The new Hyundai Staria breaks into the Top 15 this month. 15/06 update: Now with Top 50 foreign models. The South Korean new car market drops -12.5% year-on-year in May to 148.225 units, including 124.145 local brands (-15%) and 24.080 foreigners (+3.5%). The year-to-date volume is now up 2.6% to…
The Skoda Karoq is hitting record shares at home. New car sales in the Czech Republic are back up 77.7% year-on-year in April to 18.976 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 12.5% to 68.510. April 2021 volumes remain however down -17.2% on April 2019 pre-pandemic results. Local behemoth Skoda (+85.6%)…
The Hyundai Staria has landed in the South Korean charts... The South Korean new car market edges down -2.5% to 161.179 units on strong Covid recovery year-ago volumes and production disruptions due to the global microchip shortage. The year-to-date tally is now up 7.3% to 592.684. Hyundai (-3.3%) falls slightly…
Skoda sales are up 4-fold in March. Picture automotorsport.com.tr 30/04 update: Now with Top 25 models. It's another record for the Turkish market in March, the third in a row, up a whopping 92.8% year-on-year to 96.428 units which eclipses the previous best of 83.302 in March 2015. The year-to-date…
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 new GV70 helps Genesis break its volume record this month. 13/04 update: Now with Top 50 foreign models. New car sales in South Korea edge down -1.8% year-on-year in March to 168.268 units, with local carmakers down -6.7% to 140.971 but foreigners up 34.4% to 27.297. The year-ago comparison…
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…
Fiat sales are up 85.5% year-on-year in Turkey in February. 26/03 update: Now with Top 25 models. The Turkish new light vehicle market continues on its record streak with sales up 24.1% to 58.504, believed to be a new all-time February high eclipsing the previous best of 57.246 from February 2015.…
The Puma (+252.6%) helps Ford up 57.9% this month. Picture garaz.cz The Czech new car market is down -15.5% year-on-year in February to 14.687 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -19.2% to 29.481. Local behemoth Skoda (-24.1%) loses significantly more ground than its home market and sees its share…
Hyundai Tucson sales are up 282.6% year-on-year in February. A year ago, the South Korean new car market was disrupted by Covid-19 and fell -19.6%. Logically this time, new car sales rally back up 25.6% to 123.646, which is also 1% better than February 2019. This includes 101.356 sales from…
MG breaks its volume, share and ranking records in February. Picture carexpert.com.au The rapid growth the Australian new vehicle market has seen over the past few months is slowing down in February partly due to stock shortages with sales up 5.1% year-on-year to 83.977. It's nevertheless the fourth month of…
BMW is the best-selling carmaker in Belgium for the 5th time in the past year. The Belgian new car market drops -21.9% year-on-year in February to 36.536 registrations, leading to a year-to-date volume down -24.7% to 74.271. BMW (+13.1%) swims upstream to repeat in the pole position at 9.5% share.…
The Peugeot 2008 is the best-selling vehicle in Spain in February. The Spanish new car market continues to struggle in February with sales down -38.4% to 58.279 units, falling to a level not seen in 8 years: since 2013 (58.403). For the first time since 1996, company sales overtake private sales…
The Hyundai Tucson is the most popular new vehicle in Ireland in January. Picture completecar.ie Because of a bi-annual license plate system indicating the year of registration, January is traditionally the strongest month of the year in Ireland, accounting for roughly 30% of annual sales. The market starts in a…
The Mercedes GLB is inside the Czech Top 30 in January. New car sales in the Czech Republic drop -22.7% year-on-year to 14.794 registrations in January. Homegrown brand leader Skoda (-30.8%) falls faster than the market to 38.7% but January 2020 was a particularly high comparison base as it hit…