Chery sells the Omoda and Jaecoo brands in Singapore It's a sturdy month for new car sales in Singapore with March volumes up 16.5% year-on-year to 5,049. This brings the Q1 tally up 22.1% to 13,322 units. BYD (+40.9%) further strengthens its grip on the market with a splendid 22.8%…
Haval sales are up 63.6% year-on-year over Q1. The Saudi new car market sinks -24.3% year-on-year over the first quarter of 2026 to just 166,748 units. If January and February were both weak, March pulled sales even further down at -34.7% year-on-year to 51,484 vs. 78,877 in March 2025. Toyota…
Jetour UAE sales are up 30.6% over Q1 New car sales in the UAE decelerate by a harsh -18.6% over Q1 to 65,969 units. While January and February were stable, March volumes imploded -47.2% to 16,334 vs. 30,938 a year ago. The US-Iran war effect at play. Toyota (-15.1%) and…
The Tank 700 ranks #9 in Qatar over Q1. Qatari new car sales drop -10.9% year-on-year over Q1 to 19,617 units. Toyota (+0.3%) is stable and climbs from 28.3% to 31.9% share, distancing Jetour (-20.3%). Jetour would appear to have peaked here, down from 12.8% over Q1 2025 to 11.5%…
Toyota holds almost half of the Omani market in Q1. The Omani new car market slides -6.1% year-on-year over Q1 to 17,354 units. Toyota (+0.4%) is stable and as a result improves its share from 46.3% to 49.5%. Hyundai (+2.2%) is also solid at 6.4% of the market but Nissan…
The Toyota Land Cruiser is #1 in Lebanon so far in 2026. Contrary to other markets in the region so far, new car sales in Lebanon are euphoric over Q1 at +34.2% to 5,237 units. However keep in mind Q1 2025 was off -40.5% on the year prior, so the…
The Nissan Patrol is the best-selling vehicle in Kuwait over Q1. New car sales in Kuwait flounder -17.8% year-on-year over Q1 to 29,104 units. Toyota (-30.6%) is hit hard but remains ultra dominant at 24.4% share. Both Nissan (+22.9%) and Mitsubishi (+6.6%) defy the negative market with splendid YoY gains…
The Toyota Hilux is the best-selling vehicle in Jordan over Q1. New car sales in Jordan slide -17.1% year-on-year over Q1 to 7,352 units. Toyota (-13.7%) improves its share from 32.6% to 33.9% thanks to almost 2,500 sales. Kia (-40%) freefalls but remains in 2nd place above a returning Changan…
The Jetour T1 is the 2nd best-selling recent launch in Iraq. The Iraqi new car market loses one third of its year-ago volume over Q1 at -33.3% to just 29,765 units. Kia (-41.4%) falls significantly faster than the market and drops to 24.5% share, only 45 sales above Toyota (-32.8%)…
The Haval H9 is up to #6 in Bahrain over Q1. New car sales in Bahrain are in difficulty over Q1 at -18.4% year-on-year to 7,463. The top 3 carmakers defy the negative trend: Toyota (+8.1%) goes from 27.9% share a year ago to 37%, Jetour (+74.8%) more than doubles…
Toyota Holds 93% of the Yemeni market so far in 2026. The Yemeni new car market is in great shape so far in 2026 with sales up 27.5% to 3,312 units. Toyota (+35%) is back up to 93% share, leaving crumbs to the rest of the brands present in the…
Kia is the best-selling brand in Syria over Q1. Thanks to the improving political and economic situation, the Syrian new car market is slowly reviving. It goes from 103 sales over Q1 2025 to 1,828 a year later. No less than 6 brands have reentered the market to sell alongside…
The BYD Sealion 7 is the best-selling vehicle in Albania in March. Thanks to CE Auto, today we can share with you exclusive data for Albania. The market is up a spectacular 212.4% year-on-year for the month to 1,315 units, which is more than the Q1 volume of 2025 (1,301).…
The BYD Seal manages its first ever Serbian Top 10 finish in March. Based on data shared with us by our Central European partner CE Auto, the Serbian new car market is up 27.2% year-on-year in March to 3,868 units. This brings the year-to-date tally up 16.3% to 8,093. The…
The Skoda Scala is the 2nd best-selling vehicle in Bosnia & Herzegovina in March. According to our local partner CE Auto, the Bosnian new car market soars 24.8% year-on-year in March to 1,058 sales, meaning the YTD tally is now up 7.7% to 2,633. The Skoda Octavia (+7.2%) remains by…