Brilliance soars 109.5% in a market down -72.2%. COVID-19 total cases have seen an exponential rise in Chile in the past two months, going from 2.738 as of March 31 to 16.023 as of April 30 and 113.618 at the time of writing. In the past week, Chile ranks 6th…
The Hyundai Creta is the best-selling vehicle in India in May. After completely stopping in April with zero wholesales and retail sales, the Indian new car market gingerly steps out in May at -84.5% year-on-year to just 36.576 wholesales vs. 236.533 in May 2019, pulling the year-to-date tally down -48.1%…
The VW T-Roc is up to a record 2nd place overall in Italy in May. Having been hit by COVID-19 earlier and harder than most other European countries with some cities in quarantine as early as late February, Italy was able to ease its nationwide lockdown a little earlier as…
Chevrolet Tracker sales are lifted up 51.7% by the new generation. Brazil is in the process of displacing the USA to become the new global epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic, going from 108.620 total cases a month ago to 555.383 today and 7.367 deaths when we published the April sales…
The Hongqi H9 is part of an avalanche of new local models hitting the Chinese market as it recovers from the coronavirus... According to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), May wholesales in China are expected to surge 11.7% year-on-year to 2.14 million units according to preliminary estimates. This…
The U.S. recovery is hampered by absent fleet sales, notably rental cars. U.S. new light vehicle sales are estimated to fall -33% year-on-year in May to 1.065.000 units according Edmunds, ALG and Cox Automotive, compared to a revised -50% and 668.000 in April. This pulls the year-to-date tally down -24.2%…
Skoda leaps onto the European podium for the first time in history and the Octavia is up to a record 2nd place overall. 03/06 update: Now with final figures for the Top 100 models (JATO) 29/05 update: Now with Top 55 All-brands and Top 365 All-models (JATO). Final figures for…
The Suzuki Vitara is the best-selling vehicle in Hungary in May. Picture autonavigator.hu Following the same trend as Netherlands, Sweden and Finland, new car sales in Hungary fare worse in May at -54.5% year-on-year and 6.472 units than they did in April (-50.3%). The year-to-date tally is now down -25.7%…
Hyundai Kona sales surge 92% in a market down -50.2%. Sweden is the only European country to not have imposed any COVID-19 lockdown on its population over the past few months. As a result, infections and most strikingly deaths have continued to soar: from 4.435 and 180 respectively as of…
The Ford Kuga breaks into the Finnish Top 10 in May. The April 2020 article has been updated with the Top 32 All-brands and Top 50 models. After losing a somewhat contained -39.1% in April, Finnish new car sales go against most other European markets and accelerate their fall in…
The Kia Niro is the best-seller in the Netherlands so far in 2020. Picture autoverhaal.nl The Netherlands did not completely lock down its economy in March-April and therefore had until now enjoyed relatively smaller new sales drops (-24.6% in March and -53% in April). But now that most of Europe has…
The Toyota Hilux is back to #1 in Argentina. As the country is slowly awakening from its COVID-19 torpor, new vehicle sales in Argentina drop -42.6% year-on-year in May to 21.015 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down -45.4% to 115.864. That's a much better hold than in April (-88.3%) but still hardly…
The VW Tiguan is the best-selling vehicle in Ireland in May. After almost coming to a complete stop in April (-96.1%), Irish new car sales fall another -72.3% year-on-year in May to just 1.751 registrations as the country only partially eased its COVID-19 lockdown on May 18. The year-to-date tally…
The Lexus NX ranks #10 in Taiwan in May and year-to-date. New car sales in Taiwan are off -11.4% year-on-year in May to 33.528 units, a similar drop as in April (-11.1%) which tilts the year-to-date tally into negative at -0.2% to 168.396. Toyota (-0.8%) only edges down to hold…
The Wuling Mini Truck is back to #1 LCV in China. The Light Commercial Vehicle market in China shoots up 17% year-on-year in April to 355.318 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -22% to 882.815. Medium and Heavy Commercials are up 50% to 215.958 and now down just -1%…