Greece August 2024: Toyota hits record share in freefalling market
The Toyota Yaris Cross is the best-selling vehicle in Greece in August. New car sales in Greece freefall -21.4% year-on-year in August, yet thanks to a solid start of the year the YTD tally remains in positive at +5.7% to…
Cyprus August 2024: Kia holds 26.8% share, places Picanto and Stonic on top
The Kia Picanto is the best-selling vehicle in Cyprus in August. Data shared with us by our local partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT show a Cyprus new car market up 10.3% year-on-year in August to 812 sales, leading to a year-to-date…
Indonesia August 2024: BYD up to #6 with 3.9% share, Toyota Kijang Innova now #1 YTD
For its third month in market, BYD reaches the 6th place in the Indonesian brands ranking. It’s another very weak Indonesian market in August with wholesales down -14.1% year-on-year to just 76,304, keeping in mind August 2023 was already off…
Slovenia August 2024: Renault Captur and Clio top strong market (+13.5%)
The Renault Captur signs its 2nd win in the past four months. 3,678 new cars found a buyer in Slovenia in August, a solid 13.5% year-on-year improvement. This leads to a year-to-date tally up 6.5% to 36,545. Strikingly, the…
China new models August 2024: Zeekr 7X and Xpeng Mona M07 launch
Zeekr 7X Let’s now examine the latest launches on the Chinese market, based on wholesales. This month we have six new models hitting Chinese roads, all of them Chinese. To fully understand the scope of the Chinese market, make sure…
Luxembourg August 2024: Mercedes (+25.8%) takes the lead in weak market
Mercedes holds 12.6% of the Luxembourg market in August. 2,910 new cars found a buyer in Luxembourg in August, a harsh -14.8% year-on-year drop. The year-to-date tally is now off -5.4% to 32,270. Mercedes (+25.8%) defies the negative market to…
Switzerland August 2024: Tesla Model Y #1, first podium for the Volvo EX30
The Volvo EX30 ranks #3 in Switzerland in August. The Swiss new car market is hit a harsh -16.1% year-on-year in August to 15,927 sales, leading to a year-to-date volume off -3.6% to 155,575. 4×4 sales are down -14.7% to…
New Zealand August 2024: Volkswagen (+42.9%), Mitsubishi (+24.6%) highlight stable market
VW Amarok The New Zealand new vehicle market edges up 2.1% year-on-year in August to 9,990 sales. This is to be compared with 14,662 in August 2022. The year-to-date tally is off a daunting -18.7% to 82,067. In August, Passenger…
South Africa August 2024: Toyota Starlet Cross breaks into Top 10
The Toyota Starlet Cross aka Taisor ranks #8 in South Africa in August. The South African new vehicle market edges down -4.9% year-on-year in August to 43,588. This means the year-to-date volume is now off -6.1% to 333,662. Exports continue…
Ukraine August 2024: BYD breaks records again
BYD ranks in the Ukrainian Top 10 for the 2nd month running. The Ukrainian new car market steps up 40% year-on-year in August to 8,107 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 24.6% to 47,563. Toyota (+11.6%) remains the most…