The Toyota Yaris Cross is up to a record third place in Argentina in August. It's the start of August updates! The Argentinean new light vehicle market sinks by a ghastly -19.3% year-on-year this month to just 41,752 units. This brings the year-to-date tally down -13.9% to 362,497. Strikingly, the…
The Peugeot 408 scores its second ever Top 10 finish in North Macedonia. Based on data shared with us by our Central European partner CE Auto, the North Macedonian new car market rallies back up 21.5% year-on-year in July to 758 units, bringing the year-to-date tally to 4,210 units which…
First European Top 10 finish for the Mercedes GLC. Dataforce has the European new car market (EU+EFTA+UK) up 4.1% year-on-year in July to 1,109,960 units. This gives a year-to-date tally up 5.7% to 8,356,696. According to JATO Dynamics, BEV registrations are up 51% year-on-year to 279,000 units or 25.1% share…
VW ID.UNYX 08 Now that July 2026 wholesales have been covered, let’s focus on the latest launches on the Chinese market. After a quiet June showing, in July we have no less than ten new models hitting the charts, eight of them Chinese. To fully understand the scope of the…
The Citroen C3/C3 Aircross ranks #10 with German private buyers in July. 98,917 new cars were sold to German private buyers in July, a 36.9% private sales ratio (PSR) and a solid 8.3% year-on-year improvement. The July 2025 PSR was 34.5%. Year-to-date, private sales are up 8.5% to 609,856 and…
The Renault Twingo is the best-selling vehicle in Slovenia in July. 5,743 new cars found a buyer in Slovenia in July, a splendid 12.4% year-on-year improvement. After seven months, the YTD tally is up 16.6% to 41,086. Volkswagen (+1.9%) misses out on the market's euphoria but remains a distant leader…
The Geely EX2 is up to #9 in Brazil in July. 265,907 new cars hit Brazilian roads in July, a splendid 15.5% year-on-year improvement. This is the highest July volume in 12 years: since the 279,815 units of July 2014. The year-to-date tally is now up 19.5% to 1,626,541, here…
The Kia Stonic is by far the best-selling vehicle in Cyprus in July. According to our local partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, new car sales in Cyprus drop -4.9% year-on-year in July to 1,368 units. This means the year-to-date volume is now off -10.8% to 8,612. Market leader Kia (+51.4%)…
The Mercedes GLC hits a ranking record at #4. 268,068 new cars hit German roads in July, a small 1.2% year-on-year lift. The year-to-date tally is now up 5.1% to 1,752,461. This is to be compared with the 332,788 sales of pre-pandemic July 2019 and 2,818,788 units at the same…
The Peugeot 208 is the best-selling vehicle in Portugal in July. The Portuguese new car market edges up 3.5% year-on-year in July to 18,157 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 9.6% to 155,237. Peugeot (-7%) holds onto the brands top spot but drops to 8.4% share vs. 9.6% so…
The Toyota bZ4X is the most popular vehicle in Denmark in July. 14,562 new cars found a Danish buyer in July, a solid 5.4% year-on-year improvement. The year-to-date volume is up an even more satisfying 11.8% to 115,594. BEVs hold a stunning 80.1% share this month,, hybrids 2.9%, mild hybrids…
The BYD Atto 2 lodges its first Top 20 finish in Croatia, directly at #5 The Croatian new car market is up 2.6% year-on-year in July to 6,357 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 5.1% to 49,897. The Top five brands vastly outpace the market with at least double-digit…
The Skoda Octavia is the best-selling vehicle in Ireland in July. The biannual licence plate change traditionally brings the 2nd strongest volume of the year below January, with July sales in Ireland up 8.6% year-on-year to 29,040. This leads to a year-to-date tally up 5.3% to 114,222. Toyota (+1.1%) returns…
The Skoda Octavia is the best-selling model in Poland for the 2nd straight month. New car sales in Poland are up a very satisfying 11.8% year-on-year in July to 56,205 units, bringing the year-to-date tally up 9.7% to 368,253. Toyota (-7.1%) continues to dominate the brands charts with 13% share…
The BMW i4 is up to a record 4th place in Finland in July. The Finnish new car market is up a splendid +11.9% year-on-year in July to 5,915 units, leading to a YTD volume up 1.5% to 42,502. Toyota (+51.4%) surges to 23.4% share, its highest since hitting 23.5%…