Looking at USA’s best selling car ranking up to October 2023, the leader is -as in the last decades- the Ford F-Series with 634,406 sales (+21.1%), followed by the Chevrolet Silverado, with 441,451 (+3.8%). 

In third place the Ram Pick-Up with 367,290 sales (-7.6%), followed by the Toyota RAV4 with 340,184 (+0.5%).

In 5th place the Tesla Model Y rises 8 spots with 319,789 sales (+77.9%) ahead of the Honda CR-V reporting 286,397 sales so fare (+43.8%).

Toyota Camry ranks in 7th with 242,571 (-0.6%), the GMC Sierra with 235,914 (+22.4%) and the Nissan Rogue with 235,058 (+58.7%)

The Jeep Grand Cherokee closes the Top 10 falling 1 spot in the rankings with 211,300 sales (+11.8%).

Looking back, another astonishing success ranks in 36th place and is the Chevrolet Trailblazer with 103,300 sales (+115.0%).

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This report is produced extracting the registrations figures from the Global Database owned by our team, which track registrations i 159 countries, all brands, all models.

Looking at cumulative data up to October 2023, the leadership is solid in the hands of Toyota Group (data for all OEMs does not includes HCV and Buss, so Hino is not included under Toyota) which sold 8.82 million vehicles (+4.7%), losing 6.8% Africa, gaining 6.1% in the Asia and 9.1% in Europe.

The second is Volkswagen Group with 7.15 million sales (+9.1%) growing sharply in America (+16.6%) and Europe (+20.3%).

Hyundai-Kia ranks in 3rd spot reporting 5.91 million sales and a 4.4% increase in sales. This growth was sustained by surges in America (+7.9%) and Asia (+6.3%).

In 4th spot the Renault Nissan Alliance accumulates 5.63 million sales (+5.1%). The struggle in Asia (-15.3%) and Africa (-8.8%) is compensated by growths in both Americas (+22.2%) and Europe (+18.0%).

Stellantis maintains 5th spot with 5.52 million sales (+5.5%). It lost substantial sales in Asia (-13.3%), while growth was reported in Europe (+12.5%).

Behind, General Motors with 5.05 million sales (+1.6%) followed by Ford with 3.31 million units sold (+4.6%).

Honda Motor ranks in 8th with 3.29 million new registrations (+1.5%), losing both in Europe (-11.5%) and Asia (-9.8%).

In 9th place Suzuki with 2.55 million sales is up 5.3% sustained mainly by a +5.5% in Asia.

In 10th place ranks BYD -up 3 spots- with 2.11 million sales (+56.8%). The Chinese Group did better than Tesla (14th with sales up 29.4%) and is now the World Leader among EVs specialists.

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Market Trend and Outlook

The Norwegian auto market in October 2023 falls for the third time after growing for 3 consecutive months, with 11,038 new sales (-23.3%). YTD figures at 124,386 are still down 9.7% from the previous year.

Looking at cumulative data up to October 2023 brand-wise, Tesla becomes the new leader rising 2 spots with 21,949 new sales (+73.2%) in front of Volkswagen with 18,979 units sold (+4.8%) and Toyota in 3rd with 16,574 new car registrations (-9.0%).

Mercedes maintains 4th with 7,322 sales (-28.5%) followed by Volvo – up 4 spots- at 6,925 (+1.2%), Skoda at 6,497 (-9.9%) and Ford -up 3 spots- with 6,086 registrations (-3.7%).

BMW ranks in 8th with 5,010 new sales (-39.2%), in front of Nissan -up 6 spots- with 4,425 units sold (+61.0%) and Hyundai -down 2 spots- in 10th with 4,288 sales (-39.7%).

Looking at specific models the Tesla Model Y is on top of the rankings with a 110.2% year-on-year increase in sales, followed by the Volkswagen ID.4 down 27.0%.

Medium-Term Market Trend

The auto market in Norway from 2010 to the start of 2013 maintained a general uptrend, taking sales from 154,158 in 2010 to 165,910 by the end of 2012. In 2013 at 167,013 sales the car market started a 5 year growth, reaching higher all-time highs 3 years in a row. 2018 and 2019 were losing years for the Norwegian market that fell respectively 21.5% and 7.1% culminating 2019 at 142,429.

The arrival of the pandemic didn’t effect sales in Norway that had the best performing market in Europe, falling only 0.2% to 141,467 sales.

The year of 2021 brought a boom in the market, that grew back up to 176,199 sales, but the momentum came to a halt in following year with sales falling 2.3% to 200,840 by the end of 2022. A combination of factors are behind the current industry struggle: the disruption in the global supply chain caused by a lack of raw materials, in particular for the production of microchips and Governments push towards Evs (by 2025 all cars and light vehicles in Norway must me zero-emission vehicles).

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Danish Auto Sales in October 2023 grow for the 10th month in a row, with new registrations at 13,227 (+21.9%). YTD figures at 137,191 are up 14.4% from the previous year. Tesla becomes the best selling brand (+618.0%).

