The Dacia Sandero is the third best-selling vehicle with private buyers in August. Private buyers bought 68,865 new cars in August, a -18% year-on-year fall. This represents a 34.9% Private Sales Ratio (PSR) vs. 30.7% a year ago in August 2023. Year-to-date, private sales are up 1.9% to 619,848 or…
The Skoda Enyaq is the best-selling vehicle in Denmark in August. The Danish new car market skids -4.9% year-on-year in August to 12,854 registrations. This means the year-to-date tally is now up 1.5% to 110,694. The Top 3 carmakers all deliver outstanding results with double-digit gains. Volkswagen is up 88.6%…
The Opel Astra outsells the VW Golf for the first time in over 32 years. It's a bloodbath this month for German new car sales, down -27.8% year-on-year in August to just 197,322. This mediocre result tilts the year-to-date tally into negative at -0.3% to 1,907,226. We are now -37%…
The Mazda3 is up to #15 in August. New car sales in Poland edge up 2.4% year-on-year in August to 36,324 units. This brings the year-to-date total up 14.9% to 349,310. Toyota (-18.2%) and Kia (-13.6%) are both hit hard year-on-year and rank #1 and #3 respectively. However their market…
The Tesla Model Y is back atop the Swedish charts. It's another difficult month for Swedish new car sales, off -20.3% year-on-year in August to 19,036 units. This brings the year-to-date volume to -7.8% and 167,667 registrations. Rechargeable cars hold a 56% market share this month, vs. 60.1% in August…
The Kia Sportage is up to 5th place Europe-wide in July. 27/08 update: Now with Top 93 All brands and Top 509 All models. According to data by JATO Dynamics, the European new car market (28 countries) is up 1.5% year-on-year in July to 1.03 million units. The year-to-date tally…
Cupra Born German private buyers bought 81,486 new cars in July, a 34.2% private sales ratio (PSR) and a 7.4% year-on-year improvement. The July 2023 PSR was 31.2%. Year-to-date, total private sales add up to 550,589 for a 32.2% PSR vs. 31.9% a year ago and a 5.2% year-on-year lift. The…
The Kia Stonic is back to the Cyprus top spot in July. According to our local partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, the Cyprus new car market is off a harsh -19.3% year-on-year to 1,360 units. The year-to-date tally however up 8.9% to 10,150. Kia (-38.9%) easily remains on top of the…
Skoda Karoq sales are up 105.9% in July. Photo: Jan Bürgermeister 238,263 new cars found a German buyer in July, a disappointing -2.1% year-on-year drop and -28.4% below the pre-pandemic levels of July 2019 (332,788). The year-to-date tally is up 4.3% to 1,709,904 and -21.6% below the first 7 months of…
The Volvo XC40 is up to a record 4th place in July. It's a 24th consecutive month of growth for the UK new car market with sales up 2.5% year-on-year in July to 147,517. The YTD total is up 5.5% to 1,154,280. The trend towards fleet sales continues this month…
Toyota sales are up 16.4% year-on-year in June 02/08 update: Now updated with Top 93 All brands and Top 504 All models. According to preliminary data by ACEA, the European new car market (EU+EFTA+UK) is up 3.6% year-on-year in June to 1,310,989 sales, leading to a H1 2024 tally up…
The VW ID.3 is the favourite of German private customers in June. In June, 94,253 new cars were sold to German private customers, that's a 31.7% ratio and +9.6% year-on-year improvement. The Private Sales Ratio (PSR) was 30.7% in June 2023. Halfway through the year, German private sales are up…
The Hyundai Tucson is the best-selling model in Cyprus for the third month running. Data by our local partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT has the Cyprus new car market up a sturdy 28.6% year-on-year in June to 1,417 sales, leading the H1 2024 up 15.1% to 8,790. The Top 3 carmakers…
Toyota Land Cruiser sales are up 16.2% year-on-year in June. Sales include the 70, 250 and 300 Series New vehicle sales in Japan lose a moderate -4.9% year-on-year in June to 373,599 units. However the H1 2024 tally is off -13.2% or over 323,000 sales to 2,127,448. Toyota (-14.6%) endures…
Tesla Model 3 sales are up 157.5% year-on-year in June. Note: May 2024 rankings are also included in the data section of this article. Danish May new car sales edge up 4% year-on-year to 14,572 and 1.2% year-to-date to 66,816. Volkswagen (+32%) takes the lead above Audi (+2.3%) and Toyota…