The Alfa Romeo Tonale has landed in the German sales charts. The German new car market sinks -18.1% year-on-year in June to 224,558 registrations, bringing the year-to-date tally down -11% to 1,237,975. Volkswagen (-24%) fall faster than its home market but still sells well more than double any other carmaker…
The Ssangyong Torres has landed in the South Korean charts. 12/07 update: Now with Top 50 foreign models. New car sales in South Korea drop -10.6% year-on-year in June to 143,848 units, including 121,153 local vehicles (-10.1%) and 22,695 foreigners (-13.3%). The year-to-date tally is now off -11.3% to 799,895…
The Mitsubishi eK Cross EV has landed in Japan. It's a 10th straight double-digit year-on-year decline for the Japanese market in June at -10.8% to 327,896. The H1 tally is off -15.4% or almost 400,000 units to 2,086,178 units. Toyota (-25.2%) falls a lot faster than the market and sees…
The Carens helps Kia break its all-time volume record in June. New Passenger Car wholesales in India shoot up 25.5% year-on-year in June to 320,609 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 15.8% to 1,826,676. Maruti Suzuki (-1.3%) is the only manufacturer in the market to see its sales drop…
First Top 10 finish for the MG HS in the UK. UK's year-on-year fall continues to accelerate in June at -24.3% to 140,958 vs. -20.6% in May, -15.8% in April and -14.3% in March. This is the lowest March volume since 1996. The year-to-date tally halfway through the year is…
The Kia Xceed is up 45.7% year-on-year in Croatia in June. The Croatian new car market drops -26.2% year-on-year in June to 5,116 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down -9.8% to 23,535. Kia (+39.1%) leaps to the brands pole position for the second time in the past 3 months at…
The Kia Sorento is up to #7 this month. New car sales in New Caledonia, a French overseas archipelago located northwest of Australia, drop a harsh -17.4% year-on-year in June to 678 units. Thanks to a great start of the year, the YTD tally is still up at +9.9% and…
The Renault Zoe breaks into the Finnish Top 10 for the first time. 7,187 new passenger cars found a Finnish home in June, that's a harsh -24.9% year-on-year drop. It leads to a year-to-date volume off -22.8% to 42,601. Brand-wise, Toyota (-33.7%) falls faster than the market but remains ultra-dominant…
The VW Gol hits its highest ranking in Brazil since November 2018. New light vehicle sales in Brazil edge down -2.4% year-on-year in June to 165,470 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -15.4% to 851,444. Brand-wise, Fiat (-21.6%) is in difficulty but sports a strong 21.1% share vs. 22%…
The Haval Jolion is up to a record #6 this month. Picture zr.ru As the Russian market continues to be devastated by economic sanctions, new car sales have stabilised around -82/-83% year-on-year with a June freefall of -82% to just 27,761 units vs. -83.5% in May. This brings the H1…
The Hyundai Tucson is up to a record 2nd place overall in Australia in June. Just 26 sales short of 100,000 new vehicles hit Australian roads in June, a -9.7% year-on-year drop. Halfway through the year, the YTD tally now stands at 537,858 units, down -5.2% over the same period…
The Dacia Jogger breaks into the Italian Top 50 for the first time, landing directly at #25. New government incentives for low-emissions vehicles have failed to produce a turnaround of the Italian market, with June sales down another -15% year-on-year to 127,209 units. This means the H1 volume is off…
Dacia Sandero sales are up 74.3% year-on-year in June in a market off -7.8%. 89,242 new cars found a home in Spain in June, that's a -7.8% year-on-year drop, a little better than the -10.9% of May but still off -31.6% on pre-pandemic June 2019. The H1 tally is now…
People have grown more and more dependent on cars over the past decades, and it can be said that cars are necessary for the modern man. They'll allow for quicker and more efficient movement from point a to point b, whether through short drives or longer road trips. Cars save…
Your Tesla has an array of upgrades available. While most modifications based on performance are provided automatically by the company, there’s an increasing move towards a pay-to-play model for upgrades. Despite this, Elon Musk’s company has swept the automotive world, with 911,000 Tesla Model 3/Y vehicles sold in 2021 alone.…