Mazda sales surge 66.9% in Slovakia in November. The Slovak new car market drops -3.9% year-on-year in November to a round 8.000 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 1.9% to 93.854. Skoda (-10.5%) falls almost three times faster than the market but scores an outstanding 23.9% share vs. 19.8%…
The Toyota C-HR is the best-selling vehicle in Lithuania in November. According to our partner JATO Dynamics, the Lithuanian new car market continues to surge at +52.7% in November to 4.339 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 44% to 43.193. Note ACEA has Lithuania drastically down year-on-year and year-to-date…
The Sandero (+105.3%), Logan (+88.2%) and Duster (+50.1%) lift Renault to its first annual crown in Ukraine. Discover 50 years of Ukrainian Historical Data here. New car sales in Ukraine resume their progression in 2019 at +8% to 88.437 units after gains in 2016 (+41%) and 2017 (+25.3%) but slipping into negative in…
The Toyota Hilux is the best-selling vehicle in Argentina in 2019. Consult almost 60 years of Argentinean Historical Data here. New vehicle sales in Argentina freefalls down -42.7% year-on-year in 2019 to just 459.592 units compared to over 800.000 in 2018 and a forecast of just -20% and 650.000 at…
The Dacia Duster soars to #3 in Italy in 2019. Consult over 90 years of Italian Historical Data here. 04/02 update: Now with Top 200 models. In what is shaping up to be a European pattern, the Italian new car market benefits from an artificial December surge - up 12.2%…
The Tesla Model 3 sells almost 30.000 units in the Netherlands in 2019. Consult over 35 years of Dutch Historical Data here. Once again the Dutch new car market is heavily disrupted in December due to looming tax changes. From 1 January 2020, the first 45.000€ of the price of…
The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling vehicle in Ireland in 2019. Consult over 45 years of Irish Historical Data here. New car sales in Ireland endure a third straight year of decline in 2019 at -6.7% year-on-year to 117.100 units, the lowest annual result since 2014 (96.338). The Top 4…
The Rifter helps push Peugeot to #1 in Spain, accounting for 14% of its 2019 volume. Consult over 45 years of Spanish Historical Data here. New car sales in Spain put an end to 6 consecutive years of growth in 2019 at -2.4% to 1.302.963 units, the first year-on-year decline…
The Volvo S/V60 scores its first ever annual win at home. Consult 70 years of Swedish Historical Data here As predicted, 2019 ended on an artificial high in Sweden with December sales up 107.8% year-on-year to 47.797 which is the largest December volume in Swedish history. The one and only reason…
Jetour retail sales soar 76.2% year-on-year in China in November. After studying Chinese wholesales (factory shipments to dealerships) for November, it's time to get into retail sales (registrations to end customers), our second complete monthly coverage of the Chinese market to "keep'em honest". Indeed wholesales can be artificially inflated by…
The Tesla Model 3 breaks its Chinese monthly volume record in November. Complete Chinese imports data is now available for November, BSCB being the only media outside of China to report on these figures monthly. The market stabilises once again in November at -0.8% to 99.667 units, in line with…
The Nissan Versa breaks its Mexican share record for the 2nd straight month. New light vehicle sales in Mexico endure a 29th year-on-year drop in the past 30 months in November at -7% to 124.819 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -7.6% year-to-date at 1.187.474. After ending a streak of…
The T99 is the third Bestune nameplate to be launched in one year. After exploring Chinese November wholesales, we can now follow the tradition of detailing the all-new locally-produced launches for the month. This way you can keep up-to-the-minute on the fastest-evolving automotive market in the world. The recent Chengdu and…
The VW Tayron hits a 6th consecutive all-time record volume in November. New China wholesales endure an excruciating 17th straight month of year-on-year decline but for the 2nd month in a row the dip is the smallest since the market started falling in July 2018 at just -3.6% to 2.457.000 units. This means…
The VW T-Roc is stuck at a record 5th place in Greece. The Greek new car market gains 8.3% year-on-year in November to 7.464 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally up 9.6% to 107.512, the best result since 2010. At #1, Toyota (-10.3%) is with Opel (-9%) the only Top 10…