The Toyota Yaris is the best-selling vehicle in Argentina for the first time. Euphoric month anew for new light vehicle sales in Argentina: up 58.7% year-on-year to 52,188 units. This is the best result for the month since May 2018 (82,706). This way the year-to-date tally is up 78.6% to…
First Top 20 finish for the Ford Tourneo Courier in Croatia, directly up to #6. New car sales in Croatia step up 3% year-on-year in May to 8,531 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 6.2% to 32,478. Volkswagen (-6.1%) reclaims the brands leadership for the first time since last…
The Dacia Duster remains the most popular vehicle at home despite falling -51.5% The Romanian new car market completely collapses in May at -32.7% year-on-year to just 10,521 sales. The year-to-date volume is now down -12.8% to 54,209. Local behemoth Dacia (-52%) completely freefalls to 25.2% share vs. 27.4% so…
The Renault Clio is up to #4 in Finland in May. After edging into positive territory for the first time in 2025 in April, the Finnish new car market falls back in negative in May at -11.3% year-on-year to 6,700 registrations. The year-to-date volume is off -7.7% to 29,283. Toyota…
The Fiat Tipo is by far the most popular vehicle in Albania in April. Thanks to CE Auto, today and for the second month in a row we can share with you exclusive data for Albania. 442 new cars hit Albanian roads in April, bringing the year-to-date tally to 1,743.…
The Renault Clio is the best-seller across Europe for the first time since November 2021. According to data by JATO Dynamics, the European (28 countries) new car market is stable in April at +0.1% year-on-year to 1,078,521 units. After four months, the YTD tally is also up 0.1% to 4,467,681…
The Geely Xingyuan is the best-selling vehicle in China retail in April. The selection of models included in this update soars 14.5% year-on-year in April to 1,662,338 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 7.9% to 6,574,326. BSCB is the only non-Chinese medium to cover both wholesales (ex-factory shipments) and…
The Peugeot 2008 is the best-selling vehicle in Greece so far this year. It's a second consecutive positive month for the Greek new car market at a solid +9% year-on-year in April to 14,649 units. Due to a difficult start of the year, the YTD tally remains in negative for…
The Renault Arkana is the 2nd best-selling vehicle in Cyprus in April. According to our local partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, the Cypriot new car market collapses -31.8% year-on-year in April to just 1,096 units. As a reminder, April 2024 was up 105.4% on the year prior. The year-to-date tally is…
The Skoda Octavia is the best-selling vehicle in Slovenia in April. 5,193 new cars hit Slovenian roads in April, a solid 10.6% year-on-year improvement. This way, the year-to-date tally is up 6.3% to 19,865. 3 of the Top 4 carmakers outpace the market, with Volkswagen (+18.3%) and Skoda (+42.6%) very…
The Geely Xingyuan is the best-selling vehicle in China in April and year-to-date. According to data by CAAM, the Chinese wholesale market continues to perk up in April at +9.8% year-on-year to 2.59 million units (this figure includes exports). New Energy Vehicles climb 44.2% year-on-year to 1,226,000 equalling to 47.3%…
The MG 5 is back inside the Mexican Top 5. 108,298 new light vehicles hit Mexican roads in April, a -4.6% year-on-year dip. The year-to-date tally remains in positive however at 473,402 units, up 1.4% over the same period in 2024. Nissan (+6.3%) defies the gloomy market and widens the…
Cupra is the 5th best-selling brand in Austria in April. 24,855 new cars hit Austrian roads in April, a splendid 16.5% year-on-year lift. The year-to-date volume is now up 7.4% to 90,872. Volkswagen (+6.3%) dominates once again with 14.5% of the market, distancing Skoda (+13.4%) at 10.5%. BMW (+29%) and…
The Skoda Elroq is among the 10 favourite cars of German private buyers in April. 81,557 new cars were sold to Germany private buyers in April for a 33.6% private sales ratio (PSR). This is up 1% on April 2024 when the PSR was 33.2%. Year-to-date, private sales are up…
BYD sells more cars than Tesla in April, albeit both at very low levels. The German new car market is stable in April at -0.15% year-on-year to 242,728. This is however 22% below the pre-pandemic volumes of April 2019 (310,715). The year-to-date tally is down -3.3% to 907,299. Volkswagen (-2.7%) falls…