Citroen C3 sales are up 348% year-on-year in April. New car sales in Italy are back into positive territory in April at +7.5% year-on-year to 135,353 units. The year-to-date tally is up 6.1% to 586,665 but down -17.7% over the same period in pre-pandemic 2019. Private sales outrun the market at +13.9% to 69,700 and 50.9% share vs. 48.1% in April 2023 and are up 8.4% YTD to 324,532 and 54.6% share vs. 53.4% over the first four months of 2023. Self registrations are up 39% to 16,249 for the month and up 20.8% YTD to 60,300, long term leases disappoint at -15.8% to 28,679 in April and off -15% YT ..read more

The Dacia Sandero repeats at #2 in Italy. 147,094 new cars hit Italian roads in February, a +12.8% year-on-year increase. The year-to-date tally is up 11.7% to 289,103. Private sales (+18.3%) beat the market to 57.1% share vs. 54.3% a year ago and are up 14.1% year-to-date to 59.1% of the market vs. 57.9% over the same period in 2023. Self registrations are up 20.4% to 13,647 and 9.2% share vs. 8.6% and up 7.6% so far this year. Long term leases are in difficult at -15.7% to 29,864 and 20% share vs. 26.7% in February 2023 and down -6.1% year-to-date to 20.6% share vs. 24.6%. In contrast short ..read more

Dacia is only outsold by Fiat in January. The Italian new car market is up 10.6% year-on-year in January to 141,946 units according to UNRAE. Private sales are up 10.2% to 88,083 and 61.1% share vs. 61.5% a year ago, self registrations are down -5% to 11,357 and 7.9% share vs. 9.2%, long term leases edge up 4.8% to 30,406 and 21.1% share vs. 22.3% and short term rentals surge a whopping 306.7% to 6,170 and 4.3% share vs. 1.2% in January 2023. The segmentation by powertrain shows a surprising decline of rechargeable segments: BEVs are down -10.8% to 2,984 and just 2.1% share vs. 2.6% a year ago ..read more

Volkswagen was the #1 brand in Italy in December. Consult 95 years of Italian Historical Data here. The Italian new car market rallies back up 19% or 250,000 sales year-on-year in 2023 to 1,566,448 units. This is however 350,000 units (-18.3%) below pre-pandemic 2019. Private sales trail the market at +13.4% to 882,918 units and 55.5% share vs. 58.3% in 2022, self registrations soar 42.8% to 161,658 and 10.2% share vs. 8.5% last year, long term rentals gain 24.2% to 385,752 and 24.3% share vs. 23.3%, short term rentals are up 23.2% to 64,445 and 4% share vs. 3.9% and company sales climb 19% to ..read more

The Nissan Qashqai is inside the Italian Top 10 for the first time since August 2014. 139,278 new cars found a buyer in Italy in November, that’s a 16.2% year-on-year surge. As a result the year-to-date tally is up 20.1% to 1,455,271. Private sales advance 17.7% for the month to 80,342 and 56.7% share vs. 56.2% a year ago, self registrations soar 60.7% to 15,105 and 10.7% vs. 7.7% in November 2022, long term leases edge up 4.6% to 34,626 and 24.4% share vs. 27.2%, short-term rentals skid -27.2% to 2,298 and 1.6% vs. 2.6% and company sales climb 21.1% to 9,265. Year-to-date, private sales are u ..read more

The Jeep Avenger BEV (pictured) only accounts for 5% of the nameplate’s volume. New car sales in Italy jump 20% year-on-year in October to 139,052, lifting the year-to-date tally up 20.5% to 1,315,964. Private sales are up 21.4% to 83,122 and up 12.9% to 738,158 year-to-date, self registrations shoot up 70.4% to 16,220 for the month and up 41.2% to 132,982 year-to-date, long term leases edge up 4.9% to 31,263 and up 32.4% to 326,361 YTD, short term rentals actually drop -16.7% for the month to 1,863 but are up 27.2% YTD to 59,200 and company sales gain 22.6% to 9,262 and 19.7% YTD to 78,672.&n ..read more

The Jeep Avenger breaks into the Italian Top 10 for the first time. 136,283 new cars hit Italian roads in September, corresponding to a 22.8% year-on-year surge on September 2022 which was already up 5.4% on the year prior. We now are just -4.9% below pre-pandemic September 2019 which is encouraging. Year-to-date, the market has gained over 200,000 units compared to last year at 1,176,882 (+20.6%) but remains 300,000 sales (-20.3%) off the first 9 months of 2019. Most notable in the propulsion split is BEV losing ground year-on-year at -1.9% to 4,992 and just 3.6% share vs. 4.5% a year ago and ..read more

Dacia Duster sales in Italy are up 89% year-on-year in August. New car sales in Italy climb 12% year-on-year in August to 79,756 units, which means the year-to-date volume is now up 20.3% to 1,040,560. In terms of sales channels, private sales are up 16.3% to 47,961 and 59.2% share vs. 57.2% in August 2022, self registrations surge 62.7% to 10,682, long term leases drop -3.9% to 16.877 and 20.8% share vs. 24.4% a year ago, short term rentals sink -81.2% to just 529 and company sales surge 28.5% to 4,980. Year-to-date, private sales are up 10.5% to 573,077 and 54.3% share vs. 59.2% over the sam ..read more

The Jeep Avenger is knocking on the Italian Top 10’s door again. The Italian new car market progresses 8.8% year-on-year in July to 119,207 registrations, however this is down -22.3% on pre-pandemic July 2019. Over the first seven months of the year, sales are up 21% to 960,765 but down -22.3% again on the same period in 2019. Private sales follow the market at +8.9% year-on-year in July to 68,230 units and an unchanged 56.3% share, self registrations soar 51.6% to 14,397 and 11.9% share vs. 8.5% a year ago, long term leases lift 19.5% to 28,490 and 23.5% share vs. 21.4% in July 2022 and short ..read more

The Toyota Yaris Cross (#7) helps Toyota reach record heights in Italy. New car sales in Italy confirm they are back in positive in October at +14.6% to 115,827 registrations. As it has been the case for the past few months, this performance has to be compared with October 2021 which was down a daunting -35.7% over the year prior, so we are staying at historical low levels for now. The year-to-date volume remains frankly in negative at -13.8% to 1,091,894 units. Looking at distribution channel, private sales edge up 1.1% to 68,458 and 58.2% share vs. 65.9% in October 2021 and are down a drasti ..read more