The Ford Puma tops the UK charts in 2023. Discover almost 60 years of UK Historical Data here. 30/01 update: Now with a Top 50 models ranking New car sales in the UK bounce up 17.9% or 289,000 units year-on-year in 2023 to 1,903,054, by far the best result in…
The Tesla Model Y holds 18.2% of the Norwegian market in 2023. Discover over 65 years of Norwegian Historical Data here. Significant price increases due to tax changes from 1 January 2023 have hit the Norwegian market hard in 2023 with sales off a daunting -27.2% to 126,948 just as…
The Dacia Logan is #1 at home for the 19th year in a row. Discover over 50 years of Romanian Historical Data here. 142,488 new cars found a Romanian home in 2023, a 10.2% year-on-year uptick. Local behemoth Dacia (+13.4%) manages to improve its share to 31.8%, almost one percentage…
The VW Polo is the 2nd best-selling vehicle in Brazil in 2023. The Brazilian new light vehicle market gains 11.3% year-on-year in 2023 to get back above the 2m annual mark at 2,179,363. For reference the pre-pandemic 2019 result was 2,658,927, and the all time record is 3,634,421 reached in 2012. So…
The Tesla Model Y climbs to #1 in the Netherlands in 2023. Discover over 40 years worth of Dutch Historical Data here. New car sales in the Netherlands leap up 18.5% year-on-year in 2023 to 369,791. We are still well below the 446,114 units sold in pre-pandemic 2019. Volkswagen (+34.5%)…
The Fiat Cronos is the best-selling vehicle in Argentina for the third straight year. New light vehicle sales in Argentina gain 11.6% in 2023 to 424,949 units for a third consecutive positive year. We are still below the 459,592 units of pre-pandemic 2019 which was already off -42.7% on the…
The Ford Ranger is the new Australian best-seller. Discover over 75 years of Australian Historical Data here. It's a record year for new vehicle sales in Australia, up a sturdy 12.5% year-on-year to 1,216,780 units and eclipsing the previous record of 1,189,116 established in 2017. December sales were up 12.1%…
Volkswagen was the #1 brand in Italy in December. Consult 95 years of Italian Historical Data here. The Italian new car market rallies back up 19% or 250,000 sales year-on-year in 2023 to 1,566,448 units. This is however 350,000 units (-18.3%) below pre-pandemic 2019. Private sales trail the market at…
The MG ZS is the biggest surprise of the year in Spain. After a December volume up 10.6% to 81,772, the Spanish new car market soars 16.7% year-on-year in 2023 to 949,359 units. Private sales are up 14.5% to 419,528, company sales gain 13.1% to 393,815. It's sales to rental…
The Togg T10X is up to a record 4th place in November 2023. The Turkiye new car market continues on its record run in November at +39.8% to 115,040 units, a new record for the month. This way, the year-to-date tally crosses the million landmarks for the first time at…
The Skoda Octavia is the best-selling vehicle in Slovakia in November. New car sales in Slovakia advance 4.5% year-on-year in November to 7,064 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now up 14.2% or 10,000 sales to 82,675. The Top 3 manufacturers all outrace the market with double digit gains. Skoda…
Nissan Sylphy sales are up 42.4% in November (ePower model pictured). Chinese retail volumes of the selection of new vehicles we have in this report progress by a stunning +19.1% to 1,867,972 units. This is part (and only in part) due to weakened year-ago results due to covid lockdowns. It…
Suzuki Fronx An estimated 44,943 new vehicles hit South African roads in November, a -10.1% year-on-year fall. This way, the year-to-date tally is now stable at +0.5% to 490,173 units. Toyota (-14.5%) falls slightly faster than the market and still reigns supreme with 27.5% share, more than double the #2,…
Tesla Model 3 The Slovenian new car market rises 6.5% year-on-year in November to 3,860 sales, putting the year-to-date volume at +5.3% and 46,118 units. Volkswagen (-10.9%) frankly underperforms year-on-year but holds its market share to 14.9% vs. 14.7% year-to-date. In contrast Skoda (+23.3%) and Toyota (+52.5%) are in fantastic…
BMW is the 2nd best-selling carmaker in Europe in November. According to data by ACEA, the European new car market (EU+EFTA+UK) slows down its growth in November at +6% to 1,075,756 units. Year-to-date, the market is up 15.6% to 11,799,842 but still down -10.8% on pre-pandemic November 2019. Among the…