The Citroen C3 is the #1 vehicle in Denmark in October. Picture hvilkenbill.dk The Danish new car market lifts 10.2% year-on-year in October to 18.368 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally up 2.8% to 191.993 units, a new record eclipsing the previous 2017 high mark of 187.232. Volkswagen (-1.1%) goes…
The Fiat 500 is the best-selling vehicle in Estonia in October. New car sales in Estonia gain 19.3% year-on-year in October to 2.057 registrations, leading to a year-to-date volume up 1.9% to 22.675. Toyota reclaims the lead of the brands charts it holds YTD by just 3 sales above Skoda,…
The VW T-Cross scores a stunning 2nd place with Private buyers in October. 19/09 update: Now with Top 50 private sales models. As a large swath of the German market including the VW Group overused stock clearances prior to WLTP implementation in September 2018, sales were totally depleted a year…
The VW Polo is the best-selling vehicle in Austria in October. New car sales in Austria leap up 11.7% year-on-year on weak post-WLTP year-ago volumes to 25.138 units, yet the year-to-date tally remains in frank negative at -4.7% to 283.436. Volkswagen (+13.9%) just outpaces the market to easily hold onto…
The VW T-Roc manages its very first Top 10 - and Top 5 - finish in Greece. New car sales in Greece edge up 2.1% year-on-year in October to 7.276 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 9.7% to 100.048 registrations, the first time since 2010 that the YTD tally…
Toyota Corolla China sales are up 41.2% year-on-year in October. The Chinese wholesales market is down for the 16th consecutive month in October but, in a potential sign of improvement, its drop is the lowest since the market started skidding down in July 2018. Wholesales dip -4% year-on-year to 2.284.000…
The VW Golf is the best-selling vehicle in Slovenia in October. New car sales in Slovenia gain 4.9% year-on-year in October to 5.983 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down -3.5% to 63.391. Volkswagen (+16.9%) frankly outpaces the market to easily remain in the brands lead with 17.3% share vs.…
Volkswagen is up to 19.3% share of the Uruguayan market in October. In October the Uruguayan new car market manages its first year-on-year uptick since last July at +1.2% to 3.492 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down -8.6% to 32.753. Volkswagen (+37.1%) cements its newfound YTD leadership thanks to…
The Mazda CX-3 lifts its Polish ranking record from #26 to #8. The Polish new vehicle market steps up 13.2% year-on-year in October to 52.691 units including light commercials, leading to a year-to-date tally up 3.1% to a record 514.221 sales. As it has been the case for the past…
The Dacia Duster hits a record 10.5% share at home in October. The Romanian new car market continues to brilliantly recover from particularly weak year-ago post-WLTP figures with October sales shooting up 58.1% year-on-year to 10.649 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 18.9% to 134.698. Homegrown brand leader Dacia (+94.5%)…
The Great Wall Group gains 5% in Chile in October. The September 2019 post has now been updated with the Top 20 models. 10/12 update: now with the Top 20 models. New car sales in Chile implode down -24.5% in October to just 28.038 units, enduring its harshest year-on-year decline…
The Mercedes GLC is up to #3 in Switzerland in October. The Swiss new car market bounces back up 14.5% year-on-year in October on weak year-ago post-WLTP volumes to 26.103 registrations, lifting the year-to-date tally up 1.7% to 252.413. After a two-month interruption by Mercedes (+10.7%), Volkswagen (+31.8%) reclaims the…
The BMW 3 Series is at its highest in Portugal in almost 5 years. The Portuguese new car market lifts 12.2% year-on-year in October on weak year-ago post-WLTP volumes to 15.649 units, leading to a year-to-date tally now down -3.5% to 189.673. Peugeot (+9.2%) overtakes Renault (+19.8%) to reclaim the…
The Kia Seltos sells 12.854 units for its third month in market. Finally a breath of fresh air for the Indian new car market with wholesales up 1% year-on-year to 286.753 units in October, ending a streak of 10 consecutive market declines and 6 straight double-digit falls. This is the…
The VW Polo is the best-selling vehicle in the Netherlands in October. New car sales in the Netherlands soar 13.4% year-on-year on weak year-ago post-WLTP volumes in October to 34.101 units, leading to a year-to-date tally now down -6.3% to 364.999. Volkswagen (+54.3%) is up 4 spots on September to…