Slovakia February 2024: Skoda Fabia snaps first win in over a year
The Skoda Fabia is the best-selling vehicle in Slovakia in February. It’s another very satisfying month for the Slovak new car market at +16.3% year-on-year in February to 7,702 units. This way, the year-to-date tally is up 17.5% to 15,637.…
Indonesia February 2024: Daihatsu Sigra repeats at #1 in struggling market
The Daihatsu Sigra is the best-selling model in Indonesia for the 2nd month running. The new vehicle wholesales market in Indonesia dives -18.7% year-on-year in February to just 70,657 units, leading to a year-to-date volume off -22.5% to 140,274. Retail…
Colombia February 2024: Toyota Corolla Cross best-seller in market off just -1.3%
The Toyota Corolla Cross is the most popular vehicle in Colombia in February. The Colombian new vehicle market significantly slows down its fall in February at -1.3% to 15,612. The year-to-date tally is down -8.4% to 27,206. Toyota (+38.5%) goes…
Kazakhstan February 2024: Chinese up to 35.2% share, Hyundai Tucson clear #1
The Jetour X70 is up to a record 5th place in Kazakhstan in February. Note: January sales figures are also included in the data section of this article. After progressing 7.8% year-on-year in January to 11,244, Kazakh new car sales…
China retail February 2024: Chery (+43.1%), Geely (+18.2%) defy market down -16.3%
Chery Arrizo 8 sales are up 269.9% year-on-year in February. Retail sales for the selection of vehicles included in this update are off -16.3% year-on-year in February to 1,051,670, as the Lunar New Year holiday fell in February this year.…
China imports February 2024: Lexus back to #1, Lotus Eletre lands
Chinese sales data for the Lotus Eletre is now available. The Lunar New Year holidays falling in February this year instead of January in 2023, sales of new imported cars in China drop -40.6% year-on-year this month to just 32,968.…
Germany February 2024: VW Golf (+32.6%), Passat (+54.9%), Opel Astra (+214.2%) shine in soft market
VW Passat sales are up 54.9% in February. Picture Martin Meiners. German new car sales edge up 5.4% year-on-year in February to 217,388 units. That’s the smallest lift among the Top 5 European markets. Year-to-date volumes are up 11.8% to…
Europe February 2024: Market up 10.2% year-on-year
MG sales in Europe are up 105.8% year-on-year in February. 02/04 update: Now with Top 90 All brands and Top 475 All models. According to preliminary data from ACEA, the European market (EU+EFTA+UK) climbs up 10.2% per almost 100,000 sales…
Singapore February 2024: BYD overall best-seller
BYD sales are up 10-fold year-on-year in Singapore. 2,414 new cars found a buyer in Singapore in February, a solid 13% year-on-year growth. This leads to a year-to-date volume up 15.7% to 4,654. This month’s biggest story is without a…
Vietnam February 2024: Ford Ranger triumphs in imploding market (-52%)
The Ford Ranger is #1 in Vietnam in February. VAMA data shows a Vietnamese market imploding -49.5% year-on-year to just 11,633 sales and off -23.5% to 30,876. When adding Hyundai who reports separately from VAMA, these figures climb to 13,666…