The Skoda Octavia remains the best-selling vehicle in Austria. Discover close to 45 years of Austria Historical Data here. New car sales in Austria drop -24.5% year-on-year in 2020 to 248.740 units. Volkswagen (-27.3%) sees its market share fall slightly at 15.4% but remains by far the most popular carmaker in…
The Renault Zoe breaks into the German Top 10 for the first time in October. Picture autobild.de After registering their first uptick of the year in September (+8.4%), German new car sales tilt back into negative in October at -3.6% to 274.303 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -23.4% to…
The Nissan Juke is the best-selling vehicle in Cyprus in August. As we detailed in our Europe August 2020 update, Cyprus is the only European market in positive in August at +14.1% and 729 registrations according to our data partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT. This brings the year-to-date tally to 6.677 units,…
The Peugeot 2008 smashes its European ranking record at #7. Picture quattroruote.it 31/08 update: Now with Top 353 All-models. 28/08 update: Now with final Top 55 All-brands and Top 100 models. As you have already tracked on our Live COVID-19 Dashboard, the European new car market has spectacularly stabilised in July, posting…
The VW T-Roc secures its very first Top 10 finish in Poland. New car sales in Poland are off another -14% year-on-year in July to 41.323 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -31.9% to 218.123. Skoda (-3.3%) resists well and reclaims the brands YTD top spot off Toyota (-3.9%)…
Skoda leaps onto the European podium for the first time in history and the Octavia is up to a record 2nd place overall. 03/06 update: Now with final figures for the Top 100 models (JATO) 29/05 update: Now with Top 55 All-brands and Top 365 All-models (JATO). Final figures for…
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…