Sales by Market

Monthly winners included Peugeot, Volvo and Audi. Russia's top-selling brands including Lada, Kia and Hyundai saw their volumes drop.

New-car registrations fell 18 percent in August, industry association ACEA said Thursday. Sales are now up just 13 percent for the year, less than half the percentage increase posted at the year's halfway point.

Europe's No. 1 market continued to feel the effects of an ongoing chip shortage as registrations fell 23 pecent to 193,307, according to industry data.

Toyota passed Skoda for the most top five finishes in Europe with 21, just one ahead of the Japanese automaker's 20 markets through seven months.