Jetour appears in its first market outside China. The Uruguayan new light vehicle market sinks -10.7% year-on-year in February to 2.795 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down -5.4% to 5.778 units. Renault (-14.1%) threepeats in the brands pole position at 15.5% share, this despite a steep fall. The Top 5…
The VW Polo is #1 in the Netherlands for the 5th time in the past 10 months. New car sales in the Netherlands drop -7.1% year-on-year to 44.303 registrations even though January 2019 was already down -19.6%. Volkswagen (-7.9%) falls slightly faster than the market but easily holds onto the…
The Renault Kwid repeats at #1 in Uruguay in 2019. Discover one decade of Uruguay Historical Data here. 13/02 update: Now with Top 10 light commercial models. 23/01 update: Now with Top 200 models (passenger cars). It's another difficult year for new light vehicle sales in Uruguay, down -7.3% in…
The Citroen C3 is the best-selling vehicle in Denmark so far in 2019. New car registrations in Denmark leap up 7.9% year-on-year in February to 18.647 units, a new record for the month, leading to a year-to-date tally up 7.4% to a new record 39.960 sales after two months. Volkswagen…
The BMW X7 has now landed in Germany. Germany starts 2019 with a -1.3% drop in January to 265.702 registrations. Volkswagen (-6.5%) is up to 19.1% share, signing its best share and first single-digit drop since the WLTP implementation last September. Mercedes (-4.3%) steps back up to #2 with 9.5%…
The Dacia Duster shoots up to a record 6th place in Italy in January. The Italian new car market starts 2019 in a rather paltry way: down 7.9% year-on-year in January to 165.536 units. New car sales in Italy this month offer a starkly contrasting picture: for once private sales…
The Peugeot 208 is the best-selling vehicle in Denmark for the third straight year. Consult over 35 years of Denmark Historical Data here. It's a second consecutive year of decline for Danish new car sales albeit very measured at -1.5% to 218.558 registrations, making 2018 the third largest annual volume in…
The VW Polo posts its third ever annual win in the Netherlands. Consult over 35 years of Dutch Historical Data here. New car sales in the Netherlands post a second consecutive year of growth in 2018 at a sturdy +7.1% to 443.812 units. Local association BOVAG predicts a similar 440.000 sales…
The Jaguar i-Pace breaks into the Dutch Top 15. The Dutch new car market drops for the third consecutive month at -7.7% in November to 34.785 registrations, yet the year-to-date volume remains comfortably positive at +6.7% and 423.938 units. Brand leader Volkswagen switches abruptly from -27% in October to a…
The Panda swims upstream in the midst of Fiat debacle: +16% in November. After -25.5% in September and -8% in October, the Italian market continues to slowly recover from post-WLTP hangover with November deliveries down another 6.8% to 148.024 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down 3.6% to 1.798.078. Following a…
The Jaguar i-Pace is closing up on the Dutch Top 50 at #53 this month. * See the Top 45 All-brands and Top 265 All-models by clicking on the title * New car sales in the Netherlands are still reeling from post-WLTP hangover at -19% in October to 30.079 units,…
The VW Up drops 54% year-on-year but still ranks #1 in Denmark. * See the Top 35 All-brands and Top 225 All-models by clicking on the title * As per the rest of the European Union, Denmark feels the post-WLTP rush hangover in September at -16% to 12.067 registrations, yet the…
Albeit in unusual circumstances, BMW is the #1 marque in Germany for the first time in history. * See the Top 50 brands, Top 315 models and Top 20 private sales by clicking on the title * After two months of pre-WLTP sales manipulations (July up 12.3%, August up 25%) - in…
Renault had a large stock of non WLTP-compliant Twingos to register in August (+271%). * See the Top 43 All-brands and Top 275 All-models by clicking on the title * The Netherlands is another market whose August sales are completely biased by stock-clearing of non-compliant models to the new WLTP…
The Renault Captur sees its sales jump 122% year-on-year in July. * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 280 All-models by clicking on the title * New car sales in the Netherlands gain 10.8% year-on-year in July to 36.263 registrations, lifting the year-to-date tally up 11.7% to 289.302 units.…