The Fiat Ducato ranks #3 overall in Germany in June. 17/07 update: Now with Top 285 All Private sales ranking. Just as France (+1.2%) completely recovers and Italy (-23.3%) drastically reduces its fall in June, Germany (-32.2%) falls to 220.272 units and is among the other European naughty kids such as…
After January 2019 (world car market), April 2019 (Chinese market) and April 2020 (Coronavirus impact), BSCB and I are featured for the 4th time in French newspaper Le Monde, one of the most important and widely respected newspapers in the world according to Wikipedia. It's always an honour to appear in such a…
The GAC Aion V has hit the Chinese market. Now that we have analysed Chinese June wholesales, it is time for our monthly review of the new locally-produced launches for the month. For a second month in a row, a whopping 11 new models make their entrance in the monthly…
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The Peugeot 308 is the third best-selling vehicle in Greece in June. The Greek new car market is off -37.2% year-on-year in June to 8.249 units, posting one of the worst results in Europe, with only Portugal (-56.2%) and Croatia (-49.6%) falling harder so far. The year-to-date tally now stands…
The Suzuki Vitara and SX4 S-Cross are the best-selling vehicles in Hungary in June. 11/08 update: Now with H1 2020 Top 55 models. The Hungarian new car market slows down its fall in June to -23.7% and 10.355 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down -25.3% to 55.670. Suzuki (-47.5%) confirms…
The Toyota Yaris is now also made in Pakistan. According to data released by PAMA, sales of locally-made light vehicles drop another -50.2% year-on-year in June to 8.753 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down -63% to just 44.475. This is a fair representation of the total Pakistani market as very high taxes…
The Chevrolet Silverado is up 4% year-on-year in a market down -23.7%. 15/07 update: Now with complete data including Mercedes and Jaguar Land Rover. Hit full frontal by the coronavirus crisis with 3.431.574 total cases and 136.466 lives lost according to figures by Johns Hopkins University at the time of…
The new RAV4 (+10.5%) helps Toyota limit its fall to -3.6% over H1. The Covid-19 crisis stifles the Chinese wholesales market down a harsh -16.9% year-on-year over the First Half 2020 to just 10.257.000 units, the lowest H1 volume in 8 years: since the 9.62 million of 2012... However unlike the…
Thanks partly to all-time high record sales of the new Breeze, Honda breaks its all-time wholesales volume record in June. Chinese wholesales confirm their spectacular resurgence in June at +11.6% to 2.3 million units according to data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), an all-time record for…
New local brand VinFast holds 6.8% of the Vietnamese market in June. The Vietnamese new vehicle market is down just -12.8% year-on-year in June to 24.002 units, leading to a First Half volume off -30.6% to 107.183 sales according to VAMA. However these figures climb to 31.785 and 139.528 respectively…
The Isuzu D-Max is up to a record 2nd place overall in June. In June, the South African motor industry was able to resume full operation under the current lockdown restrictions, with sales down -30.6% year-on-year to 31.867 leading to a First Half volume down -36.9% to 162.629. However the Covid-19…
The Skoda Scala lands directly at #7 in the June Passenger Cars ranking. 31/07 update: Now with June Top 25 models. 13/07 update: Now with June Top 10 models and H1 Top 80 models. It's definitely a seesaw year for Turkish new vehicle sales and June volumes bring their lot…
The new G80 lifts Genesis to a third consecutive volume record at home. The post-pandemic recovery takes a spectacular turn in South Korea in June with new car sales surging by a whopping 41.2% year-on-year to 203.818 units due to the anticipated end on June 30 of a temporary 30% cut…
Geely sales lift 40.9% to #3 brand in Belarus so far in 2020. It's a seesaw First Half of the year for new car sales in Belarus, with BAA reporting January volumes down -35%, February up 31.7%, March up a massive 65.9%, April collapsing -54.9%, May off -27.7% and June…