The Toyota Camry returns to pole position in Kazakhstan. The Kazakh new vehicle market confirms it is on a roll in this start of 2019 with March registrations up 15.3% year-on-year to 4.916, meaning the year-to-date tally is now up 17% to 13.764. In the brands ranking, Lada (+21.4%), Toyota (+53.7%)…
The Skoda Fabia is the best-selling vehicle in Serbia in March. Thanks to our Central European data partner CE Auto, we can share with you today March data for Serbia, a market down -5.7% to 2.962 units, leading to a Q1 volume down -5.5% to 6.601. This month the Skoda Fabia (+90.6%)…
The VW Caddy shoots up to #2 in Bosnia in March. According to our Central European market data partner CE Auto, new light vehicle sales drop -7.8% year-on-year in March to 888 units, meaning the Q1 tally is now down -10.4% to 2.322. The Skoda Octavia (-12.3%) easily remains on top…
The Kia Stonic is the most popular vehicle in Cyprus in March. Thanks to our partnership with SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, we can share with you today Cyprus data, and the freefall continues with March sales down an abysmal -53.5% year-on-year to 887 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down 34%…
Fiat Tipo in Tirana, Albania in August 2018. One of the 10 countries we dashed through in 10 days last August with a Dacia Logan was Albania, for which there has never been any official new car sales data published. I have to admit one of the motivations for conducting…
Skoda Fabia in Perast, Montenegro One of the 10 Eastern European countries we visited in 10 days in a Dacia Logan last year was Montenegro, population 678.000. There hasn't been any official data for this market since 2014, so I will draw on my observations on the touristic Adriatic coast in…
Volkswagen sales shoot up 35.5% year-on-year in Guadeloupe. New passenger car sales in Guadeloupe, a French overseas archipelago located in the Caribbean Sea home to 398,000 inhabitants step up 5.6% year-on-year in 2018 to 17.620. Peugeot (+3%) remains comfortably in the lead with 16.6% share while Renault (-1.8%) skids down to…
The Fiat Panda is the best-selling vehicle in Greece in March. New car sales in Greece skid down a harsh 13.9% year-on-year in March to just 9.518 units, tilting the year-to-date tally into negative territory at -1.8% to 26.289. As it was the case last May and after falling as…
The Hyundai Ioniq remains the best-selling vehicle in Israel. Thanks to our partnership with cartube.co.il, we can share with you today Israeli March brands data as well as complete models data for Q1 and every month so far in 2019. In March, the market is almost immobile at +0.3% to 29.127 units,…
The Tesla Model 3 is the outright best-seller in 3 European markets: Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland. Picture popularmechanics.com. New car sales in Switzerland return to positive territory for the first time since July 2018 and only the third time in 12 months (add April 2018) with March deliveries up 3% to 28.958…
The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling vehicle in Ireland in March. The Irish new car market has managed to contain its year-on-year decline into the single-digits for the first time this year with March deliveries down 6% to 16.696, leading to a Q1 tally down -10.8% to 64.042. Volkswagen (-9.2%)…
The Tesla Model 3 is up to 4th best-selling vehicle in Austria in March. The Austrian new car market continues to struggle in 2019 with March deliveries down -9.7% to 31.958 leading to a Q1 volume down -10.6% to 80.855. From just one in February, there are now three Top…
Skoda is the healthiest carmaker in the French Top 20 in March with overall sales up 15.8% and private deliveries up 16.6%. Picture largus.fr This article has been updated with the Top 35 brands, Top 265 models and Top 10 private sales. The French new car market is back into…
Audi Q3 sales shoot up 81.4% thanks to the new model. This article has been updated with the Top 50 private sales models. German new car sales tilt back into negative for the 6th time in the past 7 months in March at -0.5% to 345.523 units, yet thanks to…
The Dacia Duster is the best-selling vehicle in Poland in March. Picture motospace.pl Polish new light vehicle sales edge down -1.4% year-on-year in March to 56.489 units including light commercials, yet a solid start of the year enables the YTD tally to remain in positive at +1% to 156.737. 6…