The Kia Sportage is the most popular vehicle in Moldova in October. According to data shared by our local partner CE Auto, new car sales in Moldova continue on their upward trend at +11.1% year-on-year to 622 units. This leads to a year-to-date volume up 13.2% to 6,118. The Top…
The Ssangyong Musso Grand is inside the North Macedonian Top 10 for the first time. According to our local partner CE Auto, the North Macedonian new car market is down another -19% year-on-year to just 329 sales. This is a particularly low result as we take into account that October 2021…
In 2017, GWM landed in New Zealand with the debut of Haval H2 and H6 Coupe. The brand featured a rich sense of design and configuration at an affordable cost. However, GWM is disrupting the electric vehicle market with the Haval H6 Hybrid. Haval H6 Hybrid The Haval H6 Hybrid…
As per Statista, almost 80 million motor vehicles were produced worldwide in 2021. The passenger cars segment itself generated 71 percent of this production. Which roughly amounted to 57 million units. The automotive market is growing each year. Hence more and more people end up buying and owning a car. …
In addition to the movement towards EVs, car manufacturers have also been migrating to smaller engines with forced induction. The old saying "there is no replacement for displacement" doesn't quite hold true anymore in the world of turbocharged cars. Turbo engines are smaller, more fuel efficient, and more powerful than…
Driving luxury vehicles is fun, but being in the passenger seat while some nice-looking professional does the driving is even better. Once you decide how you want to enjoy your luxury experience, the next step is picking out the right car. Picking a car to be chauffeured in isn’t much…
The BYD Seal breaks its volume record in October. Retail sales in China cool off in October, registering their first year-on-year drop since last May at -1.9% to 1,606,727 units. For its part the year-to-date volume remains in negative at -3.5% to 15,804,515 sales. BSCB is the only non-Chinese medium to…
Land Rover Defender sales are up 66% year-on-year in China. Sales of imports in China edge down -0.6% year-on-year in October to 57,164 units, however keep in mind October 2021 was down a harsh -32.5% on the year prior. The year-to-date tally is now down a dramatic -19.8% or almost 160,000 units…
The Toyota Corolla Cross ranks #2 in South Africa in October. The South African new vehicle market continues to evolve markedly above year-ago levels with October up 11.4% year-on-year to 45,996 sales. Light Commercial are up 14.3% to 12,738 sales and passenger cars gain 10.4% to 30,597, helped by strong…
The Hyundai Tucson is the most popular vehicle in Cyprus in October. According to data shared with us by SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, new car sales in Cyprus edge up 1.2% year-on-year in October to 824 units. This brings the year-to-date volume to 9895 sales, up 5.2% on the same period…
The BYD Dolphin is up to #4 in New Caledonia in October. New Caledonia is a French archipelago located north east of Australia. The local new car market is up a very solid 25% year-on-year in October to 629 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally up 3.2% to 6,930 units.…
Do you have an old car that isn’t running anymore? Is it simply taking up space in your driveway? Don’t scrap it! If your junk car qualifies as a total loss, that means the cost of fixing it would be more than its market value. You can still sell it…
The Ford Ranger is the #1 vehicle in Vietnam this month. According to local manufacturers association VAMA, the Vietnamese new vehicle market is up 22.7% year-on-year in October to 36,560 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 52.2% to 332,963. These figures climb to 44,734 (+6.6%) for the month and…
The Suzuki Swift is now #1 year-to-date in Colombia. For the first time since March, the Colombian new vehicle market is down year-on-year at -3.2% to 22,606 units. The year-to-date tally however remains largely in positive at +8.2% to 218,016 sales. The Top 4 brands all go against the market…
The Toyota Camry is the best-selling vehicle in Saudi Arabia so far in 2022. New light vehicle sales in Saudi Arabia skid down -7% year-on-year over the first 9 months of 2022 to 394,912 units. Toyota (+3%) swims upstream to reach 31.2% share vs. 28.1% a year ago and increase…