Mitsubishi is the only Top 7 carmaker in positive this month. It's getting a lot worse for new vehicle sales in Thailand: after 29 consecutive months of growth between January 2017 and May 2019, and 3 single-digit declines from June to August, September deliveries freefall -14.1% to 76.195 units, the first Thai…
The Jetta brand achieves a strong 56% wholesales-retail conversion rate for its first month on the Chinese market. Retail sales in China, or end-customer registrations, are still feeling the effect of pulled forward sales in June ahead of the Stage 6 emissions standards implementation on July 1. After freefalling -20.4% in…
The Beijing EU-Series defies the EV slump and ranks #1 New Energy vehicle YTD. Retail sales of New Energy vehicles in China stabilise in September at +0.9% to 85.088 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 61.2% to 959.200. This is stark contrast with the -34% endured by wholesales of…
The Tesla Model 3 reaches a best-ever 2nd place in the Chinese Imports charts. After two consecutive months of double-digit declines, import sales in China drastically slow down their fall in September at -4.3% to 96.836 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now up 1% to 850.373. The Top 5…
Proton hits its highest market share at home in 5.5 years. New vehicle sales in Malaysia benefit from a particularly weak year-ago result due to the end of a no-GST period to soar 43% year-on-year in September to 44.666 registrations, with the year-to-date tally now down -2.6% to 442.991. Brand…
The Accent is up 183.3%, lifting Hyundai to a record 21.6% share. The Kazakh new vehicle market puts an end to 6 consecutive months of double-digit gains in September, but by the skin of its teeth: up a still very impressive 9.9% to 6.238 units, leading to a year-to-date tally…
The Skoda Fabia is #1 in Serbia for September. According to data provided by our partner CE Auto, new car sales in Serbia drop -4.1% year-on-year in September to 2.294 units, yet the year-to-date tally remains in positive at +5.7% to 26.637. The Skoda Fabia lifts up 3 spots on August…
The Skoda Octavia remains the best-seller in Bosnia & Herzegovina. Thanks to our partnership with CE Auto, we can share with you Bosnian sales data for September, a market edging up 0.5% to 824 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -0.8% to 8.358. The Skoda Octavia (-10.3%) remains head and…
The Dacia Duster scores a 2nd straight monthly win in Moldova. According to data shared with us by our Central European market data partner CE Auto, new car sales in Moldova shoot up 19.9% year-on-year in September to 549 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 4.7% to 4.775. This month Dacia…
The Hyundai Santa Fe is the best-selling vehicle in Kosovo so far in 2019. Very rare data available for you today: a Kosovo Top 10 models for the First Half of 2019 and there is a surprise on top: the Hyundai Santa Fe comes out of nowhere - namely outside…
The Honda Brio is now #3 YTD in Indonesia. 09/06/20 update: Now with the Top 125 All-models. 26/11/19 update: Now with All-brands. The Indonesian new vehicle market significantly slow down its fall in September to just -0.2% to 92.900 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -12% to 753.620. Inside the…
Renault Logan sales soar 64.9% year-on-year in Ukraine in September. The Ukrainian new car market is up 5.6% year-on-year in September to 7.157 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 2.4% to 61.723 units, the largest 9 month-volume since 2014 but still 63% below the pre-Crimean crisis 2013 tally at this stage…
The Chevrolet Aveo is #1 in Mexico in September. New light vehicle sales in Mexico drop for the 27th time in the past 28 months in September at -5.2% year-on-year to 100.747 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -7.5% to 955.512. Once again brand leader Nissan (-24.5%) falls much…
The Citroen C3 is the best-selling vehicle in North Macedonia in August. Thanks to our partnership with Eastern European data specialist CE Auto we can share with you today August data for North Macedonia. Sales surge 34.3% year-on-year to 532 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 26.2% to 4.913. Leader over the…
Drone view of Vance our Toyota RAV4 on the Stuart Highway. This is Part 3 and the final iteration of our epic 11.000 km / 7.000 mile - Test Drive of the new Toyota RAV4 into Indigenous Australia. You can check out Part 1: Cape York here and Part 2: Arnhem…