The Ford Kuga repeats at #1 in Denmark. The Danish new car market spectacularly pivot back into positive in July at +13.4% year-on-year to 18.956 registrations, yet the year-to-date volume remains down -22.7% to 107.383. Ford (+163.8%) almost triples its July 2019 volume to step into the brands pole position with…
The Renault Zoe and Peugeot e-208 are the stars of the EV segment in France. Picture autoplus.fr 11/08 update: Now with Top 20 PC and LCV fleet models. 17/07 update: Now with Top 375 All-models. 2/07 update: Now with the Top 54 All-brands, Top 58 All LCV brands and Top 100…
Exclusive data show record Chevrolet Silverado sales in Australia. Picture carsales.com.au 9/07 update: Now with Top 48 All-brands and Top 305 All-models. Lockdown easing, pent-up demand and strong end-of-financial year (EOFY) incentives have combined to deliver a much better June result than expected in Australia with sales down just -6.4%…
The facelifted Chevrolet Spark is a hit in Israel. Thanks to our partnership with cartube.co.il, we can share with you today complete models and brands data for Israel in June, Q2 and H1. The Israeli new car market has stabilised in June at -2.8% to 21.217 units, leading to a year-to-date…
The new Daihatsu Taft is available in a 80s retro livery. 20/07 update: Now with H1 Top 115 models (all categories). New vehicle sales in Japan skid down -22.9% year-on-year to 347.371 units in June, a better hold than both April (-28.6%) and May (-44.9%), leading to a First Half volume down…
Swan song: soon to be discontinued, the Mercedes X-Class pops into the NZ Top 30 in June. New vehicle sales in New Zealand reduce their fall to -17.2% year-on-year in June to 11.514 units, however is now in a worse position than neighbour Australia (-6.4%) which restarted its economy later.…
The Tesla Model 3 is the best-selling vehicle in London so far in 2020. Thanks to our partnership with SMMT, we can now share with you today H1 2020 new car sales data in Greater London. The market dives -46% year-on-year to 25.286 units, a slightly better hold than the UK overall…
The Skoda Scala breaks into the Polish Top 10 for the first time in June. 30/07 update: Now with H1 2020 Top 120 models. The Polish new car market skids -20% year-on-year in June to 35.133 units, a major improvement on the -54.8% of June but still a drastic fall, leading…
First Top 5 finish in Finland for the Volvo XC40. Picture tekniikanmaailma.fi The Finnish new car market slices its May loss in two with June sales down -25.5% year-on-year to 7.709 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -21.9% halfway through the year at 46.244. Volkswagen (-23.3%) and Skoda (-23.3%)…
Peugeot is the best-selling brand in Belgium in May. 30/07 update: Now with YTD Top 120 models and May Top 50 models. 30/06 update: Now with YTD Top 10 models. After enduring one of the strictest coronavirus lowdown in Europe and the highest death rate per million in the world…
The Citroen C3 is the best-selling vehicle in North Macedonia in May. According to data released by our Eastern European data specialist partner CE Auto, new car sales in North Macedonia sink -56.4% year-on-year in May to 274 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down -23.9% to 1.776. The Citroen C3 (+15.4%)…
The Skoda Octavia is back to #1 in Bosnia & Herzegovina. According to our with Central European market data partner CE Auto, the Bosnian new car market drops -49.5% year-on-year in May to 539 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down -33.9% to 3.108. The Skoda Octavia (-39.4%) resists better and returns to…
The spectacular Haima 7X makes its first appearance in the Chinese charts. According to data from the China Passenger Car Association, retail sales of cars, SUVs and MPVs edge up 1.9% year-on-year in May to 1.64 million units, the first gain since June 2019 when deliveries were boosted by generous…
The MG ZS EV is among the 10 best-selling cars in Norway in May. Picture ebil.no In April, Noway boasted the smallest year-on-year drop of any European (-34%). Despite a COVID-19 pandemic essentially under control with 8.488 total cases at the time of writing vs. 7.710 as of April 30, this…
The Kia Stonic is the 2nd best-selling vehicle in Croatia in May. The Croatian new car market remains very affected by the coronavirus crisis with sales down another -76.2% year-on-year in May to 2.173 units, pulling the year-to-date volume down -55.6% to 13.286. Market leaders Volkswagen (-64.1%) and Skoda (-46.8%)…