Panama October 2025: Kaiyi KY7 cracks Top 10
The Kaiyi KY7 ranks #6 in Panama in October.
New light vehicle sales in Panama gain 15.7% year-on-year in October to 7,837 units, with the year-to-date tally standing at 50,599. Toyota (-0.2%) remains by far the most popular carmaker in the country but drops to 18.1% share vs. 19.2% so far this year. Hyundai (+105.3%) surges ahead to 13.3% of the market, overtaking sister brand Kia (+2%). Suzuki (+14.2%) almost matches the market while Geely (+94.1%) soars YoY but stays at #5. Jetour (+224.8%) is up three spots on last month to #6, overtaking Nissan (+41.3%), Mitsubishi (+2.1%) and Isuzu (+57.1%). Kaiyi (+300%) breaks into the Top 10 for the firs first time in the brand’s history.
Model-wise, the Hyundai Grand i10 (+31.6%) threepeats at #1 ahead of the Kia Soluto (+16.5%) and Toyota Yaris Cross (+18.8%). Leader over the Full Year 2024, the Toyota Hilux (-31.3%) is in freefall this month at #4. The Hyundai Creta (+6.2%) is up two ranks on September to round out the Top 5. The event of the month is the appearance of the Kaiyi KY7 at #6, potentially the model’s first ever Top 10 finish anywhere in the world. The Suzuki Fronx and Geely Coolray also make it into the Top 10.
Previous month: Panama September 2025: Toyota and Hyundai Grand i10 lead, Jaecoo surges
Previous year: Panama Full Year 2024: Toyota Hilux leads, Forthing T5 Evo up to #5
Full October 2025 Top 65 All brands and Top 10 models below.
Panama October 2025 – brands:
| Pos | Brand | Oct-25 | % | /24 | Sep | 1-10 2025 | % | /24 | Pos | FY24 |
| 1 | Toyota | 1,422 | 18.1% | – 0.2% | 1 | 9,723 | 19.2% | + 0.9% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Hyundai | 1,043 | 13.3% | + 105.3% | 3 | 6,092 | 12.0% | + 2.0% | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Kia | 967 | 12.3% | + 2.0% | 2 | 6,501 | 12.8% | + 0.9% | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Suzuki | 451 | 5.8% | + 14.2% | 4 | 2,674 | 5.3% | + 15.5% | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Geely | 427 | 5.4% | + 94.1% | 5 | 2,588 | 5.1% | + 31.0% | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | Jetour | 328 | 4.2% | + 224.8% | 9 | 1,718 | 3.4% | + 59.8% | 8 | 11 |
| 7 | Nissan | 308 | 3.9% | + 41.3% | 6 | 1,809 | 3.6% | – 13.5% | 6 | 5 |
| 8 | Mitsubishi | 244 | 3.1% | + 2.1% | 7 | 1,794 | 3.5% | – 4.6% | 7 | 7 |
