Israel October 2025: Lynk & Co, Renault, MG highlight market up 33.3%

4 November 2025 at 04:26

Lynk & Co is up to a world best #9 in October. Picture over-drive.co.il

According to data shared with us by our local partner cartube.co.il, the Israeli new car market surges 33.3% year-on-year in October to 19,367 units, bringing the year-to-date tally up 8.5% to 261,404. After three months at an exceptional pole position, Chery (+64.2%) drops to #3 with a still stunning 9% share. Toyota (+49.1%) beats the market and reclaims the top spot it holds year-to-date. Hyundai (+0.6%) is back up four ranks on September to #2 but disappoints year-on-year. Skoda (+45.9%) is also up three to #4 with Jaecoo (+475.8%) continuing to gear up at #5 and 7.8% share vs. 5.6% through October. MG (+447.9%) lodges a 7th Top 10 finish in the past 8 months while Lynk & Co (+25150%) improves further to a record 9th place, the brand’s highest in the world. Renault (+708.9%) is up to #10 with 2.3% share vs. #23 and 1.1% YTD. Newcomer Deepal is down one rank on last month to #12 and 2.2% share vs. 0.8% so far this year. Meanwhile Leapmotor soars 25 spots to an all time high #14. Chinese carmakers account for 36.9% of the market this month vs. 49.5% in September.

Previous month: Israel September/Q3 2025: Chinese manufacturers hold 49.5% share

One year ago: Israel October 2024: Hyundai reclaims top spot

Full October 2025 Top 60 All brands ranking below.

Israel October 2025 – brands:

