Lifted by the Niro (+176.7%), Kia sales gain 3.9% in a market down -51.9%. One year ago, new car sales in Sweden were spurred to the largest monthly volume in history thanks to sales pulled forward in anticipation of a new tax system implemented on July 1. Logically, the market…
The Volvo S/V60 has become the uncontested leader at home. Sadly the Swedish new car market is approaching a full year of double-digit declines with May marking the 11th straight month of such falls at -15.3% to 31.919 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -14.6% to 136.052. Homegrown leader Sweden…
Mercedes C-Class sales are up 229.9% in April. New car sales in Sweden endure a 10th consecutive double-digit year-on-year fall in April at -11.6% to 30.253 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -14.4% to 104.133. The Top 2 best-selling carmakers Volvo (-21.1%) and Volkswagen (-30.6%) both drop a lot…
Our Volvo XC40 matching the fishing cabins in Lörudden on the Kustvägen. For the third year in a row, Volvo has been kind enough as to lend me one of its models, and after taking the XC90 to North Cape and the V90 to the Norwegian fjords, I now can wrangle…
The Tesla Model 3 has landed in Sweden, and it's already a blockbuster. No sign of improvement for Swedish new car sales, now "celebrating" 9 consecutive months of double-digit declines (not just declines) with March down another ghastly 18.7% to 30.256, pulling the year-to-date tally down 15.5% to 73.880. The…
The VW Golf is the best-selling nameplate in Sweden in February. New car sales in Sweden endure an 8th consecutive double-digit year-on-year drop in February at -14.9% to just 23.146 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down 13.1% to 43.624. Homegrown market leader Volvo (-32.7%) is hit particularly hard but remains…
The Volvo S/V60 is the best-selling vehicle in Sweden in January. Swedish new car sales skid down 10.9% year-on-year in January to 20.478 units. Atop the brands charts, both Volvo (-14.1%) and Volkswagen (-21.7%) lose share year-on-year but Kia (+9.2%) and BMW (+12.6%) show impressive results. Only Ford (+4.9%) also…
The Nissan Qashqai is the best-selling vehicle in Finland for the second time ever, after 2012. Consult close to 65 years of Finland Historical Data here. New car sales in Finland edge up 1.5% in 2018 to 118.941 registrations. Market leader Toyota (+1.9%) sees its share stabilised at 12.6%, wheres…
The Volvo XC40 breaks into the Swedish monthly Top 5 for the first time. -49.4% in July, -17.5% in August, -39.6% in September, -28.1% in October and now -20.5% in November: the Swedish new car market endures a 5th consecutive month of double-digit decline, impacted by two pull-forward events earlier…
The Lexus ES is back to #1 import in China both in October and YTD. All-brands and All-models January 2017-October 2018 monthly data available, contact us here. Complete Chinese imports data is now available for October, BSCB being the only media outside of China to report on these figures monthly.…
The Volvo XC40 is back up to a best-ever 6th place at home. * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 225 All-models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Sweden continue to suffer from the aftermath of two major pull-forward events that occurred earlier this year:…
The Tesla Model X is the best-selling vehicle in Norway in September with 11.6% share. * See the Top 35 All-brands and Top 20 models by clicking on the title * Although not part of the European Union, the Norwegian new car market is still impacted by the WLTP changeover…
The Volvo S/V60 is the best-selling nameplate in Sweden in September. * See the Top 45 All-brands and Top 240 All-models by clicking on the title * The Swedish new car market is imploding this month (-39.6%), bearing the consequences of two combined pulled- forward sales events: one in June…
The VW Golf celebrates a total of 10 months at #1 in Sweden across 8 years. * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 240 All-models by clicking on the title * Troubled by a new bonus-malus pricing put in place on July 1 that triggered an all-time record volume…
The Kia Niro leaps to a record third place in Sweden in July. * See the Top 45 All-brands and Top 235 All-models by clicking on the title * Last month, in anticipation of a new tax system coming into effect on July 1 and resulting in a steep price…