Uruguay Car/LCV Sales : 2025 (Jan-Aug)

YTD registrations are down 3% and as 2024 was a record year, a good result. Historically, Chevrolet has been a top selling brand, but as is the case with smaller markets, things can be changeable. In 2025, Fiat is well and truly in the lead with Chevrolet back in third. 

BYD has been moving up steadily and is up to second place from sixth. Many other Chinese brands are now present here and doing quite well. It's unusual to see Toyota back at twelfth place, the lowest place since a poor year it had in 2015. 

For passenger car sales from 2024:

By Brand. and By Model.

Data source: Ascoma. 

Photos: Fiat Mobi & Chevrolet Captiva, from Fiat & GM Uruguay.  

Switzerland Car Sales : 2025 (Jan-Aug)

Registrations were up 1% in August but down -4% YTD. So things are a bit subdued down at the local car dealer. VW overtook long time leader Opel in 1999 and has led ever since despite the attention of BMW. Of course, there are four months for that to change. 

It's hard to believe that Opel is now 20th but they are not the brand they were last century so in that sense not surprising. Tesla has fallen from 8th to 14th. SEAT includes a relatively few sales that should be attributed to Cupra. 

Apart from the strong Germanic presence, Japanese and Korean do quite well but China has had little impact so far. 

The top selling models were:

VW Tiguan - 2,934

Mercedes-Benz GLC - 2,781

Tesla Model Y - 2,738

Škoda Kodiaq - 2,454

VW Golf - 2,364

BMW X1 - 2,264

Škoda - Karoq - 2,221

Audi Q3 - 2,163

Toyota Yaris - 2,138

Škoda Octavia - 2,106

For 2024 articles, simply click on the links below:

By brand. 

Top 50 Models.

Data source: Auto Swiss.

Luxembourg Car Sales : 2025 (Jan-Aug)

Luxembourg is a multilingual principality with French being the most common language. Ethnically they are mainly Germanic, as is their preference in cars. French brands do well here too. 

For August, registrations were up 1% and YTD up 1% also. As the economy is strong, premium marques are well represented toward the top of the list to the right. Mercedes-Benz (up) has closed the gap with BMW (down) while Audi is about the same as 2024.

Overall, European brands dominate, with Korea having some success. Japanese makes aren't that strong and the Chinese push hasn't been that effective here so far. Volkswagen overtook Renault in 2006 and remained at the top ever since. VW has lost some market share so far this year yet for now it retains top spot. 

As for the sales figures for models, it is all but impossible to find anything. I wish there was access to the top selling models, but no. Maybe in the future a more open data policy will improve the situation.

For 2024 articles, simply click on the links below:

By brand. 

Data source: Statistiques Luxembourg. Photo source: VW Luxembourg.