Market Trend and Outlook

The Danish economy has been on a remarkable growth journey, which has boosted employment to the highest level ever. The current account surplus has thus risen sharply and public finances have been positive for six years running.

However, signs of an impending slowdown are starting to show, not least through the higher interest rates and downturn in key export markets. This is expected to push the Danish economy into a new phase, with lower activity and growing unemployment. However, the dampening will be relatively mild and soon replaced by renewed progress during 2024.

The Danish Auto Market is the perfect example of this growth, with sales in October 2023 growing for the 10th month in a row and reaching 13,227 new sales (+21.9%). YTD figures at 137,191 are up 14.4% from the previous year.

Looking at cumulative data up to October 2023 brand-wise, the leader is still Tesla -up 17 spots- with 15,838 sales (+618.0%), followed by Volkswagen with 13,312 registrations (-0.4%) and Audi -up 6 spots- with 11,333 units sold (+72.9%).

In 4th position ranks Toyota at 9,664 sales (-12.2%) in front of Skoda with 7,698 registrations (+7.3%), Peugeot with 7,674 units sold (+4.5%), Hyundai -down 1 spot- with 6,953 sales (-0.7%) and Mercedes -down 5 spots- in 8th at 6,936 (-25.7%).

Ford maintains 9th position with 6,394 sales (+0.9%) and BMW closes the top 10 with 6,225 new registrations (-3.0%).

Looking at specific models the Tesla Model Y sold the most cars reporting a 711.3% increase from the previous year, followed by the Peugeot 208 which grew 53.4% in yearly volume.

Medium-Term Market Trend

In the past decade the Danish auto market has had 2 main trends. In the first part of the decade the market grew almost doubling in volume, starting in 2010 at 141,505 and reaching an all-time high of 231,551 sales in 2016. The trend inverted in 2017, starting a long downtrend, that would be interrupted briefly in 2019 with a 3.6% growth to 225,219 sales.

In 2020 arrived the pandemic that caused many European markets to collapse, and the Danish one was no exception, falling 12.1% to 198,034 new car sales.

The fall continued through 2021, reporting a 6.4% loss, and 2022, which lost another 20% from the prior year. A combination of factors are behind the current industry struggle: the disruption in the global supply chain caused by a lack of raw materials, in particular for the production of microchips and Governments push towards Evs, an expensive alternative for low income consumers.

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The best selling passenger car, considering cumulative data up to August 2023, is the Tesla Model Y with 17,102 sales and a 162.7% increase in year-on-year sales.

The Volkswagen ID.4 maintains second spot with 5,575 sales (-13.5%) and the Skoda Enyaq maintains 3rd with 4,064 (-1.8%).

The Volkswagen ID.Buzz grows 145 spots into 4th with 3,543 sales, followed by the Volvo XC40 -up 7 spots- at 3,487 registrations (+75.5%) and the Toyota BZ4X – up 103 spots- with 3,014 sales.

In seventh place ranks the Volkswagen ID.3 -up 17 spots- with 2,466 (+134.4%) ahead of the Toyota RAV4 with 2,285 (-2.1%), the Ford Mustang Mach-E with 2,135 (-12.6%) and the Audi Q4 -down 4 spots- with 1,980 (-32.3%).

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In the tables below we report sales for Top 50 models.

This report id produced extracting the registrations figures from the Global Database owned by our team, which track registrations i 159 countries, all brands, all models.

In 2022 global light vehicles sales (cars + LCVs) accumulated to 76.96 million with a moderate 4.1% decline from the previous year.

The leadership is solid in the hands of Toyota Group (data for all OEMs does not includes HCV and Buss, so Hino is not included under Toyota) which sold 10.0 million vehicles (-1.8%), losing over 60% in the C.I.S. area and 10.3% in North America.

The second is Volkswagen Group with 7.86 million sales (-7.2%) losing sharply in Europe (-10.7%), North America (-20.0), Latin America (-11.5), the UK (-12.1%). The Loss was mitigated by a 0.2% loss in the world’s largest area, Asia.

The third is Hyundai-Kia, with 6.66 million sales (-5.7%) due to losses in Asia (-1.1%), North America (-4.7%) and Europe (-14.9%). The Group reported a growth in sales only in Oceania (+7.7%).

In fourth place and down 1 spot we find the Renault Nissan Alliance  with sales at 6.32 million (-15.7%) . Sales are declining in all sub-regions, apart from in Africa (+6.0%) and in East Europe.

In fifth spot the French-Italian-American Group Stellantis with sales at 6.31 million (-8.6%). The group is struggling both in Europe (-11.9%) and North America (-10.7%) while growing rapidly in the ASEAN (+31.0%).

Behind, General Motors with 5.83 million sales (-7.8%) followed by Honda Motor with 3.70 million and the worse performance among the leaders (-20.3%).

