Women are driving a spectacular market recovery in Saudi Arabia: +37.8% in Q3. The arrival of women drivers on the Saudi new light vehicle market continues to spectacularly boost sales, with the surge even accelerating over Q3 to +37.8% year-on-year at 134.582 units, lifting the year-to-date volume up 27.7% to…
The Mitsubishi Montero Sport is up to #6 in the UAE. The Emirati new vehicle market has stabilised in 2019 with Q3 sales down a slim -2.5% year-on-year to 52.305 units but a year-to-date volume still in positive at +5.1% to 169.123 deliveries after 9 months. Toyota (-3.4%) almost matches…
Mitsubishi sales, almost solely composed of the L200, are up 1087%. New light vehicle sales in Iraq continue to spectacularly recover with Q3 deliveries up 41.8% year-on-year to 21.052 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 59.6% to 58.992. Kia (+12.9%) continues to dominate the brands ranking at 40.7% share…
The Hyundai Tucson is the most popular vehicle in Syria so far in 2019. The Syrian new vehicle market sinks -21.9% year-on-year over Q3 to just 2.565 registrations, in line with its YTD behaviour at -22% to 6.227 units. Only Hyundai (-27.2%) and Kia (-4.9%) still sell in the country,…
The GMC Sierra storms into the Qatari Top 10 thanks to the new model. The light vehicle sales in Qatar are definitely on the mend with Q3 volumes up a sturdy 6.7% to 10.417 units leading to a year-to-date tally up 3.5% to 34.564. Toyota (+16.8%) more than doubles the…
The Toyota Hilux is the best-selling vehicle in Oman so far in 2019. The Omani new car market remains stuck in recession with Q3 volumes down another -9.4% year-on-year to 27.748 units meaning the year-to-date tally now drops -13.2% to 81.389. Toyota (+2.9%) continues to escape the rot and advances…
The Toyota Camry is the best-selling vehicle in Kuwait over Q3. After gaining a solid 14.8% year-on-year over the First Half of 2019, new light vehicle sales in Kuwait are back in hell in Q3, tumbling down -22.8% to 26.088 units which is enough to tilt the YTD tally into…
Lebanese Toyota Prado sales are up 146.4% year-on-year in Q3. The Lebanese new car market isn't out of the woods just yet, and by a large margin: Q3 deliveries sink -20.1% year-on-year to just 8.644 units, hampering the YTD tally now down -11.2% to 27.967. Whereas the remainder of the…
The Hyundai Tucson holds a mammoth 13.9% share in Jordan over Q3. New light vehicle sales in Jordan bounce back into positive for the first time since 2017, with Q3 sales shooting up 29.9% year-on-year to 7.770 units, tilting the year-to-date tally up 6.9% to 22.811. Responsible for this recovery…
The Range Rover ranks 5th in Yemen over Q3 2019. The Yemeni new light vehicle continues to recover somewhat at +44.3% year-on-year over Q3 but the volumes remain low at 2.065, leading to a year-to-date tally up 67% to 6.418. With BMW off the official reports once again, Toyota (+42.9%)…
The Toyota Land Cruiser holds a 14.1% share in Bahrain. Picture yallamotor.com New light vehicle sales in Bahrain slow down their fall over Q3 at -6.9% year-on-year to 7.037 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down -12% to 21.809. Toyota (+5.5%) swims upstream with a solid gain, upping its market…
The new Suzuki Alto is the best-selling vehicle in Pakistan by far. Thanks to PAMA we can share with you October 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 Pakistani market is in total freefall…
Honda CR-V sales leap up 27.5% in Canada in October. Picture motortrend.com New light vehicle sales in Canada endure a 19th year-on-year drop in the past 20 months in October, however lifting its fall to -0.6% at 160.969 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -3.8% to 1.674.542. Passenger car…
The Santa Fe (+41.9%) helps Hyundai-Kia up 11% in October. The USA new light vehicle market is estimated to drop for the second straight month in October at -1.6% to 1.337.815 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -1.3% to 14.116.709, and now looks like it could be hitting 17…
The Mazda CX-3 lifts its Polish ranking record from #26 to #8. The Polish new vehicle market steps up 13.2% year-on-year in October to 52.691 units including light commercials, leading to a year-to-date tally up 3.1% to a record 514.221 sales. As it has been the case for the past…