The Skoda Octavia is the #1 vehicle in Switzerland for the 4th year running. Discover 50 years worth of Switzerland Historical Data here. The Swiss new car market drops -24% year-on-year in 2020 to 236.828 registrations. Volkswagen (-23.3%) roughly follows the market evolution to remain the favourite carmaker in the…
The Audi Q3 is the best-selling vehicle in Switzerland for the 2nd month running. Note the data section of this article includes complete October figures. In November, new car sales in Switzerland manage to contain their loss to -5.7% at 22.846 units, meaning this is the first single-digit drop of the year…
Mercedes hits what we believe is its highest ever market share in Switzerland. The Swiss new car market remains in the rut in September, recording a depressing 9th consecutive month of double-digit year-on-year fall at -11.4% to 21.454 units. This leads to a year-to-date volume down -27.7% to 163.556. 4x4 sales…
The Mercedes GLA is up 69.9% to 5th place in Switzerland. Switzerland endures an 8th consecutive month of double-digit year-on-year declines in August at -16.3% to 16.260 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -29.7% to 142.102. In August 4x4 sales drop -18.2% to 7.706 and 47.4% share vs. 48.5%…
The Audi Q3 shoots up 56% to #5 in June. The Swiss new car market drastically slows down its fall in June, going from -50.5% last month to -13.8% and 24.477 units. The year-to-date tally is now down -34.3% to 103.201. However alternatively fuelled vehicles shoot up 65.1% year-on-year in…
Mercedes GLE sales are up 188.6% in a market down -50.5%. The Swiss new car market goes from -67.2% in April to -50.5% year-on-year in May at 13.890 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down -38.8% to 78.724. 4x4 sales follow the market at -50.7% to 6.840 and 49.2% share vs. 49.4%…
The BMW X3 is the 2nd best-selling vehicle in Switzerland in April. The Swiss new car market is shot down -67.2% year-on-year to 9.382 units by COVID-19 disruption, pulling the year-to-date tally down -35.6% to 64.834 sales. 4x4 sales almost match the market at -66.9% to 4.885 units and 52.1%…
The Porsche Taycan breaks into the Swiss Top 100 in March. The Swiss government has so far avoided imposing strict lockdown measures to its population, instead opting for the ban of all events with more than 1.000 participants on February 28 - which triggered the cancellation of the Geneva Auto…
Renault Captur sales triple year-on-year in Switzerland. New car sales in Switzerland drop -13.8% year-on-year in February to 19.108 units, pulling the year-to-date volume down -12.1% to 37.896. 4x4 sales drop -12.3% to 9.759 and 51.1% share vs. 50.2% in February 2019, leading to a YTD tally down -8.7% to…
The Volvo XC40 hits its highest ever Swiss ranking at #5. The Swiss new car market drops -10.2% year-on-year in January to 18.788 units. 4x4 sales are down -4.9% to 10.155 for a much improved 54.1% share vs. 51% a year ago, while alternatively fuelled registrations shoot up 110.4% to…
The Tesla Model 3 topped the Swiss charts in March and December 2019. Discover 50 years worth of Switzerland Historical Data here. New car sales in Switzerland bounce back up 3.9% year-on-year in 2019 to 311.466 registrations, helped by strong 4x4 sales up 8.9% to 160.078 and 51.4% share vs.…
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,…
The Mercedes GLC is up to #3 in Switzerland in October. The Swiss new car market bounces back up 14.5% year-on-year in October on weak year-ago post-WLTP volumes to 26.103 registrations, lifting the year-to-date tally up 1.7% to 252.413. After a two-month interruption by Mercedes (+10.7%), Volkswagen (+31.8%) reclaims the…
The Opel Crossland X secures its first podium finish in Switzerland. New car sales in Switzerland are back up 18.7% year-on-year in September to 24.219 on weak post-WLTP year-ago volumes, tilting the year-to-date tally back into positive territory at +0.4% to 226.310 units. 4x4 sales follow the market at +17.9%…
The Fiat 500 scores its first Swiss podium in August. As is the case for most of the European Union his month, the Swiss new car market endures a -9.5% year-on-year fall in August to 19.437 sales as year-ago volumes were artificially propped up by pre-WLTP stock clearances. The year-to-date…