The Fiat 600 ranks #7 in Portugal in March. New car sales in Portugal are up a solid 7.8% year-on-year to 24,578 in March, reducing the YTD fall to -0.8% to 58,545. Peugeot (+22.3%) surges ahead to cement its domination of the brands charts with 10.7% share. Renault (+3.7%) remains…
The Ford Tourneo Courier breaks into the Slovenian Top 10 in March. The Slovenian new car market is stable in March at +0.2% year-on-year to 5,285 sales. This results in a Q1 volume up 4.8% to 14,672. Volkswagen (+3.4%) remains the uncontested leader in the brands charts but at 13.7%…
The Nissan Qashqai is the most popular vehicle in Hungary in March and ranks #4 over Q1 16/04 update: Now with Q1 2025 Top 50 models (PC+LCV). 13,199 new cars hit Hungarian roads in March, a +2.4% year-on-year improvement. This leads to a Q1 tally up 3.8% to 32,899. Suzuki…
Toyota sales almost double year-on-year in March. Data by local association PAMA shows sales of new locally produced light vehicles in Pakistan surging +18.3% year-on-year in March to 11,098. This leads to a Q1 volume up 35.7% to 40,192. Note not all manufacturers present in Pakistan are members of PAMA…
The Chevrolet Aveo ranks #2 in Mexico in March. 127,360 new light vehicles found a buyer in Mexico in March, a small +1.2% year-on-year improvement but still the strongest result for the month since March 2017 (137,021) and the 2nd biggest March volume in Mexican history. Q1 volumes are up…
Chevrolet Silverado sales are up 13.1% over Q1. According to local consultancy Desrosiers Automotive, the Canadian new car market sports a very decent +11.4% year-on-year lift in March to 185,000 units, the best March result since 2018. The SAAR comes it an 2.02 million vs. 1.74 million in March 2025.…
Fiat is the most popular carmaker in Uruguay in March. 5,804 new cars hit Uruguayan roads in March, a splendid 25.2% year-on-year improvement. The Q1 tally is up 14.8% to 15,477 units. Fiat (+44.9%) vastly outpaces the market and lodges a third consecutive month in pole position at 14.8% share.…
A new models pushes Chevrolet Equinox sales up 50.1% The March U.S. new car sales figure was impacted by the urgency created by the 25% import tariff announcement. Customers rushed to purchase vehicles in the final days of the month , leading to a March volume up 9.1% year-on-year to…
The Toyota Hilux Revo is the most popular vehicle in Thailand in February. 48,546 new light vehicles found a buyer in Thailand in February, leading to a year-to-date tally at 112,160. Toyota remains the overwhelming leader with 41.8% share vs. 39% so far this year. Honda overtakes Isuzu to reclaim…
The Perodua Myvi ranks #2 in Malaysia in February. 66,179 new light vehicles hit Malaysian roads in February, bringing the year-to-date tally to 120,511 after two months. Perodua (+47.4%) tightens its grip on the brands charts further to an outstanding 47.4% share vs. 45.3% so far this year and a…
The Toyota Yaris is the best-selling vehicle in Montenegro in February. Data by our local partner CE Auto shows 248 new cars hit Montenegrin roads in February, pushing the year-to-date tally to 458. The models ranking is topped for the second straight month by the Toyota Yaris holding a 4.4%…
The Xiaomi SU7 sells over 29,000 units in a single month. According to data by CAAM and CPCA, new Passenger Vehicle wholesales in China shoot up 8.9% year-on-year in March to 2,412,000 units, a record for the month. This includes 1,257,000 SUVs (+9.2%), 1,046,000 cars (+8.7%) and 108,000 MPVs (+7.3%).…
The Kia Tasman has landed in its home sales charts. The South Korean new car market edges up 2.4% year-on-year in March to 149,120 units. This includes 123,891 sales for local manufacturers (+2.9%) and 25,229 for foreigners (-0.1%). The year-to-date tally is up similarly at +2.8% to 387,702 including 327,045…
The Mahindra Pik up ranks inside the South African Top 10 for the first time 49,493 new vehicles found a buyer in South Africa in March, a fantastic 12.5% year-on-year gain marking a 6th consecutive month in positive. Dealer sales account for 86.8% of sales at 42,953 units, with rental…
The BYD Shark 6 is the third best-selling pickup in Australia again. 10/04 update: Now with Top 335 All models ranking. For the first time this year, the Australian new vehicle market is in positive, delivering a new March record at 111,617 units (+1.8%). Q1 sales are off -2.8% to…