Skoda sales are up 41% year-on-year in Europe in September. 1/11 update: Now with Top 70 all brands and Top 407 all models. 28/10 update: Now with Top 20 models. Data by ACEA has the European market (EU+EFTA+UK) up 7.9% year-on-year in September to 1,049,926 sales. In a sign that…
The Renault Megane E-Tech is already inside the French Top 10. Picture largus.fr 28/10 update: Now with Top 300 all models. The French new car market confirms it may have bottomed out with a second straight year-on-year lift in September at +5.5% to 141,142 registrations. However this result is down…
The Renault Duster is #1 in Colombia in September. It's a sixth consecutive month of year-on-year lift in Colombia with sales up 4.6% to 23,893. This leads to a year-to-date total up 9.6% to 195.410. Renault (+4.3%) matches the market to easily remains the overall best-selling brand with a 1,000 unit…
The Skoda Octavia is the best-selling vehicle in Slovakia in September. The Slovak new car market falls -9.7% year-on-year in September to 5,237 registrations, meaning the year-to-date volume is now off -1% to 58,106. Skoda (-6.7%) manage to keep its fall below the market rate to remain in first place…
BYD has almost doubled its volume record in the past 6 months. Fourth straight month of very solid year-on-year gain in September for wholesales in China: up 25.7% to 2,610,000 units according to data by the Chinese Association of Automobile Manufacturers. It misses out on the title of highest September…
The Tesla Model Y is the best-selling vehicle in 2022 so far in Switzerland. 20,947 new cars found a buyer in Switzerland in September, a 6.6% year-on-year uptick. The year-to-date tally it now down -9.7% over the same period in 2021 at 162,606 units. 4x4 sales grow 13.7% year-on-year to…
The Suzuki S-Cross is back to #1 in Hungary. 10,988 new light vehicles found a buyer in September in Hungary, a -2.3% year-on-year drop leading to a year-to-date volume down -10.8% over the same period in 2021 to 99,819 units. In the Passenger Cars + Light Commercial Vehicles brands ranking,…
The Tesla Model Y is the best-selling vehicle in China in September. Retail sales of the selection of vehicles included in this update are up 10.3% year-on-year to 1,805,307 units, with a year-to-date volume now down just -3.7% to 14,197,788. BSCB is the only non-Chinese medium to cover both wholesales (ex-factory shipments) and…
The Citroen Berlingo is up 10-fold year-on-year in September. Whereas most of the European market is in positive, new car sales in Slovenia drop a worrying -8.5% year-on-year in September to 3,776 units. This means the year-to-date tally is now off -14.7% to 36,758. Atop the brands ranking, Volkswagen (+10%)…
The Mercedes S-Class is the 4th best-selling import in China in September. Sales of new imported cars in China drop another -12.3% year-on-year in September to just 67,840 units even though September 2021 was already down -20.5% on the year prior. We are following a long term trend in which…
The Chevrolet Onix is up to 2nd place in Mexico this month. 85,842 new light vehicles found a home in Mexico in September, a 11.6% year-on-year uptick. This leads to a year-to-date volume up 2.7% to 778,529 units. What was in July a once-in-a-decade event is shaping up to be a…
The Tesla Model Y is now #1 year-to-date in Austria. New car sales in Austria soar 16.1% year-on-year in September to 20,735 units, however the year-to-date tally remains in frank negative at -14% to 163,209. The Top 4 brands all beat the market, with the podium identical to the YTD…
Volkswagen is the best-selling brand in Uruguay in September. 4,684 new light vehicles hit Uruguayan roads in September, that's a solid 9% year-on-year increase. It leads to a year-to-date volume up 2.1% to 38,123 units. Volkswagen (+25.6%) is the best-selling brand in the country for the second time in the…
The Peugeot 208 is the best-selling vehicle in Denmark in September. After 7 consecutive months of double-digit losses, Danish new car sales curb their fall somewhat in September to -8.5% year-on-year at 13,011 units. The year-to-date tally is however off a damning -22.1% to 109,085. The Top 3 brands all…
Toyota lodges the largest year-on-year gain in the Top 10. The Turkish new car market displays a 8.6% year-on-year gain in September to 62,084 sales, however these remain very low levels as September 2021 was diving -36.9% on the year prior. The year-to-date volume is now off -7% to 520,530…