The Geely EX2 is up to #5 in Thailand in July. 29/09 update: now with H1 2026 Top 50 brands and Top H1 2026 Top 100 models. 29/09 update: now with July 2026 Top 58 All brands and Top 50 models. Over H1 the Thai new light vehicle market is…
The Toyota Yaris is the best-selling vehicle in Greece for the third month in a row. Complete July 2026 data is also included in this article. In July, the Greek new car market edges down -2.6% year-on-year to 13,252 units, bringing the year-to-date tally to 97,217 (+5.9%). Toyota (+23.4%) surges…
The Freelander brand has... landed in China. Today with the usual slight delay we can share with you All brands and All models retail sales data for China in July. The market continues to freefall at -21.9% year-on-year to 1,411,045 units for the selection of vehicles included in this report…
The Skoda Kamiq is the best-selling vehicle in Montenegro in July. According to data released by our local partner CE Auto, the Montenegrin new car market rallies back up 30% year-on-year in July to 609 units. This means the year-to-date tally is now down -12.9% to 2,432. Like a year…
The Hyundai Accent is the best-selling vehicle in Saudi Arabia in July. It's another horrendous month for new car sales in Saudi Arabia, down -34.5% year-on-year in July to just 41,147 units. As a result, the YTD volume is now off -25% or 118,000 sales to 354,605. This month, Hyundai…
The Mitsubishi Outlander is the best-selling vehicle in the UAE in July. New car sales in the United Arab Emirates fall by a harsh -15.8% year-on-year in July to 20,420 units, bringing the year-to-date tally down -24.4% to 137,144. Toyota (-36.7%) even though imploding year-on-year, manages to still hold 20.8% of…
The Kia Sonet is up 69% year-on-year in July. No less than 14,812 new light vehicles found a buyer in Ecuador in July, that's a 27.9% year-on-year surge, the highest overall tally in recent memory. This leads to a year-to-date volume up 39.1% to 92,997. Kia (+32%) remains the most…
The Dacia Duster climbs to #5 year-to-date in Bosnia & Herzegovina. According to data shared with us by our local partner CE Auto, the Bosnian new car market is up 6.8% year-on-year in August to 1,370 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 2.3% to 7,891. The Skoda Octavia (+7.4%)…
For the second time this summer, BSCB is featured in French weekly Auto Plus (the best-selling automobile weekly in the country), in the 28th August issue. This time this is about the tiny market share of French manufacturers in China (0.09%!) since the start of the year. This data was…
First Top 15 finish for the Zeekr 7X in New Zealand. New vehicle sales in New Zealand are flat in July at 11,663 units. However this masks very different results by category, with passenger cars up 14.5% to 8,736 (the best July result since 2021) but commercial vehicles off -27.4%…
The Isuzu D-Max is up to #4 in Panama in July. 5,230 new vehicles hit the roads in Panama in July, a 4.7% year-on-year improvement. The year-to-date tally after 7 months stands at 36,387, up 11% over the same period in 2025. Toyota (-0.6%) remains the best-selling carmaker in the…
The Tesla Model Y is #1 for the fifth straight month. New vehicle sales in Colombia surge another +19.9% year-on-year in July to 28,666 units. This is a particularly strong result given July 2025: was already up 44.7% on the year prior. The year-to-date volume is also up by an…
The Changan CS35 Max reaches a record 5% share in July. 21,380 new vehicles hit Kazakh roads in July, a sturdy 6% year-on-year improvement. This way, the year-to-date volume is now up 1.8% to 127,269. Hyundai (-0.03%) is stable YoY and takes the brands lead both for the month (17.4%…
The Changan Q05 is up to #5 in July. According to our Central European partner CE Auto the Albanian new car market is up 53.1% year-on-year in July to 1,052 units. This way, the year-to-date tally is up 110.6% to 8,272. BYD continues to dominate the models charts, with the Sealion…
The Toyota Yaris Cross is the best-selling vehicle in Serbia in July. Data released by our Central European partner CE Auto, shows a Serbian new car market surging 22.2% year-on-year in July to 4,502 units. This is a particularly strong result given July 2025 was already up 21.5% on the year…