Pos	Brand	Oct-25	%	/24	Sep	2025	%	/23	Pos	FY24
1	Toyota	2,361	12.2%	+ 49.1%	2	30,855	11.8%	+ 5.8%	1	1
2	Hyundai	1,868	9.6%	+ 0.6%	6	29,270	11.2%	+ 14.0%	2	2
3	Chery	1,741	9.0%	+ 64.2%	1	22,653	8.7%	+ 103.5%	3	7
4	Skoda	1,617	8.3%	+ 45.9%	7	18,529	7.1%	+ 9.1%	5	4
5	Jaecoo	1,520	7.8%	+ 475.8%	4	14,633	5.6%	+ 1520.5%	6	35
6	Kia	1,509	7.8%	– 9.6%	5	21,679	8.3%	– 7.5%	4	3
7	BYD	587	3.0%	– 4.4%	3	12,161	4.7%	– 22.9%	7	5
8	MG	515	2.7%	+ 447.9%	14	8,038	3.1%	+ 28.9%	9	12
9	Lynk & Co	505	2.6%	+ 25150.0%	10	3,171	1.2%	+ 653.2%	18	44
10	Renault	453	2.3%	+ 708.9%	15	2,939	1.1%	– 25.3%	23	18
11	Seat	431	2.2%	– 2.3%	16	6,218	2.4%	– 25.2%	10	10
12	Deepal	426	2.2%	new	11	1,990	0.8%	new	28	66
13	Nissan	399	2.1%	+ 17.0%	24	5,900	2.3%	+ 78.5%	11	19
14	Leapmotor	392	2.0%	n/a	39	1,231	0.5%	+ 569.0%	38	51
15	Mitsubishi	351	1.8%	– 31.7%	17	5,887	2.3%	– 40.0%	12	8
16	Suzuki	339	1.8%	– 10.8%	25	4,349	1.7%	– 43.7%	14	9
17	Volkswagen	256	1.3%	– 23.8%	20	3,106	1.2%	– 31.1%	19	14
18	Dacia	254	1.3%	+ 221.5%	28	1,800	0.7%	+ 36.8%	30	30
19	Citroen	245	1.3%	+ 137.9%	21	4,009	1.5%	– 16.5%	15	13
20	Geely	240	1.2%	– 25.0%	22	3,081	1.2%	– 21.7%	20	16
21	Xpeng	212	1.1%	– 44.2%	18	5,711	2.2%	+ 89.0%	13	15
22	Opel	209	1.1%	+ 497.1%	27	1,527	0.6%	+ 10.1%	34	32
23	JAC	192	1.0%	+ 3100.0%	31	727	0.3%	+ 404.9%	43	55
24	Subaru	191	1.0%	– 38.0%	30	3,601	1.4%	– 5.5%	17	17
25	Skywell	188	1.0%	+ 652.0%	48	510	0.2%	– 16.5%	50	40
26	Ford	178	0.9%	+ 439.4%	41	713	0.3%	– 57.6%	44	29
27	Lexus	170	0.9%	+ 23.2%	38	2,174	0.8%	+ 5.6%	24	26
28	Maxus	168	0.9%	+ 3260.0%	12	1,990	0.8%	+ 812.8%	27	50
29	KGM	153	0.8%	+ 17.7%	40	1,819	0.7%	+ 148.2%	29	38
30	BMW	149	0.8%	+ 47.5%	23	3,012	1.2%	+ 33.1%	21	24
31	Audi	145	0.7%	– 5.8%	36	2,031	0.8%	– 8.1%	26	25
32	Peugeot	126	0.7%	– 19.2%	26	3,008	1.2%	– 13.1%	22	20
33	Zeekr	121	0.6%	– 40.4%	29	1,698	0.6%	– 25.7%	32	23
34	Chevrolet	116	0.6%	+ 141.7%	35	855	0.3%	– 70.3%	40	21
35	Mazda	88	0.5%	– 85.7%	44	8,111	3.1%	– 38.5%	8	6
36	Isuzu	88	0.5%	+ 72.5%	45	1,511	0.6%	+ 15.5%	36	33
37	Cupra	78	0.4%	+ 680.0%	34	1,501	0.6%	+ 9.2%	37	34
38	Genesis	75	0.4%	+ 368.8%	51	447	0.2%	– 31.4%	51	41
39	Voyah	69	0.4%	+ 392.9%	43	530	0.2%	+ 102.3%	49	49
40	NIO	65	0.3%	new	49	205	0.1%	new	57	–
41	Volvo	55	0.3%	– 32.1%	42	1,696	0.6%	+ 11.9%	33	27
42	Mercedes	50	0.3%	– 39.0%	37	1,520	0.6%	– 53.0%	35	22
43	Honda	50	0.3%	– 5.7%	50	438	0.2%	+ 27.7%	52	46
44	Jeep	43	0.2%	– 27.1%	55	694	0.3%	– 11.1%	46	37
45	Alfa Romeo	43	0.2%	+ 2050.0%	56	322	0.1%	+ 85.1%	54	54
46	Foton	39	0.2%	new	52	307	0.1%	new	55	64
47	Hongqi	34	0.2%	+ 1600.0%	32	776	0.3%	+ 1792.7%	42	62
48	Yudo	33	0.2%	new	65	35	0.0%	new	63	–
49	EVeasy	31	0.2%	+ 210.0%	13	700	0.3%	+ 65.5%	45	42
50	Mini	31	0.2%	+ 63.2%	46	414	0.2%	+ 23.2%	53	48
51	Fiat	30	0.2%	– 18.9%	47	578	0.2%	– 17.3%	48	39
52	GAC	30	0.2%	new	54	64	0.0%	new	61	–
53	Tesla	22	0.1%	– 96.6%	8	3,654	1.4%	– 38.0%	16	11
54	Dongfeng	22	0.1%	+ 340.0%	9	2,050	0.8%	+ 40900.0%	25	68
55	Land Rover	19	0.1%	– 34.5%	53	606	0.2%	+ 57.4%	47	45
56	AvatR	15	0.1%	new	57	88	0.0%	new	59	–
57	Ora	11	0.1%	– 84.5%	61	271	0.1%	– 82.5%	56	31
58	Cadillac	9	0.0%	+ 800.0%	59	65	0.0%	– 26.1%	60	58
59	BAIC	6	0.0%	new	–	60	0.0%	new	62	–
60	Porsche	4	0.0%	– 83.3%	58	183	0.1%	+ 25.3%	58	53

Source: cartube.co.il

France October 2025: Renault 5 smashes share record, BEVs at 24.4% share

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By:Matt Gasnier

3 November 2025 at 08:21

The Renault 5 holds a record 3.3% share at home in October.

The French new car market is up for the third month in a row in October but still very shy at +2.9% to 139,513. Note October 2024 was down -11.1% on the year prior. For reference, we are down -26.2% on pre-pandemic October 2019. The launch of the “social leasing” operation, offering extra-low monthly long term leases payments for lower income customers buying EV models, hasn’t really boosted the market. The year-to-date tally remains in negative territory at -5.4% to 1,326,302 and off -27.5% on 2019. Petrol sales freefall -26.5% to 26,742 and 19.2% share vs. 26.9% a year ago, diesel falls -33.7% to 5,807 and 4.2% share vs. 6.5% in October 2024 and PHEVs drop -14.4% to 9,323 and 6.7% share vs. 8% last year. In contrast HEVs are up 7.5% to 58,897 and 42.2% share vs. 40.4% and BEVs surge 63.2% to 34,109 and 24.4% share vs. 15.4% a year ago. Additionally, LPGs are up 15.1% to 4,353. Year-to-date, BEVs are no up 5.2% to 250,731 and 18.9% share vs. 17% over the same period in 2024.

