MG sales surge 142.3% year-on-year across Europe in June. 31/07 update: Now with Top 85 All brands and Top 460 All models rankings. According to preliminary data by ACEA, new car sales in Europe (EU+EFTA+UK) climb 18.7% or 200,000 units year-on-year in June to 1,265,658. Note June 2022 was down -16.8%…
Hyundai i20 sales more than double year-on-year. Note: Full May 2023 data is included in the data section of this article. 8,371 new cars found a home in Slovakia in June, that's a 4.3% year-on-year lift. The H1 tally is up 13.8% to 45,457 units. Skoda (+26.4%) soars to 21.1%…
LI Auto breaks its volume record for the third month in a row. We can share with you today All brands and All models retail sales data for China in June. BSCB is the only non-Chinese medium to cover both wholesales (ex-factory shipments) and retail sales data for China so…
Suzuki is up to 2nd place year-to-date in Uruguay. New light vehicle sales in Uruguay soar 21.1% year-on-year in June to a round 5,000 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 3.9% to 26,232. Chevrolet (+68.1%) continues to dominate the charts head and shoulders with 18.9% share vs. 15.4% so…
21,544 Ram Pickups found a new Canadian home in June. According to local consultancy DesRosiers Automotive, the Canadian new light vehicle market is estimated to climb 12.6% year-on-year in June to 161,901 units. To damper this performance, remember June 2022 was the lowest volume for the month since 2009. The…
The Renault Clio is the best-selling model in June and now also YTD. 19/07 update: Now with Top 60 All brands and Top 328 All models. Although French new car sales gain 11.5% year-on-year in June to 190,848 registrations, we are still lower than the 199,509 of June 2021, 233,820 of June 2020…
The Skoda Octavia is the best-selling vehicle in Hungary over H1 2023. The Hungarian new passenger car market is down -1.4% year-on-year in June to 9,360 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -1.6% to 56,467. When adding light commercials, sales are up 2.4% to 68,339 units. Skoda tops the…
Mazda2 sales are up 12-fold year-on-year in June. 113,553 new light vehicles found a buyer in Mexico in June, a very satisfying 25.7% year-on-year improvement. This way, the H1 2023 tally is up 22.1% to 633,087. Nissan (+50.3%) almost doubles the market growth to land at 18.5% share for the…
The Skoda Octavia is now #1 year-to-date in Austria. New car sales in Austria gain 7.7% year-on-year in June to 24,511 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 16.7% to 126,690. Volkswagen (-1.3%) underperforms and goes against the market with a negative result, yet posts a solid 14.9% share in…
The Mitsubishi Triton is up 10-fold year-on-year in June. New Zealand vehicle sales surge by a spectacular 96.1% year-on-year in June to 23,560, a new all time monthly volume record. This result is linked to Clean Car policy changes with customers rushing to register vehicles to avoid new fees. The…
The Peugeot 2008 is the best-selling vehicle in Portugal in June and H1. The Portuguese new car market soars 42.1% year-on-year in June to 22,041 sales, leading to a H1 2023 volume up a spending 46% to 110,155. Peugeot (+80.7%) reclaims the brands lead with 14.1% share vs. 11.7% halfway…
Peugeot 2008 sales are up 4-fold year-on-year in June. New car sales in Slovenia edge up 6.3% year-on-year in June to 4,669 units, keeping in mind June 2022 was down -15.1% on the year prior which in turn was down -21.1% on 2021. So we are still evolving at particularly low…
The BYD Yuan Plus is sold as the Atto 3 in export markets. According to data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), the Chinese wholesales market is up 9.8% over H1 2023 to 13,239,000 units including 11,268,000 Passenger Vehicles (+8.8%) and 1,971,000 Commercial Vehicles (+15.8%). Production is up…
The BYD Seagull is already inside the Chinese Top 25. In June a raft of marketing activities by manufacturers and the instruction by the central government that local governments and financial institutions introduce subsidies to boost car sales can't lift the Chinese wholesales market significantly. It only edges up 4.8% year-on-year in…
Toyota is the most popular carmaker in Ukraine in June. The Ukrainian new car market rallies back up 92.3% year-on-year in June to 5,581 sales, leading to a year-to-date tally up 52.9% to 27,058. Toyota (+136%) and Renault (+108.6%) beat the market to lead the brands charts ahead of Volkswagen…