The Toyota Corolla is #1 in Poland for the 11th straight month. After widespread business closures ordered on March 12, Poland was placed under a national lockdown on March 25 to contain the spread of the coronavirus. This was originally scheduled to last until April 11. As a result new…
Peugeot 308 sales are up 13-fold year-on-year in Romania in March. Following the spread of COVID-19 in the country, Romania declared a state of emergency on March 16, a national lockdown on March 24 and a total quarantine for the northeastern town of Suceava and eight adjacent communes, home to 1/4 of the…
Skoda sales in Russia soar 41.7% in March. Anticipating a significant price increase due to a weakened currency, Russian buyers somewhat "stockpiled" on new cars in March with sales up 4% year-on-year to 162.321 units, only the 4th positive month in the past year. As a result the Q1 volume…
The Porsche Taycan breaks into the Swiss Top 100 in March. The Swiss government has so far avoided imposing strict lockdown measures to its population, instead opting for the ban of all events with more than 1.000 participants on February 28 - which triggered the cancellation of the Geneva Auto…
The Tesla Model 3 is #1 in Denmark for the 2nd time in the past 4 months. Denmark was among the first European countries to introduce lockdown measures, starting March 13. Initially scheduled to last two weeks, they were later extended to April 13. Despite total infections rising by 73%…
The Fiat Argo (+30.8%) posts the only gain among the Top 12 models. The coronavirus crisis has hit Brazilian new car sales in March at -21.9% to 155.810 registrations, the weakest March volume in 14 years, since 2006 (148.234). The year-to-date tally is now down -8.2% to 532.549. However Brazil's…
The Honda Fit hits its highest ranking at home in over 5 years at #2. Apart from school closures, international travel bans and of course the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, as of March 31 Japan had been relatively unscathed by the COVID-19 pandemic, even being hailed as…
Holi festival in Chennai on March 10. A nationwide 21-day lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus pandemic was announced on March 23 by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Limiting movement of the entire 1.3 billion population simultaneously, it is the largest quarantine measure in human history. School…
The Tesla Model 3 is the 4th best-selling vehicle in Finland in March. Although all schools as well as most government-run public facilities and the country's external borders were closed on March 16 and until April 13, Finland isn't currently under the type of strict lockdown measures that are affecting…
The Jeep Renegade is up to a record 11th place in Croatia in March. Croatia was weighted down by two emergency situations in March. On March 17, Croatian Prime Minister Plenković announced the closure of most public venues and shops, severely curtailing car showroom activity, in order to limit the spread…
Belgium is under strict lockdown since March 17. In response to the coronavirus outbreak, on March 17 non-essential travel was prohibited and non-essential shops closed in Belgium and on March 20 the country closed its borders to all non-essential travel. The lockdown has now been extended to April 19. As a…
Porsche manages to contain its loss to -7.2% in March. In Luxembourg most non-food shops closed on March 16 in an attempt to curb the spread of the coronavirus and a state of emergency was declared on March 19. As of March 31, there were 2.178 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and…
The Chevrolet Onix repeats at #1 in Argentina in March. On March 20, the Argentinean government imposed one of the strictest Coronavirus lockdowns in the world, meaning automotive factories, dealerships and registration offices closed for the rest of the month. As such, these sales figures are for the March 1-19…
The Renault Clio signs its first European win in over 13 years. 06/04 update: Now with Top 56 All-brands and Top 340 All-models. 27/03 update: Now with the Top 100 models. 26/03 update: Now with actuals for the Top 25 brands and models. February volumes in Europe, down -7% year-on-year…
The C5 Aircross is up to #12, helping Citroen up 557.9% in February. 06/04 update: Now with Top 25 models. In order to give you more timely updates we will publish Turkish brands data when made available, then update the article with models data. In February the Turkish new light…