The Renault Symbioz outsells the Captur for the third time.

Renault (+17%) lodges a splendid result, lifted by a couple of recent launches as we’ll see further down. It reaches 17.8% share vs. 17.4% so far this year, which is a great performance for the carmaker, usually weaker as quarters start. Peugeot (-3.5%) and Dacia (-6.4%) disappoint while Citroen (+27.6%) soars on a particularly weak year-ago result when it freefell -35.8% on the year prior. In fact, at 7.2% it equals its YTD share. Volkswagen (-8.2%) struggles at #5, but not as much as Toyota (-23.5%) coming back from a record year-ago score when it held 9% of the market. Skoda (+3.1%) steps up one spot on last month to reach an all time high 7th place. Its distances BMW (-19.4%), Audi (+19.8%) and Hyundai (+5.4%) enjoying varying fortunes. MG is estimated to grow 90.1% to #13, with Mini (+60.4%), Nissan (+33.4%), Cupra (+25.1%) and Opel (+14.9%) also shining below. BYD is estimated to lift 123.7% to #24.

First Top 30 finish for the Renault 4.

Over in the models charts, for once the Peugeot 208 (+1.2%) is the best-seller, and this for the first time since exactly one year ago in October 2024. The Renault Clio (+0.8%) is beaten but remains the year-to-date lease by over 20,000 sales. The Dacia Sandero (-16.8%) is in difficulty but holds onto the third place, only 60 units above a euphoric Peugeot 2008 (+65.2%). The Citroen C3 (+47.5%) is strong at #5 but the performance of the month is without a doubt delivered by the Renault 5, up 482% on year-ago launch results and smashing its record share at 3.3% (previous best 2.5% from last November to January). It also equals its best ever ranking at #6. This performance can be attributed to the launch of a basic variant called Five at 24,990€ before subsidies. Below the Toyota Yaris (-14%) at #7 for the second time in the past three months, another success story is the Renault Symbioz (+87.4%) back inside the Top 10 for the first time since last June and outselling its little brother the Captur (-22.9%), clearly cannibalised. The Citroen C3 Aircross II is up to a record #12 and the Tesla Model Y is up 40.1%. After breaking into the Top 50 for the first time last month, this time the Renault 4 cracks the Top 30 at #29. The Fiat Grande Panda is up three ranks to #41.

Complete brands and models data will be uploaded to this article when made available to us.

Previous month: France September 2025: BEVs at 22.3% share, Renault 4 (finally) in Top 50

One year ago: France October 2024: Toyota and Skoda break records in disappointing month

Full October 2025 Top 25 brands and Top 50 models below.

France October 2025 – brands:

