The MG HS is up to a record 4th place in Austria in June.
34,256 new cars hit Austrian roads in June, a splendid 22.9% year-on-year improvement. The YTD total is now up 15% to 164,529. Volkswagen (+5.2%) and Skoda (+15.8%) remain atop the brands charts but both trail the market. BMW (+27.8%) outpaces it slightly but itβs Hyundai (+119.4%) that delivers the biggest gain in the Top 20, up 13 spots on May to #4 with 5.9% share. MG (+79.2%) is up 11 ranks to #9 with 1,301 sales and 3.8% share. This is the first time MG crosses the 1,000 monthly sales mark (previous best 726 in June 2025), and also a record ranking (previous best #14 in December 2024) and share (previous best 2.7% in March 2025). Leapmotor (+756.8%), BYD (+105.9%), Fiat (+94.8%) and Mazda (+60.4%) also impress below.
Over in the models charts, the Skoda Octavia (+16.3%) signs a second win in the past three months but remains at #2 year-to-date below the VW Golf (stable), itself down to #6 for the month. The Hyundai Tucson (+144.5%) justifies the brandβs performance and leaps from outside the May Top 20 directly into 2nd place. It earns a YTD Top 20 ranking as a result at #15. The Tesla Model Y (-21.6%) ranks #3 but freefalls year-on-year. Record performance by the MG HS (+510.1%) scoring its first ever Top 20 finish, directly at #4. The BMW X3 (+269%) is pushed up to #5 by its new iX3 BEV variant (65% of its June volume). Outstanding performances also by the Cupra Born (+312.7%), Opel Frontera (+239.3%) and BYD Seal (+131.1%).
The Slovenian new car market shoots up 29.8% year-on-year in June to 6,684 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 17.3% to 35,343. Volkswagen (+17.9%) stays atop the brands charts at 12.9% share ahead of Renault (+0.5%) at 12%. Tesla (+323.6%) surges 21 spots on May to land at #3 overall with an exceptional 9.4% share, both records beating the previous best of #4 and 6.2% reached last March. The American brand now ranks #9 year-to-date vs. #16 over the Full Year 2025. Skoda (+0.7%) falls to #4 but remains #2 year-to-date. Opel (+100%), Ford (+39.2%) and Dacia (+38.6%) also beat the market in the remainder of the Top 10. Leapmotor is the best-selling recent brand launch at #17 but is down five ranks on last month.
Model-wise, the Tesla Model 3 (+954.3%) is up 10-fold year-on-year to snap its second ever Slovenian win after last March and smashes its share record at 7.3%. The Renault Clio (-27.3%) is in complete freefall but manages to climb back up to #2 and to the #1 YTD place. The Renault Captur (-17.3%) and Skoda Octavia (-20.6%) also suffer greatly. In contrast the Ford Kuga (+182.4%), Peugeot 2008 (+92.2%) and VW Tiguan (+36.9%) all have a great month below. Produced locally, the new Renault Twingo is up 30 spots on last month to break into the Slovenian Top 10 at #8. This is believed to be the first Top 10 ranking for the new retro-styled vehicles, as it ranks #15 at home in France this month. The Telsa Model Y (+39.2%) and VW T-Roc (+45.2%) complete the Top 10 in solid fashion.
The Omoda 9 is up to #22 overall in Czechia in June.
The Czech new car market soars 18.9% year-on-year in June to 26,398 units, leading to a H1 volume up 5.8% to 129,810. Local behemoth Skoda (+24.7%) manages to outpace its home market to 33.8% share, however this is well below the 36.8% it commands year-to-date. In 2nd place, Volkswagen (+57.4%) is even more dynamic and reaches 8.3% share vs. 7.6% so far this year. Hyundai (+17.8%) is more muted in third place but Toyota (-16.2%) and Dacia (-0.7%) fall. Renault (+18.2%) matches the market and reaches 3.6% share vs. 2.3% year-to-date. At #10, Tesla (+151%) signs its first Top 10 finish since September 2024 (#6). After reaching a record 6th place in May, Omoda/Jaecoo (+494.9%) falls back to a more reasonable #12.
