Slovenia Passenger Car Sales : 2025 (Jan-Mar)

Formerly part of Yugoslavia, the Republic of Slovenia is known for its beautiful scenery, the architecture in the capital Ljubljana and for wine production. I've not been there but I'd like to visit.

For March passenger car sales were up 5% but the same as last year for the three months thus far. 

Volkswagen overtook Renault in 2014 and remained at the top ever since. In recent times, Škoda has been swapping second spot with Renault and in 2025 is winning that duel.

The top selling models were:

Škoda Octavia - 468

Renault Captur - 438

Renault Clio - 432

Škoda Kamiq - 416 (photo above)

VW Golf - 391

Škoda Kodiaq - 362

Peugeot 208 - 327

Citroën C3 - 310

Hyundai Tucson - 295

VW T-Roc - 273

For 2024 articles, simply click on the links below:

By brand. 

Top 50 Models.

Data source: ADS.

Tesla Deliveries & Production Figures : 2025 (Q1)

Tesla deliveries were 336,681 for the first quarter of 2025. That was down 13% in the corresponding period of 2024. Q1 2024 was also down (9%) so it's too early to say how the full 2025 will end up. Production for 2025 was also down, by 16%.

What can be noted is that while 2023 deliveries were growing strongly, 2024 was flat despite the assistance of the Cybertruck. There are only so many customers wishing to buy an electric car and the competition is intense. 

To me, other products are looking fresh and up to date while Tesla's passenger car range is starting to look dated. In the case of the Cybertruck, its styling is different but also weird and has had too many issues. 

In 2024 I had to adjust the figures as the quarterly numbers didn't match the end of year totals. Tesla has now adjusted their figures as the shortfall was an error with Q1 2024. I find it surprising that I could see the figures not balancing and Tesla only picked it up in April 2025!

Data source: Tesla. The 2023/24 article can be seen by clicking here.

Peugeot Global Model Sales : 2023-24

Brands within Stellantis are data shy, perhaps it's due to the fact that they aren't doing that well. Peugeot is perhaps the strongest brand within the company and the only one seemingly sharing data. Coincidence? Possibly. 

Global sales were just under 1.1 million, down 2%. That is a good result, especially considering the Stellantis Group is badly in need of revitalising. They currently have an interim CEO while the search for a new one is underway.

Models: 14% don't make the cut in 2024, a shame. The other 86% are below, led by the compact 208 with 275,000 sales. The compact 2008 SUV comes in next with 214,000 units. The Partner van includes the Rifter passenger version and together they came in at 133,000. 

Data source: Peugeot.

Regions: Many of the Stellantis brands are regional rather and limited in their global reach. 75% of Peugeot sales are in Europe as an example. The Middle East/Africa took 11% of the volume, Latin America 8%, Asia/Pacific 3.8% and North America (read Mexico) 1.7%. 

Jaguar Sales : 2025 Q1

JLR in its infinite wisdom decided to end Jaguar sales until it is 'revitalised' as a luxury marque as opposed to a premium one. I personally felt they could have kept the F-Pace and i-Pace going through the transition period. 

It's a shame that this new direction will take Jaguar away from the existing loyal customer but I see the marque cannot straddle both. They will be hoping to woo new customers and being fully electric there seems less loyalty and more willingness to move to something new and exciting. Jaguar needs to deliver on that and from a styling point of view the teasers don't impress me. Hopefully reality is kinder.

Models: The F-Pace is still on top but currently has 35% share of Jaguar deliveries, The i-Pace has actually managed to increase by 7% and is now up to 29% of the total. The XE and XF are mainly sales in China but they too are petering out. Overall an expected 60% reduction. 

Data & photos JLR.

Regions: With the UK having an unusually high Q1 last year and now stopped supplying dealers in 2025, the 74% fall isn't surprising. North America did better than most but I'm not sure how long stock will last. I think they were trying to keep sales going longer than the UK.

The 'Other' did amazingly well, perhaps being for the most part further away from production points may have been responsible. They may have also stocked up a bit too, not wanting the extreme situation the UK went with. 

