Vance our Toyota RAV4 measuring up against a termite mound. This is Part 2 of our epic 11.000 km / 7.000 miles Test Drive of the new Toyota RAV4 into Indigenous Australia. You can check out Part 1: Cape York here. By the time we reached Mataranka in the Northern…
The Mitsubishi Xpander reaches 7.5% share in Vietnam this month. The Vietnamese new vehicle market gains 9.5% year-on-year in September to 27.767 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 19.3% to 230.334. Toyota (+17.2%) easily retains the manufacturers crown at 26.4% share ahead of Thaco-Kia (+10.9%) at 17.4% and Mitsubishi (+203.9%)…
Volkswagen is now the #1 brand in Uruguay YTD. New car sales in Uruguay skid down -2.5% year-on-year in September to 3.355 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -9.9% to 29.179. Volkswagen (+35%) holds onto the monthly top spot for the 5th time in the past 6 months, snatching…
The VW T-Cross is already close to the South African Top 10. The South African new vehicle market endures a 5th consecutive year-on-year drop but this time it is limited to a tiny -1% to 49.191 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down -3.5% to 398.341. In the carmakers ranking, Toyota…
Mercedes sales soar 35% in a market down -9.7% in September. The Singaporean new car market continues to skid in September at -9.7% year-on-year to 5.577 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -5.5% to 57.444. The Top 3 carmakers however swim upstream, each posting a double-digit gain: Honda is up…
Vance our Toyota RAV4 with Krys the Croc in Normanton, Queensland. Since it launched in late 2018, the new generation Toyota RAV4 has been hitting sales records almost everywhere it landed - including almost 50.000 monthly sales in the US in August - and is poised to take the lead…
The Mitsubishi Triton 4x4 outsells the Hilux 4x4 for the first time in 4 years. 12/10 update: Now with Top 48 All-brands and Top 310 All-models. New vehicle sales in Australia continue on their dreadful run, enduring an 18th consecutive year-on-year drop in September at -6.9% to 88.181 units, the…
Ford Focus sales are up 130% year-on-year in Austria in September. The Austrian new car market bounces back up 22.4% year-on-year in September to 21.047 units on weak post-WLTP year-ago volumes, leading to a year-to-date tally down -6.4% to 258.298. Volkswagen (+33.9%) leads the brands ranking ahead of Skoda (+14.3%) and…
1 in every 2.4 new cars sold in Pakistan in September is a Suzuki Alto. Thanks to PAMA we can share with you September sales of locally-produced light vehicles in Pakistan, a fair representation of what the best-seller landscape given high taxes make new car imports negligible. The market remains in…
The VW T-Cross is the best-selling vehicle in Slovenia in September. The Slovenian new car market gains 6.6% year-on-year in September to 5.322 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -4.3% to 57.408. Volkswagen (+53.8%) recuperates from a severe post-WLTP hangover a year ago to hold onto the top brands spot…
MG breaks its Chilean ranking record to #12 in September. The August 2019 article has now been updated with the Top 25 models. The Chilean new car market endures a 7th year-on-year drop in the past 8 months in September at -3.4% to 37.925 units, however this is the largest…
Toyota is above the 40% share mark in the Philippines both months. In July, new vehicle sales in the Philippines surge 23% year-on-year to 34.528 registrations, lifting the year-to-date tally up 4.6% to 229.585 units. Passenger cars shoot up 50.4% to 10.526, Light Commercials (Pickups, SUVs and Vans) gain 21.9% to…
First monthly win at home for the Renault Clio 5, but can it resist the arrival of the Peugeot 208 II next month? 10/10 update: Now with Top 40 brands and Top 280 models. After suffering from an unusually high comparison set last month due to rushed pre-WLTP year-ago sales,…
The Tesla Model 3 is up to a record 4th place in Denmark in September. New car sales in Denmark mechanically shoot back up 32.6% year-on-year in September to 15.992 units on weak post-WLTP year-ago volumes, lifting the year-to-date tally to a new record 173.627 units, up 2.1% on the…
The Opel Astra is up to #3 in Romania in September. Like almost every European Union market this month, we witness the exact opposite evolutions as last year when WLTP came into force on September 1. As such this month's Romanian new car sales shoot up 118.2% year-on-year to 6.046…