The new Duster (+84.3%) helps Renault up 5.6% in May. New vehicle sales in South Africa skid -5.8% year-on-year in May to 40.506 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -4.1% to 211.749. Toyota (-8.6%) easily remains the best-selling manufacturer in the country at 24.1% share despite falling faster than…
Proton hits its highest volume and share in almost 4 years at home. The Malaysia new vehicle market surges 41.4% year-on-year in May to 60.780 units, the result of sales held a year ago in the wake of a June 1 GST scrapping, with the year-to-date volume now up 12.7%…
Baojun E200. New Energy vehicles include electric, hydrogen, PHEV and hybrid models, and in this update we are referring to retail sales including imports as these offer a much more complete picture of New Energy sales than wholesales alone. In May, sales of New Energy vehicles in China edge down…
The Lexus UX has landed in China. After scoring their first year-on-year gain of 2019 in April (+8.8%), new car imports into China accelerate to +18.4% in May to 99.449 units, leading to a year-to-date tally now down just -0.9% to 449.446. 8 of the Top 10 brands outpace the…
Suzuki is on an incredible streak of 24 consecutive months of double-digit gains in a market that dropped 23 times in the same period. The Mexican new light vehicle market is down for the 23rd time in the past 24 months in May at -10.8% to 102.094 units, leading to…
Chevrolet soars 51.5% year-on-year in a market down -12.1% The hecatomb continues for the Uruguyan market at -12.1% in May to just 3.356 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -19.4% to 15.563. Volkswagen (-12.4%) remains on top followed by Fiat (-12.2%) up 3 spots on April to #2 but it's…
The VW T-Roc is the best-selling vehicle in Cyprus in May. Thanks to our partnership with SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, we can share with you today Cyprus new car sales data. The market is down -8.3% year-on-year in May to 1.120 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -17.2% to 5.358. The…
The Toyota RAV4 breaks the monthly ranking record for an SUV in Australia at #3. This article has been updated with the Top 47 All-brands and Top 275 All-models. The Australian new vehicle market endures a 14th consecutive month of year-on-year decline in May at -8.1% to 92.561 units, exactly…
The Suzuki Swift is up 6-fold year-on-year to #5 in Greece. New car sales in Greece soar 10.9% year-on-year in May to 13.832 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 52.424. Toyota (+37.8%) almost quadruples the market growth to hold onto the brands top spot at 10.5% share, distancing Fiat (-12.7%), Peugeot…
Toyota Tundra in front of the Potala Palace, Lhasa. After Shanghai, Manzhouli in Inner Mongolia and Kunming, Dali and Lijiang in Yunnan, we finish our Chinese exploration following the Shanghai Auto Show on a high note. After many years of anticipation and missed opportunities because of how convoluted the permit process is, I…
The Renault Kwid ranks #4 in Colombia. Thanks to a very robust month of May up 8.3% to 22.298 units, new car sales in Colombia are back into positive territory year-to-date at +1.6% to 96.721. Now that Renault (+18.8%) has wrestled the #1 brands YTD title off Chevrolet (-6.9%), it…
My rental Peugeot 301 in Manzhouli, Inner Mongolia. We are back for a new series of China Test Drives as securing my temporary Chinese driver's licence for a second year in a row enabled me to rent two cars in two different provinces and test drive 9 more at dealerships.…
The GAC NE Aion S has landed in China. After analysing May wholesales in detail, we now focus on the all-new locally-produced launches for the month, so you can stay up-to-date on the fastest-evolving automotive market in the world. Note this update is based on wholesales figures, and sometimes new…
Honda sales are up 18.1% in a market down -16.4% Far from building up on the signs of recovery the market showed earlier in the year, Chinese wholesales fall even deeper into depression in May with their steepest year-on-year drop so far at a ghastly -16.4% to 1.912.600 units, marking…
Toyota sales are up 60.2% to an ultra-dominant 33.6% share in Hong Kong. New car sales in Hong Kong soar 29.8% year-on-year in March to 3.314 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 18.4% to 9.320. Toyota (+60.2%) continues to vastly outperform the market at 33.6% share, almost 3.5 times…