The Fiat 500 lineup is up to a record 4th place in Germany. 28/11 update: Now with Mercedes EQA, EQB, EQC, EQE and EQS splits. New car sales in Germany rally back up 16.6% year-on-year in October to 208,353 units, keeping in mind October 2021 was down a ghastly -34.9% on the…
The Suzuki Vitara is up to #2 in the Hungarian year-to-date ranking. 16/11 update: Now with Top 100 models The Hungarian new light vehicle market hasn't managed to consistently stay in positive this year with October sales down -9.6% year-on-year to 9,421. The year-to-date tally is now down -11% to 109,240…
The Toyota Aygo X is the best-selling vehicle in Denmark in October. The Danish new car market continues its freefall at -14.3% year-on-year in October to 10,852 units. This is the 8th double-digit fall in the past 9 months and down a ghastly -40.9% on pre-pandemic October 2019. The year-to-date…
The Ford Kuga is the 2nd best-selling vehicle in Croatia in October. The Croatian new car market is up 6.7% year-on-year in October to 3,045 sales, yet the year-to-date tally is still down -3.9% to 38,687 units. The Top 4 brands all vastly outrace the market Volkswagen is up 88.5%…
The Kia Stonic is the most popular vehicle in Cyprus in September. According to our local partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, new car sales in Cyprus gain 16.5% year-on-year to 1,186 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 5.6% to 9,071. The Kia Stonic (+38.9%) claims the pole position this month…
The Suzuki S-Cross is back to #1 in Hungary. 10,988 new light vehicles found a buyer in September in Hungary, a -2.3% year-on-year drop leading to a year-to-date volume down -10.8% over the same period in 2021 to 99,819 units. In the Passenger Cars + Light Commercial Vehicles brands ranking,…
The Citroen Berlingo is up 10-fold year-on-year in September. Whereas most of the European market is in positive, new car sales in Slovenia drop a worrying -8.5% year-on-year in September to 3,776 units. This means the year-to-date tally is now off -14.7% to 36,758. Atop the brands ranking, Volkswagen (+10%)…
The VW ID.4 ranks #2 in Ireland in September. Picture completecar.ie It's a second consecutive month of double-digit gains for Irish new car sales: after soaring +36.6% in August, the market is up an even more impressive 42.3% in September to 6,330 registrations. This leads to a year-to-date volume virtually…
The Tesla Model Y is the first EV to rank #1 in Germany. Picture autobild.de 224,816 new cars hit German roads in September, a 14.1% year-on-year uptick. However let's remember September 2021 was off -25.7% on the year prior so a weak comparison base. The year-to-date volume is now down -7.4%…
The Kia Niro is the best-selling vehicle in Sweden in September. Swedish new car sales fall back into negative in September at -2.6% year-on-year to 22,048 units. The year-to-date volume is now off -11.9% to 204,640. Rechargeable cars are up 2% to hold a 55% market share vs. 53.9% a…
Toyota Voxy sales are up 174.7% year-on-year in September. The Japanese new vehicle market manages its first year-on-year since June 2021 this month with a very robust +24.1% to 395,163 units. However keep in mind September 2021 was down -32.2% over the prior year so we're still evolving at below pre-Covid volumes.…
The Nissan Qashqai is the #1 vehicle in the UK in September. Picture autocar.co.uk During the all-important licence plate change month of September, UK new car sales gain 4.6% year-on-year to 225,269 units. This is according to SMMT. Although commendable, this is however down a massive -31.3% on September 2020…
The Peugeot 3008 helps Peugeot up 104.3% in August. Picture newsauto.gr The Greek new car market surges 39.7% year-on-year in August to 8,658 registrations, meaning the year-to-date tally now edges down just -1.1% to 74,330. Toyota (+8.4%) trails the market by a large margin yet easily tops the brands ranking…
The Dacia Sandero repeats at #1 in Austria in August. The Austrian new car market edges up 0.5% year-on-year in August to 17,814 sales, leading to a year-to-date volume down -17.2% to 142,474. Volkswagen (+3.5%) easily holds onto the top spot with 17.7% share, way above its YTD level of 14.4%.…
The Kia Ceed is the best-selling vehicle in Hungary in August. New light vehicle sales in Hungary (PC+LCV) edge up 0.6% year-on-year in August to 11,593 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -11.8% to 88,831. The Top 5 YTD brands remain unchanged with Toyota in first place with 12.1% share above…