Land Rover Sales : 2025 Q1

In 2025 Land Rover pulled out of the passenger car market in France. 11,200 LRs passenger vehicles were sold in France in 2024 with some extra sales as stock was cleared. Still, that was quite a substantial market for LR. A few commercial vehicles are still being sold there though. 

It appears its to do with larger vehicles being taxed out of the market to improve emissions. Fortunately, French brands aren't duly affected as is so often coincidentally the case with this sort of move. 

Despite that loss, deliveries were up 5% for Q1. The Defender leads the way with 30% of LR sales, passing 30,000 units. The Range Rover Sport reached nearly 21,000 and the Range Rover 18,600. The Evoque was just shy of 14,000 deliveries. The three lesser models all slipped, the Velar down the most at -25%. 

Data & photos JLR.

Regions: North America remained the largest region, the majority of the deliveries to the US. With LR pausing shipments there for April due to the tariffs that will be applied, one would have to assume that Q2 will be somewhat lower. 

With the UK/US having a balanced trade and a close relationship, it's hard to fathom but I'm not into politics so must have missed something. There would have to be a good reason.

The UK is doing OK with 23,000 sales but I'll give it a B- as it could be better considering it's the local market. Europe is satisfactory, having lost the French market. China is in a poor way economically although a 24% drop was more than I expected. It was Land Rover's number one market as recently as 2023.

'Other' is very strong with over 18,000 units finding homes. That would make it the third best region if it was one, but it's not hence why it's at the bottom of the list. 

Xpeng Deliveries/Production : 2023 - 25 (Q1)

2023 started slowly, with sales down on 2022 but the G6 medium large crossover and the X9 large MPV (photo above) arrived. By the end of the year, deliveries were up 17%. 

The new models helped achieve a 171% increase for Q4 which ensured the year ended positively.

For 2024 deliveries were up 34% with a very healthy Q4 to thank for that. The P5 medium saloon car ended its run and was replaced by the Mona M03. 

Then the 2024 P7+ large saloon was introduced but didn't replace the existing P7. The Plus is less expensive but slightly larger than the P7 and will sell along side each other.

Q1 2025 was up 331% on the comparable quarter a year before. It was only slightly up on Q4 2024 however. A new model - the G9 medium large crossover - is about to be released as a Tesla Y competitor (see image below). We will track the year to see how things pan out. 

For the years 2019-2022, simply click here.

Xpeng : 2019 - 2022

Xpeng or Guangzhou Xiaopeng Motors Technology Company is an electric car company. It introduced its first vehicle, the small G3 SUV (picture above) in December 2018 and 29 were delivered that year. 

In 2019, 12,728 cars were sold, for me with volume uncertainty for the first half of the year. I put in numbers of a similar amount to arrive at the correct total. The year itself was a time of settling, averaging just over 3,000 deliveries. 

2020 started in a similar vein to 2019 but the arrival of the P7 large saloon car gave things a boost and for Q4, deliveries exceeded the entire previous year albeit from a low volume. 

2021 followed the 2020 template with the P5 medium saloon car being introduced and having the same effect as the previous year. Deliveries soared 263% to 98,000.  

In 2022 the G9 medium large crossover came along but deliveries reduced as the the year progressed. Covid was surely the culprit although by the end of the year, nearly 121,000 units were sold. 

Part two (2023-25) will reveal how things progressed. Just click here to find out.

Data & photograph source: Xpeng. 

Germany Passenger Car Sales : 2025 (Jan-Mar)

Registrations were down 4% for March and -4% YTD.  That doesn't sound too much but 2024 was already down some way below some of the better year's averages. 

VW leads the way and it is gaining ground. Sales were up 6.4% YTD so nearly a 10% gain in market share. Mercedes-Benz and BMW have almost held their share while Audi has gained slightly on them but still somewhat behind. 

Škoda is up slightly as is Ford. Toyota has been dropping around Europe and in Germany has dropped three places to eleventh. 

