Chery repeats inside the Top 10 in Israel. Based on data by our local partner cartube.co.il, after falling to a paltry 11,442 units in December, the Israeli new light vehicle market rallies back up to 47,196 sales in January. That's a 26.2% improvement on the 37,404 units of January 2022. Hyundai (+0.3%)…
The Toyota Corolla hits 11.6% of the Finnish market in January. The Finnish new car market continues to fall in January at -9% year-on-year to just 7,084 units. Toyota (-8.4%) fares slightly better than the market and edge past the record share it established a year ago at 22.1%. Volvo…
The Ford Ranger is the best-selling vehicle in Australia for the third time in the past 4 months. 6/02 update: Now with Top 275 all models. Australian new vehicle sales post a 7th consecutive month of year-on-year gains in January at +11.9% to 84,873 units, the highest January total since…
The Toyota Yaris Cross is up to #2 in Ireland in January. 27,363 new cars hit Irish roads in January, a solid 9.4% improvement on January 2022. With new licence plates now available, January is traditionally the biggest month of the year in Ireland, typically accounting for one quarter of…
The Dacia Sandero is the most popular vehicle in Spain in January. New car sales in Spain rally back up a spectacular 51.4% year-on-year in January to 64,147 units, however this is still -25.8% below the pre-pandemic volume of January 2020 (86,443). The other factor contributing to a clear positive…
The Jeep Renegade repeats at #2 in Italy. The Italian new car market rallies back up 19% year-on-year in January to 128,301 registrations, keeping in mind January 2022 was down -19.7% on the year prior. Private sales trail the market at +10% to 79,964 and 61.5% share vs. 66.7% in…
Chevrolet is the best-selling carmaker in Uruguay in January and February. January data is also included in the data section of this article. New light vehicle sales in Uruguay drop -6.1% year-on-year in February to 3,426 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -7.3% to 6,691. Chevrolet has a firm…
The Toyota Corolla Cross is #1 in Vietnam in February. In January, according to local association VAMA, new vehicle sales in Vietnam are up 16.3% year-on-year to 30,742 units. This figure climbs to 40,273 (+14.1%) when adding Hyundai and VinFast who report separately from VAMA. Hyundai takes the lead of…
The VW T-Roc is #1 in Cyprus both in February and YTD. Note: The data section of this post also includes January figures. Thanks to our local partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, we can share with you today January and February data for Cyprus. The commentary will only cover February data…
The Toyota Raize ranked #2 in New Caledonia in January. Note: January 2022 data is also included in the data section of this article. New light vehicle sales in New Caledonia, a French overseas territory located north east of Australia, gain 8.3% year-on-year in February to 613 units, leading to…
Changan is the best-selling LCV carmaker in February. According to data by LMC, the Light Commercial Vehicle market is down -2% year-on-year in January to 265,610 units. Changan (+75%) spectacularly takes the lead of the LCV brands ranking with almost 52,000 sales whereas it ranked #4 over the Full Year…
The Renault Koleos is up to 6th place in Ukraine in January. Despite the current war in Ukraine, our contact there still managed to find the time to share with us the latest car sales data, a testimony to the kindness, dedication and resilience of this people. In January the…
First Top 10 finish for the Toyota Yaris Cross in Slovenia. The Slovenian new car market edges down -1.6% year-on-year in January to 5,320 registrations. Volkswagen (-16.3%) although faring a lot worse than the market, is the uncontested leader in the brands ranking with 15.3% share, in line with the…
The Ssangyong Korando misses out on a Top 10 finish by just 20 sales. New car sales in Slovakia start the year all guns blazing at +72.6% year-on-year to 5,739 units. Skoda (+23.9%) largely trails the market but remains by far the most popular brand with 19.7% share vs. 20.3%…
The Hyundai Elantra is the best-selling vehicle in Kazakhstan in January. Social unrest in the country in January, triggered by sudden sharp increase in liquefied gas prices, resulted in 227 deaths and 9,900 arrests and the car market is evidently affected. January 2022 sales are down -53% year-on-year to just…