The Peugeot 2008 is the best-selling vehicle in Europe in October. 29/11 update: Now with Top 50 models. Preliminary data from ACEA shows a situation worsening in the European new car market (EU+UK+EFTA) down a painful -29.3% year-on-year in October to just 798.693 units. This is the lowest October volume since…
Chery breaks into the Ukrainian Top 5 for the first time in October. New car sales in Ukraine drop -5.6% year-on-year in October to 7,965 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally up 22.7% to 84,064 units. Toyota (-8.9%) repeats at #1 in the brands ranking with 15.6% share ahead of Renault…
The Wuling Hongguang Mini EV is the best-selling retail vehicle in October. BSCB is the only non-Chinese medium to cover both wholesales (ex-factory shipments) and retail sales (end-customer sales) for China so you can get the most complete picture of the largest new vehicle market in the world. Retail sales…
The BMW X5 is the best-selling imported vehicle in China in October. Sales of new imported vehicles sink -32.5% year-on-year in China to 57,493 units in October, leading to a year-to-date tally up just 0.8% to 793,589. BMW (-7.7%) is up two spots on last month to take control of…
The Toyota Rush is the best-selling vehicle in Indonesia for the 2nd month running. New vehicle wholesales in Indonesia are up 54.1% year-on-year in October to 75,544 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 67% to 703,089. Retail sales gain an even more impressive 67% year-on-year to 76,988 units with…
The Suzuki Alto holds 24.2% of the Pakistani market in October. According to figures by PAMA, sales of locally-produced light vehicles in Pakistan gain another 49.1% year-on-year in October to 21,002 units, bringing the year-to-date tally up 99% to 191,349. Suzuki (+69.3%) once again outpaces the market but holds a…
Ford Focus sales are up 47.2% year-on-year in October. The Taiwanese new car market flips back down -11.3% year-on-year to 35,297 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up just 1% to 369,449. Toyota (-2%) improves its share to 30.1% vs. 27.6% so far this year, selling four times the amount…
The JAC J7 breaks into the Kazakh Top 10 in October. New vehicle sales in Kazakhstan jump up 16% year-on-year in October too 12.151 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 34.2% to 95.414. Note some year-to-date data has been adjusted. Chevrolet (+66.7%) confirms it is the new brand leader…
The Toyota Corolla Cross is up to #3 in Vietnam in October. New vehicle sales in Vietnam drastically reduce their fall in October to -10.4% to 29,797 units, now up 3% year-to-date to 218,734. These figures climb to 41,972 and 300,763 once adding Hyundai and VinFast who report separately. Hyundai…
The Ford Ranger holds a record 11.6% of the New Zealand market in October. The New Zealand new vehicle market is up 18.2% year-on-year in October to 14,019 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up a whopping 38.1% to 136.880. Note October 2021 is down -6.1% on pre-pandemic October 2019…
The Great Wall Poer breaks into the Chilean Top 10 this month. New light vehicle sales in Chile grow 6.4% year-on-year in October to 38,551 units, the largest October volume in history. It brings the year-to-date tally up 66.8% to 335,824 sales, the second largest volume at this stage of…
Renault holds 22.5% of the Slovenian market in October. New car sales in Slovenia drop -7.2% year-on-year in October to 4,221 units, that's enough to tilt the year-to-date tally into negative territory at -0.9% to 47,319 sales. Renault (+38.8%) blissfully ignores the negative context to remain in the brands' pole…
MG is among the 10 best-selling carmakers in Mexico this month. New light vehicle sales in Mexico contain their loss somewhat in October at -9.1% year-on-year to 76,640 units, however it must be kept in mind that October 2020 was already down -21.3% on the year prior. The year-to-date tally…
The Kia Sportage is the best-selling vehicle in Cyprus in October. According to data shared with us by SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, the Cyprus new car market continues to go against the European trend with a year-on-year gain of 5.2% to 814 registrations. This leads to a year-to-date tally up 13.1%…
Aggregated sales of Ioniq and Ioniq 5 are good enough for 7th place in Austria in October. New car sales in Austria plunge -39.2% to just 14,755 registrations in October, the largest year-on-year decline in Europe so far, sending the year-to-date tally into negative territory at -0.1% and 204,636 units. Brand…