All French car dealerships must now remain closed until 15 April. Picture Reuters Gonzalo Fuentes. After drops of -13.4% in January and -2.7% in February, the French new car market sinks -23.2% over the first two weeks of March to 54.990 sales vs. 71.634 over the same period in 2019,…
The Kia Xceed breaks into the Polish passenger car Top 30 in February. The Polish new car market sinks -11.8% year-on-year in February to 43.154 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down -13.2% to 87.020. When looking at passenger cars only, sales are down -11.7% in February to 37.900 and down…
The Ford Puma has landed inside the UK Top 30. Granted, it's January figures but BSCB can now share with you a Top 120 models ranking for the UK, a traditionally very secretive market outside its Top 10 models, in an endeavour to cover UK sales charts a lot more…
Toyota RAV4 sales are up 7-fold year-on-year in New Zealand. New vehicle sales in New Zealand drop another -2.8% year-on-year in February to 11.348 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -4.2% to 24.502. Passenger cars fall -11.1% to 2.214, light commercials sink -12.5% to 3.150 but SUVs blissfully ignore…
The Citroen C3 misses out on its first Finnish Top 10 for just one sale. 15/03: Now with the Top 70 models. The Finnish new car market steps up 2.1% year-on-year in February to 8.118 units, one of the rare European markets so far to inch a year-on-year gain this…
The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling vehicle in Pakistan in February. Sales of locally-made cars in Pakistan continue to fall apart in February at -38.5% year-on-year to just 12.119 units, pulling the year-to-date volume down -43.1% to 24.020. Note only sales of locally-produced models are available in Pakistan which in…
1 in every 4 Nissans sold in Bulgaria is reexported to other EU markets. The Bulgarian new car market continues to freefall in February at -17.9% year-on-year to just 2.575 registrations, pulling the market down -16.5% to 5.494. This particularly severe correction can in fact be traced to a somewhat…
Mazda surges 48.7% year-on-year in Singapore in February. The Singaporean new car market drops -6.8% year-on-year in February to 4.669 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down -26.9% to 9.698. Toyota/Lexus (-14.5%) snaps the brands top spot for the third time in the past 4 months despite a steep fall, however…
The Corsa surges 259.8% in February, lifting Opel up 64.5%. New car sales in Denmark sink another -19.5% year-on-year in February to just 15.005 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down a steep -15.7% to 33.676. Brand leader Volkswagen (-28%) falls even faster than the market but manages to hold onto…
A bright light in the dark: Toyota sales gain 11.9%. Image quattroruote 12/03 update: Now with the Top 50 All-brands and Top 350 All-models (source JATO). The European new car market sinks -7.6% year-on-year in January to 1.138.057 units, its lowest January level since 2016. This month's sales are paying…
Peugeot 3008 sales surge 261.5% in Estonia in January. New car sales in Estonia drop -4.9% year-on-year to 1.753 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -2.9% to 4.047. Note our year-ago figures have now been updated with actuals which is the reason behind the slight difference with our 2019…
Peugeot sales surge 160.6% year-on-year in Egypt. Discover 15 years of Egyptian Historical Data here. 10/03 update: Now with Top 40 All-brands and Top 190 All-models. The Egyptian new vehicle market skids down -5.7% year-on-year in 2019 to 182.713 units. Sales of locally-assembled vehicles drop -9.4% to 85.606 units, while…
The VW Tiguan is the best-selling vehicle in Ireland in February. The Irish new car market accelerates its fall in 2019 with February deliveries down -7.8% year-on-year to 13.906, leading to a year-to-date tally down -4.8% to 45.086. Volkswagen (-12.9%) is back in charge in the brands ranking despite a steep…
The Peugeot 208 is up 64.9% over the first two months of the year. Over January and February 2020, new car sales in New Caledonia, a French overseas archipelago located north-east of Australia, gain a cool 10.6% year-on-year to 1.174 registrations. Toyota (+48.3%) sees its sales shoot up year-on-year, holding onto…
Kia has sold 76.588 units in India in 7 months, including 74.518 Seltos. It's another weak month for Indian new car wholesales, down -7.2% year-on-year to an estimated 252.400 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down -6.3% to 517.396. As the market was bracing for a transition towards stricter BS6 anti-pollution…