Sales data is very rare for Bosnia. Please get in touch if you have more recent info! Over the first 2 months 2008, Skoda does a 1-2 in Bosnia with the Fabia 1st at 11% market share ahead of the Octavia at 9%. The Renault Clio lands in 3rd place…
* See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Hungarian car market is in dire straits: with only 17,391 registrations over the first 5 months 2010, it drops by 49% vs. 2009, which was already at -50% vs. 2008! Suzuki models, built in the country,…
Skoda Superb The Czech car market is handling ok in 2010, with +7% vs.09 over 10 months at 138,979 registrations, but -7% in October at 13,126. Skoda is extremely strong at home with 4 models in the first 4 spots! The Octavia leads at a massive 15.3% market share, ahead…
Poland is the biggest Eastern-European market after Russia and it grows by 12% in September with 27,906 registrations, but is -3% over 9 months 2010 at 234,046 sales. 1-2 for Skoda in Poland with the Octavia leader at 5.3% ahead of the the Fabia at 4.2%. Then 3 German compact…
The economic crisis hitting Greece impacted on car sales: at 7,803 in October they drop 36% over 2009, which was already -41% over 2008. The year-to-date figures are at -32%. Traditionally dominated by compact cars (Golf, Astra, Auris), this year the Greek market is led by minis: with 5.2% market…
Like its Scandinavian neighbours, the Finnish car market is doing really well in 2010, growing 26% in October and 22% year-to-date. And like in Norway, the VW Golf is ahead, but with a smaller margin over the #2 car. In October it captures 5% of the market, with the Nissan…
The Dutch car market is growing fast in 2010: +23% vs. 09 in October (43,920 registrations) and +24% vs. 09 over 10 months (434,604 registrations). The VW Polo leads in the Netherlands: thanks to a phenomenal month of October at 2,751 sales and 6.3% market share, the Polo now tops…
This year the German market is taking a hit due to the phasing out of the scrappage scheme. September is at -18% vs. 09 (259,748 sales) and the market is at -27% over the first 9 months of the year. No surprise, the VW Golf leads the pack, as it…
After an unusual month of August that saw the VW Golf take the lead for the first time in years with close to 6% of the market, the Swedish car market is back to normal in September with the Volvo V70 in first position at 7.9% market share, double the…
Dacia Sandero The Romanian market did one thing in 2009: it crashed to the ground, going from 324,080 sales in 2008 to 147,962 (-55%) in spite of of government subsidies. In this chaos, the Dacia Logan has managed to slightly improve its market share, from 23.4% to 23.7%. It's lower…
Renault Megane * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Lithuanian car market is really affected by the economic crisis: down 66% on 2008 at 7,515 registrations. But like in Estonia, one model makes a joke of this drop by gaining 411% year-on-year and…
Renault Megane * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Estonian car sales crumble to the ground this year at -60% and 9,946 registrations. But the market leader absolutely ignored this trend: the Renault Megane, significantly helped by the new generation now on sale, gained…
Skoda Fabia * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Florian * To counter the financial crisis, a cash-for-clunkers scheme was put in place in Germany this year, benefitting mainly small and affordable cars. As a result, the market is up 23% to…
Toyota Avensis * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In 2009 only 3,745 new cars were registered in Latvia, that's 90% less than in 2007! Toyota makes the most of this devastated market by placing 4 models in the Top 4: the Avensis is…
March 2020 update: Now with Top 60 All-brands and Top 340 All-models. The Czech new car market surges 12.5% year-on-year in 2009 to 161.659 units. Skoda (+6.9%) returns to growth but continues to see its market share decline, this time by 1.5 percentage point to 29.5% only two years after…