The Toyota Corolla ends 24 years of domination by the Honda Civic in the car charts. Discover close to 40 years of Canadian Historical Data here. New light vehicle sales in Canada are hit -8.9% year-on-year in 2022 to just 1,514,465 units as the microchip crisis and associated stock woes…
The Toyota Corolla is #1 in Finland for the third year running. Consult over 65 years of Finland Historical Data here. The Finnish new car market sinks a hefty -16.3% year-on-year in 2022 to just 80,252 sales. That's way worse than the previous low of 2009 (90,547) when the market…
The Kia Rio is the best-selling vehicle in Mexico in 2022. Discover close to 70 years worth of Mexican Historical Data here. New light vehicle sales in Mexico lift 7% year-on-year in 2022 to 1,086,060 units for a second consecutive year of 7-digit volumes. We are however still way below pre-pandemic…
The Skoda Octavia is the best-selling vehicle in Austria in 2022. Discover 45 years of Austrian Historical Data here. 215,050 new cars hit Austrian roads in 2022, a harsh -10.3% year-on-year decline on the 239,803 units of 2021 which was already down -3.6% on the year prior. Volkswagen (-11.2%) evolves roughly…
The Toyota Raize is up to #4 in New Caledonia in 2022. Discover over 15 years of New Caledonian Historical Data here. New Caledonia is a French archipelago located North East of Australia. New light vehicle sales here are up 1.2% year-on-year to 8,336 units. Toyota (+39.3%) vastly outpaces the…
The Toyota Yaris is the best-selling vehicle in Cyprus in 2022. Discover over 15 years of Cyprus Historical Data here. According to our local partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, Cyprus new car sales rise 9.4% year-on-year in 2022 to 11,627 units. The Toyota Yaris (+79.1%) leaps up five spots on last…
The Tesla Model Y holds 10% of the Norwegian market in 2022. Discover over 65 years of Norwegian Historical Data here. Despite a last minute surge in December to an all-time record 39,497 sales (+92%) as sales were pulled forward due to impending tax changes, the Norwegian new car market…
The Kia Sorento is up to #2 at home in 2022. Discover over 30 years of South Korean Historical Data here. 1,671,911 new light vehicles hit South Korean roads in 2022, a -2.4% year-on-year decline. Local manufacturers drop -3.4% to 1,388,476 and 83% share vs. 83.9% a year ago while…
The VW Golf remains the best-seller in Germany but was challenged again this year. Discover 90 years worth of German Historical data here. Thanks to sales bouncing back up 38.1% year-on-year in December to 314,318, the German new car market edges into positive at the last minute in 2022 at +1.1%…
Russian carmakers hold 67.6% of their home market in December. Discover over 50 years of Russian Historical Data here. Hit full frontal by economic sanctions triggered by its invasion of Ukraine, Russian new light vehicle sales collapse -58.8% year-on-year in 2022 to just 687,370 units. SUV sales account for 48.7% of…
The BYD Song Plus is the best-selling vehicle in China in 2022 (wholesales). Discover over 40 years of Chinese Historical Data here. 2,556,000 new vehicles found their way to dealerships in December in China (wholesales), a -8.4% year-on-year drop as widespread Covid-19 infections disrupt business. This is split between 2,265,000…
The Toyota Hilux is the best-selling vehicle in Australia for the 7th year running. Discover over 75 years of Australian Historical Data here. 13/01 update: Now with Top 330 all models and Top 40 all BEV New vehicle sales in Australia grow 1.8% year-on-year in 2022 to 1,081,439 units despite…
The BYD Atto 3 ranked #1 model in Israel over Q4 2022. Discover over 30 years of Israeli Historical Data here. According to data by our local partner cartube.co.il, new car sales in Israel drop -7.3% year-on-year in 2022 to 268,145 units. Hyundai (-1.4%) remains in the lead and gains one…
Dacia Sandero sales are up 44.4% year-on-year in 2022. Discover over 30 years of Portugal Historical Data here. The Portuguese new car market rises 6.6% year-on-year in 2022 to 156,304 registrations. After ending at least 16 years of Renault domination last year, Peugeot (-4.4%) confirms it is the new favourite…
The Honda N-BOX is the best-selling vehicle in Japan in 2022. Discover over 50 years of Japanese Historical Data here. New vehicle sales in Japan drop -5.6% year-on-year in 2022 to 4,201,321 units vs. 4,448,340 in 2021. Brand leader Toyota (-12.4%) is the only Top 8 carmaker to fare worse…