The Fiat Strada is by far the best-selling vehicle in Brazil this month. The Brazilian new light vehicle market bounces back up 219.2% year-on-year on lockdown year-ago volumes to 163.902 units, tilting the year-to-date tally into positive at +13.3% and 661.757 registrations. April 2021 however remains down -25.9% on the…
The Seat Arona is #1 at home for the first time. The Spanish new car market surges 1787% year-on-year in April to 78.595, a meaningless growth figure that reflects the strict lockdown of April 2020 when only 4.163 vehicles were registered. The year-to-date volume is now up 18.8% to 264.655…
The Renault Clio is the best-selling vehicle in Slovenia in March. As a result of Covid-19 dealership closures, March 2020 sales were down -62.4% on the year prior and logically this year they rebound back up 157.6% to 7.067, tilting the year-to-date tally into positive at +12.3% and 16.291 units.…
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…
Nissan (+17.4%) posts the largest year-on-year gain among the Top 15 brands. Picture autocar.jp New vehicle sales in Japan gain 5.4% year-on-year in March to 613.003 units, leading to a Q1 2021 tally up 4.2% to 1.429.743. Brand leaders Toyota (+6.6%) and Suzuki (+8.2%) both advance faster than the market…
The Skoda Octavia remains the best-selling vehicle in Croatia. Picture sata24.hr New car sales in Croatia are up 52.9% year-on-year in March to 4.165 units, however March 2020 was down -46% on the year prior and as a result this month's sales remain down -17.4% on two years ago in…
Toyota sales are up 7.6% in 2020, partly thanks to the new RAV4. We're catching up on lost time today with full monthly September to December 2020 China retail sales data available as well as Full Year 2020. BSCB is the only non-Chinese medium to cover both wholesales (ex-factory shipments)…
The Skoda Octavia remains the best-selling vehicle in Slovenia. The Slovenian new car market drops -12.9% year-on-year in February to 4.833 registrations, leading to a year-to-date volume down -21.6% to 9.224. Volkswagen (-24.9%) remains the best-seller in the country despite losing almost twice as much ground year-on-year as the market overall.…
VW T-Cross sales are up 138.1% year-on-year in February in Austria. The Austrian new car market dramatically slows down its fall in February at -5.7% year-on-year to 19.863 registrations, leading to a year-to-date volume down -22.8% to 33.996. Volkswagen (-5.3%) almost matches the market to easily retain the brands top…
Fiat Strada sales are up 80.6% year-on-year in February. New light vehicle sales in Brazil drop -17.8% year-on-year in February to 158.237 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -14.8% to 320.793. Fiat (+26.2%) continues to be completely oblivious to the market decline and simply scores the largest and only…
The Skoda Octavia is the best-selling vehicle in Slovenia in January. New car sales in Slovenia drop -29.3% year-on-year in January to 4.391 units. Brand leader Volkswagen (-29.2%) follows the market to a strong 18% share vs. 16.1% over FY2020 while Skoda (-0.7%) manages to stabilise its sales to shoot…
The Toyota Hilux remains the most popular vehicle in South Africa. Picture wheels24.co.za Discover over 45 years of South African Historical Data here. The South African new vehicle market is down -29.1% year-on-year in 2020 to 380.449 units, a level last seen in the early 2000s. Passenger cars are off…
The Jeep Renegade is the best-selling vehicle in Cyprus in January. According to our Cyprus partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, the new car market is down -27.9% year-on-year in January to 841 units. Being a small market, the models ranking is very volatile and reshuffled virtually each month. In January the…
The Fiat 500 is the best-selling vehicle in Croatia in January. The Croatian new car market starts the year off -19.7% year-on-year in January to 2.915 registrations. Brand leader Volkswagen (-5%) keeps its loss in check to advance to 22.3% share vs. 15.6% over the Full Year 2020 whereas Skoda…
The Kia Stonic is the best-selling vehicle in Cyprus in 2020. Discover 15 years worth of Cyprus Historical Data here. Thanks to our partnership with SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, we can share with you today annual sales for Cyprus, a market down -18% year-on-year in 2020 to 9.993 registrations. The models ranking…