The Jeep Renegade is the best-selling vehicle in Cyprus in January. According to our Cyprus partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, the new car market is down -27.9% year-on-year in January to 841 units. Being a small market, the models ranking is very volatile and reshuffled virtually each month. In January the…
The Toyota RAV4 is the best-selling vehicle in Norway in January. Picture finansavisen.no December 2020 was the biggest month in Norwegian history as manufacturers rushed registrations to lower their average CO2 emissions for the year and avoid or lower fines. The share of electrified vehicles hit a record 92.5% then…
The Toyota Yaris ranks #2 in Italy for the second month running. Picture quattroruote.it New car sales in Italy start the year with a -14.1% year-on-year drop in January to 134.772 units. Stable private sales pull the market up at -0.7% to 91.561 and 67.9% share vs. 58.8% in January…
The Audi e-Tron is the best-selling vehicle in Norway in 2020... Discover 65 years of Norwegian Historical Data here. December 2020 is the largest month in Norwegian history at 20.574 units, up 82.8% year-on-year as manufacturers rushed registrations to lower their average CO2 emissions for the year and avoid fines.…
The Toyota RAV4 is up 54.4% in a market down -48.5%. In the space of a few weeks, Australia went from being one of the "naughty kids" with late movement restrictions and 4.559 COVID-19 cases as of March 31 (20th globally) to almost "first in class" with less than 30…
The Porsche Taycan breaks into the Swiss Top 100 in March. The Swiss government has so far avoided imposing strict lockdown measures to its population, instead opting for the ban of all events with more than 1.000 participants on February 28 - which triggered the cancellation of the Geneva Auto…
The Peugeot 2008 II breaks into its home Top 5 for the first time in February. 19/03 update: Now with the Top 285 All-models. The French new car market records a second consecutive month in negative in February at a much more palatable -2.7% year-on-year to 167.785 units, leading to…
The Kia Stonic surges to a record 6th place in Croatia in January. New car sales in Croatia gain 2.2% year-on-year in January to 3.631 registrations. Volkswagen (-5.7%) remains by far the most popular brand at 18.8% share vs. 13.5% over FY2019 with Skoda (+22.5%) surging 5 spots on December…
The Mercedes GLC is up to #3 in Switzerland in October. The Swiss new car market bounces back up 14.5% year-on-year in October on weak year-ago post-WLTP volumes to 26.103 registrations, lifting the year-to-date tally up 1.7% to 252.413. After a two-month interruption by Mercedes (+10.7%), Volkswagen (+31.8%) reclaims the…
The GT Line variant accounts for 50% of Peugeot 208 II initial sales. 08/11 update with Top 365 All-models final figures and buyer types info. 02/11 update with Top 50 All-brands. The French new car market posts a sturdy 8.7% year-on-year gain to 188.985 units in October, signing the largest…
All guns blazing: the Dacia Duster sees its record ranking in Germany rise from #29 to #10. Now updated with Private Sales data (Top 50 models and commentary). New car sales in Germany hold surprisingly well in August, edging down -0.8% to 313.748 which means the YTD volume remains in…
The Peugeot 208 and Citroen C3 are the best-selling models in France in July. 27/08/2019 update: Now with the Top 50 All-brands and Top 353 All-models. If the June -8.4% fall appeared higher than it really was due to two less selling days vs. June 2018, the situation is reversed…
The Focus (+146.4%) helps Ford up 26.8% in July. 12/08/2019 update: Now with the Top 50 private sales models. Great result for German new car sales in July, up 4.7% year-on-year to 332.788 units even though July 2018 volumes were artificially boosted by pre-WLTP stock clearances. When comparing with July…
It took a while, but the VW T-Roc is now well and truly established at home. After a splendid 9.1% surge in May, the German new car market falls back to earth at -4.7% year-on-year in June to 325.231 registrations due to three fewer working days than in June 2018. Adjusted for…
BMW sales surge 42.1% year-on-year in May. New car sales in Germany enjoy their largest year-on-year gain since last August at +9.1% to 332.962 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 1.7% to 1.523.769, its highest level at this stage of the year since 2000. The odd reason behind such a large…