Border police fleet sales propel Land Rover sales up 7-fold year-on-year. New car sales in Bulgaria edge down -1.1% year-on-year in March to 3.707 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 1.5% to 10.289. Dacia (+24.6%) and Renault (+10.7%) buck the negative trend with splendid double-digit gains, whereas Skoda (-13.6%) struggles…
The Skoda Scala has landed in its home charts with a bang. The Czech new car market is embattled in a post-WLTP depression with March marking a 7th consecutive year-on-year decline at -12.1% to 21.491 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down -12.2% to 59.616. However 5 of the Top 6…
The new Toyota Corolla is already #5 in Finland. New car sales in Finland remain a desolate landscape: March is down an abysmal -21.2% to 9.141 units, marking a 6th double-digit drop in the past 7 months and a 7th decline in as many months. The year-to-date volume is now…
The VW Golf is back up 51.8% year-on-year in Croatia in March. No sign of improvement for new car sales in Croatia, freefalling down -19.9% year-on-year in March to 5.041 registrations, pulling the year-to-date tally down -12.3% to 12.139. Quite strikingly, the entire Top 5 best-selling brands markedly outpace the…
The Pajero Sport (+59.2%) helps Mitsubishi sales soar 15% in March. New vehicle sales in Australia have now closed the loop: in negative year-on-year for a full 12 months in a row. March marks the lowest result for the month since 2014, down -7.1% to 99.442 units and leading to…
The Fiat Egea accounts for 1 in 8 new vehicles registered in Turkey in March. New car sales in Turkey dive down -35.5% in March to 49.221 units including light commercials, and although this is a paltry result, in the current atrocious context it actually is the smallest year-on-year decline…
The T-Roc is helping Volkswagen's return to shape in February. Update 3 (03/04): Now with the Top 360 All-models and Top 55 brands. Update 2 (03/04): The January 2019 article now has a Top 350 All-models and Top 55 brands. Update 1 (27/03): Now with the Top 25 brands and…
The Kia Sportage is the best-selling vehicle in Ukraine in February. New car sales in Ukraine endure a 6th consecutive month of decline and 8th drop in the past 12 months in February at -1.9% to 5.758 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -11.8% to 11.016. Renault (+35.8%) continues to…
Volkswagen leads the Belgian market in February, but also posts the largest year-on-year gain in the Top 10. This article has been updated with the Top 10 models. The January 2019 post has now been updated with the Top 10 models. After skidding -10.2% in January, the Belgian new car…
The Dacia Sandero ranks #2 in Slovenia in February. This article has been updated with the Top 35 All-brands. New car sales in Slovenia grow 6.4% year-on-year in February to 6.021 registrations, tilting the year-to-date volume into positive at +0.6% to 12.584. The Renault Clio (-29.4%) manages to remain…
Hyundai sales soar 18.3% with the i30 up 72.3% in Slovakia. The Slovak new car market is down again in February at -2.1% to 7.579 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down 7.1% to 14.675. Brand leader Skoda (-11.7%) underperforms at 18.2% share whereas Hyundai (+18.3%) is in fantastic shape, just…
Mercedes holds 9.1% of the Luxembourg market in February. This post has been updated with the Top 10 models. From this month we will publish brands data for Luxembourg in sync with the rest of Europe, with the Top 10 models added when available at the start of month+2. New…
The Skoda Octavia is the best-selling vehicle in Lithuania in 2019 so far. Thanks to our partnership with JATO Dynamics we conclude our exploration of the Baltic states with Lithuanian figures, an extremely dynamic market so far this year at +94.5% to 3.122 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up…
Skoda Kodiaq sales soar 61.5% year-on-year in Estonia in February. According to our partner JATO Dynamics, new car sales in Estonia drop 8% year-on-year in February to 1.755 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down 9.5% to 3.941. As it was already the case a year ago, the Renault Clio…
The Fiat Tipo ranks #4 so far in 2019 in Serbia. Based on data share with us by our Central European data partner CE Auto, new car sales in Serbia drop -5.3% year-on-year both in February to 2.031 units and year-to-date to 3.639. Skoda manages to monopolise the podium for the 2nd month…