The Volvo S/V60 holds 8.8% of the Swedish market in March. The Swedish new car market is up by a spectacular 71.7% year-on-year in March to 47.460 units, a new record for the month. Year-to-date sales are now up 37.4% to 90.870. Unlike the markets we've covered so far, the…
The Peugeot 2008 is up 9-fold year-on-year in Sweden in February. Against the European negative trend, new car sales in Sweden lodge another month in positive in February at +5.3% year-on-year to 22.837 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 12.8% to 43.410. This is in part due to particularly…
Toyota RAV4 sales are up 307.2% year-on-year in January. In January, the Swedish new car market soars 22.5% year-on-year on a very low year-ago comparison volume to 20.573 units, equivalent to January 2019 volumes (20.478). After reaching a record 49% in December, rechargeable cars (EV+PHEV) fall back to 33.5% vs.…
The Volvo S/V60 repeats at #1 at home. Discover over 70 years of Swedish Historical Data here The Swedish new car market is off -18.1% year-on-year in 2020 to 291.664 units, keeping in mind 2019 was the third best year in history so a very high comparison base. The main…
The new Volvo XC40 EV has landed in Sweden. In November, the Swedish new car market is down -12.9% year-on-year to 26.571 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -16.4% to 257.362. This month's sluggish result is partly to blame on a high comparison comparison base with November 2019. Back…
The Toyota RAV4 scores the biggest gain in the Top 15 at +92%. New car sales in Sweden flip back into negative territory in October at -5% year-on-year to 28.147 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down -16.8% to 230.791. Thanks to 10.171 sales (+187.7%), once again rechargeable cars hit…
The Toyota RAV4 is up to a record 2nd place in Sweden in September. The Swedish new car market lodges its first year-on-year gain of 2020 in September at +7.3% to 28.719 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -18.2% to 202.644. According to local automaker association BIL Sweden, the…
Kia (+26.3%) posts the largest gain in the Top 20 in July. The Swedish new car market manages to drastically reduce its fall in July to just -4% year-on-year at 22.718 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -22.5% to 148.403. Helping a lot are sales of rechargeable vehicles (EV…
Peugeot (+21.2%) posts the best performance of any Top 15 carmaker. Picture teknikensvarld.se Swedish new car sales slow down their fall in June but still reel from the coronavirus crisis at -22.2% year-on-year to 24.747 units, bringing the H1 2020 volume down -25.1% to 125.685. Rechargeable cars (EV and PHEV)…
Hyundai Kona sales surge 92% in a market down -50.2%. Sweden is the only European country to not have imposed any COVID-19 lockdown on its population over the past few months. As a result, infections and most strikingly deaths have continued to soar: from 4.435 and 180 respectively as of…
The Volvo XC40 is the only Top 8 model to gain volume year-on-year. Faced with the COVID-19 pandemic, Sweden has chosen not to go the lockdown route, instead opting for social distancing recommendations. As a result the confirmed infections and deaths have continued to rise steadily, from 4.435 and 180…
The Kia Stonic breaks into the Swedish Top 10. Picture hogstavaxeln.se Sweden has not ordered its inhabitants to stay-at-home in the face of the coronavirus outbreak with life continuing almost as usual in the country so far, 4.435 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 180 related deaths reported in the country as…
The Volvo XC40 smashes its ranking record at home to hit #2 in February. The Swedish new car market drops -6.3% year-on-year in February to 21.694 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down -11.8% to 38.492. Sales of rechargeable cars (EV+PHEV) surge another 95% in February to 25.1% of the…
The Kia Optima breaks into the Swedish Top 5 for the first time. As expected after an artificial 107.8% surge in December in anticipation of new EU CO2 emissions rules and a new local tax system penalising polluting vehicles, the Swedish new car market is completely depleted in January at…
The Volvo S/V60 scores its first ever annual win at home. Consult 70 years of Swedish Historical Data here As predicted, 2019 ended on an artificial high in Sweden with December sales up 107.8% year-on-year to 47.797 which is the largest December volume in Swedish history. The one and only reason…