The Kia Ceed is the best-selling car in Finland in June. The Finnish new car market is up year-on-year for only the 2nd time in 2025 after last April, with sales progressing 10.9% to 7,290. Keep in mind June 2024 was a particularly low comparison base with volume down -26.7%…
The Dacia Sandero reaches its highest ever monthly volume in June. It's another excellent month for new car sales in Spain, up 15.2% year-on-year in June to 119,125 units. This is the best June result since the pre-pandemic June 2019 volume of 134,341 and marks a 10th straight month of…
The Renault Clio leads the way year-to-date. Data by our Central European partner CE Auto shows a North Macedonian new car market shooting up 20% year-on-year in May to 743 units. This means the year-to-date tally is now down just -2.3% to 2,959. The Renault Clio (+133.3%) reclaims the top…
The Dacia Duster remains the most popular vehicle at home despite falling -51.5% The Romanian new car market completely collapses in May at -32.7% year-on-year to just 10,521 sales. The year-to-date volume is now down -12.8% to 54,209. Local behemoth Dacia (-52%) completely freefalls to 25.2% share vs. 27.4% so…
The Renault Clio is up to #4 in Finland in May. After edging into positive territory for the first time in 2025 in April, the Finnish new car market falls back in negative in May at -11.3% year-on-year to 6,700 registrations. The year-to-date volume is off -7.7% to 29,283. Toyota…
The Hyundai i20 is the second best-selling vehicle in Spain in April. The Spanish new car market continues on its solid run this year with April sales up 7.1% year-on-year to 98,522 units. This is an especially good result given April 2024 was already up 23.1% on the year prior.…
The Toyota Corolla is up to #2 in Bosnia & Herzegovina According to data shared with us by our local partner CE Auto, the Bosnian new car market edges up 1.9% year-on-year in January to 783 units. The Skoda Octavia (+57.1%) remains ultra dominant at 7% share. It is followed…
The Toyota Corolla is the most popular vehicle in North Macedonia in November. According to data shared with us by our local partner CE Auto, November new car sales in North Macedonia gain 8.4% year-on-year to 531 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 36.9% to 6,623. This month the…
The Suzuki Vitara lodges its first victory in Croatia in almost 8 years. 4,022 new cars hit Croatian roads in November, a splendid 17.4% year-on-year improvement leading to a year-to-date tally up 12.9% to 60,164. This month Volkswagen (+55.4%) takes the lead of the brands charts thanks to a fantastic…
The Dacia Jogger is up to a record 4th place in November. 10,237 new cars found a buyer in Romania in November, a -8.1% year-on-year loss. This means the year-to-date volume is now up 3% to 137,299. Local behemoth Dacia (-18.3%) is in a bad way, holding 27.6% of its…
Turkiye is the only market in the world where the Peugeot 408 is successful. 97,274 new light vehicles hit Turkish roads in October, a -4% year-on-year decline but still the 2nd biggest October volume in history. As a result, the year-to-date volume is 947,166, off -1.2% on the same period…
BYD holds 2.6% of the Portuguese market in August. The Portuguese new car market drops -9.4% year-on-year in August to 11,822 units. The year-to-date volume is now up 2.5% to 142,789. Peugeot (-15.9%) retains the top spot it holds year-to-date despite a significant dent in its sales. Mercedes (+5.2%) also…
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…
Citroen C3 sales are up 6-fold year-on-year. Next generation pictured. 20,193 new cars found a buyer in Portugal in June, a steep -8.4% year-on-year decline. The H1 2024 tally stands at 116,417, up 5.7% on the same period in 2023. Peugeot (-43.6%) stays on top of the brands charts despite…
The Togg T10X is the 2nd best-selling vehicle in Turkiye in May. The Turkish new light vehicle market confirms its record streak is over with May sales down -9.9% year-on-year to 100,305. Thanks to a solid start of the year the year-to-date volume remains up at +6% to 471,743. The brands…