Ford ranks in 8th with 3.64 million new registrations (-6.2%), losing in North America (-1.4%), Europe (-8.4%) and Asia (-15.4%).

In 9th place Suzuki with 2.87 million sales is up 4.7% thanks to the +7.9% reported in Asia countered by the heavy loss in Europe (-32.9%).

In 10th place ranks the first premium group, BMW with 2.33 million sales (-8.0%), losing in Asia and Europe.

The rising star is the Chinese BYD -up 8 spots- in 13th spot, specialized in electric vehicles with sales booming 156.9%. The Chinese brand did better than Tesla (15th with sales up 41.4%) and is now the World Leader among EVs specialists.

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Market Trend and Outlook

The Norwegian auto market in 2022 totals 200,840 sales, a 2.3% decrease from the prior year. Impending tax changes push up new registrations in the last months of the year, with December posting a +78.2% with 41,441 new sales.

Looking at cumulative data from 2022 brand-wise, the leader remains Volkswagen with 26,068 sales (+9.9%) in front of Toyota with 24,381 (+8.5%) and Tesla in 3rd place at 21,303 sales (+4.4%).

Mercedes rises into 4th place amounting 15,539 sales (+21.9%) followed by BMW at 14,037 sales (+26.2%), Volvo with 12,850 (-6.3%) and Audi with 10,326 registrations (-0.3%).

Skoda rises 2 spots into 8th with 9,886 new registrations (+0.3%), in front of Hyundai with 9,044 sales (+4.3%) and Ford in 10th with 8,700 sales (-35.8%).

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Norway is the land of electric vehicles, with 9 out of the top 10 models being pure electric and hybrid.

The best selling passenger car in 2022 is the new Tesla Model Y with 17,356 sales (+109.9%) up 3 spots from last year. 

The Volkswagen ID.4 moves into second with 11,561 sales (+33.7%) and the Skoda Enyaq reaches 3rd with 7,558 (+32.3%).

4th place is held by the BMW iX with 6,394 sales, followed by the new Hyundai Ioniq at 5,820 (+31.3%) and the Volvo Xc40 with 5,507 (-14.3%).

In seventh place ranks the Audi Q4 with 4,993 (+54.1%) ahead of the Audi E-tron with 4,874 (-15.2%), the Polestar 2 with 4,692 (+14.4%) and the Ford Mustang Mach-E with 4,226 (-31.4%).

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We are not sure if all “experts” which spent their time and influence against Mr Musk dream are still around or stopped sharing sentences on the future. Facts are that Tesla is near to gain the leadership of the US Auto Market, and is in the Top 10 both in China and in Europe.

The absolute leadership in the US market is still very far from Tesla, due to the American people’s love for Big Trucks. But looking at car passengers, Tesla model 3 is already the best sedan and the second car.

However, looking at the ranking from the top, of course the 2022 leader is – as in the last decades – the Ford F-Series with 653,957 sales (-9.9%), followed by the Chevrolet Silverado, with 520,936 (-1.7%) which gained one spot from the previous year.

In third place the Ram Pick-Up with 468,344 sales (-17.7%), followed by the Toyota RAV4 with 399,941 (-1.9%).

In 5th place the Toyota Camry with 295,201 sales (-5.9%) ahead of the Tesla Model 3 is 6th and up 24 spots with an impressive sales boom at 264,648 (+117.6%) and is definitively the star of the year.

GMC Sierra ranks in 7th with 241,521 (-3.0%), the Honda CR-V with 238,155 (-34.1%) and the Toyota Tacoma with 237,323 (-6.0%)

In 10th place the Tesla Model Y with 225,799 (+39.8%).

Looking back, another astonishing success ranks in 29th place and is the Ford Bronco with 117,057 sales (+234.2%).

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Danish Auto Sales in 2022 close at 148,298 (-20.0%), the lowest since 2010. In December the market fell for the 4th month in a row, reporting 15,219 new registrations (-14.4%).

Market Trend and Outlook

The Danish auto market in 2022 totals 148,298 sales, a 20.0% decrease from the prior year and the lowest level since 2010. In December the market fell for the 4th month in a row, with 15,219 new registrations (-14.4%).

Looking at cumulative data from 2022 brand-wise, all brands in the top 10 present negative year-on-year trends. The leader is still Volkswagen with 17,137 sales (-12.3%), followed by Toyota with 12,832 (-13.7%) and Mercedes with 12,052 new car registrations (-0.9%).

In 4th position ranks Hyundai -up 2 spots- at 8,744 sales (-21.9%) in front of Skoda -up 5 spots- with 8,689 (-13.6%), BMW with 8,444 (-35.6%) and Audi with 8,435 (-20.3%).

Peugeot falls into 8th spot with 8,408 sales (-38.5%), while Kia rises 2 spots into 9th with 7,692 registrations (-13.3%) followed by Ford in 10th with 7,813 sales (-29.5%).

Tables with sales figures

In the tables below we report sales for all Brands, top 10 Manufacturers Group, and Top 10 models.