The Hyundai Tucson is up to a record 2nd place in New Zealand in February.
New vehicle sales in New Zealand jump 8.3% year-on-year in February to 10,193 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 8.5% to 22,000. Toyota (-34.2%) stays on top of the brands ranking but sees its market share crash to 14.9% vs. 24.5% a year ago in February 2025. In contrast Ford (+44.3%) surges ahead to 12.6% of the market vs. 11.4% so far this year. Mitsubishi (-13.5%) falls one spot on last month to #3 and 8.9% share vs. 10% year-to-date. In the remainder of the Top 10, Hyundai (+185.7%), Nissan (+41.1%) and BYD (+37.3%) stand out. Newcomer Chery repeats at #13 with 1.9% share.
Over the models charts, the Ford Ranger (+44.7%) lodges an excellent score and repeats at #1, cementing its YTD leadership. The surprise of the month is delivered by the Hyundai Tucson surging 17 ranks on last month to #2, the nameplateβs best-ever ranking in New Zealand, meaning it snaps the SUV crown off the Toyota RAV4 (-48.7%) hit by its generation changeover. In between is the Nissan Navara (+147.6%) managing another outstanding month at #3. The Mitsubishi ASX (+25.7%) is very strong at #5, as are the Ford Everest (+108.3%) and Toyota Hiace (+81.8%). The Toyota Hilux (-50.6%) implodes at #6 as the new generation slowly arrives in dealerships.
The Toyota Corolla is the 2nd best-selling vehicle in Slovakia in February.
The Slovak new car market stabilises in February at -0.9% year-on-year to 6,151. This is however a poor result given February 2025 was down -19.4% on the year prior. Due to a disastrous January figure, the year-to-date tally remains in frank negative at -8.3% to 11,742. In the brands charts, Skoda (-6%) struggles but still manages a solid 19.6% share. In contrast Hyundai (+33.9%) excels and gains three spots on last month to #2 with 9.4% share vs. 7.1% so far this year. Sister brand Kia (+1.4%) is stable and steps up to #3. Toyota (-5.7%) and Volkswagen (-5.3%) round out the Top 5 in weak fashion. Meanwhile Suzuki (+95.1%) continues to surge and is up to #6 year-to-date vs. #14 over the Full Year 2025. Further down, Fiat (+248%) stands out at #17.
Model-wise, the Skoda Octavia (-25%) stays on top with 4.1% share despite a drastic year-on-year fall, with the Toyota Corolla (+98.3%) nipping at its heels with 3.8% share. The Corolla also ranks #2 year-to-date vs. #12 over the Full Year 2025. The Kia Ceed (-13.7%) disappoints at #3 ahead of the Skoda Karoq (+11.4%) and Hyundai i30 (+38%). The Hyundai Tucson (+75%), i20 (+72.2%), Skoda Kamiq (+42.4%) and Fabia (+27.1%) also shine below.
The Kia Picanto is once again the most popular vehicle in Colombia.
New vehicle sales in Colombia continue to surge, at +49.5% year-on-year in February to 25,582 units. This way, the year-to-date tally is now up 44.6% to 45,580. This the highest February volume in 12 years. Kia (+48.4%) follows the market to remain in the brands pole position by far with 14.6% share. It is followed like last month by Renault (+6.4%) down to 9.6% share. Chevrolet (+65.5%) advances two spots on January to #3, distancing Toyota (+25.8%) and Mazda (+9%) both weak. BYD (+136.9%) scores the biggest year-on-year gain in the Top 10 ahead of Foton (+132.3%). Notice Tesla ranking at #18 with 1.2% share for its first month in this market.