Model-wise, the Skoda Octavia (+30%) easily stays on top with 7.3% share, followed by the Kodiaq (+40.1%), Karoq (+45.5%) and Kamiq (+26.3%) also in outstanding shape. The Scala (+4.7%) and Fabia (+9.7%) complete a Top 6 entirely composed of Skodas, vs. Top 7 year-to-date. The Hyundai Tucson (+29.4%) is the best of the rest at #7 ahead of the Hyundai i30 (-0.3%) at #8. The Tesla Model Y (+131.6%) is up 18 spots on May to #10 which is the nameplateβs first ever stint inside the Czech Top 10 (previous best #12 in September 2024). The Dacia Bigster (+72.8%) and Skoda Enyaq (+216%) also shine below, with the Kia K4 (#15) the most popular recent launch, distancing the Omoda 9 (#22) and Chery Tiggo 4 (#65).
16,120 new cars hit Romanian roads in June, a spectacular 51.9% year-on-year improvement. However keep in mind that June 2025 was off a daunting -50.3% on the year prior. As a result we remain well below the 21,358 units registered in June 2024. Nevertheless the YTD tally tilts into positive for just 32 sales at 64,853 (+0.05%). Local behemoth Dacia (+4.2%) remains in great difficulty in context and sees its share tumble down from 25.9% in June 2025 to just 17.7% this month. Toyota (+26.7%), Skoda (+32.6%) and Volkswagen (+40.6%) follow but all trail the market.
Renault (+65.9%) is up five spots to May to #5 but the best performer in the Top 10 is Tesla up 2532% year-on-year to #7 and 658 sales for a 4.1% share. This is the American brandβs highest ever ranking in Romania (also reached in July 2023 and January 2024), a record volume and best share since hitting 4.4% in January 2024. Its share record remains 4.7% in July 2023. Mazda (+289.2%) and Kia (+199.5%) also surge in the remainder of the Top 10 while just outside BYD (+49300%) breaks its volume record at 494.
Model-wise, the Dacia Logan (+58.7%) reclaims the top spot for the first time since last November, and rises from #5 to #2 in the year-to-date charts. The Dacia Duster (-22.3%) is relegated to 2nd place and sees its market share plunge from 11.1% a year ago in June 2025 to 5.7% this month. The Toyota Corolla (+53.6%) is down one spot on May to a still superb #3. The Skoda Octavia (+11.5%) vastly trails the market but climbs one spot on May to #4 while the Renault Clio (+56.4%) is up 14 ranks on last month to #5. The Tesla Model 3 (+7480%) surges 55 spots to #7 with 2.4% share, its best performance since January 2024 (#5 with 3% share). Meanwhile the Nissan Qashqai is up 2042.9% to #11 and the Tesla Model Y up 1422.2% to #13.
37% of BMW X3 sales in June come from the iX3 BEV variant.
296,378 new cars hit German roads in June, a very solid 15.7% year-on-year improvement. Keep in mind June 2025 was off -13.8% on the year prior. The H1 2026 volume is up 5.8% to 1,484,393. This is to be compared with pre-pandemicΒ June 2019 levels of 325,231 sales for the month and 1,849,000 YTD. BEV sales surge 78.2% to 84,057 and 28.4% share vs. 18.4% in June 2025 and 14.6% two years ago. So far this year, BEVs are up 48% to 368,006 and 24.8% share vs. 17.7% over the same period in 2025 and 12.5% in 2024. PHEVs advance 25.8% to 32,212 and 10.9% share vs. 10% last year and are up 17.9% YTD to 163,793 and 11% share vs. 9.9%.
The Tesla Model Y ranks #3 in Germany in June.
Brand leader Volkswagen (+5.9%) trails its home market and sees its share thaw to 17.2% vs. 18.8% a year ago and 18.4% year-to-date (-4.3%). BMW (+18.6%) reclaims the 2nd spot for the first time this year, with Skoda (+23.5%) also up on rank on last month to #3. Mercedes (+5.9%) falls to #4 and is passed by BMW in the year-to-date ranking. Audi (+17.1%) also shines but is a distant 5th. Seat (+23.8%) and Dacia (+22.1%) are in great shape, with the latter hitting its highest volume since scrappage scheme-crazy 2009. Outside the Top 10, Tesla (+317.6%) and BYD (+273.7%) post surreal gains with Cupra (+39.8%) and Renault (+30.8%) also robust.Β
The Renault Twingo is already the best-selling recent launch in Germany.
