The Kia Sorento is the best-selling vehicle in South Korea for the third month ever. The South Korean new light vehicle market advances 3.4% year-on-year in November to 160,624 units, including 132,231 (+4.1%) for domestic carmakers and 28,303 (+0.3%) for foreigners. The year-to-date volume is up 5.7% to 1,596,840 including…
Moskvich 3 The Russian new car market is up 113% year-on-year in November to 109,706 units, however this is down -12.6% on November 2021. The year-to-date tally is up 64.9% to 939,254 but down -34.7% on the first 11 months of 2021. Note our source for Russian car sales has…
The Skoda Enyaq lodges its first Top 10 finish in Germany. The German new car market disappoints in November, recording a -5.7% year-on-year loss at 245,701 units. The year-to-date tally is now up 11.4% to 2,602,726, still at historical low levels and 21.7% below the pre-pandemic result of 3,323,878 after 11…
The Honda Vezel ranks 5th among regular cars in November. 411,089 new vehicles hit Japanese roads in November, that's a 9% year-on-year improvement. It brings the year-to-date volume to 4,416,248 units, up 14.5% over the same period in 2022. Brand leader Toyota (+23.8%) outpaces its home market but at 32.3% share,…
The Maruti Wagon R is now #1 YTD in India. After four consecutive months spent above 350,000 units, the Indian new wholesales market falls back down to "just" 334,868 in November, up 4% year-on-year. This is however a new November record, eclipsing the previous best of 322,070 established in November…
The Hyundai Creta breaks its monthly volume record in November. 201,649 new light vehicles hit Brazilian roads in November, a 5.1% year-on-year improvement. The year-to-date volume is now up 10.7% or 187,000 units to 1,942,792. Fiat (-1.5%) goes against the positive market but still manages a very solid 22% share…
The Toyota Tundra has landed in the Australian charts. It's a 7th monthly record in the past 10 months for the Australian new vehicle market, with 112,141 units sold this month, a new record for November. That's a 17.9% year-on-year surge. The year-to-date volume is now up 12.6% to 1,118,236, also…
The Ford Puma is the best-selling vehicle in the UK in November. 156,525 new cars hit UK roads in November, a 9.5% year-on-year uptick and back to the pre-pandemic level of November 2019 (156,621). Note 2019 was the weakest November in 7 years. The year-to-date tally is now up a…
The Nissan Qashqai is inside the Italian Top 10 for the first time since August 2014. 139,278 new cars found a buyer in Italy in November, that's a 16.2% year-on-year surge. As a result the year-to-date tally is up 20.1% to 1,455,271. Private sales advance 17.7% for the month to…
The BMW X1 breaks its Spanish ranking record in November. The Spanish new car market advances 7% year-on-year in November to 78,314 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 17.3% to 867,587. Encouragingly, private sales soar 14% to 40,785 for the month with company sales up just 3.3% to 32,674…
The VW Taos is inside the Argentinean Top 10 in November. New light vehicle sales in Argentina advance 6.7% year-on-year in November to 33,716. This brings the year-to-date tally up 12.3% to 407,265. Brand leader Toyota (-6.1%) goes against the positive market but scores a strong 23.5% share vs. 21.9%…
The Volvo XC40 is the best-selling vehicle in Sweden in November. New car sales in Sweden edge down -0.7% year-on-year in November to 25,406 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 3.1% to 260,391. BEVs actually drop -7.3% year-on-year this month to 10,076 and 39.7% share vs. 42.5% a year…
The new gen Land Cruiser helps Toyota sales surge in October. Retail sales of new imported vehicles in China for once gain ground year-on-year this month at +4% to 59,431 units, reducing the year-to-date tally fall to -6.5% at 594,985 sales. Lexus (+20.7%) confirms it is now back in command…
Dacia scores the largest year-on-year gain in the Top 15 2/12 update: Now with Top 93 All brands and Top 475 All models. Preliminary data by ACEA shows a European market (EU+EFTA+UK) up a solid 14.1% year-on-year in October to 1,039,253 units. This is however still down -14.5% on the 1.214.989…
The Citroen C3 is the best-selling vehicle in Serbia for the first time. Based on data by our local partner CE Auto, 2,207 new light vehicles hit Serbian roads in October, a small 1.6% year-on-year improvement. Year-to-date sales are up 3.4% to 25,193. In pole position this month we have the…