The Toyota bZ4X is #1 in Norway in January. New car sales in Norway rally back up 82.4% year-on-year in January to 9,343 units over a particularly low year-ago comparison set. Thanks to sales up 89.8% to 8,954, BEVs reach a record 95.8% share vs. 92.1% in January 2024 which…
BMW holds 9.6% of the Cypriot market in January. Data by our local partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT show a Cypriot market edging up 2.5% to 1,565. This is a strong result given January 2024 was up 19.8% on the year prior. Kia (-16.6%) returns to the top of the…
The Geely Xingyue L is the best-selling vehicle in China in January. The cars included in this wholesales database add up to 1,794,856 units, a harsh -11.7% year-on-year drop. CAAM is yet to publish detailed wholesales data. There are a few reasons to this negative performance. January 2024 was a…
The Nissan Versa holds 7% of the Mexican market in January. Mexican new car sales advance 5.9% year-on-year in January to 119,811 units, the best January result in 7 years: since the 123,269 registrations of January 2017. Brand leaders Nissan (+1.5%) and Chevrolet (+1%) can only muster modest lifts but easily…
The Kia Sorento is once again the best-selling vehicle at home. The South Korean new car market is in difficulty in January at -8.5% year-on-year to 106,081. This is partly due to the Lunar New Year falling in January this year. The total volume includes 90,852 local brands (-11.6%) and…
The Cupra Born is the 5th most popular car with German private buyers in January. Private sales account for 36.1% of Total German sales in January at 74,958 units. This is to be compared with just 29.3% in January 2024 and a stellar 19.8% year-on-year uptick vs. -2.8% for the…
Daihatsu sales are back up 102.2% year-on-year. New vehicle sales in Japan rally back up 12.4% year-on-year in January to 376,255. Year-ago volumes were disrupted by Daihatsu being hit by a safety test falsification scandal which paused shipments in late December 2023 and completely shut down production for the entire…
Hyundai sales almost double year-on-year in January 13/02 update: Now with Top 37 All brands ranking Sales of light vehicles in Morocco jump +24.1% year-on-year in January to 14,997 units. This includes 13,139 passenger cars (+18.7%) and 1,858 light commercials (+84%). In the passenger car brands ranking, Dacia (-32.2%) has…
The Fiat Strada comfortably leads the Brazilian charts in January. 159,377 new light vehicles hit Brazilian roads in January, a measured +4.8% year-on-year uptick. Fiat (+11.4%) beats the market to 21.6% share, followed by Volkswagen (-3.9%) and Chevrolet (+3.8%), both underperforming. Toyota (-15.7%) and Hyundai (-30.5%) properly sink to round…
The Dacia Logan remains the most popular vehicle at home. Romanian new car sales start the year poorly with a -6.4% year-on-year drop in January to 11,920 units. Local behemoth Dacia (+1.6%) defies the negative market and sees its share climb to 33.6% vs. 29.4% over the Full Year 2024 and…
BMW is the most popular carmaker in Luxembourg in January. The Luxembourg new car market edges up 2.6% year-on-year in January to 3,720 units. BMW (+10.9%) scores a 4th win in the past 14 month with 12.8% share, its highest since December 2023 (14.4%). Mercedes (+30.5%) manages a splendid year-on-year…
The VW ID.7 ranks #8 in Germany in January. New car sales in Germany edge down -2.8% year-on-year in January to 207,649 units. Volkswagen (+11.6%) posts an excellent month to 22.3% share, the carmaker's highest in almost a decade: since July 2015 (22.5%). Mercedes (-7.5%) is in negative year-on-year but…
Skoda Kylaq The Indian wholesales market reaches a new all-time high volume in January, passing the 400,000 unit milestone for the first time at 401,538 sales (+2.1%). The previous high was reached just last October at 397,947. Brand leader Maruti Suzuki (+4.1%) also hits a new all time market at…
The Skoda Elroq makes its first appearance in the Czech charts. Czech new car sales drop -5% in January to 19,347. Local behemoth Skoda (-18.1%) freefalls on a particularly high year-ago basis when it signed its highest market share in 4 years at 42.3%. It falls to a still very…
The Toyota bZ4X is the best-selling vehicle in Denmark in January. The Danish new car market rallies back up 22.4% year-on-year on a weak year-ago result to 10,834 sales. Volkswagen shoots up 305.8% to 18.8% share vs. 11.6% over the Full Year 2024, whereas Toyota (-3.5%) is down year-on-year but…