The BYD Seagull climbs on the podium for only its 4th month in market. Boosted by both national government consumption incentives and promotions by carmakers, the Chinese wholesales market manages a 8.4% year-on-year gain to 2,582,000 units according to data by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM). This is…
Toyota holds 19.3% of the Ukrainian market in August. New car sales in Ukraine double year-on-year in August at +98% to 5,790. This means the year-to-date tally is now up 57% to 38,159 units. Toyota (+49.1%) halves the market growth but easily retains the brands top spot with 19.3% share…
The Mazda CX-5 soars to pole position in August. According to local association VAMA, new vehicle sales in Vietnam drop -27.2% year-on-year in August to 22,540, leading to a year-to-date volume down -29.8% to 184,554. These figures climb to 25,685 (-31.5%) and 234,425 (-28.7%) when adding Hyundai and VinFast EV who report separately…
The Mazda CX-5 is the best-selling car in Chile in August. Difficult access to financing continues to impact new light vehicle sales in Chile in August at -19.1% year-on-year to 28,314. Encouragingly however, this is the smallest percentage drop since last March. The year-to-date volume is down -28.8% to 210,576. Passenger…
The Subaru Forester ends the month on the podium. The Icelandic new car market drops -12.3% year-on-year in August to 1,166 sales, leading to a year-to-date volume off -12.8% to 12,702. Tesla (+2275%!) is ultra dominant at 24.4% share, its highest level since the 34.1% of September 2021. Tesla sells almost…
The VW Golf just misses out on a win this month. The Austrian new car market is up 5.5% year-on-year in August to 18,790 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 14.4% to 163,046. Volkswagen (-8.8%) easily retains the brands top spot with 15.3% share and despite a year-on-year fall.…
The Suzuki Alto is up to 36.5% share in August. According to local association PAMA, the Pakistani new light vehicle market sinks -34.9% year-on-year to 7,579. Although drastic, this is an improvement on the -57% of July. Grave production issues linked to the non-availability of CKD parts due to the absence…
BMW is the most popular carmaker in Luxembourg in August. New car sales in Luxembourg advance 15.1% year-on-year in August to 3,416 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 19.7% to 34,118. This month BMW (+17.7%) takes the lead of the brands ranking for the first time since September 2021 with…
The Hyundai Grandeur tightens its grip on the models charts. New light vehicle sales in South Korea are stable in August at +0.7% year-on-year to 129,832. This includes 106,482 sales for local manufacturers (+1.3%) and 23,350 for foreigners (-2.1%). The year-to-date tally is now up 7.9% to 1,156,741 including 981,549…
Chery holds 7.1% of the Turkish market in August. Once again the Turkish new light vehicle market beats records in August with sales up 78.9% year-on-year to 86,454. This is a new August record, edging past the 82,577 of August 2015. With each month of the year so far being…
Audi sales are up 75.5% year-on-year in Belgium. 36,798 new cars hit Belgium roads in August, a splendid 27.3% year-on-year improvement that leads to a year-to-date volume up 34.1% to 335,942. Volkswagen (+43.7%) is the best-selling brand for the 2nd time in the past 3 months and the third time…
The Hyundai Bayon lodges its first podium finish in Kazakhstan. The Kazakh new vehicle market continues on its euphoric run with sales up a whopping 61.7% year-on-year in July to 18,818. This way, the year-to-date volume is up 61.1% to 102,069. Both are all-time high by far. For perspective, this…
The GWM Funky Cat is inside the German Top 40 in August. The German new car market soars by a gigantic 37.3% year-on-year in August to 273,417 units. We remain 12.9% below the pre-pandemic volume of August 2019. The year-to-date tally is now up 16.5% to 1,913,564, 23.3% below the…
The Toyota Yaris Cross breaks its ranking and share records in August... 11/09 update: Now with Top 315 All models ranking. New car sales in France soar 24.3% year-on-year in August to 113,599, leading to a year-to-date tally up 16.6% to 1,132,321. For reference, August 2023 remains -12.1% below the…
The VW Golf is back inside the Romanian Top 10. The Romanian new car market is up 2.8% year-on-year in August to 12,891 units, a poor result given August 2022 was off -22.3% on the year prior. Year-to-date, sales are up 20.2% to 100,166. Local behemoth Dacia (-10.6%) easily remains…