In 2021, the VW Golf lost the monthly pole position for the first time in almost 30 years. Discover 90 years worth of German Historical data here. New car sales in Germany are down a further -10.1% on a devastated 2020 to just 2,622,132 units, the lowest annual volume in 36 years:…
The Opel Corsa is the best-selling vehicle in Croatia in 2021. Consult 20 years worth for Croatian Historical Data here. After freefalling -42.7% in 2020, new car sales in Croatia rally back up 25.5% year-on-year in 2021 to 45,289 registrations. Brand leaders Volkswagen (+2.6%) and Skoda (-6%) can't catch up…
The Skoda Octavia is #1 in Bosnia Herzegovina despite sales off -66.4%. Thanks to CE Auto we can share with you November data for Bosnia & Herzegovina, a market imploding -43% year-on-year to just 679 registrations, tilting the year-to-date tally into negative territory at -5.1% to 8,072 units. The Skoda Octavia…
The Opel Corsa is the best-selling vehicle in Germany in November. The German new car market is stuck in hell with November sales off another searing -31.7% year-on-year to just 198,258 units, leading to a year-to-date down -8.1% to 2,394,502. We had anticipated a stronger November and therefore we are…
Renault holds 22.5% of the Slovenian market in October. New car sales in Slovenia drop -7.2% year-on-year in October to 4,221 units, that's enough to tilt the year-to-date tally into negative territory at -0.9% to 47,319 sales. Renault (+38.8%) blissfully ignores the negative context to remain in the brands' pole…
The Kia Xceed breaks into the Croatian Top 10 for the first time in October. New car sales in Croatia drop "just" -7.8% year-on-year in October to 2.853 units, however October 2020 was already down -24.6% on the year prior. The year-to-date tally now stand sat 40.245 units, up 28.4%…
Shock: the VW T-Roc is the best-selling vehicle in Germany in October. The German new car market collapses -34.9% year-on-year in October to just 178.683 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally now down -5.2% to 2.196.244 units. As a result we have revised our 2021 Forecast for Germany down from 2.79 million…
The Fiat Panda holds 11% of the Italian market in October. The microchip crisis and lack of significant and generalised incentives means the Italian new car market is accelerating its fall in October to -35.7% at 101.015 units, compared with -33.1% in September and -26.9% in August. The year-to-date volume…
The Kia Ceed ends the month just two sales off a historic pole position. The Slovak new car market drops -8.7% year-on-year in September to 5.797 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally up 5.6% at 58.719 units. Market leader Skoda (-40.9%) freefalls to just 16.3% share vs. 21.3% so far…
The Kia Sportage is the best-selling vehicle in Bosnia & Herzegovina for the first time. Thanks to our partnership with CE Auto we can share with you today Bosnian September data. This market edges down -1.6% year-on-year to 627 registrations, meaning the year-to-date tally is now up 12.3% at 6.689 units. The…
The Renault Clio is the best-selling vehicle in Slovenia in September. The Slovenian new car market is down -7% year-on-year in September to 4.127 registrations, meaning the year-to-date tally is now in negative at -0.3% to 43.098 units. Faithful to its end-of-quarter backloading practice, Renault (+10.2%) defies the depleted environment…
The Kia Stonic is the best-selling vehicle in Cyprus in September. Based on data shared with us by SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, new car sales in Cyprus go against the European trend and manage a 18.1% year-on-year lift to 1.018 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 13.9% to 8.589. The…
Mitsubishi eK sales are up 42% year-on-year. The Japanese new vehicle market crumbles -32.2% year-on-year in September to 318.371 units vs. 459.706 a year ago, leading to a year-to-date tally up 2.3% to 3.480.102 units. We have downgraded our Japan 2021 Forecast to 4.48 million units, tilting into negative at -2%…
The Hyundai HB20 is the best-selling vehicle in Brazil for the first time. The Brazilian market is hit hard by the microchip and parts crisis in September with sales down a damning -28.4% year-on-year to just 142.354. The year-to-date tally is now up 13.2% to 1.469.862 and we have downgraded…
The Dacia Spring is the best-selling BEV in Italy in September. The microchip and parts crisis and the expiration of government incentives have combined to produce a particularly ghastly month in Italy in September with sales plunging -32.5% to 106.345 units. The year-to-date volume is now up 20.9% to 1.176.520.…