Mexican Ram sales almost double year-on-year in June. New light vehicle sales in Mexico drop -5.7% year-on-year in June to 116,062 units, meaning the H1 2025 tally is stable at -0.1% to 709,424. Nissan is also stable at a dominant 18.2% share, vastly outclassing #2 Chevrolet (-13.4%), in trouble. Volkswagen…
The Skoda Elroq is the most popular vehicle in Denmark over H1 2025. 19,046 new cars found a buyer in Denmark in June, a small -2.5% contraction. The year-to-date tally halfway through the year is now up 3.7% to 89,554. Volkswagen (+30.9%) soars year-on-year to 15.6% share but sister brand…
Daihatsu Move sales are up 5-fold as production was disrupted last year. 2,345,459 new vehicles hit Japanese roads over the First Half 2025, a solid 10.2% year-on-year improvement on weak year-ago results hampered by production stops. Toyota (+13.8%) outpaces its home market to grow to 30.9% share, with Suzuki (+0.5%)…
The Tesla Model Y holds a gigantic 27.2% market share in Norway in June. 18,376 new cars found a buyer in Norway in June, a satisfying 4.9% year-on-year improvement. The YTD growth pace is much higher though, at +23.3% to 75,515. At 17,799 sales (+27%) BEVs account for a whopping…
Dacia Duster sales are up 48.9% year-on-year in Hungary. 11,511 new passenger cars hit Hungarian roads in June, a small -1.8% drop, leading to a H1 2025 tally up 4.2% to 66,095. Toyota threepeats at #1 with a round 10% share, ahead of Skoda at 8.5%. YTD leader Suzuki is…
Cupra will soon outsell Seat in Germany. The German new car market is off -4.7% year-on-year over the First Half of 2025 to 1,402,789 units. This result is down -24% on the pre-pandemic H1 2019 levels of 1,849,000. BEV sales are up 35.1% to 248,726 and 17.7% share vs. 12.5%…
The Opel Corsa signs its first podium finish in over two years. 256,193 new cars found a German buyer in June, a harsh -13.8% year-on-year fall. The H1 2025 volume is down -4.7% to 1,402,789. This is to be compared with pre-pandemic June 2019 levels of 325,231 sales for the month…
Dacia Jogger sales are up 64.4% in June. 22,208 new cars found a buyer in Czechia in June, a tiny -0.6% year-on-year drop. The H1 volume is up 2.9% to 122,639. Skoda (+8.4%) and Toyota (+10.8%) both post solid gains to hold onto the brands top spots with 32.1% and…
First Top 10 finish at home for the Dacia Bigster. New car sales in Romania implode once again in June at a devastating -50.3% year-on-year to 10,612, leading to a H1 2025 tally off -22.4% to 64,821. Keep in mind however that June 2024 volumes were up a spectacular 62.1%…
The Citroen C3 Aircross is up to a record 7th place in June. It's a very sturdy month for new car sales in Portugal in June: up 14.8% year-on-year to 23,184 units. This leads the H1 2025 tally up 6.5% to 124,026. Peugeot (+28.8%) easily holds onto the brands top…
The Opel Mokka scores its first Croatian podium finish since April 2022. 8,779 new cars hit Croatian roads in June, up 6.7% year-on-year. The H1 2025 volume is up an equally satisfying 6.3% to 41,257. Skoda (+25.3%) returns to the brands top spot it holds year-to-date, toppling Volkswagen (+19.7%). Opel…
The Nissan Qashqai is #1 in the UK for the first time since March 2024. According to local association SMMT, 191,316 new cars found a buyer in the UK in June, a comfortable +6.7% year-on-year increase. This is the best June result since the 223,421 units of pre-pandemic June 2019.…
BMW is the most popular carmaker in Luxembourg in June. New car sales in Luxembourg are relatively weak in June at -3.6% year-on-year to 4,169 units. However the H1 2025 tally is in positive, just, at +0.7% to 25,262. Like it did last January and a year ago in June…
The VW Tera enters the Brazilian Top 30 in June. 201,437 new cars hit Brazilian roads in June, a small -0.5% year-on-year drop. The H1 2025 tally is in positive however at +5% to 1,131,271. Pre-pandemic levels aren't that far away: the market totalled 1,248,299 sales over H1 2019, or…
Renault is the #1 carmaker in the Netherlands for the first time since August 2018. New car sales in the Netherlands edge down -1.5% year-on-year in June to 34,641, leading to a year-to-date volume off -5.5% to 182,680. At 88,283 registrations, HEVs represent 48.3% of the Dutch market, followed by…