Pos	Brand	Oct-25	%	/24	Sep	2025	%	/24	Pos	FY24
1	Renault	24,882	17.8%	+ 17.0%	1	230,643	17.4%	+ 2.6%	1	1
2	Peugeot	18,791	13.5%	– 3.5%	2	188,934	14.2%	– 4.0%	2	2
3	Dacia	10,946	7.8%	– 6.4%	3	119,067	9.0%	+ 0.5%	3	3
4	Citroen	10,006	7.2%	+ 27.6%	4	95,802	7.2%	– 0.0%	4	6
5	Volkswagen	9,708	7.0%	– 8.2%	5	88,523	6.7%	– 8.0%	6	5
6	Toyota	9,306	6.7%	– 23.5%	6	90,188	6.8%	– 13.9%	5	4
7	Skoda	4,580	3.3%	+ 3.1%	8	40,590	3.1%	+ 15.2%	8	11
8	BMW	4,466	3.2%	– 19.4%	11	47,227	3.6%	– 10.7%	7	7
9	Audi	4,340	3.1%	+ 19.8%	9	37,812	2.9%	– 2.7%	9	9
10	Hyundai	3,900	2.8%	+ 5.4%	13	35,398	2.7%	– 3.7%	10	10
11	Mercedes	3,675	2.6%	– 1.0%	10	34,005	2.6%	– 14.2%	11	8
12	Kia	3,250	2.3%	– 8.1%	17	27,535	2.1%	– 25.2%	14	12
13	MG (est)	3,112	2.2%	+ 90.1%	12	23,935	1.8%	+ 58.0%	15	18
14	Ford	2,862	2.1%	– 11.5%	14	31,151	2.3%	– 16.6%	12	13
15	Nissan	2,571	1.8%	+ 33.4%	18	22,036	1.7%	– 7.0%	16	17
16	Opel	2,529	1.8%	+ 14.9%	16	27,845	2.1%	– 23.1%	13	15
17	Mini	2,342	1.7%	+ 60.4%	15	20,866	1.6%	+ 32.5%	18	22
18	Cupra	2,339	1.7%	+ 25.1%	19	18,422	1.4%	+ 32.1%	19	24
19	Fiat	2,136	1.5%	+ 0.1%	20	16,512	1.2%	– 43.1%	21	16
20	Suzuki	1,998	1.4%	+ 18.2%	21	16,556	1.2%	– 17.6%	20	19
21	Tesla	1,782	1.3%	+ 2.4%	7	21,927	1.7%	– 29.8%	17	14
22	Volvo	1,509	1.1%	+ 14.7%	24	9,197	0.7%	– 39.1%	25	21
23	Seat	1,415	1.0%	– 4.8%	22	13,135	1.0%	– 30.7%	22	20
24	BYD (est)	1,172	0.8%	+ 123.7%	25	9,992	0.8%	+ 236.7%	24	30
25	DS	1,092	0.8%	– 17.7%	23	12,220	0.9%	– 21.3%	23	23

France October 2025 – models:

