The Skoda Octavia is the most popular vehicle in North Macedonia in March. Our local partner CE Auto has the North Macedonian new car market off a devastating -27.4% year-on-year in March to 538 units. This way, the Q1 volume is now down -8.5% to 1,566. The Skoda Octavia (-12.1%)…
The Peugeot 208 is the best-selling vehicle in Europe for the first time since October 2022. According to data by ACEA, new car sales in Europe (EU+EFTA+UK) step up 2.8% year-on-year in March to 1,422,658 units. This compensates for negative results in January and February to stabilise the Q1 volume…
First Top 10 finish for the Renault Symbioz at home. 22/04 update: Now with Top 334 All models ranking. It's a mediocre month for the French new car market in March at -14.5% year-on-year to just 153,842 units. The Q1 2025 volume is therefore off -7.8% to 410,085. This drop…
The Dacia Duster is up to a record third place in Austria in March. 25,950 new cars hit Austrian roads in March, a tiny 1% year-on-year lift. The Q1 tally is up 4.4% to 66,017. The Top 5 brands all beat the market. Volkswagen (+5.3%) leads the way again at…
The Ford Tourneo Courier breaks into the Slovenian Top 10 in March. The Slovenian new car market is stable in March at +0.2% year-on-year to 5,285 sales. This results in a Q1 volume up 4.8% to 14,672. Volkswagen (+3.4%) remains the uncontested leader in the brands charts but at 13.7%…
The Nissan Qashqai is the most popular vehicle in Hungary in March and ranks #4 over Q1 16/04 update: Now with Q1 2025 Top 50 models (PC+LCV). 13,199 new cars hit Hungarian roads in March, a +2.4% year-on-year improvement. This leads to a Q1 tally up 3.8% to 32,899. Suzuki…
The Toyota Yaris is the best-selling vehicle in Montenegro in February. Data by our local partner CE Auto shows 248 new cars hit Montenegrin roads in February, pushing the year-to-date tally to 458. The models ranking is topped for the second straight month by the Toyota Yaris holding a 4.4%…
The Fiat Ducato is the favourite of German private buyers in March. 84,414 new cars were sold to German private customers in March, a 33.3% ratio and +0.3% year-on-year improvement. The private sales ratio (PSR) in March 2024 was 31.9%. Over Q1, the PS volume is up 3.9% to 225,954…
The Skoda Kylaq shifted 5,327 units in March. New car wholesales in India jump 4.5% year-on-year in March to 385,842 units, a new record for the month. It's the fifth consecutive year the March record is broken. Q1 volumes are up 2.9% to an all time high 1,168,071. Maruti Suzuki…
Kia sales almost double year-on-year in Luxembourg in March. The Luxembourg new car market progresses 5.6% year-on-year in March to 4,840 sales, tilting the Q1 tally into positive at +1.4% to 12,671. Volkswagen (-1.9%) stays in first place with 11.8% share despite a small YoY drop. BMW (+6.6%) also repeats its…
The Skoda Elroq already outsells fellow BEV the Enyaq. 22,566 new cars found a buyer in Czechia in March, a stellar 19.3% year-on-year improvement, keeping in mind March 2024 was off -15.5% on the year prior. The year-to-date volume after three months is up 3.6% to 59,686. Local behemoth Skoda…
The Toyota RAV4 is the most popular model in Ireland in March. The Irish new car market rallies back up 18.3% year-on-year in March to a splendid 17,328 units. This is much more than in February which is very unusual as sales tend to drop continuously from the high of…
The Toyota RAV4 is the best-selling vehicle in Finland in March. Finnish new car sales endure a third straight negative month in March (and 15th out of the past 16 months) at -4.7% to 6,082 units. The Q1 tally is off -9.4% to 16,447. Toyota (-21.4%) keeps the brands pole…
The Ford Puma is back to #1 in the UK. In the most important month of the year (new '25 license plate released), UK sales grow by a splendid 12.4% year-on-year to 357,103 units, single handedly tiling the Q1 2025 tally into positive at +6.4% to 580,502. This is the…
The Hyundai Kona is the most popular vehicle in Israel over Q1 2025. According to our local partner cartube.co.il, 26,685 new light vehicles found a buyer in Israel in March. The Q1 volume is up 9% to 97,090. Toyota (+59.1%) posts its first monthly win of the year with 15%…