Mercedes is the most popular carmaker in Singapore in January. Lunar New Year falling in January this year means Singapore new car sales dive -39.1% year-on-year to just 5.029. We have a surprise brand leader: Mercedes (-4.3%) snapping its first win in exactly five year (since January 2015) at a…
The Genesis GV80 has landed in South Korea. 5/03 update: Now with Top 10 foreign models. The South Korean new car market drops a steep -14.7% year-on-year in January to just 115.768 registrations including 99.602 local models (-15.2%) and 16.166 foreigners (-11.2%). Brand leader Hyundai (-19.2%) is hit very hard…
The Suzuki SX4 S-Cross is up 85.6% to #2 in Hungary in 2019. Discover over 25 years worth of Hungarian Historical Data here. In 2019 new car sales in Hungary continue on an extremely impressive streak of 6 consecutive years of double-digit gains and 9 straight years of gains at…
The Hyundai Grandeur scores a third straight year at #1 in South Korea. Discover 25 years of South Korean Historical Data here. The South Korean new light vehicle market edges down -1.9% year-on-year in 2019 to 1.772.277 units. Hyundai (+2.8%) swims upstream and improves its already mammoth market share by…
Both the Peugeot 2008 II and Renault Captur II now outsell their predecessors at home. 21/01/20 update: Now with Top 315 All-models. Like in November, this month the French new car market is biased by rushed registrations as cars registered after Jan. 1 count toward the EU's fleet emissions target of…
The 4th generation should enable the Skoda Octavia to cement its win in 2020. Discover close to 45 years of Austria Historical Data here. It's a second consecutive year of decline for the Australian new car market with 2019 sales down -3.4% to 329.389 units. Brand leader Volkswagen (-7.5%) falls twice…
The VW T-Roc scores its first Top 10 finish at home at #6. Discover 75 years worth of German Historical data here. The German new car market is back on the up for the 5th time in the past 6 years with sales up 5% year-on-year to 3.607.258 units, ending the decade…
The Ford Ranger tops the New Zealand charts for the 5th straight year Discover over 45 years of New Zealand Historical Data here. 2019 brings an end to a run of five consecutive record years in New Zealand, with sales down -4.3% to 154.479 units, the lowest annual volume since…
The Ford Focus returns to the UK podium in 2019. Discover 55 years of UK Historical Data here. 04/03 update: Now with the Top 215 models. 09/01 update: Now with the Top 23 All LCV brands and Top 10 LCV models. The UK market endures a third straight year of…
The Peugeot 3008 signs its first ever podium finish in Turkey. The October 2019 article has now been updated with correct models data. After posting two months of very encouraging gains (+82.3% in September and +127.5% in October), the Turkish new car market cuts short any hope of further improvement…
Dacia retains control of the Bulgarian brands charts in 2019. Consult 40 years of Bulgarian Historical Data here. 2019 marks a full decade of growth for new car sales in Bulgaria at +7.8% to 44.469 units. A caveat to this extended period of growth is the fact that as much as…
MG sales are up 31.1% in a market down -16.2%. New vehicle sales in Thailand endure a 6th consecutive year-on-year drop and 2nd double-digit one in the past 3 months in November at a ghastly -16.2% to 79.299 registrations. This is the largest year-on-year fall since May 2015 (-19%), tilting the year-to-date…
The striking new Hyundai Grandeur is #1 in South Korea in November. 22/01/20 update: Now with Top 85 foreign models. 17/12/19 update: Now with Top 10 foreign models. The South Korea new car market remains muted in November at -1.7% to 159.447 registrations, with local carmakers dropping -4.2% to 133.33…
Audi Q3 sales soar 453.6% thanks to the new model. New car sales in Switzerland edge up 0.5% to 24.228 units in November, leading to a year-to-date tally up 1.6% to 276.641. However 4x4 sales soar +14.9% for the month to 13.446 and 55.5% share vs. 48.5% in November 2018,…
Sharp fleet deals on the outgoing generation ahead of the December launch of the new model (pictured) propel the Ford Kuga to #3 in Germany. New car sales in Germany continue to recover from particularly paltry year-ago post-WLTP sales with November registrations up 9.7% year-on-year to 299.127 units, leading to…