The Toyota RAV4 is #1 in Cyprus in April. Cyprus has managed to contain the spread of the coronavirus, with 916 cases as of May 18 vs. 750 as of April 17. But quarantine measures mean its new car market is hit as hard as the rest of Europe, with…
BMW manages to contain its loss to -49.9% in Germany in April. 12/05 update: Now with Top 50 brands, Top 300 All-models and Top 285 private sales. Under a national COVID-19 curfew since March 22 and up until April 20 when showrooms around the country started reopening, German new car…
The Renault Duster is the best-selling vehicle in Ukraine in March. As of March 31, there were only 669 reported COVID-19 cases in Ukraine, and although some restrictive measures were taken the new car market wasn't much affected at -14.8% year-on-year in March to 6.244 units. The year-to-date tally remains in…
Audi Q2L sales are up 79.8% year-on-year in March. Our selection of vehicles in China in March show retail sales drop -34.9% year-on-year to 1.026.653 units, a significantly slimmer fall than wholesales (-43.3%). As a result the Q1 volume is now down -42.6% to 2.947.341. For the past two years, BSCB…
Mercedes manages the only single-digit drop in the Top 20. After strict lockdowns stifled February wholesales down -79.1% and just as the rest of the world gets hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chinese new vehicle market is already bouncing back quite spectacularly, as we already mentioned in the past week.…
The BMW 3 Series signs its first German podium since September 2013. 15/04 update: Now with Top 300 All Private Sales models. Germany has been under a national curfew since March 22, later than neighbouring countries which has allowed its new car market a little more breathing space in March.…
The Jeep Renegade is up to a record 11th place in Croatia in March. Croatia was weighted down by two emergency situations in March. On March 17, Croatian Prime Minister Plenković announced the closure of most public venues and shops, severely curtailing car showroom activity, in order to limit the spread…
The Peugeot 308 is up to #2 in Latvia so far in 2020. According to data shared with us by our partner JATO Dynamics, over the first two months of the year the Latvian new car market edges down -1.4% to 2.803 units with January down -3.6% to 1.484 and…
The Kia Rio is the best-selling model in Cyprus in February. Thanks to our partnership with SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, we can share with you today new car sales figures for Cyprus, one of the rare European markets in frank positive at +16.2% to 1.012 registrations for February and +16.1% to…
1 in every 7 new cars sold in Wales in February is a Vauxhall Corsa. Thanks to our partnership with SMMT we can share with you the Top 10 best-sellers for all UK nations in February. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures are included in…
The BMW (+15.1%) is inside the Austrian Top 20 in January. New car sales in Austria drop a steep -9.1% year-on-year in January to 22.959 registrations. The entire brands podium falls faster than the market: Volkswagen (-11.4%) distances Skoda (-13.7%) and Seat (-12.3%) exactly like the FY2019 order. BMW (+20%),…
Range Rover Evoque sales are up 33.7% to break into the Top 20. The UK Full Year 2019 article has now been updated with very rare data covering the Top 215 models. The VW Tiguan turns out to have missed its very first annual Top 10 finish for just 150…
The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling vehicle in Turkey in January. After impressive rebounds last September (+82.3%), October (+127.5%) and to December (+16.5%), the Turkish new light vehicle market confirms it is on the mend with January registrations up 89.7% year-on-year to 27.273 units. Given January 2019 was down 59%,…
The Toyota Corolla is #1 in Finland for the 6th time in the past 7 months. 3/03 update: Now with the Top 60 models. The Finnish new car market remains depressed in this start of 2020 with January registrations down another -8.3% to 10.672 units after January 2019 endured a…
The Toyota RAV4 is the best-selling vehicle in Ukraine in January. The Ukrainian new car market shoots up 34.5% year-on-year in January to 7.072 units. Toyota (+91%) almost doubles its sales year-on-year to easily step up to the brands pole position for the first time since last June with 17.1%…