The MG 3 is the second best-selling vehicle in New Caledonia in March. New Caledonia is a French archipelago located north east of Australia. New light vehicles there are down a painful -20.8% year-on-year in March, leading to a year-to-date volume down -11.1% to 1,770. Toyota (-33.3%) continues to lead the…
The Suzuki Alto holds 27.2% of the Pakistani market in March. According to local association PAMA, 9,351 new locally assembled light vehicles found a buyer in Pakistan in March, that's a heavy -65.6% year-on-year fall. The Q1 2023 volume is off -62.6% to just 25,980 units. Note not all manufacturers present…
Austria is virtually the last country in the world where the Ford Galaxy is successful. A year ago in March 2022, sales of new cars in Austria fell -30.1% on the year prior. This month they bounce back 27.4% to 26,307, meaning they haven't yet returned to March 2021 levels. The…
Honda HR-V sales are up 165.8% year-on-year thanks to the new model. March wholesales in Indonesia edge up 2.5% over the same month a year ago to 101,048 units. This is the highest March volume since 2018 (101,666). The Q1 tally is up 6.9% to 282,125. Meanwhile retail sales are up…
The Opel Corsa is #1 in Greece for the 2nd time this year. New car sales in Greece shoot up 58% year-on-year in March to 13,284 units, leading to a Q1 tally up 50.6% to 33,772. Brand leader Toyota (+46.8%) trails the market but still signs a robust lift to…
The Peugeot 2008 is back to being the best-selling nameplate in Portugal. The Portuguese new car market surges 60.1% year-on-year in March to 21,472 units, leading to a Q1 2023 result up 49.6% to 52,191. The entire podium beats the market this month. Peugeot (+93.7%) retains the top spot with…
The Tesla Model Y is the most popular vehicle in Slovenia in March. New car sales in Slovenia advance 13.9% year-on-year in March to 5,271 units, however March 2022 was off -34.5% on the year prior, so we are still evolving at historically low levels. Year-to-date, volumes are up just…
The Mini Countryman is the most popular vehicle in Cyprus in March. Based on data shared with us by SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, new car sales in Cyprus surge 106.5% year-on-year in March to 1,751 units. As a result, the Q1 volume is up 32% over the same period a year…
Citroen sales are up 3-fold over the same month a year ago. The Uruguayan new light vehicle market returns to negative in March at -8.8% year-on-year to 5,286 sales. The Q1 volume is up 2% to 12,729. Suzuki (+19.2%) is up five spots on February to snap the monthly crown…
BYD dominates the Chinese sales charts once again. The price war initiated by Tesla at the start of the year has intensified in China, reaching most carmakers. Add to this a vast promotion spree in March and new car wholesales are up by a solid 9.7% year-on-year in March to…
Great Wall sales are up 47% year-on-year in February. With a bit of delay we can share with you Light Commercial Vehicle data for China over February. The market soars 37% year-on-year this month to 261,988, but the 2-months tally remains in frank negative at -13% to 395,952. Foton (+68%)…
The VW T-Roc is the most popular vehicle in Germany in March. New car sales in Germany finally get some traction in March at +16.6% year-on-year to 281,361 units. However, dampening this enthusiasm is the fact that March 2022 was off a painful -17.5% on the year prior, so we are not…
GM sales soar 17.7% year-on-year over Q1. U.S. new light vehicle sales are estimated at 1.3 million in March by Wards Intelligence, a shy 6.6% year-on-year increase, keeping in mind March 2022 plummeted down -23.8% over the year prior. The Seasonally Adjusted Annualised Rate of sales (SAAR) stands at 14.4 million,…
The new XUV400 EV helps Mahindra reach new heights in India. It's a third consecutive record month for car wholesales in India with March volumes up 4.5% year-on-year to 335,888 units, an all time high for the month of March. The Q1 volume is up 10.6% to 1,015,938, logically a…
VW sales almost double year-on-year in March. New light vehicle sales in Morocco sink another -11.9% year-on-year in March to 13,619 units, that includes 12,475 Passenger Cars (-10.3%) and 1,144 Light Commercials (-26.7%). The cumulative volume over Q1 is 36,816 vs. 41,408 a year ago, a -11.1% decline. In the…