Germany October 2023: Fiat 500 best-seller overall
The Fiat 500 is the most popular vehicle in Germany in October. The German new car market advances 5.1% year-on-year in October to 218,959 sales, still significantly below the growth rate it has shown for the most part of this…
Poland October 2023: Toyota (+63.2%), Opel (+109%) stand out in market up 28%
Opel sales are up 109% year-on-year in October. New car sales in Poland shoot up 28% year-on-year in October to 40,065 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 12.1% to 382,340. Toyota (+63.2%) once again vastly outpace the market to…
India October 2023: Third consecutive all-time monthly record (390,853)
First Top 10 finish for the Mahindra Scorpio. It’s another all time record month for the Indian new wholesales market: sales are up 16.3% to 390,853 units. This is the third month in a row that the monthly record for…
Morocco October 2023: Peugeot, Opel, Audi defy market down -2.2%
Peugeot sales are up 37.8% year-on-year in Morocco in October. New light vehicle sales in Morocco edge down -2.2% year-on-year in October to 12,805 units. This includes 11,286 Passenger Cars (+0.1%) and 1,519 light commercials (-16.5%). The year-to-date tally is…
Netherlands October 2023: Kia and Picanto dominate in first negative market of the year
The Kia Picanto is the best-selling vehicle in the Netherlands for the third time this year. After 9 consecutive double-digit year-on-year gains, the Dutch new car market falls flat in October at -1.5% to 28,362 units. The year-to-date volume is…
Ireland October 2023: MG 4 #1, BYD Atto 3 in Top 10
The MG 4 is the best-selling vehicle in Ireland in October. As the year comes to an end, the Irish new car market traditionally dwindle to just a trickle of sales, awaiting January’s licence plate change. Worse, volumes accelerate their…
Romania October 2023: Hyundai Tucson and Toyota C-HR disrupt Dacia order
The outgoing generation benefits from rebates to surge to #6 in October. After a disappointing September (-11.6%), the Romanian new car market is back in positive in October at +8.1% to 11,393 units. This leads to a year-to-date volume up…
Russia October 2023: Jetour and Geely Monjaro in Top 10
The Geely Monjaro is up to #9 in Russia in October. Our source for Russian car sales has changed this month to PPK JSC, which explains some inconsistencies with previous posts and data. Brands with previously unavailable monthly data such…
UK October 2023: Ford Puma leads, BMW 1 Series and Peugeot 2008 at record levels
The BMW 1 Series is up to a highest ever #5 in October. The UK new car market climbs up 14.3% year-on-year in October to 153,529 units, this is above the pre-pandemic level of October 2019 (143,251). The year-to-date volume…
Brazil October 2023: Rampage lifts Ram up 474.1%
The Ram Rampage sells over 2,500 units in October. The Brazilian new light vehicle market is up a sturdy 22.7% year-on-year in October to 206,669 units, a clear sign of recovery after October 2022 was up 12.3% on the year prior.…