The Honda Brio topples the Toyota Avanza to lead Indonesian charts YTD. New vehicle sales in Indonesia continue to be decimated by the coronavirus crisis albeit slowly improving. September wholesales volumes are off another -47.7% year-on-year to 48.554 units which leads to a year-to-date tally down -50.6% to 372.046. The retail…
The Peugeot 208 is the best-selling vehicle in Greece in September. New car sales in Greece surge 20.5% year-on-year in September to 7.107 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -35.3% to 60.046 units. Toyota (-5%) easily keeps the lead of the brands ranking with 12.4% share while Peugeot (+123.2%)…
The new P7 sedan lifts Xpeng wholesales to record heights. It's a spectacular 5th consecutive month of double-digit gains for the Chinese wholesales market with September volumes up another 12.8% year-on-year to 2.565.000 units, making it by far the largest month of 2020 so far and the 2nd largest September…
After January 2019 (world car market), April 2019 (Chinese market), April 2020 (Coronavirus impact) and July 2020 (public transport in China), BSCB and I continue our collaboration with French newspaper Le Monde, one of the most important and widely respected newspapers in the world according to Wikipedia. It’s always an honour to appear…
It's official: the VW ID.3 is an instant blockbuster. Provisional data released by ACEA shows the very first year-on-year uptick of 2020 for the European new car market in September at +1.1% to 1.300.048 registrations (EU+EFTA+UK), an evolution you were already able to track over the past two weeks on our Live…
The VinFast Lux SA2.0 breaks into the Vietnamese Top 10 for the first time. New vehicle sales in Vietnam edges down -1.9% year-on-year in September to 27.252 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -22.2% to 179.155 according to VAMA. These figures climb to 39.149 and 240.078 respectively once adding Hyundai and…
The Toyota Corolla returns to the YTD pole position in Israel. Thanks to our partnership with cartube.co.il, we can share with you today September brands data for Israel as well as monthly models data for Q3. The Israeli new car market is up 4.6% year-on-year in September, leading to a year-to-date…
Kia sales soar 33.1% in a market down -24.9%. New Zealand new vehicle sales remain in doldrums in September at -24.9% year-on-year to just 10.902 units, leading to a year-to-date volume off -23.8% to 87.301. SUV sales edge down -8.1% to 5.491 and 50.4% share vs. 41.2% a year ago,…
The VW T-Roc is the best-selling vehicle in Cyprus in September. According to our data partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, new car sales in Cyprus fall back into double-digit losses in September at -13.2% year-on-year to 862 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally off -20.3% to 7.539. This month the VW T-Roc…
The Suzuki Vitara cracks the Colombian Top 10 in September. 16/10 update: Now with Top 30 brands and Top 75 models. Colombia is now the 5th most affected country in the world with 924.000 total Covid-19 cases as of today. However the situation is bettering and the country has been…
First Slovenian podium for the Hyundai Kona. Picture avtofotomarket.si New car sales in Slovenia remain in a rut, enduring a 5th double-digit fall, and 8th year-on-year drop for the year at -16.5% to 4.441 registrations. This leads to a year-to-date tally down -24.7% to 42.232. Brand leader Renault is stable but…
The Renault Clio is the best-selling car in Estonia in September. The Estonian new car market drastically reduces its fall in September at -2.4% year-on-year to 1.734 units vs. -42.3% in August. The year-to-date tally now stands at 14.697 sales, down -28.7% over the same period in 2019. Toyota (-17.6%) retains…
The S-Presso is Suzuki's best-selling model in South Africa. Two months after the national Covid-19 lockdown was eased, new vehicle sales in South Africa remain well below their year-ago level with September volumes off -23.9% year-on-year to 37.403, leading to a year-to-date tally down -33.2% to 265.943. Passenger cars are down…
The Suzuki Alto is now #1 year-to-date in Pakistan. Thanks to PAMA we can share with you September sales of locally-produced light vehicles in Pakistan, a fair representation of what the local new car landscape given high taxes make new car imports negligible. Pakistani sales register a second consecutive year-on-year gain…
BMW sales surge 23.4% year-on-year in a market down -18.1%. After a +1.6% spike in August, new car sales in Singapore return to hell in September at -18.1% year-on-year to 4.566 registrations. The year-to-date tally now stands at 31.064, off -45.9% over the same period in 2019. Toyota (-17.7%) almost matches…