The Skoda Octavia is the best-selling model in Poland for the 2nd straight month. New car sales in Poland are up a very satisfying 11.8% year-on-year in July to 56,205 units, bringing the year-to-date tally up 9.7% to 368,253. Toyota (-7.1%) continues to dominate the brands charts with 13% share…
Now that we covered the UK market for July, it’s time to go into the detail of UK nations. This month England is up 10.7% to 133,919 units, Northern Ireland up 16.5% to 3,723, Scotland up 16.2% to 12,848 and Wales up 21.5% to 5,571. Year-to-date, England fares best at…
The Jaecoo 5 is up to 7th place in the UK in July. Another excellent month for new car sales in the UK with July volumes up 11.7% year-on-year to 156,571 units, the best performance for the month since 2020 and marking an 8th consecutive month of year-on-year growth. The…
The Foxtron Bria is the most popular BEV at home in July. 38,657 new cars hit Taiwanese roads in July, up 8.9% year-on-year, however keep in mind July 2025 was a particularly bad month at -22.3% on the year prior. The year-to-date tally after 7 months adds up to 240,935…
The BYD Seal U is the best-selling vehicle in Iceland in July. 1,149 new cars found a buyer in Iceland in July, a steep -12.4% year-on-year fall. The year-to-date tally is now off -5.5% to 8,645. In the brands charts, BYD (+76.2%) spectacularly takes the overall lead for the first…
The Tesla Model Y is by far the best-selling vehicle in Colombia in June. The Colombian new vehicle market continues to soar, with June sales up another 61.6% year-on-year to 29,086. This way the year-to-date tally is now up 50.3% to 157,869. The market is fragmenting, with the Top 4…
Jetour sales are up 29.2% in a market down -26.4% New light vehicle sales in Iraq tumble down -26.4% year-on-year over H1 to 59,006. Kia (-27.8%) stays atop the brands charts but sees its share thaw slightly to 28.1%. On the other hand Toyota (-24.3%) grows to 22.1% from 21.4%…
First Top 20 finish for the Jaecoo J5 in New Zealand. The New Zealand new vehicle market soars 13.4% year-on-year in June to 13,440 units, leading to a year -to-date tally up 12.5% to 71,476. Sales of passenger cars are up 20.9% for the month to 9,963 whereas commercials drop…
The Ford Tourneo/Transit Custom is up to #6 in Slovakia in June. New car sales in Slovakia progress 6.1% year-on-year in June to 9,339 units, however the H1 tally is in negative at -3.6% to 43,504. Skoda (-5.2%) can't capitalise on the market's growth but stays the faraway leader with…
The Geely EX5 is the best-selling vehicle in Moldova for the third straight month. Data by our Central European partner CE Auto shows a Moldovan new car market surging 26.6% year-on-year in June to 1,147 units. This way, the year-to-date tally is up 25.6% to 5,915. For the first time,…
VW Tiguan sales triple year-on-year over Q2. According to local consultancy DesRosiers Automotive, new light vehicles sales in June end a streak of 8 consecutive year-on-year declines with a 1.9% uptick to 182,000 units, with one extra selling day. The SAAR stands at 1.84 million, here too stopping a negative…
The Jaecoo 8 is #4 in Israel over Q2. According to our local partner cartube.co.il, the Israeli new car market surges 93.1% year-on-year in June to 32,876 units. The Q2 2026 result is up 32.2% to 81,671 and the H1 2026 tally is up 10.8% to 176,859. In the brands…
The BYD Dolphin is the 2nd best-selling foreign model in South Korea in June. The South Korean new light vehicle market is up by a robust 9.5% year-on-year in June to 159,348 units. This is divided into 121,289 units (+3%) for local carmakers and 38,059 (+37%) for foreigners. The H1…
The Nissan Qashqai is #1 in Hungary over H1 but 80% are reexported. 15,100 new passenger cars were registered in Hungary in June, a fantastic +31.2% year-on-year improvement. The year-to-date tally halfway through the year stands at 74,905, up 13.3% on H1 2025. Including LCV the June tally is 17,686…
The Tesla Model Y is the best-selling vehicle in the UK in June. 11/07 update: Now with H1 2026 Top 10 LCV models. New car sales in the UK are up a very satisfying +11.4% year-on-year in June to 213,166 units. This is the market's first time above the 200,000…