Toyota Land Cruiser sales are up 70.4% in a Lebanese market down -6.5%. New light vehicle sales in Lebanon drop -6.5% year-on-year to 19.322 units. Brand leader Toyota (+11.5%) goes against the grain and posts the only lift in the Top 7, joined in the Top 12 by Lexus (+198.8%)…
The Toyota Land Cruiser is now threatening the Prado for the Kuwaiti pole position. The Kuwaiti new light vehicle market confirms it is back on track with a splendid 14.8% year-on-year uptick over the First Half of 2019 to 54.892 units. The best-selling brands trio all outpace the market: Toyota…
Hyundai Tucson sales are up 98.9% in a declining market. New light vehicle sales in Jordan significantly slows down its freefall to just a trick at -2.1% over the First Half of 2019 to 15.041 units, helped by the return into official data of all German brands bar Mercedes. Toyota…
Toyota Land Cruiser sales are up 12.1% so far in 2019 in Bahrain. The Bahraini new car market skids down a worrying -14.3% year-on-year over the First Half of 2019 to 14.772 sales. Both Toyota (-18.8%) and Nissan (-22.4%) fall faster than the market whereas Hyundai (+4.5%) posts a sturdy…
The Renault Dauphine was #1 in France from 1957 to 1961, the period we just updated on BSCB. 26/07/2019 update: Now with All-brands and All-models data from 1951 to 1959, that's 8 new or updated articles, marked "new" in the list below. The direct links to 77 French Historical Data…
Honda posts the largest year-on-year gain in the Top 13. A last minute sales rush in June to clear out non-compliant vehicles ahead of the implementation of Stage 6 emissions standards means the Chinese retail market is actually up 4.6% over H1 2019 to 10.630.614 units. It has been a…
Roewe retail sales more than double year-on-year in June. There is now a May 2019 Retail sales article here. Up 41.7% year-on-year, retail sales in China this month offer us the starkest possible contrast with wholesales figures, down -9.6%. Before Stage 6 emissions standards come into place in two-thirds of…
The Chery eQ1 hits a new volume record just under 9.000 sales. There is now a New Energy May 2019 article here. After hitting the brakes in May (-1.7%), the New Energy market in China is back with a vengeance, up 184.8% in June to an all-time record 211.378 units,…
In a remake of the 2018 European Summer, Alfa Romeo sales are up 1098.1% before State 6 emissions rules are put in place. There is now a China Imports May 2019 article - see here. In June, we can clearly witness the clearing of unsold State 5 stocks ahead of…
Mitsubishi sales are up 24-fold year-on-year in Iraq. New car sales in Iraq surge 71.6% year-on-year over the First Half of 2019 to 37.942 units. Although Kia (+22%) easily keeps the lead of the models ranking, it sees its share lose almost 20 percentage points compared to the same period…
The Range Rover is up 221.2% to rank 5th best-selling model in Yemen. The return of BMW in the official sales charts for Yemen means this market is now up 80.5% year-on-year over the First Half of 2019 to 4.353 registrations. Toyota (+67.7%) remains ultra-dominant at 87.2% share with BMW…
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The first generation Renault Duster is still on sale in Colombia. New vehicle sales in Colombia leap up 6.4% year-on-year in June to 19.489 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 2.4% to 116.210. Renault (+30.7%) shows exceptional strength to cement its brand leadership at 24.4% share, almost 10 percentage points…
Honda sales gain 15.1% in a declining market. New vehicle sales in Thailand hit the brakes in June at -2.1% year-on-year to 86.048 units, understood to be the first year-on-year decline in the country since December 2016, that's over 2.5 years ago. Thanks to a strong first few months this…
The Tacoma is one of Toyota's best-sellers in Puerto Rico. New car sales in Puerto Rico gain 3.7% year-on-year over the First Half of 2019 to 52.536 units. Brand leader Toyota (+13.9%) almost quadruples the market growth to hit 28.7% share, while #2 Hyundai (+22.5%) does even better to reach…