The Toyota Yaris Cross is the most popular vehicle in Hungary in January. New passenger car sales in Hungary drop a painful -9.2% year-on-year in January to 8,287 units. The brands ranking is completely reshuffled. Toyota (+36.3%) is a distant leader with a record 17.5% share, distancing Skoda (-35.4%) in…
The Jaecoo 7 is the best-selling vehicle in Scotland in January. Thanks to SMMT we can share with you detailed sales data by model for each UK nation. In an overall market up 3.4%, England gains 5.3% to 123,661 units and Wales is up 0.5% to 4,628 but Scotland drops…
The Skoda Octavia reaches 9.4% share in January. It's a difficult start of the year for new car sales in Czechia at -6.7% year-on-year in January to 18,043 units. Local behemoth Skoda (+1.1%) goes against the grain to reach a stratospheric 39.5% share, its highest since January 2024 (42.3%). Volkswagen…
The BMW X1 is the best-selling vehicle in Switzerland in January. It's a shy start of the year for the Swiss new car market at -5.1% year-on-year in January to 14,207 registrations. 4x4 sales drop -6% to 7,124 and 50.8% share vs. 51.3% a year ago. Petrol sales sink -22.2%…
The BYD Atto 2 ranks #10 and helps the brand to a new share record The Turkish new light vehicle market is up a solid 9.8% year-on-year in January to 75,362, however this is not a new January record as January 2024 was above (79,701). Renault (+9.8%) exactly matches the…
The Telsa Model Y is the best-selling vehicle in Iceland in 2025. Discover 25 years of Icelandic Historical Data here. After sinking -41.7% in 2024, the Icelandic new car market bounces back up 42.3% in 2025 to 14,547 units. Kia (+49.5%) is the new favourite brand in the market with…
The Jaecoo 7 is only outsold by the Kia Sportage in January. The UK new car market is up 3.4% year-on-year in January to 144,127 units, this is the highest January volume in six years: since pre-pandemic January 2020. Encouragingly, private sales beat the market at +4.5% to 52,397, but…
The Mercedes CLA ranks #9 in Finland this month. Yet more worries for new car sales in Finland at -5.1% year-on-year in January to just 5,374 units. Toyota (-7.4%) reclaims the brands top spot with 15.1% share vs. 11.2% in December, distancing Skoda (+9.8%) at 11.5% vs. 10% last month.…
The Dolphin Mini is the #1 BEV in Brazil and helps BYD to a record 6% share. 162,779 new light vehicles found a buyer in Brazil in January, a small 2.1% year-on-year improvement. Fiat (-0.3%) remains solid at 21% share vs. 20.9% over the Full Year 2025, distancing a surging…
The Territory is Ford's best-seller in Argentina in January. The Argentinean new vehicle market drops -5.3% year-on-year in January to 62,749 units, keeping in mind January 2025 was up 103% on the year prior. Volkswagen (-15.6%) tops the brands charts for the third month running with 15.6% share, despite a…
JAC holds 40.9% of the Venezuelan market in 2025. Consult over 25 years of Venezuelan Historical Data here New vehicle sales in Venezuela surge 119.9% year-on-year in 2025 to 38,610 units. This is the highest annual volume in the country since 2013 (98,878). We remain very far from the record…
The Chevrolet Cobalt is the most popular vehicle in Uzbekistan in 2025. Thanks to our reader JFK we can share with you today exclusive data for Uzbekistan. The Uzbek new car market is up 5% year-on-year in 2025 to 427,103 units. Local manufacturer Chevrolet (+0.5%) holds a suffocating 83.2% share,…
The Foxtron Bria has (shyly) landed in the Taiwanese charts. Stable market in Taiwan in January at +0.03% to 35,073 units. Back from record-setting year-ago results, Toyota (-9%) and Lexus (-11.6%) both recede this month. In contrast Honda (+90.2%) and Ford (+115.3%) excel and rank #3 and #5 respectively. Mitsubishi…
Peugeot sales are up 27.5% in a devastated market. Horrible start of the year for the Belgian new car market at -18.7% to 32,997 units. This is on top of January 2025 volumes being already down -13% on the year prior. One of the explanations of this poor result is…
Audi holds 4.9% of the Croatian market in January. The Croatian new car market suffers in January at -11.5% year-on-year to 3,946 units. Skoda (-2.6%) and Volkswagen (-6.2%) both improve their share and are separated by only one sale. Toyota (+13.8%) defies the negative context at #3 like last month,…