The Opel Corsa is the best-selling vehicle in Greece in June. The Greek new car market bounces back up 68.2% year-on-year in June to 13.875 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally up 59.6% to 58.362. Sales have returned to pre-pandemic levels, with June 2021 actually up 5.6% on June 2019 (13.133)…
The VW T-Cross is the best-selling vehicle in Slovenia in June. Slovenia is a rare European market to show a year-on-year decline in June at -21.1% to 5.176 units. The year-to-date tally is now up 10.7% to 31.009 sales. Brand leader Volkswagen (+39.4%) vastly outpaces the market to hit 20.2%…
The Fiat 500 lineup ranks #1 both in June and year-to-date in Austria. The Austrian new car market edges down -2.2% year-on-year in June to 26.075, a poor result as June 2020 was already down -18% on the year prior. The year-to-date tally is now up 19.2% to 134.396. Atop…
The Opel Corsa is the best-selling vehicle in Croatia in June. New car sales in Croatia bounce back up 67.1% year-on-year in June to 6.936 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 49.7% to 26.103. However June 2021 volumes remain down -15.8% on the pre-pandemic levels of June 2019 and…
The Tesla Model 3 breaks into the German Top 10 for the first time in June. New car sales in Germany are up 24.5% year-on-year in June to 274.152, leading to a year-to-date tally up 14.9% to 1.390.889. However when comparing this score with pre-pandemic June 2019, the market remains down…
The VW Polo is the best-selling vehicle in Ireland in June. New car sales in Ireland shoot up 174.7% year-on-year in June to 2.764 units, logically the weakest month of the year so far as car buyers wait for the July licence plate change to register their car. The year-to-date…
The Skoda Enyaq breaks into the German Top 50 in May. The German new car market is up 37.2% year-on-year in May to 230.635 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 12.8% to 1.116.737. However when comparing with pre-pandemic May 2019, sales are down a steep -30.7% on the 332.962 units of…
The Dacia Duster is equal #1 in Croatia in May. New car sales in Croatia bounce back up 106.3% year-on-year to 4.483 units but remain down a harsh -51% on two years ago (9.149). Granted, the 2019 comparison base is particularly high as this was the largest monthly volume of…
The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling vehicle in Ireland in May. New car sales in Ireland bounce back up 241.6% year-on-year in May to 5.947 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 17.8% to 61.132. However May sales are down -6.1% on two years ago in May 2019 (6.331) while the…
Volkswagen sales are up 175.4% year-on-year in Turkey. Picture sabah.com.tr 7/06 update: Now with Top 25 models. New light vehicle sales in Turkey are up 132.4% year-on-year in April to 61.488 units. This ends three consecutive months of all-time record results but still marks the highest April volume since 2018…
The VW T-Roc is the best-selling vehicle in Austria for the first time. New car sales in Austria rally back up 97.6% year-on-year in April to 22.296 registrations, lifting the year-to-date tally up 30.1% to 85.818. Note April 2021 volumes remain down a harsh -30.2% on April 2019. Volkswagen (+133.8%)…
The VW T-Cross is #1 in Slovenia in April. The Slovenian new car market shoots up 131.9% year-on-year in April to 4.281 sales, lifting the year-to-date volume up 25.8% to 20.572. Note April 2021 volumes remain markedly down on the pre-pandemic levels of two years ago at -33.6% vs. April 2019…
The Citroen C3 is the #1 vehicle in Denmark in April. Picture hvilkenbill.dk The Danish new car market is up 52.2% year-on-year in April to 15.526 units, tilting the year-to-date tally into positive territory at +0.6% and 59.423 sales. Volkswagen (+28.2%) significantly trails the market but remains the most popular…
The Croatian new car market surges 284.2% year-on-year in April to 4.165 units but remains down a steep -51.7% on two years ago. At 14.684 units, the year-to-date tally is now up 32.1% on the same period in 2020 but down -29% on 2019. Both Volkswagen (+188.7%) and Skoda (+187%)…
The VW Golf is down to just 3.1% share at home. New car sales in Germany bounce back up 90% year-on-year in April to 229.650 units, however this is down -26.1% on the 310.715 sales of two years ago in April 2019. The year-to-date tally is now in positive at +7.8%…