Model-wise, the Kia Picanto (+102.5%) once again doubles its year-ago volume to repeat at #1 and sign a third win in the past 6 months (add last September). The Toyota Corolla Cross (+164.4%) rallies back up six spots on last month to #2 ahead of the Kia K3. The Renault Duster Nacional (-2.4%) suffers at #4 as it ranked #1 a year ago. The BYD Yuan Up (+152.9%) brilliantly rounds out the Top 5 after ranking #4 last December. Excellent performance by the Hyundai Kona (+132.3%) up to a new record 7th place. Notice also the Ford Territory up to #15 and the Tesla Model 3 landing directly at #23.
The BYD Sealion 7 is the best-selling car in Albania in February.
Our local partner CE Auto shows the Albanian new care market standing at 1,050 units in February and 1,903 year-to-date. This month BYD monopolises the Top 5 with the Sealion 7 at #1 with 16.6% share followed by the Yuan Plus at 14.3% and the Seagull at 12.7%. The Yuan Plus and Song Plus complete the Top 5 with the Tang at #7 and the Fang Cheng Bao Tai3 at #9. The Skoda Kamiq, China-imported VW Tharu and Skoda Scala are the only non-BYD models in the Top 10.
According to local consultancy CE Auto, new car sales in Serbia are up 10.5% year-on-year in February to 2,380 and up 7.8% year-to-date to 4,225. The Skoda Octavia is stable and reclaims the pole position it held over the Full Year 2025, toppling the Skoda Fabia (+106.8%) down to #3 for the month but surging year-on-year. The Fabia stays #1 year-to-date with a tiny 5-sales gap over the Octavia. In fact Skoda monopolises the Top 4 with the Kamiq (+32.5%) at #2 and Karoq (+78.4%) at equal #3. Skoda also places the Scala at #8 and the Superb at #9.
The Skoda Kodiak is up to #3 in Bosnia & Herzegovina in February.
CE Auto has the Bosnian new car market edging up 4.7% to 852 sales. The year-to-date volume is now up 1.4% to 1,575. As usual the Skoda Octavia (-23%) is the favourite despite falling heavily year-on-year. Year-to-date, the Octavia sells more than double any other nameplate in the country at 9.5% share vs. 4.4% for the Toyota Corolla at #2. Below the Hyundai Tucson (+5.9%), the Skoda Kodiaq jumps from outside the January Top 10 directly into third place. The Opel Astra signs a rare Top 10 finish at #6, in fact its first one since November 2019.
Surprise in Moldova: the Geely EX5 is the best-selling vehicle in February.
Based on data by our local partner CE Auto, the Moldovan new car market surges 25.9% year-on-year in February to 826 sales. The year-to-date tally is now up 14.4% to 1,424 units. We have a big surprise atop the models charts: for its very first Top 10 finish the Geely EX5 is the overall best-seller with 6.5% share. It even climbs to 2nd place in the YTD charts. This is the first time a Chinese model is #1 in Moldova. The EX5 knocks down traditional leader the Toyota RAV4 (+55.2%) despite the latter sporting a significant YoY gain. In third place, the BYD Song Plus (+113.3%) hits its highest ranking since January 2025 (#2). The BAIC X7 scores its first ever Top 10 finish at #8. Along with the Geely Coolray and Cityray there are five Chinese nameplates in this monthβs Top 10.
The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling vehicle in North Macedonia in February.
Data by our local partner CE Auto shows a North Macedonian new car market falling -9.5% year-on-year in February to just 488 units. This way, the year-to-date volume is off -8.7% to 939. This month the Toyota Corolla (+150%) brilliantly takes the lead with 7.2% share, off from outside the January Top 10. It is also #1 year-to-date. The Renault Clio (-44.9%) sinks year-on-year as it led the charts a year ago but ranks #2 vs. #10 last month. The Skoda Octavia (-29%) is also up vs. January to #3, followed by the Kia Sportage. The Iveco Daily, Mazda CX-30, Hyundai i30 and Mazda3 also make an appearance in the Top 10.
We have updated our Full Year 2025 post for the USA with final data for all OEMs, brands and models. Also added are the models detail for small brands such as Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini and McLaren and revised data for Fisker, Lucid and Tesla among others.