As the winter comes around, many of us will disappointingly discover that our car’s heating is not working. We get the feeling that comes with it. It can be very annoying and also concerning. As we all know, car repairs are expensive. If you are not mechanically gifted, fixing your…
Credit: Evan Clay via Unsplash When you’re car shopping, you don’t need to reinvent the wheel. There are millions of other drivers out there on the road, and they know their vehicles inside and out. With 2023 in the rearview mirror, now is a great time to snap up deals…
Li Auto breaks its volume record for the 8th consecutive month. Data by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) shows a Chinese wholesales market surging 27.4% year-on-year in November to 2,970,000 units, which is a new record for the month. The Chinese market continues to perform way better than…
Only three months after launching, Omoda is among Kazakhstan's Top 10 brands. New vehicle sales in Kazakhstan surge 69.4% year-on-year in October to 18,187 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 59.9% to 156,288. Chevrolet (+21.8%) overtakes Hyundai (+60%) to snap the top spot in the brands ranking with 21%…
The BYD Seagull is the best-selling vehicle in China in October. With a bit of delay, we are able to share with you retail sales data for China over October. The selection of vehicles included in this update total 1,858,018 sales, up a fantastic 15.6% year-on-year. The year-to-date total now…
The Skoda Enyaq is #1 in Germany with private buyers Private sales accounted for 35.1% of all new car sales in Germany in November or 86.241 out of a total market of 245,701. #7 last month and #8 in the overall ranking, the Skoda Enyaq takes the lead of the…
The Skoda Enyaq repeats at #1 in Switzerland. New car sales in Switzerland edge up 2.8% year-on-year in September to 22,005 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 12% to 225,266. 4x4 sales are up 3.5% to 11,254 and 51.1% share and up 13% year-to-date to 114,349 and 50.8% share.…
The Xpeng G9 breaks into the Norwegian Top 10. Last year Norwegian car buyers rushed to purchase their new vehicle before the introduction of a new tax regime on January 1. As a result this November the market implodes year-on-year at -47% to 10,348. The year-to-date tally is now down…
Toyota Yaris Cross The Taiwanese new car market soars 9.8% year-on-year in November to 43,566 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 11.8% to 433,826. Four of the Top 5 brands outpace the market this month. Toyota (+19.4%) advances to a splendid 30.7% share vs. 26.8% so far this year…
The Peugeot 2008 is inside the podium of two nations this month. Thanks to SMMT we can share with you the Top 10 best-sellers for each UK nation in November. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures are already included in the November 2023 UK update.…
The Hyundai Tucson repeats at #5 in November. 11,134 new cars hit Romanian roads in November, a slim 0.5% year-on-year uptick. The year-to-date tally is now up 14% to 133,238. Dacia (-8.1%) doesn't agree with the positive market and sees its share thin to 31% vs. 31.9% year-to-date. Toyota (-9.8%)…
2023 is a write-off in Pakistan with November sales down another -64.8% year-on-year to just 6,475 units. This brings the year-to-date tally down -63.6% to 76,402 vs. 209,749 through November 2022. These figures are from PAMA. Note Changan and Kia do not share sales data with PAMA but are reported to…
VW T-Roc The Ukrainian new car market bounces back up 74.3% year-on-year in November to 5,385 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 61.9% to 54,972. Toyota (+21.7%) tops the brands charts again but sees its market share thaw to 15.9%. Skoda (+90.1%) surges to #2 while Volkswagen (+266.2%) is…
Dacia sales are finally up in Morocco. First positive market since last July in November at +22% year-on-year to 13,772 units. This includes 12,021 passenger cars (+21.4%) and 1,751 light commercials (+26.6%). The year-to-date tally for passenger cars is at 129,395 units, tilting back into positive territory at +0.4% year-on-year.…
Record market share for the Tesla Model Y in Iceland. New car sales are stable year-on-year in Iceland in November at +0.1% to 1,297 units. This means through November the market is up 5.7% to 16,094. Tesla (+128%) has a gigantic month in Iceland, accounting for no less than 48.3% of…