The Peugeot 208 is the best-selling vehicle in Greece in September. New car sales in Greece surge 20.5% year-on-year in September to 7.107 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -35.3% to 60.046 units. Toyota (-5%) easily keeps the lead of the brands ranking with 12.4% share while Peugeot (+123.2%)…
The VW T-Roc is the best-selling vehicle in Cyprus in September. According to our data partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, new car sales in Cyprus fall back into double-digit losses in September at -13.2% year-on-year to 862 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally off -20.3% to 7.539. This month the VW T-Roc…
First Slovenian podium for the Hyundai Kona. Picture avtofotomarket.si New car sales in Slovenia remain in a rut, enduring a 5th double-digit fall, and 8th year-on-year drop for the year at -16.5% to 4.441 registrations. This leads to a year-to-date tally down -24.7% to 42.232. Brand leader Renault is stable but…
The new generation boosts Kia Carnival sales to record levels. After a small slip-up last month (-3.5%), new car sales in South Korea resume their pandemic-defying surge with September volumes up by a fantastic 20.8% year-on-year to 160.189 including 138.350 (+23.1%) for local carmakers and 21.839 (+13.6%) for foreigners. The…
The Toyota Camry breaks its ranking record in Poland to #19. The Polish new car market ends a dreadful streak of 8 consecutive months of double-digit year-on-year falls in September at +7.6% to 37.419 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -28.1% to 289.298 sales. Toyota (+38%) posts the largest…
The Opel Corsa is up to #2 in Germany, only outsold by the VW Golf. German new car sales brilliantly manage their first year-on-year gain of 2020 in September at +8.4% to 265.227 registrations, joining Italy (+9.8%) as the only two European markets in positive for the month just as…
BMW 1 Series salers soar 226% year-on-year in September. After stabilising in August (-0.1%) just as the whole of Europe was in doldrums (-17.6%), it's now the turn of Portugal to return to hell (-9.4%), signing a 7th straight year-on-year drop in September at 13.186 units. This brings the year-to-date…
One in every 4 new cars registered in Iceland in September is a Tesla Model 3. The Icelandic new car market posts a very satisfying 39.1% year-on-year surge in September to 1.125 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down -24.9% to 7.381. Tesla continues its seesaw journey: after having zero registrations in…
BMW is the only Top 10 brand in positive in August. Picture quattroruote.it 06/10 update: Now with Top 56 All-brands and Top 352 All-models. 30/09 update: Now with final Top 25 brands and Top 100 models. 25/09 update: Now with Top 10 models, HEV, PHEV and BEV. Just as we…
The Suzuki Baleno repeats at #1 in Chile. New vehicle sales in Chile drastically reduce their fall from -42.4% in August to -15.9% in September, with the 31.897 units sold this month representing the largest volume since pre-pandemic January (32.104). According to local manufacturers association ANAC, commercial vehicles continue to…
The Toyota RAV4 is up to a record 2nd place in Sweden in September. The Swedish new car market lodges its first year-on-year gain of 2020 in September at +7.3% to 28.719 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -18.2% to 202.644. According to local automaker association BIL Sweden, the…
Subaru sales in Hong Kong more than double year-on-year in Jul. . The Hong Kong new light vehicle market ends a streak of six consecutive months of double-digit declines in August but still drops -9.3% year-on-year to 3.086. This means the year-to-date tally is now down -33.8% to 14.985. Toyota…
The new Pao helps lift Great Wall sales up 80% in August. Light Commercial Vehicle sales in China continue to surge in August at +31.5% to 314.765 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 9.7% to 2.256.422. Wuling (+27.3%) once again dominates the brands ranking head and shoulders with almost…
The Toyota RAV4 is #1 in Iceland in August. After an excruciating 6 year hiatus, monthly updates for Iceland are back on BSCB thanks to a tip from one of our local readers Ingólfur, and this time it's not just an All-brands ranking bit also a complete All-models. Given this…
The Isuzu D-Max remains firmly in control of the Thai market. 12/10 update: Now with sub-compact hatch models data. 05/10 update: Now with compact SUV models data. 03/10 update: Now with sub-compact SUV models data. Despite having long brilliantly controlled the spread of Covid-19, the Thai new car market remains…