The Hyundai Elantra surges 149.1% year-on-year in August. New vehicle sales in Kazakhstan enjoy a 6th consecutive month of double-digit year-on-year gains at +15.7% in August to 6.393 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 20% to 45.513. Lada (+13.8%) is back in the brands pole position for the first time…
The Bestune T33 is the only new model in China this month. After exploring the Chinese wholesales market for August, we now focus on the all-new locally-produced launches for the month, so you can keep up-to-the-minute on the fastest-evolving automotive market in the world. Note these updates are based on wholesales…
The Song Pro is up to over 12.700 wholesales for its 2nd month in market, but can't prevent BYD falling -13.4%. It’s a 14th consecutive market decline for Chinese wholesales in August at -6.9% year-on-year to 1.958.000 units with passenger cars down -7.7% to 1.653.000 and commercial vehicles down -2.8%…
The Fiat 500 scores its first Swiss podium in August. As is the case for most of the European Union his month, the Swiss new car market endures a -9.5% year-on-year fall in August to 19.437 sales as year-ago volumes were artificially propped up by pre-WLTP stock clearances. The year-to-date…
The Renault Logan is the best-selling vehicle in Colombia in August. The Colombian new vehicle market continues to its great run in 2019 with August deliveries up 8.7% to 23.305 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 5.3% to 162.419. Renault (+30.8%) reaffirms its newfound grip on the Colombian sales…
The new Suzuki Alto has taken the Pakistani market by storm. Sales of locally-produced light vehicles freefall -42.1% year-on-year in August to 10.222 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -17.6% to 143.020. Suzuki (-23.8%) limits its fall to reach a record 64.7% share vs. 57.2% YTD, but both Toyota…
The new Kwid helps Renault up 19.8% in Mexico this month. The Mexican new vehicle market is down for the 26th time in the past 27 months in August at -9.3% to 107.664 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down -6.8% to 852.051. As usual brand leader Nissan (-13.6%) falls faster…
The Toyota RAV4 climbs on the Cyprus podium in August. Thanks to our partnership with SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT we can share with you today August sales figures for Cyprus. Volumes are down -7.5% year-on-year to 639 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -10.3% to 8.472. This month the Toyota…
The VW T-Cross is up to a record 4th place in Austria. New car sales in Austria drop -12.7% year-on-year in August to 29.888 units as hangover from last year's pre-WLTP rush kicks in. The year-to-date tally is now down -8.3% to 237.251. Volkswagen (+5.5%) and Skoda (+30.6%) ignore the market…
Timing of when you mount your winter tires can be just as important as making sure that you do put them on. If you do it too late you might already be stuck in winter conditions and you might have to try to drive to the tyre service station to…
All guns blazing: the Dacia Duster sees its record ranking in Germany rise from #29 to #10. Now updated with Private Sales data (Top 50 models and commentary). New car sales in Germany hold surprisingly well in August, edging down -0.8% to 313.748 which means the YTD volume remains in…
The Mitsubishi Xpander confirms it is an instant blockbuster in Vietnam. New vehicle sales in Vietnam edge up 4.8% year-on-year in August to 21.483 units, a much lower rate than earlier in the year that leads to a year-to-date volume up 20.8% to 202.567. Toyota (+7.1%) outpaces the market to…
The Nissan NP200 scores its first ever podium finish in South Africa. New vehicle sales in South Africa continue to decline at -5.1% year-on-year in August to 45.537 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -3.9% to 349.203. The Top 2 manufacturers all fall faster than the market: Toyota is down…
The Baojun 530 is sold as the Chevrolet Captiva in Chile. The July 2019 article has now been updated with the Top 25 models. New car sales in Chile sink -14.6% year-on-year in August to 33.059 units for their 7th decline of the year, with the year-to-date tally now down…
Opel sales surge 427.3% year-on-year in Singapore to #15. New car sales in Singapore continue on their seesaw year: after freefalling -41.1% in June and surging +32.5% in July, the market is back in stark negative in August at -14.2% to 5.099 registrations, leading to a year-to-date volume down -5%…