Volvo S/V60 sales surge 465.4% year-on-year in Sweden. In June, the Swedish new car market suffered from a record comparison base in June 2018 when volumes that were triggered in anticipation of the implementation of a new tax system and as a result sank by -51.9%. This month, the year-on-year…
The new model pushes Nissan Dayz sales up 41% year-on-year. New light vehicle sales in Japan edge down -0.7% year-on-year in June to 450.397. The brands podium remains totally unaffected and score the only year-on-year gains in the Top 8: Toyota (+4.2%) improves to 29.9% share, Honda (+7.5%) to 15% and…
Lifted by the Niro (+176.7%), Kia sales gain 3.9% in a market down -51.9%. One year ago, new car sales in Sweden were spurred to the largest monthly volume in history thanks to sales pulled forward in anticipation of a new tax system implemented on July 1. Logically, the market…
The Volvo S/V60 has become the uncontested leader at home. Sadly the Swedish new car market is approaching a full year of double-digit declines with May marking the 11th straight month of such falls at -15.3% to 31.919 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -14.6% to 136.052. Homegrown leader Sweden…
Mercedes C-Class sales are up 229.9% in April. New car sales in Sweden endure a 10th consecutive double-digit year-on-year fall in April at -11.6% to 30.253 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -14.4% to 104.133. The Top 2 best-selling carmakers Volvo (-21.1%) and Volkswagen (-30.6%) both drop a lot…
The Toyota Corolla is up to #2 in Poland in April. New light vehicles in Poland gain 4% year-on-year in April to 52.190 units including light commercials, a new record for the month leading to a year-to-date volume up 1.7% to 208.927, also a new record. Skoda (+7.7%) and Toyota…
The Mitsubishi Outlander is the most popular vehicle with Icelandic private buyers in 2018. Consult over 15 years of Iceland Historica Data here. This article has been updated with the Top 100 models. Iceland is back on BSCB after a two-year hiatus, but the market suffers a harsh drop in…
The Dacia Duster is the best-selling vehicle in Poland in March. Picture motospace.pl Polish new light vehicle sales edge down -1.4% year-on-year in March to 56.489 units including light commercials, yet a solid start of the year enables the YTD tally to remain in positive at +1% to 156.737. 6…
The Tesla Model 3 has landed in Sweden, and it's already a blockbuster. No sign of improvement for Swedish new car sales, now "celebrating" 9 consecutive months of double-digit declines (not just declines) with March down another ghastly 18.7% to 30.256, pulling the year-to-date tally down 15.5% to 73.880. The…
The Mercedes E-Class is the best-selling foreign nameplate in South Korea in 2018. The South Korea Full Year 2018 article has now been updated with the Top 100 foreign models ranking. It shows the Mercedes E-Class (+9.6%) cementing its lead and edging past 35.500 sales, now over 12.000 units above its…
The VW Golf is the best-selling nameplate in Sweden in February. New car sales in Sweden endure an 8th consecutive double-digit year-on-year drop in February at -14.9% to just 23.146 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down 13.1% to 43.624. Homegrown market leader Volvo (-32.7%) is hit particularly hard but remains…
The Volvo S/V60 is the best-selling vehicle in Sweden in January. Swedish new car sales skid down 10.9% year-on-year in January to 20.478 units. Atop the brands charts, both Volvo (-14.1%) and Volkswagen (-21.7%) lose share year-on-year but Kia (+9.2%) and BMW (+12.6%) show impressive results. Only Ford (+4.9%) also…
Hyundai Kona sales are lifted up by the new EV variant. New car sales in Norway edge down 2.2% year-on-year in January to 9.004 registrations, with Volkswagen (+0.3%) going against the grain with a slim uptick to 15.4% share vs. 13.6% over the FY2018. BMW (-7%) leaps up two spots…
Volvo XC60 sales in Finland are up 47.2% in January. Finnish new car sales start 2019 on the wrong foot with January deliveries down a harsh 13.7% year-on-year to just 11.636 units. Toyota (-17.7%) rallies back up from #6 in December to the brands' pole position it held over the…
The Nissan Qashqai is the best-selling vehicle in Finland for the second time ever, after 2012. Consult close to 65 years of Finland Historical Data here. New car sales in Finland edge up 1.5% in 2018 to 118.941 registrations. Market leader Toyota (+1.9%) sees its share stabilised at 12.6%, wheres…