The Kia Xceed breaks into the Polish passenger car Top 30 in February. The Polish new car market sinks -11.8% year-on-year in February to 43.154 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down -13.2% to 87.020. When looking at passenger cars only, sales are down -11.7% in February to 37.900 and down…
The Citroen C3 misses out on its first Finnish Top 10 for just one sale. 15/03: Now with the Top 70 models. The Finnish new car market steps up 2.1% year-on-year in February to 8.118 units, one of the rare European markets so far to inch a year-on-year gain this…
1 in every 4 Nissans sold in Bulgaria is reexported to other EU markets. The Bulgarian new car market continues to freefall in February at -17.9% year-on-year to just 2.575 registrations, pulling the market down -16.5% to 5.494. This particularly severe correction can in fact be traced to a somewhat…
Renault Captur sales triple year-on-year in Switzerland. New car sales in Switzerland drop -13.8% year-on-year in February to 19.108 units, pulling the year-to-date volume down -12.1% to 37.896. 4x4 sales drop -12.3% to 9.759 and 51.1% share vs. 50.2% in February 2019, leading to a YTD tally down -8.7% to…
The Corsa surges 259.8% in February, lifting Opel up 64.5%. New car sales in Denmark sink another -19.5% year-on-year in February to just 15.005 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down a steep -15.7% to 33.676. Brand leader Volkswagen (-28%) falls even faster than the market but manages to hold onto…
Seat sales surge 23.4% year-on-year and the Arona is up 46.7%. 11/03 update: Now with Top 50 Private sales models. The German new car market skids down -10.8% year-on-year in February to 239.943 units, the largest and only double-digit drop among the main European markets in February. It brings the…
The Hyundai Kona signs its first Top 10 finish in Romania. New car sales in Romania implode -26.8% year-on-year in February to 8.836 units, pulling the year-to-date volume down -18.1% to 21.325. The same way as homegrown market leader Dacia was responsible for the 37.5% market surge a year ago…
Peugeot 3008 sales surge 261.5% in Estonia in January. New car sales in Estonia drop -4.9% year-on-year to 1.753 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -2.9% to 4.047. Note our year-ago figures have now been updated with actuals which is the reason behind the slight difference with our 2019…
The Norwegian new car market drops -6.8% year-on-year in February to 10.346 registrations, tilting the year-to-date tally into negative at -1% to 19.907. Zero-emission cars (EVs) are up 13.9% year-on-year to 5.145 and 49.7% share vs. 40.6% in February 2019, hybrid sales are up 15.9% to 3.047 and 29.5% share…
The VW Tiguan is the best-selling vehicle in Ireland in February. The Irish new car market accelerates its fall in 2019 with February deliveries down -7.8% year-on-year to 13.906, leading to a year-to-date tally down -4.8% to 45.086. Volkswagen (-12.9%) is back in charge in the brands ranking despite a steep…
Kia has sold 76.588 units in India in 7 months, including 74.518 Seltos. It's another weak month for Indian new car wholesales, down -7.2% year-on-year to an estimated 252.400 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down -6.3% to 517.396. As the market was bracing for a transition towards stricter BS6 anti-pollution…
The Toyota RAV4 is up to a record 2nd place in Australia in February. Now updated with the Top 290 All-models. Drought, bushfires, floods and now growing coronavirus concerns have all combined to tear down the Australian new car market, February (-8.2%) marking a 23rd straight month of decline at…
The Hyundai i30 is up 72.7% year-on-year in February. New car sales in the Czech Republic accelerate their fall in February at -7.8% to 17.377 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down -4.2% to 36.509. Homegrown brand leader Skoda (-2.7%) resists better than the market but sees its share thaw from…
Seat posts the largest year-on-year gain among the Top 15 brands. Thanks to our partnership with cartube.co.il we can share with you today February brands data for Israel, models data is a quarterly occurrence. Israeli new car sales edge up 1.4% year-on-year in February to 24.861 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 5.7%…
The Kia Stonic soars to an all-time record 12th place in Spain in February. The Spanish new car market slightly slows down its fall in February at -5.1% to 98.221 registrations, the slowest February since 2016. The year-to-date tally is now down -6.2% to 187.871. Once again the reading by…