The Renault 5 is the best-selling BEV in France in April. After getting back in positive for the first time in 5 months in March, the French new car market is back down -0.3% year-on-year in April to 138,339 units. The year-to-date tally after four months is down -1.6% to…
Changan sales are up 85% year-on-year in March. March volumes in Panama shoot up 42.5% year-on-year to 6,473, leading the Q1 2026 tally up 17.6% to 16,405. Toyota (+29.2%) leads the way in the brands ranking above Hyundai (+39.1%) and Kia (+32.3%). Suzuki (+18.4%) is slower but advances to #4 ahead…
The Dongfeng Box has a great start in New Zealand. New light vehicle sales in New Zealand soar 25.1% year-on-year in March to 14,910 units, leading to a Q1 volume up 12.5% to 36,910. In the detail, passenger cars gain 19.4% to 10,063 sales while light commercials shoot up 38.9%…
Hyundai i20 sales are up 133.6% in March. The Slovak new car market is up a sturdy 9.7% year-on-year in March to 8,300 units, but the Q1 volume is in negative at -1.6% to 20,042. Skoda (+9.3%) maintains itself above 20% share while Volkswagen (+17.9%) is back up to 2nd…
The Tesla Model 3 is the best-selling vehicle in Slovenia in March. 6,535 new cars found a buyer in Slovenia in March, a very strong 23.6% year-on-year improvement. The Q1 volume is up 12.5% to 16,501. Volkswagen (+11.6%) tops the brands charts at 12.3% share ahead of Skoda (+22.8%) at…
Suzuki holds 10.6% of the New Caledonian new car market over Q1. Q1 volumes in New Caledonia, a French overseas territory located northeast of Australia, gain 44.8% year-on-year to 1,053 units, due to particularly low year-ago results. Suzuki (+115.4%) more than doubles its sales year-on-year to reach 10.6% share, toppling…
Chery sells the Omoda and Jaecoo brands in Singapore It's a sturdy month for new car sales in Singapore with March volumes up 16.5% year-on-year to 5,049. This brings the Q1 tally up 22.1% to 13,322 units. BYD (+40.9%) further strengthens its grip on the market with a splendid 22.8%…
Haval sales are up 63.6% year-on-year over Q1. The Saudi new car market sinks -24.3% year-on-year over the first quarter of 2026 to just 166,748 units. If January and February were both weak, March pulled sales even further down at -34.7% year-on-year to 51,484 vs. 78,877 in March 2025. Toyota…
Jetour UAE sales are up 30.6% over Q1 New car sales in the UAE decelerate by a harsh -18.6% over Q1 to 65,969 units. While January and February were stable, March volumes imploded -47.2% to 16,334 vs. 30,938 a year ago. The US-Iran war effect at play. Toyota (-15.1%) and…
The Tank 700 ranks #9 in Qatar over Q1. Qatari new car sales drop -10.9% year-on-year over Q1 to 19,617 units. Toyota (+0.3%) is stable and climbs from 28.3% to 31.9% share, distancing Jetour (-20.3%). Jetour would appear to have peaked here, down from 12.8% over Q1 2025 to 11.5%…
Toyota holds almost half of the Omani market in Q1. The Omani new car market slides -6.1% year-on-year over Q1 to 17,354 units. Toyota (+0.4%) is stable and as a result improves its share from 46.3% to 49.5%. Hyundai (+2.2%) is also solid at 6.4% of the market but Nissan…
The Toyota Land Cruiser is #1 in Lebanon so far in 2026. Contrary to other markets in the region so far, new car sales in Lebanon are euphoric over Q1 at +34.2% to 5,237 units. However keep in mind Q1 2025 was off -40.5% on the year prior, so the…
The Nissan Patrol is the best-selling vehicle in Kuwait over Q1. New car sales in Kuwait flounder -17.8% year-on-year over Q1 to 29,104 units. Toyota (-30.6%) is hit hard but remains ultra dominant at 24.4% share. Both Nissan (+22.9%) and Mitsubishi (+6.6%) defy the negative market with splendid YoY gains…
The Toyota Hilux is the best-selling vehicle in Jordan over Q1. New car sales in Jordan slide -17.1% year-on-year over Q1 to 7,352 units. Toyota (-13.7%) improves its share from 32.6% to 33.9% thanks to almost 2,500 sales. Kia (-40%) freefalls but remains in 2nd place above a returning Changan…
The Jetour T1 is the 2nd best-selling recent launch in Iraq. The Iraqi new car market loses one third of its year-ago volume over Q1 at -33.3% to just 29,765 units. Kia (-41.4%) falls significantly faster than the market and drops to 24.5% share, only 45 sales above Toyota (-32.8%)…