Chinese companies are here but are yet to make much of an impact. The British brand MG is back on 24th and BYD 26th, the latter on minimal volume despite it's overall success. Much of that is in China still.

Some Cupra sales are counted with SEAT but not that many. If only they were treated as separate brands. Genesis is counted within Hyundai but at least easier to get a true picture. 

The top selling models were:

VW Golf - 22,000

VW T-Roc - 7,313

VW Tiguan - 6,241 (pic above)

VW Passat - 4,671

Škoda Octavia - 3,798

SEAT (Cupra) Leon - 3,728 

BMW X1 - 3,999

Cupra Formentor - 4,417

Opel Corsa - 3,858 (pic below)

VW ID.7 - 3,225

For 2024 articles, simply click on the links below:

By brand.

Top 50 Models.

Data source: KBA.

Picture Sources: VW, Stellantis.

BYD Deliveries : 2025 (Q1)

I've been waiting for BYD to hit a ceiling but I'll have to wait a little longer. Deliveries of electric cars (BEVs) was up 39% in the first quarter of 2025. With Tesla's slipping 9% downward, BYD managed to go the other way and dramatically so. 

Combining hybrid sales, nearly a million were achieved. That's up 58%! At a time when many manufacturers would be content with maintaining volume, BYD is aggressively pushing forward. It will be interesting to see whether this growth will continue through the year. 

Data & picture source: BYD

Škoda Production : 2023 / 24

I used to get data for Škoda from the VW Group but this year I couldn't find it and assume they have ceased the practice. So I have gone to Škoda Auto and it has more detail too, although some of that won't be used here anyway.

Summary: 

Twelve models were manufactured in 2024, up one from a year earlier. 925,000 units were made, up from 888,000 in 2023 and up 4%. Škoda take pride in the photography of their cars, not something that could be said of all car makers.

Model highlights: 

The Octavia (picture above) is what I call a medium sized car available in liftback and combi (estate or wagon) configurations and it is the most popular with 214,000 produced. The small crossover Kamiq is next with 125,000 made. 

The compact Fabia hatchback (bottom picture) was next with 121,000 assembled. The medium/large Kodiaq SUV accounted for 117,000 units followed by the medium sized Karoq SUV. The small crossover Enyaq reached 80,000 with two body styles, a hatchback and coupé. 

The Kushaq small SUV was made in India but is being discontinued however the small Slavia saloon continues on but with falling volume. 

Data & picture source: Škoda Auto.

Production by country: 

90% of Škoda's production is in Czechia (Czech Rep). It was only 64% in 2019 but it has climbed primarily due to China no longer being an important market for Škoda. While there has been talk of exiting China, Škoda is remaining for now at least.

The new Kylaq crossover (picture right) will take the brand into a popular segment in India which it hasn't competed in before. 

The difference between total production by model and country is the latter includes cars made for SEAT which are classified as 'Others' below. They are manufactured in the Czechia. 

UK Passenger Car Sales : 2025 (Jan-Mar)

Registrations were up 12% for March and up 6% YTD. That's still at a level below the best years but good compared to recent history. 

VW is now well established at the top, a position it took in 2021 from Ford. BMW retains its second placing, just ahead of Kia. Ford has made a comeback, moving up a place compared to 2024. 

Peugeot climbed to eight places to 5th and Nissan up two to 6th despite the latter dropping some market share. Vauxhall has also gained two ranking places to 9th.

Brands importing from China are making gains and with no tariff hurdle into the UK that I'm aware of will likely make further inroads. If only cars going the other way had the same favourable conditions. 

MG is at 12th place (down from 10th in 2024), BYD is up to 21st (31st), Jaecoo 33rd (52nd), Omoda 34th (33rd), Leapmotor and Xpeng new, GWM Ora has dropped from 40th to 49th and Skywell is going nowhere. 

One thing is for certain, all these new brands are making for long lists. 

Best selling models:

Ford Puma - 14,930

Kia Sportage - 12,866

Nissan Qashqai - 11,792 (pic above)

Vauxhall Corsa - 11,476 

VW Golf - 10,749

Nissan Juke - 10,414

MG HS - 9,738

VW Tiguan - 9,140

MG ZS - 9,041

Hyundai Tucson - 8,715

For the 2024 article, simply click on the link below:

By brand.

