The Renault Clio 6 only holds 2.8% of its home market in May. The French new car market edges up 3.7% year-on-year in May to sign a second YoY growth in the past 3 months. However keep in mind May 2025 was off -12.3% on the year prior The YTD…
The Iran Khodro Reera is now among the 20 most produced models in Iran. Around 208,000 new light vehicles were produced in Iran over the First Quarter of 2026, which we estimate is down -30% on the year prior. The Iran Khodro Samand is back above the Peugeot 207i, with…
The Chevrolet Cobalt is ultra dominant in Kazakhstan in April. Complete March 2026 figures are also included in the data section of this article. The Kazakh new vehicle market is up 8.5% year-on-year in April to 20,857 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -0.7% to 65,610. This month Chevrolet…
Xiaomi YU7 After covering the Beijing Auto Show, let's have a quick look at the cars in the street. Like we noticed two years ago when we were last there, the taxi/DiDi landscape is logically full of locally-produced Beijing EU5. This hasn't changed in the time we were away. The…
The GWM Haval H6 is up to 6th place in April. The New Zealand new vehicle market is up 11.6% year-on-year in April to 9,863 units. Passenger vehicles are up 16.7% to 7,110 sales while commercial vehicles are flat at +0.2% to 2,753. The year-to-date tally is now up a…
Even though a consolidation of the Chinese market has been predicted for many years, with the number of marques present supposedly dropping sharply, the contrary is currently happening. Five new brands have been added to our exclusive Chinese Brands Guide. Huawei has spawn two new marques: a collaboration with Dongfeng…
The Tesla Model Y is a distant leader in Colombia in April. After gaining 38.9% in January, 49.5% in February and 53.5% in March, the Colombian new car market does even better in April at +53.9% year-on-year to 26,827 units. As a result, the total volume after four months is…
The BYD Sealion 7 is the best-selling vehicle in Albania for the third straight month. Thanks to CE Auto, we can share with you exclusive data for Albania. The market surges 214% year-on-year in April to 1,388 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 164.3% to 4,606. BYD continues to…
The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling vehicle in Serbia year-to-date. Based on data by our Central European partner CE Auto, the Serbian new car market grows +7.6% year-on-year in April to 4,577 sales, leading to a year-to-date tally up 13% to 12,670. This month the Toyota Corolla (+137.8%) more than…
The VW Tiguan is inside the Bosnian Top 5 in April. Based on data by our local partner CE Auto, new car sales in Bosnia & Herzegovina drop a disappointing -14.4% year-on-year to just 1,173 units. This way, the year-to-date tally tilts into negative at -0.2% to 3,806. The Skoda…
The Geely EX5 is the #1 vehicle in Moldova in April. Data by our Central European market data partner CE Auto has the Moldovan new car market up a fantastic 23.9% year-on-year in April to 1,105 units. The year-to-date volume is up an equally impressive 30.1% to 3,698. For the second time…
The Fiat Grande Panda breaks into the Top 5 in April. According to data shared with us by our Central European partner CE Auto, new car sales in North Macedonia are down -2.3% year-on-year in April to 635 units, leading to a year-to-date volume off -2.7% to 2,156. The Top…
The Proton e.MAS 5 ranks #11 in Malaysia in April. Note: February and March data is also included in the data section of this article. The Malaysian new car market is estimated to total 78,100 units in April, up a fantastic 20.9% year-on-year. This way, the year-to-date tally tilts into…
Toyota remains by far the most popular brand in Thailand but drops to 34.1% share. Q1 vehicle sales in Thailand soar 22% year-on-year to 201,033 units. Market leaders Toyota (+5.3%) and Honda (+2.9%) perform poorly at 34.1% and 11.3% share respectively vs. 39.5% and 13.3% a year ago over Q1…
Chinese brands account for 16.5% of the UK market in April. Picture carmagazine.co.uk Dataforce has the European new car market (EU+EFTA+UK) up 6.4% year-on-year in April to 1,155,601 units. The year-to-date volume after four months is up 4.7% to 4,687,265. According to ACEA, sales are up 7% for the month…