% to 349,713. This is a third consecutive May record, just above the 349,057 of May 2024 and the 334,499 of May 2023.…