Data source: SMMT (mainly).

Picture Source: Nissan.

Lucid Deliveries/Production : 2025 (Q1)

Deliveries were up 58% for the first quarter, reaching 3,109. It was also the best quarter yet, albeit by a slender margin. Production was also up, 63% in this case. The local number was 2,212 with over 600 kits sent to Saudi Arabia for assembly there. As I don't know how much in excess of 600 it was, I added exactly that number. 

A good result although if the kits going to Saudi Arabia are not yet counted as deliveries, then the 3,109 sales were well over the 2,212 produced. The press release lacks the detail to clarify that so best to see it at face value as a good result and let Lucid concern itself with inventory levels.

Data source: Lucid.

Rivian Deliveries & Production Figures : 2025 (Q1)

Rivian delivered 8,640 vehicles in Q1 2025, which was down 36% compared to the corresponding quarter a year earlier. 

First quarters can be lower as was the case in 2023 when just 16% of sales were in Q1. 

However, that was early in the life of the company and 2014 quarters were more even.

                              So the 2025 Q1 figure is disappointing whatever way we try to look at it. Rivian has a target of 46,000 for the year or 11,500 per quarter so the next three will have to be much better to achieve that. 

At first glance, the fact the company made 14,611 for Q1 seems too high. The explanation is that a new model (R2 picture above) is coming in 2026 so later this year production will be compromised as the factory is readied for that. So inventory is being built up to meet sales demand while production is affected.

Data source: Rivian. 

Nio Global Sales : 2025 (Q1)

The company started selling its first road car in 2018, having made a handful of track sports cars beforehand. It was soon struggling financially but with the help of funding it survived that. It's known for battery swap stations which overcomes wait times for recharging. 

Nio is a premium electric car marque in the mould of Tesla. During 2024 it added a mainstream electric brand ONVO which stands for On Voyage. Soon will follow the Firefly sub brand to challenge smart and even MINI. 

In 2023, it sold 160,000 cars and 222,000 a year later. In the first quarter of 2025, 42,000 Nio and ONVO cars were delivered, up 40% for the quarterly comparison.  

Data & photo source: Nio.

Splitting the two marques numerically, in 2024 73,000 Nio and 21,000 ONVOs were delivered. Looking at 2025, the chart to the left shows monthly deliveries for both.

ONVO has experienced headwinds and hasn't been as well received as hoped. The company is still confident things will improve as it addresses problems the brand has faced.  

The top photo is of the Nio ES8 SUV and the one below is the ONVO L60 coupe SUV which is the only current model for the latter. The full sized ONVO L90 SUV is however coming. 

Belgium Passenger Car Sales : 2025 (Jan-Mar)

Registrations were down 5% for March and -14% YTD.  That doesn't sound too good and it isn't as 2024 wasn't very good compared to better years.  

BMW became the best selling marque in 2021 and hasn't reliquished it. The 12.3% for 2025 is its best ever market share in Belgium and year on year improvements in that regard since 2019. 

VW is in second place, a brand that has had the ead on and off for many years. It isn't uncommon for different brands to be at the lead. That makes BMW consistent number one all the more surprising, as is the margin over second placed VW. 

Mercedes-Benz' third place improves its market share, the same applies to Renault. Audi hasn't been as fortunate, dropping from third to fifth. Registrations are down 32% YTD.

Tesla looks not too bad at 15th...until it's compared to last year's 10th ranking. With sales down 58% YTD, it's not going well so far.

For the three months so far Volvo was down 47% and Mazda dropped 52%. MINI was up 60%, Polestar improved its numbers by 68% and BYD gained 91% volume. 

Chinese brands haven't been that successful here so far but some of their increases are impressive but from a low level of sales in 2024.  

For the 2024 article, simply click on the link below:

By brand.

Data source: FEBIAC.

Picture Source: BMW & MINI Belgium.