| 9 | Isuzu | 220 | 2.8% | + 57.1% | 8 | 1,455 | 2.9% | + 14.1% | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Kaiyi | 220 | 2.8% | + 300.0% | 17 | 883 | 1.7% | + 328.6% | 16 | 26 |
| 11 | Changan | 187 | 2.4% | – 7.9% | 10 | 1,454 | 2.9% | + 0.4% | 10 | 8 |
| 12 | Ford | 166 | 2.1% | + 32.8% | 18 | 1,132 | 2.2% | + 1.9% | 11 | 10 |
| 13 | Mazda | 161 | 2.1% | – 12.0% | 11 | 1,081 | 2.1% | + 19.2% | 12 | 15 |
| 14 | Honda | 141 | 1.8% | – 24.2% | 16 | 935 | 1.8% | – 10.0% | 14 | 13 |
| 15 | Chery | 116 | 1.5% | + 123.1% | 13 | 772 | 1.5% | + 87.4% | 17 | 18 |
| 16 | Forthing | 102 | 1.3% | + 36.0% | 12 | 1,052 | 2.1% | + 1.4% | 13 | 12 |
| 17 | Dongfeng | 97 | 1.2% | + 120.5% | 22 | 680 | 1.3% | + 115.2% | 18 | 21 |
| 18 | BMW | 93 | 1.2% | + 3.3% | 27 | 443 | 0.9% | + 5.2% | 20 | 17 |
| 19 | Jaecoo | 93 | 1.2% | + 447.1% | 15 | 255 | 0.5% | + 347.4% | 27 | 43 |
| 20 | Chevrolet | 92 | 1.2% | + 130.0% | 14 | 645 | 1.3% | + 83.2% | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | GAC Motors | 90 | 1.1% | – 31.3% | 19 | 933 | 1.8% | – 2.6% | 15 | 14 |
| 22 | Lexus | 78 | 1.0% | + 27.9% | 24 | 421 | 0.8% | – 9.5% | 21 | 16 |
| 23 | BYD | 67 | 0.9% | + 39.6% | 25 | 393 | 0.8% | + 113.6% | 22 | 27 |
| 24 | Omoda | 59 | 0.8% | + 28.3% | 32 | 240 | 0.5% | + 39.5% | 28 | 34 |
| 25 | GWM | 56 | 0.7% | + 64.7% | 20 | 388 | 0.8% | + 34.7% | 23 | 22 |
| 26 | Soueast | 52 | 0.7% | new | 23 | 212 | 0.4% | new | 31 | – |
| 27 | MG | 49 | 0.6% | – 22.2% | 21 | 273 | 0.5% | – 27.4% | 26 | 19 |
| 28 | Subaru | 39 | 0.5% | – 7.1% | 29 | 276 | 0.5% | – 2.8% | 25 | 23 |
| 29 | Foton | 37 | 0.5% | new | 34 | 176 | 0.3% | new | 34 | 52 |
| 30 | JMC | 32 | 0.4% | + 68.4% | 26 | 285 | 0.6% | + 62.9% | 24 | 33 |
| 31 | Audi | 31 | 0.4% | + 72.2% | 28 | 212 | 0.4% | + 14.0% | 32 | 32 |
| 32 | Mercedes | 30 | 0.4% | + 3.4% | 31 | 232 | 0.5% | + 28.2% | 30 | 31 |
| 33 | Maxus | 29 | 0.4% | + 31.8% | 33 | 170 | 0.3% | + 40.5% | 35 | 35 |
| 34 | Ram | 20 | 0.3% | – 16.7% | 41 | 144 | 0.3% | + 7.5% | 36 | 36 |
| 35 | JAC | 19 | 0.2% | – 47.2% | 30 | 177 | 0.3% | – 13.2% | 33 | 29 |
| 36 | Land Rover | 19 | 0.2% | + 35.7% | 38 | 129 | 0.3% | + 12.2% | 39 | 38 |
| 37 | Volkswagen | 16 | 0.2% | – 70.9% | 37 | 238 | 0.5% | – 17.4% | 29 | 24 |
| 38 | Lynk & Co | 16 | 0.2% | new | 35 | 81 | 0.2% | new | 45 | – |
| 39 | Porsche | 14 | 0.2% | – 22.2% | 36 | 131 | 0.3% | + 36.5% | 38 | 41 |
| 40 | Acura | 14 | 0.2% | + 0.0% | 46 | 108 | 0.2% | – 0.9% | 42 | 39 |
| 41 | Mini | 12 | 0.2% | + 9.1% | 45 | 80 | 0.2% | + 27.0% | 46 | 42 |
