The Chevrolet Captiva aka Baojun 530 is now inside the Mexican Top 10. New light vehicle sales in Mexico are up 12.7% year-on-year in July to 82.157 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 18.3% to 602.681. We however remain well below the pre-pandemic levels of July 2019 at -22.3% for the…
The Dacia Sandero is the best-selling vehicle in Austria in July. New car sales in Austria recede by a tough -19.7% year-on-year in July to 19.902 units, a particularly poor performance keeping in mind July 2020 was already down -21.1% on the year prior. The year-to-date tally now stands at…
The VW Polo is the best-selling vehicle in Switzerland in July. New car sales in Switzerland reverse -14.2% year-on-year in July to 19.422 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 14.4% to 143.969. 4x4 sales drop faster than the market at -18.3% to 8.712 and 44.9% share vs. 47.1% in…
The VW T-Cross is the best-selling vehicle in Slovenia again. New car sales in Slovenia take a hit in July at -31.1% year-on-year to 4.426 registrations, leading two a year-to-date tally up just 2.9% to 35.435 units. Volkswagen (-11.6%) almost slices the market drop in three to improve its share…
The VW ID.4 breaks into the Finnish Top 5 in July. Picture kauppalehti.fi New car sales in Finland backtrack -18.8% year-on-year in July to 7.175 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 13.1% to 62.336. Toyota (+5.2%) bucks the negative trend to cement its leadership in the Finnish brands ranking…
The Dacia Duster misses out on the Polish top spot for just 24 sales in July. The Polish new car market is off -7.9% year-on-year to 38.047 sales, keeping in mind July 2020 was already down -14% on the year prior. The year-to-date volume now stands at 275.758 units, up…
The Toyota Yaris is back to #1 in Greece. Picture newsauto.gr Greek new car sales are up 11.2% year-on-year in July to 10.586 units, bringing the year-to-date tally up 49.6% to 68.948. However July 2021 volumes return below pre-pandemic levels at -9.7% on July 2019. Toyota (+25.9%) outpaces the market…
The Peugeot 2008 is the best-selling vehicle in Portugal in July. New car sales in Portugal skid down -19% year-on-year in July to just 12.323 units, keeping in mind July 2020 was already down -17.5% on the year prior. The year-to-date volume is now up 17.1% to 93.768 units. Despite…
The VW T-Roc is up to a record 2nd place at home in July. New car sales in Germany feel the full brunt of the microchip crisis in July as they dive -24.9% year-on-year to just 236.393 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now up 6.7% to 1.627.282. Volkswagen (-16.6%) resists…
The Opel Corsa remains the best-selling vehicle in Croatia in July. The Croatian new car market is up 10.6% year-on-year in July to 5.675 registrations, bringing the year-to-date tally up 40.8% to 31.778 units. Opel (+198.5%) triples its sales year-on-year to brilliantly take the lead of the brands ranking, toppling Volkswagen…
The Dacia Duster is the best-selling vehicle in Bulgaria in July. New light vehicle sales in Bulgaria are stable in July at -0.6% year-on-year to 3.521 registrations, bringing the year-to-date volume up 24.5% to 19.660 units. Brand leader Dacia (+58.7%) ignores the lukewarm context to shoot up to 18.4% share vs.…
Suzuki sales are up 122.9% year-on-year in July in Romania. The Romanian new car market bounces back up 19.6% year-on-year in July to 15.493 units, taking advantage of a particularly low comparison base in July 2020 when sales fell -44.2% on the year prior. The year-to-date tally tilts back into…
Hyundai is up to #5, with sales down just -1.2% in a market off -38% It's a horrendous month for new car sales in Belgium, down by a damning -38% year-on-year to just 27.596 units, keeping in mind July 2020 volumes were already down -1.3% on the year prior. As a…
Seat sales are up 26% in a market down -27.7% New car sales in Luxembourg skid down by a ghastly -27.7% year-on-year in July to 3.984 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now up 11.3% to 29.271. Volkswagen (-10.3%) and Mercedes (-15.7%) both resist much better than the market atop…
The Hyundai Tucson is the best-selling vehicle in Ireland in July and YTD. Picture completecar.ie Swinging the opposite way of the rest of the European markets we have covered so far, Irish new car sales are up a strong 25% year-on-year to 26.471 units in the all-important July month marking…