The Kia Picanto is the best-selling vehicle in the Netherlands for the third time this year. After 9 consecutive double-digit year-on-year gains, the Dutch new car market falls flat in October at -1.5% to 28,362 units. The year-to-date volume is now up 24.3% to 315,013. It's a 4th consecutive month at…
Renault sales double year-on-year in Romania. 12,266 new cars hit Romanian roads in January, a splendid 31.4% year-on-year improvement. The Top 2 brands outrun the market with even more impressive upticks: Dacia is up 65.4% to 37.4% share vs. just 30.9% over the Full Year 2022 while Renault soars 95.7%…
The Renault Express lands directly at #5 in North Macedonia in January. According to our Central European partner CE Auto, new car sales in North Macedonia drop a further -18.2% in January to 302 units after already falling -21% in January 2021. The Toyota Corolla (+122.2%) almost doubles its market…
In 2021, the VW Golf lost the monthly pole position for the first time in almost 30 years. Discover 90 years worth of German Historical data here. New car sales in Germany are down a further -10.1% on a devastated 2020 to just 2,622,132 units, the lowest annual volume in 36 years:…
The Opel Corsa is the best-selling vehicle in Germany in November. The German new car market is stuck in hell with November sales off another searing -31.7% year-on-year to just 198,258 units, leading to a year-to-date down -8.1% to 2,394,502. We had anticipated a stronger November and therefore we are…
The Fiat 500 lineup is up to a record 6th place in Germany in August. New car sales in Germany crater -23% year-on-year in August to just 193.307 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up a tiny 2.5% to 1.820.589. August 2021 volumes are also down -38.4% on August 2019…
The VW T-Roc is up to a record 2nd place at home in July. New car sales in Germany feel the full brunt of the microchip crisis in July as they dive -24.9% year-on-year to just 236.393 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now up 6.7% to 1.627.282. Volkswagen (-16.6%) resists…
The Tesla Model 3 breaks into the German Top 10 for the first time in June. New car sales in Germany are up 24.5% year-on-year in June to 274.152, leading to a year-to-date tally up 14.9% to 1.390.889. However when comparing this score with pre-pandemic June 2019, the market remains down…
The Skoda Enyaq breaks into the German Top 50 in May. The German new car market is up 37.2% year-on-year in May to 230.635 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 12.8% to 1.116.737. However when comparing with pre-pandemic May 2019, sales are down a steep -30.7% on the 332.962 units of…
The VW Golf is down to just 3.1% share at home. New car sales in Germany bounce back up 90% year-on-year in April to 229.650 units, however this is down -26.1% on the 310.715 sales of two years ago in April 2019. The year-to-date tally is now in positive at +7.8%…
Opel sales are up 75% partly thanks to the new Mokka. Picture autobild.de The German new car market is up 35.9% year-on-year in March to 292.349 registrations as year-ago volumes were hampered by Covid-19 lockdowns. This score remains down -15.4% on March 2019, so new car sales Germany have yet…
The Fiat 500 is the best-selling vehicle in Croatia in January. The Croatian new car market starts the year off -19.7% year-on-year in January to 2.915 registrations. Brand leader Volkswagen (-5%) keeps its loss in check to advance to 22.3% share vs. 15.6% over the Full Year 2020 whereas Skoda…
Volvo is the only Top 30 carmaker managing a double-digit gain in June. Italy has now been out of lockdown for two full months and its new car market accordingly improves month after month: from absolute hell in both March (-85.4%) and April (-97.5%) to -49.4% in May and -23.3% in June thanks…
Uruguay is the first country to crown the Suzuki S-Presso. Picture motorbeam.com The Uruguayan new car market drops -54.2% year-on-year in May to 1.538 registrations, pulling the year-to-date tally down -29.8% to 10.927. Suzuki (+0.8%) continues to swim upstream, even managing a small year-on-year gain, the only one in the Top…
1 in 7 new cars sold in Norway in March is an Audi e-Tron. On March 12, Norway imposed a two-week national lockdown to stem the spread of COVID-19. As a result new car sales in the country plunge -32.2% year-on-year in March to 12.451 units, pulling the year-to-date tally…