The VW T-Roc is the 2nd most popular vehicle in Slovenia in August. 4,272 new cars hit Slovenian roads in August, a solid +16.2% year-on-year improvement. This means the year-to-date tally is now up 8.1% to 39,515. Volkswagen (+16%) matches the market to cement its domination in the brands ranking…
The Mitsubishi Destinator is up to 8th place in Indonesia in August. New vehicle wholesales in Indonesia sink -19% year-on-year in August to just 61,780 units. Keep in mind August 2024 was already down -14.1% on 2023 which was down -8.3% on 2022. This leads to a year-to-date tally down…
The Maruti Suzuki Ertiga is the most popular vehicle in India in August. New light vehicle wholesales in India fall for the 2nd time in the past 3 months at a harsh -7.5% YoY to 327,719 units. At 2,863,378 sales, the year-to-date volume after 8 months remains at record level…
The VinFast Herio Green holds 5.9% of the Vietnamese market in August and ranks #3. According to data by local association VAMA and Hyundai the Vietnamese new vehicle market edges down -0.6% year-on-year in August to 29,674 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 13.1% to 252,229. This month once…
The Hyundai Tucson is the best-selling vehicle in Poland in August. The Polish new car market soars 14.6% year-on-year in August to 42,480 sales, meaning the year-to-date tally is now up 5.8% to 378,034. Toyota (+0.4%) is stable and remains by far the most popular carmaker in the country with…
Zeekr sales are up 200% YoY in Singapore. 4,650 new cars hit Singaporean roads in August, a solid 17.7% year-on-year improvement. This leads to a year-to-date volume up 25.7% to 33,233. BYD (+82.5%) remains the faraway leader with a whopping 19.8% share, with Toyota (+7.4%) and Honda (+8.5%) at a…
The previous generation Swift is still on sale in Pakistan. Data by local manufacturers association PAMA shows a Pakistani new light vehicle market (domestically produced only) surging 61.5% year-on-year in August to 14,050 units. This brings the year-to-date tally up 37.7% to 112,440. Note Changan and Kia do not share…
Over 2,000 Maextro S800 have already been sold in China Now that August wholesales data has been explored, it’s time to detail the latest launches on the Chinese market. This month we have 9 models appearing in the charts, one of them a foreigner. It's a particularly successful month, with…
The BYD Sealion 7 ranks at #8 in Ukraine in August. 7,118 new light vehicles hit Ukrainian roads in August, a -15.5% year-on-year regression. The year-to-date tally is now off -8.7% to 46,248. Toyota (-17.2%) retains the brands top spot with 14.7% share while BYD (+168.1%) continues to go from…
The VW ID.3 outsells the VW Golf by 1.7 to 1 with private buyers. German private buyers purchased 73,774 new cars in August, a solid 7.1% year-on-year improvement. This represents a 35.6% private sales ratio (PSR) vs. 34.9% a year ago in August 2024. Year-to-date, private sales in Germany are…
The Kia PV5 has landed in its home charts. The South Korean new light vehicle market edges up 1% year-on-year in August to 138,408 units, that includes 111,109 for domestic manufacturers (-3.2%) and 27,299 for foreigners (+22.6%). The year-to-date tally is now up 3.2% to 1,100,839 including 908,543 locals (+1.3%)…
The Nissan Magnite is up to a record 8th place in Mexico in August. The Mexican new light vehicle market is down -3% year-on-year in August to 124,180 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -0.6% to 958,085. Keep in mind Chery Group has stopped sharing Mexican sales data in…
i Another outstanding month for new car sales in Austria at +25.3% YoY in August to 21,452 units. This leads to a year-to-date tally up 10.7% to 189,370. The Top 3 carmakers trail the market with Volkswagen (+11%) and Skoda (+17.2%) still in positive but BMW (-6.9%) struggling. Audi (+26.1%)…
Geely posts another euphoric score in August. CAAM data shows a Chinese wholesales market shooting up 16.4% year-on-year in August to 2,860,000 units, leading to a YTD tally up 12.6% to 21,130,000. New Energy sales soar 36.7% to 9,620,000 over the period. Looking a Passenger Vehicles only, they are up…
The Citroen C3 Aircross is up to #4 in Bulgaria in August. New light vehicle sales in Bulgaria shoot up 18.5% year-on-year in August to 4,132 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 4.1% to 36,054. Toyota (+38.9%) and Dacia (+41.6%) top the brands charts with excellent showings to 11.8%…