The Volvo XC40 is the best-selling vehicle in Sweden in November. New car sales in Sweden edge down -0.7% year-on-year in November to 25,406 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 3.1% to 260,391. BEVs actually drop -7.3% year-on-year this month to 10,076 and 39.7% share vs. 42.5% a year…
The new gen Land Cruiser helps Toyota sales surge in October. Retail sales of new imported vehicles in China for once gain ground year-on-year this month at +4% to 59,431 units, reducing the year-to-date tally fall to -6.5% at 594,985 sales. Lexus (+20.7%) confirms it is now back in command…
Dacia scores the largest year-on-year gain in the Top 15 2/12 update: Now with Top 93 All brands and Top 475 All models. Preliminary data by ACEA shows a European market (EU+EFTA+UK) up a solid 14.1% year-on-year in October to 1,039,253 units. This is however still down -14.5% on the 1.214.989…
The Citroen C3 is the best-selling vehicle in Serbia for the first time. Based on data by our local partner CE Auto, 2,207 new light vehicles hit Serbian roads in October, a small 1.6% year-on-year improvement. Year-to-date sales are up 3.4% to 25,193. In pole position this month we have the…
The Skoda Octavia holds 10% of the Bosnian market in October. Thanks to our local partner CE Auto we can share with you today October data for Bosnia & Herzegovina, a market shooting up 37.7% year-on-year to 1,030 units. This means the year-to-date volume is now up 27.5% to 9,946. The…
The Toyota RAV4 repeats at #1 in Moldova. Data by CE Auto shows Moldovan new car sales up 30.2% year-on-year in October to 810 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 13.3% to 6,931. The Toyota RAV4 (+103.3%) repeats at #1 with a dominant 7.5% share, now accessing the third spot…
The Toyota C-HR is equal #1 in North Macedonia this month. According to data by our local partner CE Auto, the North Macedonian new car market bounces back up 17% year-on-year in October to 385 units. This means the year-to-date tally is now up 4.9% to 4,348. The Skoda Kamiq…
The Toyota SW4 Fortuner is up to a record 4th place this month. New vehicle sales in Colombia are in freefall again in October at -38.5% year-on-year to just 13,893 units. This is equivalent to the October 2005 result (13,331) and slightly below October 1997 (14,536). The year-to-date tally is…
I am currently travelling in the Western Australian outback where there is little phone network and internet connection. Please expect less timely updates for the next week or so. All my apologies for the inconvenience. We'll be back on deck for November figures!
The Hyundai Accent sees its sales leap up 82.9% in 2022. 123,603 new light vehicles found a buyer in Puerto Rico in 2022, a -4.3% year-on-year drop. Note Puerto Rican sales are released separately from the US. Toyota (+17.9%) goes completely against the negative market to deliver the largest gain…
The Station Wagon accounts for 67% of Hyundai i30 sales in October. The Slovak new car market edges up 3.7% year-on-year in October to 7,807 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 15.2% to 75,611. Skoda (-13.2%) endures a disappointing month but at 19.1% share it almost matches its year-to-date…
The DFSK Glory is the best-selling SUV in Peru in 2022. For the first time in 3 years we can share with you today annual sales data for Peru. This market edges up 1.7% year-on-year in 2022 to 159,814 units. Toyota (+6.4%) outpaces the market to a dominant 20.6% share.…
The Toyota RAV4 is the best-selling vehicle in Azerbaijan in 2022. New car sales in Azerbaijan fall -14.5% year-on-year in 2022 to 9,779 units as numerous popular models imported from Russia stopped being produced. The Toyota RAV4 climbs up four spots on last year to snap the pole position, relegating…
Today we drive the Kia Stonic through Outback New South Wales to see if Kia continues to perform well after we tested the Cerato, Seltos and Sportage. Indeed these test drives were all rather impressive so the bar is high for the Stonic. Exterior design follows the standards of urban…
Toyota Land Cruiser 300 In October I had the chance to stop in Doha, Qatar, on my way back to Australia from Europe. It's an opportunity to check out the car landscape here and to verify sales figures. The first blatant observation is the prevalence of the Toyota Land Cruiser…