Chevrolet Trax sales are up 152.7% over Q2. US new light vehicle sales drop -3% year-on-year in June to 1,344,000 units, with passenger cars down -7.3% to 269,000 and light trucks off -1.9% to 1,075,000 sales. Q2 volumes edge up 0.2% to 4.11 million units while H1 sales perk up…
Volkswagen Taos sales are up 251.4% year-on-year. According to local consultancy DesRosiers Automotive, the Canadian new light vehicle market is stable in June at 169,000 units, with a SAAR of 1.72 million. This remains far below the 200,000+ units of 2017 and 2018. Note sales have been negatively impacted by…
The Skoda Octavia is #1 in Israel over Q2 2024. According to our local partner cartube.co.il, the Israeli new car market is up 4.9% year-on-year in June to 25,942 sales, leading to a year-to-date tally off -11% to 155,145. Toyota (+6.7%) scores a third consecutive monthly win with 12.6% share,…
21,544 Ram Pickups found a new Canadian home in June. According to local consultancy DesRosiers Automotive, the Canadian new light vehicle market is estimated to climb 12.6% year-on-year in June to 161,901 units. To damper this performance, remember June 2022 was the lowest volume for the month since 2009. The…
The Nissan Rogue is back inside the US Top 10. US new light vehicle sales over Q2 2023 jump +16.9% year-on-year to 4.11 million units. In the groups ranking, General Motors (+19.1%) flies off to just under 690,000 sales, distancing Toyota Motor (+7.1%) and Ford Motor (+9.9%) both trailing the…
The BYD Atto 3 remains the most popular vehicle in Israel. Our Israeli partner cartube.co.il shows a market up 8.1% year-on-year in June to 24,732 units and up 9.8% year-to-date to 174,336 sales. These are poor scores given June 2022 was off -27.9% on the year prior and H1 2022 down…
Toyota sales vastly outpace their home market in June. 392,719 new vehicles hit Japanese roads in June, a 19.8% year-on-year improvement. As a result the H1 2023 volume is up 17.5% to 2,450,599 units. Note the June result is still -12.8% off pre-pandemic June 2019. Toyota (+47.6%) vastly outruns its home…
Ford F-Series sales are up 10.8% in a market down -11.2% over Q2 According to local specialist DesRosiers Automotive (DAC), the Canadian new light vehicle market drops -11.5% year-on-year in June to an estimated 143,773 units. This is lower than pandemic-plagued June 2020 (156,327) and the lowest June volume since the…
Ford sales are up 1.8% in a market down -20.6%. New light vehicle sales in the U.S. drop -20.6% year-on-year over Q2 2022 to 3,514,107. We'll study the H1 2022 figures in a separate post. In the groups ranking, General Motors (-15.4%) climbs back above Toyota (-22.9%) to snap the…
The Tesla Model 3 is the best-selling vehicle in Israel in June. Thanks to our local partner cartube.co.il, we can share with you today Israeli brands and models data for June and Q2. The market is up a fantastic 49.5% year-on-year to 31.722 registrations and up 45.3% on pre-pandemic levels of…
The Toyota RAV4 is up to #2 overall in Canada over Q2 2021. According to Desrosiers Automotive, the Canadian new light vehicle market is up 3.9% year-on-year in June to 162.501 units, but down -12.4% on pre-pandemic June 2019. This leads to a Q2 result up 51.8% to 478.717 and…
The Chevrolet Silverado is the best-selling vehicle in the U.S. over Q2 2021. New light vehicle sales in the U.S. are up a measured 17% year-on-year in June to 1.297 million units according to LMC Automotive, as the steady pandemic recovery is challenged by parts shortage and thin inventories. The…
The Toyota Roomy ends the month just 600 sales off topping the regular car charts. New vehicle sales in Japan gain 5.3% year-on-year in June to 365.631 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 11.6% to 2.464.586. Brand leaders Toyota (+16.3%) and Daihatsu (+23%) both evolve way above the market…
The Fiat Tipo is #1 in Lithuania. The Lithuanian new passenger car market sinks -40.8% year-on-year in June to 2.674 units, leading to a Q2 tally down -53.7% to 6.779 and a H1 volume off -28% to 16.821. Lithuania is the one market in the European Union where re-exports are…
The Skoda Scala is an instant blockbuster in Latvia. New car sales in Latvia drop -21.1% year-on-year in Latvia to 1.272 units, leading to a First Half volume down -30.7% to 6.569 according to ACEA. Local outlet autoplius.lt has the Latvian market at 3.177 units over Q2 (-44.5%) and 7.047…