The Fiat 500 is the best-selling vehicle in Hungary in May. New Hungarian car and light commercial vehicle sales drop -6.8% year-on-year in May to 11,901 units, leading to a year-to-date volume off -12.7% to 55,521. Data is provided by Datahouse. Toyota (12.1% share) reclaims the lead of the PC+LCV…
The Toyota C-HR is up to a record 2nd place in Poland in May. 34,942 new cars hit Polish roads in May, a -13.2% year-on-year decline that brings the year-to-date tally down -13.7% to 168,850. Toyota (17%) remains ultra dominant yet slightly below its YTD level of 18.4%. Volkswagen surges…
VW T-Roc New car sales in Greece drop -8.9% year-on-year in April to 9,289 units, leading to a year-to-date volume off -5.7% to 31,716. Toyota (+0.2%) goes against the negative trend to cement its leadership in the brands charts with 13.7% share vs. 14.7% YTD. Volkswagen (+49.8%) posts a rare…
The Audi Q3 is the best-selling vehicle in Switzerland in April. New car sales in Switzerland sink -29.1% year-on-year in April to just 15,646 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down -11% to 69,873. BMW (-18.4%) overtakes Volkswagen (-33.8%) to snap the brands pole position for 24 sales at 9.9%…
The VW T-Roc is the best-selling vehicle in Slovenia in April. 3,918 new cars hit Slovenian roads in April 2022, that's a -8.5% year-on-year dip leading to a year-to-date tally off -19% to 16,670. Volkswagen (-11.5%) remains by far the best-selling carmaker here with 15.9% share vs. 14.6% so far…
The VW Taigo follows the same path as the T-Cross in Croatia. 4,470 new cars hit Croatian roads in April, a 7.3% year-on-year improvement which goes against the overall European trend. The year-to-date tally now stands at 14,233 units, down just -3.1% over the same period in 2021. Kia (+126%)…
The Polestar 2 is up to #9 in Denmark in April. The Danish new car market continues to freefall in April: -29% to just 11,015 sales leading to a year-to-date volume off -23.9% to 45,248. Volkswagen (-34.3%) falls even faster than the market which has been the case in a…
The VW Passat is at its best since January 2021. New car sales in Germany are once again hampered by parts shortages and logistics issues stemming from the Covid-19 crisis and the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. April volumes are down another -21.5% year-on-year to 180,264, leading to a year-to-date…
The VW Tiguan is the best-selling vehicle in Slovenia in March. The Slovenian new car market freefalls -34.5% year-on-year in March to just 4,627 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down a hefty -21.7% to 12,752. Volkswagen (-35.2%) remains in first place in the brands ranking while Skoda (-44.4%) and…
The Renault Clio is the best-selling vehicle in Bulgaria in March. New light vehicle sales in Bulgaria gain 14.6% year-on-year in March to 3,086 units, meaning the Q1 2022 tally is now up 12.4% to 7,798. The top 4 manufacturers easily outpace the market Toyota (+46.6%) leads the way with…
The Tesla Model Y ranks #2 in Switzerland in March. The Swiss new car market falls -13.9% year-on-year in March to 21,722 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down -4% to 54,227. In March, 4x4 sales are down -15.3% to 10,554 and 48.6% share vs. 49.4% a year ago and…
The Mazda CX-30 sees its Danish ranking record soar from #41 to #7 this month. 14,623 new cars found a buyer in Denmark in March, that's a -38.4% year-on-year freefall that brings the Q1 2022 volume down -22% to 34,223 units. Volkswagen (-41.6%) remains in the brands pole position with…
The Skoda Fabia is the best-selling vehicle in the Czech Republic in March. The Czech new car market is down -15.7% year-on-year in March 2022 to just 16,903 units, tilting the year-to-date volume into negative territory at -4.3% to 47,391. Local behemoth Skoda (-32.8%) falls twice as fast as its…
The Cupra Formentor smashes its ranking, volume and share records in Germany. The German new car market is off -17.5% year-on-year in March to 241,330 units, the first fall of the year so far. The year-to-date volume now stands at 625,954 sales, down -4.6% over the First Quarter of 2021. Volkswagen…
The Citroen C3 is up to a record #2 in Italy in March. The Italian new car market worsens again in the absence of any incentives, with March sales down a dizzying -29.7% or 50,000 cars year-on-year to just 119,497 units. The year-to-date tally is off -24.4% over the first…