The VW ID.4 is the best-selling vehicle in Ireland in March. Picture carsireland.ie New car sales in Ireland bounce back 53.6% year-on-year in March to 9.229 units on weak, Covid-19 impacted year-ago volumes. The year-to-date tally remains in negative for now though at -3.4% to 48.089. Note March 2020 volumes…
Opel sales are up 75% partly thanks to the new Mokka. Picture autobild.de The German new car market is up 35.9% year-on-year in March to 292.349 registrations as year-ago volumes were hampered by Covid-19 lockdowns. This score remains down -15.4% on March 2019, so new car sales Germany have yet…
BMW has led the Belgian charts 6 times over the past 12 months. The Belgian new car market bounces back up 56.1% year-on-year in March to 44.966 units as year-ago volumes were hit (-47.5%) by the coronavirus lockdown. The year-to-date tally is now down -7.8% to 117.438. BMW (+88.4%) vastly…
The Hyundai Venue is the best-selling recent launch in Israel. Picture 4x4.co.il Thanks to our Israeli partner cartube.co.il, we can share with you today complete Israeli data including models data for each month of 2021 so far. A year ago the country was under a strict Covid-19 lockdown so logically this…
The Volvo XC40 is #1 in the Netherlands for the 2nd time in the past 3 months. Picture ad.nl Whereas the rest of Europe is enjoying artificially good results in March due to Covid-impacted year-ago volumes, new car sales in the Netherlands don't follow this trend. They actually drop -17.6%…
Seat Arona sales are up 3-fold year-on-year in March. New car sales in the Czech Republic rally back up 46.5% year-on-year to 20.053 units on Covid-impacted year-ago volumes, leading to a year-to-date tally now down -1.3% to 49.534. Homegrown brand leader Skoda (+36.4%) can't quite match the market growth but…
The Skoda Octavia remains the best-selling vehicle in Croatia. Picture sata24.hr New car sales in Croatia are up 52.9% year-on-year in March to 4.165 units, however March 2020 was down -46% on the year prior and as a result this month's sales remain down -17.4% on two years ago in…
Mazda places 5 nameplates in the March Australian Top 20. The Australian new car market rallies back up 22.4% year-on-year in March to 100.005 units, but more significantly this result is up 0.6% on pre-pandemic March 2019, meaning the market has already completely recovered in what in essence is a…
Haval sales are up 77.2% year-on-year in March. Picture zr.ru The Russian new light vehicle market steps back -5.7% year-on-year in March to 148.676 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -2.8% to 387.322. Both brand leaders Lada (+3%) and Kia (+1.3%) defy the negative conditions to improve their share…
The VW Touareg is up to 7th place in Ukraine in February. The Ukrainian new car market slows down its fall in February to -4.7% year-on-year at 6.336 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -14% to 12.072. Toyota (-19%) remains the most popular carmaker in the country but for…
The new generation 2008 hits a record #2 in February in Europe. 07/04 update: Now with Top 335 All-models. 01/04 update: Now with Top 58 All-brands and Top 100 models. 25/03 update: Now with Top 10 models. Preliminary figures by ACEA show a European market (EU+EFTA+UK) down -20.3% to 850.170…
The Volvo S/V60 holds 8.8% of the Swedish market in March. The Swedish new car market is up by a spectacular 71.7% year-on-year in March to 47.460 units, a new record for the month. Year-to-date sales are now up 37.4% to 90.870. Unlike the markets we've covered so far, the…
The Fiat 500 is up to #2 at home in March. Picture quattroruote.it One year ago, the Italian new car market was paralysed by a strict coronavirus lockdown, and logically this month sales shoot back up 495.7% year-on-year to 171.064 units. A more adequate comparison is with March 2019 which…
First Top 10 and Top 5 finishes for the Skoda Kamiq in Serbia. According to data by our Central European data partner CE Auto, the Serbian new car market is off -15.7% year-on-year in February to 1.983 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down -20.6% to 3.327. The Fiat 500L (+79.5%)…
The Skoda Octavia holds 8.1% of the Bosnian market in February. Thanks to our partnership with Central European market specialist CE Auto, we can share with you today new car sales for Bosnia & Herzegovina, a market down -32.2% year-on-year to 633 units which leads to a year-to-date tally down -33.3% to…