The Kia Niro is the best-selling vehicle in Sweden for the second time ever. The Swedish new car market sinks -22.4% year-on-year in August to 19.808 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally up 20.6% to 209.749. Rechargeable cars are up a spectacular 25.8% to 9.322 and 47.1% share vs. just…
The Dacia Duster holds a record 14.2% of the Romanian market in August. New car sales in Romania soar 44.6% year-on-year in August to 16.129 units on a low year-ago comparison base (11.155), leading to a year-to-date tally up 7.6% to 79.311. The Top 3 carmakers vastly outperform the market,…
The Skoda Scala is up to #4 in Slovakia in July. The Slovak new car market skids down -6.9% year-on-year in July to 7.695 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally up 9.1% to 46.144. Brand leader Skoda (-15.7%) drops more than twice as fast as the market to fall to…
The Fiat Strada is the best-selling vehicle in Brazil in August. The Brazilian new vehicle market accelerates its fall with a -8.6% year-on-year drop in August to 158.514 units, leading to a year-to-date tally now up 20.7% to 1.327.535 units. Fiat (+24.5%) once again ignores the challenging context to fly…
Toyota Prado sales are up 452.8% year-on-year in August. 06/09 update: now with Top 275 All-models. New car sales in Australia surge 33.1% year-on-year in August to 81.199 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 27.2% to 732.828 sales, the highest volume at this stage of the year since 2018.…
The Lynk & Co 01 is up to #12 in the Netherlands in August. The Dutch new car market sinks -16.8% year-on-year in August to 21.877 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -3.4% to 211.460, making the Netherlands one of only a few countries in the world where YTD…
Kia is the only year-on-year gainer in the Top 25. Picture quattroruote.it The Italian new car market accelerate its fall in August at -27.1% year-on-year to just 65.185 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 31.1% to 1.069.875. Compared to the first 8 months of 2019, the Italian market is…
The new Yaris Cross helps Toyota sign its first ever win in Spain. New car sales in Spain continue to suffer from the microchip crisis at -28.9% year-on-year in August to just 47.584 units, the lowest August tally since 2013 and exactly the same evolution as July. The year-to-date tally…
Toyota sales are up 5% in a market down -28.6%. New car sales in Singapore skid down -28.6% year-on-year in July to just 3.446 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 37.1% to 29.223. Relegated to third place last month, Toyota (+5%) braves the negative context to easily reclaim the…
Hyundai sales are up 28.4% in a market down -45.2% in July. 1/09 update: Now with Top 25 models. New light vehicle sales in Turkey sink by a ghastly -45.2% year-on-year in July to 47.849 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 29.6% to 442.550. The 7-month figure is up…
The Chevrolet Cobalt is the best-selling vehicle in Kazakhstan in July. Picture tengrinews.kz New vehicle sales in Kazakhstan are on a roll: up another whopping 41.9% year-on-year in July to 10.668 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 53.3% to 66.946. Local producer Chevrolet (+766.7%) retains its iron fist over…
VW Tiguan sales are up 123.1% in a market down -13.4%. With the country under Level 3 covid restrictions for most of the month, new car sales in Taiwan drop -13.4% year-on-year to 38.064, leading to a year-to-date tally up 2.4% to 259.873. Brand leader Toyota (-21.5%) drops faster than…
Chery holds 7.5% of the Chilean market in July. New light vehicle sales in Chile soar 233.6% year-on-year in July to 38.226 units, the largest monthly volume in almost 3 years: since September 2018 (39.263). This leads to a year-to-date tally up 90.1% to 217.082. More significantly, July 2021 volumes…
The Voyah Free has landed into the Chinese retail charts. BSCB is the only non-Chinese medium to cover both wholesales (ex-factory shipments) and retail sales (end-customer sales) for China so you can get the most complete picture of the largest new vehicle market in the world. Retail sales tend to…
The Toyota Wildlander is up 20.5% in July. According to data by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), it's a third consecutive month of year-on-year decline for Chinese wholesales, with July down a steep -11.9% to 1.864.000 units. However July 2021 volumes are actually up on pre-pandemic levels in…