The Fiat 500 steps up to #3 overall in Portugal in March. The Portuguese new car market dives -10.8% year-on-year in March to 24.900 registrations, pulling the year-to-date volume down -6% to 59.445. Renault (-6.1%) repeats at #1 in the brands ranking, now also taking control YTD (-14.4%) despite a…
Border police fleet sales propel Land Rover sales up 7-fold year-on-year. New car sales in Bulgaria edge down -1.1% year-on-year in March to 3.707 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 1.5% to 10.289. Dacia (+24.6%) and Renault (+10.7%) buck the negative trend with splendid double-digit gains, whereas Skoda (-13.6%) struggles…
The Lada Vesta breaks its volume and share records this month. Government subsidies for lower- priced vehicles launched this month enable the Russian market to return a slim uptick with March registrations up 1.8% to 160.180, however this isn't enough to tilt the YTD volume into positive at -0.6% to 391.650.…
The VW Golf is back up 51.8% year-on-year in Croatia in March. No sign of improvement for new car sales in Croatia, freefalling down -19.9% year-on-year in March to 5.041 registrations, pulling the year-to-date tally down -12.3% to 12.139. Quite strikingly, the entire Top 5 best-selling brands markedly outpace the…
Renault Logan sales surge 140.2% year-on-year in March. New car sales in Brazil suddenly hit the brakes in March, marking the first year-on-year decline since April 2017 (23 months) at -0.2% year-on-year to 199.550 units. Thanks to an outstanding start of the year, the Q1 volume remains largely in positive at…
Suzuki is the only one of the Big 5 carmakers to post a gain in March. As the end of the Japanese Financial Year, March volumes are always 35 to 40% higher than any other month in Japan and therefore is of capital importance. This year Japan new vehicle sales…
Almost 1 in 3 new cars sold in Norway in March is a Tesla Model 3. The Norwegian new car maker shoots up by a whopping 27.6% year-on-year in March to 18.375 registrations, lifting the YTD cume up 13.9% to 38.485. There is one main culprit for this surge: the…
The Mercedes A-Class was the best-selling vehicle in Portugal in January. This article has been updated with complete Top 40 All-brands and Top 250 All-models for January and February. In January, the market gains a sturdy 8.3% year-on-year to 15.684 registrations while in February it recedes at -9.3% to 18.861, tilting…
The T-Roc is helping Volkswagen's return to shape in February. Update 3 (03/04): Now with the Top 360 All-models and Top 55 brands. Update 2 (03/04): The January 2019 article now has a Top 350 All-models and Top 55 brands. Update 1 (27/03): Now with the Top 25 brands and…
The Citroen C3 posts the largest gain in the Top 25 in March. It's a painful 7th straight month of year-on-year decline for Spanish new car sales at -1.3% 126.984 units in March, still the 2nd largest volume for the month in the past 12 years below just last year.…
The Suzuki SX4 S-Cross is the bes-selling vehicle in Hungary in February. New car sales in Hungary continue to gallop ahead at +12.6% to 11.227 units in February, lifting the year-to-date volume up 11% to 20.940. Brand leader Suzuki (+13.4%) just outpaces the market at 1.679 sales, distancing Ford at…
Hyundai sales soar 18.3% with the i30 up 72.3% in Slovakia. The Slovak new car market is down again in February at -2.1% to 7.579 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down 7.1% to 14.675. Brand leader Skoda (-11.7%) underperforms at 18.2% share whereas Hyundai (+18.3%) is in fantastic shape, just…
Toyota outpaces an already very dynamic Thai market both in January (+56.3%) and February (+25.5%). This article has been updated with actuals for the Top 70 models for January and February. In January, the Thai new light vehicle market soars 17.3% year-on-year to 78.061 units. Toyota (+56.3%) brilliantly posts the…
The Suzuki Ciaz is the best-seller in Myanmar in 2018. Myanmar returns to BSCB after an almost three-year hiatus. New car sales in the country are now taking off in a significant way: after gaining 13% in 2017 they more than double in 2018 at +118.6% to 17.982. Brand leader…
The Ertiga helps Suzuki sales surge 35.3% in Mexico this month. After a freak gain last month prompted by a readjustment of Chevrolet sales, the Mexican new light vehicle market returns to the decline that has characterised it for the past 1.5 years with February down -5.5% to 103.692 units…