China wholesales March 2024: BYD outsells Volkswagen by a record 86,000 units
The BYD Qin Plus sells over 50,000 units in a month for the first time. Based on data shared by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, the Chinese wholesales market is up 9.9% year-on-year in March to 2,694,000 units. This…
Iceland March 2024: Dacia and Duster top market down -71%
The Dacia Duster tops the models ranking in Iceland in March. The Icelandic new car market continues to crash in March at a daunting -71% year-on-year to just 531 units, leading to a Q1 volume off -60.4% to 1,385. March…
Poland March 2024: Volvo (+50.2%), Mercedes (+45.6%) and Nissan (#10) make themselves noticed
The Volvo XC40 is up to #12 in March. After gaining 22.5% in January and 19.5% in February, new car sales in Poland drastically reduce their growth to +1.2% and 48,961 units in March. To be fair, March 2023 was…
Morocco March 2024: Market down again, Fiat (+63%), Kia (+24.6%) stand out
Fiat sales are up 63% year-on-year in March. The Moroccan new light vehicle market endures a second consecutive month of decline in March at -5.8% to 12,831. This drop is solely due to passenger cars at -10.2% to 11,204 whereas…
Croatia March 2024: Skoda Octavia and Renault Clio top stable market
The Skoda Octavia is the most popular model in Croatia in March. The Croatian new car market is stable in March at -0.3% year-on-year to 6,258. This bring the Q1 volume to 15,205 units, up 14.8% over the same period…
Chile March 2024: Toyota and Mitsubishi L200 lead, GWM (+17.2%) defies freefalling market
The GWM Jolion is inside the Chilean Top 10 in March. It’s a month to forget for Chilean new light vehicle sales at -37.4% year-on-year in March to just 23,525 units, the lowest March result since pandemic-plagued March 2020 (19,056).…
Switzerland March 2024: Tesla Model Y ultra dominant in negative market
The Tesla Model Y sells 2.5 times the amount of any other model in market. The Swiss new car market skids -6.8% year-on-year in March to 23,467 units, tilting the year-to-date tally back into negative at -2.7% to 57,224. 4×4…
Norway March 2024: Tesla and Model Y hold onto top spots in devastated market
The Tesla Model Y holds 20.4% of the Norwegian market in March. The Norwegian new car market sinks -49.7% year-on-year in March to just 9,750 units. This way the Q1 volume is off -22.4% 22,252. BEV sales are down -48.2%…
Israel Q1/March 2024: BYD Atto 3 confirms leadership
The BYD Atto 3 remains the favourite of Israeli customers. Data by our Israeli partner cartube.co.il shows a market down -13.5% year-on-year in March to 25,551. Q1 volumes are off -15.9% to 89,041. We have complete March 2024 brands charts…
India March 2024: Tata Punch best-seller for the first time
The Tata Punch is #1 in India in March. Indian new car wholesales climb 10% year-on-year in March to an all-time high record for the month to 369,381 units. Note the previous March record was reached just last year. The…