Pos	Model	Oct-25	%	/24	Sep	2025	%	/24	Pos	FY24
1	Peugeot 208	7,584	5.4%	+ 1.2%	2	62,089	4.7%	– 17.9%	2	2
2	Renault Clio V	7,209	5.2%	+ 0.8%	1	82,746	6.2%	+ 11.4%	1	1
3	Dacia Sandero	5,431	3.9%	– 16.8%	3	54,700	4.1%	– 13.8%	3	3
4	Peugeot 2008	5,371	3.8%	+ 65.2%	6	46,400	3.5%	+ 11.8%	5	4
5	Citroen C3 IV	4,837	3.5%	+ 47.5%	4	46,780	3.5%	+ 463.5%	4	21
6	Renault 5	4,551	3.3%	+ 482.0%	12	26,285	2.0%	+ 1230.2%	12	51
7	Toyota Yaris	3,115	2.2%	– 14.0%	11	26,476	2.0%	– 6.8%	11	8
8	Renault Symbioz	2,865	2.1%	+ 87.4%	13	26,536	2.0%	+ 703.9%	9	68
9	Dacia Duster III	2,673	1.9%	– 17.1%	9	32,749	2.5%	+ 127.2%	7	13
10	Renault Captur	2,543	1.8%	– 22.9%	8	31,137	2.3%	– 20.9%	8	5
11	Peugeot 3008 III	2,425	1.7%	– 28.1%	7	33,453	2.5%	+ 101.0%	6	14
12	Citroen C3 Aircross II	2,297	1.6%	+ 16307.1%	17	12,637	1.0%	+ 90164.3%	24	322
13	VW Polo	2,250	1.6%	– 1.2%	15	18,440	1.4%	– 8.2%	14	12
14	Toyota Yaris Cross	2,153	1.5%	– 30.9%	14	26,502	2.0%	– 2.5%	10	9
15	Mini Hatch	1,917	1.4%	+ 125.0%	24	12,116	0.9%	+ 148.5%	28	72
16	Peugeot 308	1,770	1.3%	– 36.3%	10	24,946	1.9%	– 20.5%	13	7
17	Renault Scenic V	1,670	1.2%	– 0.3%	21	12,520	0.9%	+ 87.1%	25	54
18	Tesla Model Y	1,660	1.2%	+ 40.1%	5	17,326	1.3%	– 15.9%	15	10
19	Renault Austral	1,638	1.2%	– 25.8%	19	16,222	1.2%	– 26.9%	16	11
20	Dacia Bigster	1,634	1.2%	new	16	12,836	1.0%	new	22	–
21	Toyota Aygo X	1,411	1.0%	+ 2.4%	40	10,312	0.8%	– 15.1%	33	33
22	Toyota C-HR II	1,341	1.0%	– 20.3%	25	11,972	0.9%	– 6.2%	29	28
23	Hyundai Tucson	1,323	0.9%	– 2.9%	38	11,627	0.9%	– 10.1%	30	26
24	MG ZS	1,313	0.9%	+ 395.5%	18	9,874	0.7%	+ 459.4%	38	98
25	VW T-Roc	1,310	0.9%	– 4.4%	30	12,863	1.0%	– 11.6%	21	24
26	Ford Puma	1,242	0.9%	– 6.5%	20	13,554	1.0%	– 20.5%	19	18
27	Citroen C5 Aircross	1,222	0.9%	– 16.9%	22	15,755	1.2%	+ 25.8%	17	32
28	Nissan Qashqai	1,206	0.9%	+ 31.2%	29	10,236	0.8%	– 10.5%	34	34
29	Renault 4	1,201	0.9%	new	43	3,982	0.3%	new	77	–
30	Peugeot 5008 III	1,186	0.9%	+ 20.4%	23	14,685	1.1%	+ 473.2%	18	99
31	Renault Megane E-Tech	1,166	0.8%	+ 21.7%	59	6,942	0.5%	– 54.4%	52	25
32	VW Tiguan III	1,154	0.8%	– 37.2%	26	12,396	0.9%	+ 46.8%	26	38
33	Kia Sportage	1,126	0.8%	– 13.7%	78	7,422	0.6%	– 41.6%	46	30
34	VW T-Cross	1,126	0.8%	+ 18.3%	34	10,956	0.8%	– 0.1%	31	35
35	Suzuki Swift	1,106	0.8%	+ 20.1%	31	10,610	0.8%	+ 19.5%	32	43
36	VW Golf	1,076	0.8%	+ 2.3%	39	9,885	0.7%	– 22.3%	37	29
37	Hyundai Kona	1,067	0.8%	+ 8.1%	50	10,135	0.8%	+ 3.7%	35	37
38	Nissan Juke	1,055	0.8%	+ 43.9%	60	8,081	0.6%	– 9.0%	43	46
39	Dacia Jogger	984	0.7%	– 38.3%	32	12,697	1.0%	– 32.3%	23	15
40	Ford Kuga	930	0.7%	– 23.3%	35	10,012	0.8%	+ 7.0%	36	41
41	Fiat Grande Panda	892	0.6%	new	44	3,740	0.3%	new	83	–
42	Skoda Elroq	891	0.6%	new	42	5,704	0.4%	new	64	–
43	Opel Corsa	876	0.6%	– 27.2%	33	13,381	1.0%	– 29.5%	20	16
44	Skoda Fabia	868	0.6%	– 19.8%	37	9,601	0.7%	+ 15.7%	40	49
45	Skoda Octavia	855	0.6%	– 12.5%	49	7,210	0.5%	+ 8.4%	47	58
46	BMW Série 1	844	0.6%	+ 2.4%	36	9,838	0.7%	+ 23.3%	39	47
47	BMW iX1	812	0.6%	+ 20.5%	53	6,769	0.5%	– 7.8%	55	55
48	Mercedes Classe A	786	0.6%	+ 70.9%	47	7,036	0.5%	+ 22.3%	51	70
49	MG 3	782	0.6%	+ 4.4%	28	7,481	0.6%	+ 91.2%	44	56
50	BMW X1	767	0.5%	– 44.1%	82	8,621	0.7%	– 29.0%	41	31

Source: AAA Data, PFA

China retail September 2025: Geely, Leapmotor, Xiaomi, Xpeng & Fang Cheng Bao at record high

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31 October 2025 at 07:30

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China imports September 2025: BMW (+24%), Suzuki (+284.8%) among most impressive

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31 October 2025 at 04:37

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BSCB celebrates 15 years

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By:Matt Gasnier

30 October 2025 at 07:03

15 years ago on October 30, 2010, I posted the first article on BSCB, which at the time was about Luxembourg. 113,075 posts later, BSCB celebrates its 15 year anniversary today. What started as a hobby as far back as in 1986, and strengthened into a regular endeavour in the 2000s ended up with the creation of BSCB in 2010. Over the years, thanks to your readership and your subscriptions, the site has managed to thrive all this time. You have visited from literally every country in the world (even North Korea!) and I am so grateful for you all. The coverage of the site has slowly but surely grown to over 80 countries updated monthly or quarterly. I have enjoyed immensely updating the site (almost) every day and I hope you have enjoyed reading it too. I welcome any feedback you have to make the site better in the future.

A big thank you to you all and to the next 15 years!