Leapmotor sales are up 620.7% year-on-year in May. New car sales in Belgium drop -2.1% year-on-year in May to 33,625 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now off -4.1% to 185,232. BMW (+7.3%) defies the negative market to remain by far the most popular marque in the country at 11.1%…
The Jaecoo J5 EV breaks into the Australian Top 10 in May. 106,887 new vehicles hit Australian roads, a -2.3% year-on-year contraction. The year-to-date volume after five months stands at 491,523, off -1% over the same period a year ago. Private sales follow the market at -2.8% to 51,246, while…
Chery holds 12.5% of the Israeli market in May. Thanks to our local partner cartube.co.il we can share with you today May results by brand for the Israeli market. Models data is a quarterly occurrence. This month sales are up 13.4% year-on-year to 29,456, tilting the year-to-date tally into positive…
BYD is up to a record 8th place in Argentina in May. The Argentinean new light vehicle market falls deeper into depression in April at -26.2% year-on-year to 39,210 units. The year-to-date volume is now down -10.2% to 232,815. Toyota (-38.8%) stays on top of the brands ranking ahead of…
The Renault Captur holds 38.4% of the Montenegrin market in April. Data by our local partner CE Auto shows a Montenegrin new car market down -6.1% year-on-year in April to just 503 sales. The year-to-date tally is now up 5% to 1,461. This month the Renault Captur triumphs with a…
The Smart #5 is up to 6th place in April. It's another difficult month for the Icelandic new car market, with sales down -27% year-on-year in May to just 1,547 units. However thanks to a stellar start of the year the year-to-date tally is still up, at +4.1% to 6,060.…
The Kia Picanto is the best-selling vehicle in the Netherlands in May. The Dutch new car market edges up 1.1% year-on-year in May to 29,915 units. Yet the year-to-date volume remains in stark negative at -8% to 136,090. Hybrid vehicles hold 50.1% of the market with 15,002 sales, BEVs are…
Toyota RAV4 sales are up 49.5% in May. 33,076 new cars hit Taiwanese roads in May, a 3.7% year-on-year improvement. This is still a poor performance as May 2025 was off -23.1% on the year prior. The year-to-date tally is now off -2.3% to 160,917. Toyota (+10.2%) outpaces the market…
The Leapmotor T03 ranks #3 again in Italy. New car sales in Italy grow by a very healthy +7.6% year-on-year in May to 150,096. This is the best May result since pre-pandemic 2019 (197,876). The year-to-date tally is now up a robust 9.4% to 790,301. Encouragingly, private sales are up…
The BYD Atto 2 is up to a record 13th place in April. The Spanish new car market is uncharacteristically down year-on-year in May, albeit at a tiny -0.8% to 111,894 units. This is the first YoY drop since August 2024. The year-to-date volume is still in positive however at…
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…