| 42 | Karry | 10 | 0.1% | – 82.1% | 40 | 110 | 0.2% | – 48.6% | 41 | 30 |
| 43 | Jeep | 10 | 0.1% | – 44.4% | 48 | 87 | 0.2% | – 18.7% | 44 | 40 |
| 44 | 212 | 10 | 0.1% | new | 44 | 25 | 0.0% | new | 55 | – |
| 45 | Bestune | 9 | 0.1% | – 60.9% | 49 | 117 | 0.2% | – 45.6% | 40 | 28 |
| 46 | Volvo | 8 | 0.1% | – 78.9% | 39 | 136 | 0.3% | – 50.9% | 37 | 25 |
| 47 | AITO | 6 | 0.1% | new | – | 6 | 0.0% | new | 69 | – |
| 48 | Peugeot | 5 | 0.1% | + 25.0% | 58 | 31 | 0.1% | – 18.4% | 51 | 47 |
| 49 | Tesla | 5 | 0.1% | – 16.7% | 66 | 30 | 0.1% | + 42.9% | 53 | 50 |
| 50 | Fiat | 4 | 0.1% | + 300.0% | 47 | 52 | 0.1% | + 18.2% | 47 | 45 |
| 51 | Infiniti | 4 | 0.1% | + 0.0% | 42 | 44 | 0.1% | + 2.3% | 49 | 44 |
| 52 | GMC | 4 | 0.1% | n/a | – | 16 | 0.0% | + 433.3% | 59 | 62 |
| 53 | Lincoln | 3 | 0.0% | – 25.0% | 53 | 32 | 0.1% | + 39.1% | 50 | 46 |
| 54 | Xpeng | 3 | 0.0% | new | 68 | 9 | 0.0% | new | 63 | – |
| 55 | Cadillac | 2 | 0.0% | + 100.0% | 56 | 26 | 0.1% | + 116.7% | 54 | 53 |
| 56 | Riddara | 2 | 0.0% | new | 54 | 25 | 0.0% | new | 56 | – |
| 57 | Venucia | 2 | 0.0% | – 33.3% | 67 | 18 | 0.0% | + 157.1% | 58 | 57 |
| 58 | Lotus | 2 | 0.0% | n/a | 63 | 8 | 0.0% | + 166.7% | 65 | 66 |
| 59 | Higer | 2 | 0.0% | n/a | – | 5 | 0.0% | + 150.0% | 71 | 70 |
| 60 | JIM | 2 | 0.0% | new | – | 2 | 0.0% | new | 76 | – |
| 61 | ZX Auto | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | 59 | 31 | 0.1% | n/a | 52 | 74 |
| 62 | Shineray | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | 43 | 22 | 0.0% | + 4.8% | 57 | 49 |
| 63 | VGV | 1 | 0.0% | – 66.7% | 52 | 15 | 0.0% | – 58.3% | 60 | 48 |
| 64 | IM | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | – | 9 | 0.0% | + 12.5% | 64 | 55 |
| 65 | Xiaomi | 1 | 0.0% | new | – | 3 | 0.0% | new | 73 | – |
Panama October 2025 – models:
| Pos | Model | Oct-25 | % | /24 | Sep |
| 1 | Hyundai Grand i10 | 466 | 5.9% | + 31.6% | 1 |
| 2 | Kia Soluto | 409 | 5.2% | + 16.5% | 2 |
| 3 | Toyota Yaris Cross | 323 | 4.1% | + 18.8% | 4 |
| 4 | Toyota Hilux | 265 | 3.4% | – 31.3% | 3 |
| 5 | Hyundai Creta | 189 | 2.4% | + 6.2% | 7 |
| 6 | Kaiyi KY7 | 157 | 2.0% | n/a | n/a |
| 7 | Isuzu D-Max | 153 | 2.0% | n/a | 6 |
| 8 | Suzuki Fronx | 144 | 1.8% | + 14.3% | n/a |
| 9 | Geely Coolray | 141 | 1.8% | n/a | n/a |
| 10 | Toyota Corolla Cross | 139 | 1.8% | – 14.2% | n/a |
| 11 | Kia Seltos | 139 | 1.8% | – 3.5% | n/a |
Source: Manufacturers