Over in the models charts, the VW Golf (+10.4%) manages to increase the gap with the #2, the VW T-Roc (+1.8%) at 2.7% share vs. 2.3%. The Tesla Model Y (+361.9%) surges 23 spots on May to land in third place overall, its best performance since last March. The VW Tiguan (+18.1%) is relegated to 4th place despite a solid gain. The BMW X1 (+18.5%) is also strong at #5, with 49% of its June volume coming from the iX1 BEV variant. The Mini lineup (+59.7%) repeats at #6 ahead of the Mercedes GLC (+67.8%) and Skoda Octavia (+22.4%). The BMW X3 soars 111.7% to #10, the iX3 BEV version representing 37% of its total sales. The best-selling recent launch is the Renault Twingo (#118) ahead of the Kia EV2 (#120) and Mitsubishi Grandis (#128).
The Tesla Model 3 is the best-selling vehicle in Ireland in June with 19.9% share.
New car sales in Ireland traditionally slow down in the lead to the biannual licence plate change of July, and June volumes are down -10.2% year-on-year to just 2,187. The year-to-date tally is up 4.2% to 85,188. This month Tesla (+43.7%) suffocates the market with 35.6% share, or more than 1 in 3 vehicles sold. In fact five of the Top 6 brands vastly outpace the overall growth rate with at least double-digit gains. Mercedes (+308.3%) is the most impressive followed by BMW (+111.3%), Skoda (+56.7%) and Toyota (+51.9%). The odd one out is Volkswagen (-6.4%) at #5. Audi (+82.9%) also impresses at #9.
Like last year, Tesla manages a 1-2 with the Model 3 (+47%) in the lead at 19.9% share and the Model Y (+39.8%) at #2 with 15.7% of the market, selling over 5 times the amount of the #3, the Skoda Octavia (-1.5%). The Toyota Corolla (+87.5%) and RAV4 (+51.5%) brilliantly round out the Top 5 but are not as dynamic as the Skoda Enyaq (+462.5%), Mercedes CLA (+2050%) and E Class (+1333.3%). Leader year-to-date, the Toyota Yaris Cross (+42.9%) falls to #9 while the VW Tiguan (+81.8%) closes the Top 10.
The Seal 6 Touring is the first BYD to enter the Croatian Top 20.
The Croatian new car market edges up 1.2% year-on-year in June to 8,886 units, leading to a H1 volume up 5.5% to 43,540. Skoda (-15.5%) reclaims the brands top spot off Volkswagen (+2.2%) despite a harsh YoY fall. Opel (-30.1%), Renault (-5.6%) and Toyota (+7.5%) camp on their May positions and complete the Top 5. Suzuki (+13.5%) is strong at #6 but no match for BYD up a phenomenal 5350% to #7 with 327 sales and 3.7% share, all records. Hyundai (+27%), Peugeot (+13.1%) and Ford (+9.8%) round out the Top 10, all in great shape. Below, notice Tesla (+242.4%), Jeep (+196.4%), Mazda (+97.8%) and Citroen (+40.7%).
Model-wise, the VW T-Cross (+35.5%) repeats at #1 and lodges its third win of the year after January but stays at #2 year-to-date. Just two sales below is the Skoda Octavia (-10%) which remains in pole position over H1. The new Opel Frontera (+2029.4%) confirms its fantastic success at #3, a ranking it now holds year-to-date as well. The Opel Mokka (-32.3%) rallies back up 10 spots on May to #4 but falls sharply YoY. The Renault Clio (-18.1%), also struggling, rounds out the Top 5. At #6, the Ford Puma (+12750%) has a freakishly good month which lifts it inside the YTD Top 20 at #18. Excellent performances also by the VW T-Roc (+122.2%), Suzuki S-Cross (+108.3%) and Skoda Kodiaq (+66.4%). First Top 20 finishes for the Cupra Terramar (#14) and BYD Seal 6 Touring (#20).