The Suzuki Vitara is once again the best-selling vehicle in Hungary in 2021. Discover close to 30 years worth of Hungarian Historical Data here. 23/02 update: Now with Top 40 All-brands and Top 50 models. New car sales in Hungary are down -4.8% year-on-year in 2021 to 121,920 units. Suzuki…
Wuling remains the #1 LCV brand at home, even though the Mini Truck is toppled from #1. According to LMC data, new Light Commercial Vehicles drop -4% year-on-year in 2021 to 3,510,100 units. Wuling remains the most popular brand despite losing -18% year-on-year whereas Foton (-3.3%) manages to keep its…
Changan sales are up 47.1% year-on-year in Saudi Arabia. Discover over 30 years of Saudi Arabia Historical Data here. The Saudi new vehicle market is up a stellar 24.2% or 110,000 units year-on-year in 2021 to 567,771 sales. Toyota (+26.1%) just outraces the market to cement its pole position at…
The Toyota Land Cruiser is the best-selling vehicle in the UAE in 2021. Discover over 15 years of United Arab Emirates Historical Data here. New vehicle sales in the United Arab Emirates shoot up 26.4% year-on-year in 2021 to 192,445 units. However market leaders Toyota (+13.8%) and Nissan (+8.6%) can't…
The Land Rover Defender is up to #6 in Qatar in 2021. Discover over 15 years of Qatar Historical Data here. The Qatari new vehicle market is up by a dynamic 11.8% year-on-year in 2021 to 41,823 registrations. Toyota (-1.4%) goes against the positive trend but has no issues holding…
MG is the 4th best-selling carmaker in Oman in 2021. Discover over 15 years of Oman Historical Data here. New vehicle sales in Oman edge up 0.2% year-on-year in 2021 to 72,190 units. Toyota (+3.3%) improves its market share from 45.3% to 46.7% whereas Nissan (-29.6%) drops drastically from 25%…
The Toyota Land Cruiser is the best-seller in Kuwait for the third year in a row. Discover over 15 years of Kuwait Historical Data here. The Kuwaiti new vehicle market soars 21.7% year-on-year in 2021 to 101,818 registrations. Toyota (+4.1%) can't keep up with the market growth but easily retains…
Hongqi breaks its all-time volume record for the third time in the past 4 months. According to data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), new vehicle sales in China edge up 0.9% year-on-year in January to 2,531,000 units. This includes 2,186,000 Passenger Vehicles (+6.7%) and 344,000 Commercial Vehicles…
The Toyota Land Cruiser is #1 in Bahrain for the 8th consecutive year. Discover over 15 years of Bahrain Historical Data here. New vehicle sales in Bahrain edge up 3.8% year-on-year to 24,709 units. Toyota (-6%) remains by far the best-selling carmaker but sees its market share drop almost four…
Hyundai ranks #4 carmaker in Turkey in January. New light vehicle sales in Turkey drop -12.8% year-on-year in January to 38,131 units however the comparison base in 2021 was particularly high as it was an all-time record January at 43.728. Fiat (+36.2%) and Renault (+20.3%) both ignore the market drop to…
Peugeot is the most popular carmaker in Belgium in January. The Belgian new car market starts the year in a poor way with sales off -10% year-on-year to 33,947 units, keeping in mind January 2021 was already down -27.2% on the year prior. Peugeot (+8.5%) defies the negative context to…
Audi sales are up 47.2% year-on-year in Luxembourg in January. New car sales in Luxembourg skid down -11.9% year-on-year in January to just 3,300 units. Volkswagen (-6.1%) halves the market decline to remain in first place with 12.7% share vs. 11.6% over the Full Year 2021. Mercedes (-17.7%) also retains…
The Hongqi E-HS9 ranks #16 in Norway in January. The Norwegian new car market drops a harsh -22.8% year-on-year in January to 7,957 units. Even without Tesla whose sales light up at the end of every quarter, the share of BEVs in market surges from 53% a year ago to…
The Octavia (+73.8%) helps Skoda to its first Swiss pole position this month. The Swiss new car market edges up 5.1% year-on-year in January to 15,899 sales. 4x4 sales are up 5.4% to 7,908 and 49.7% share vs. 49.6% a year ago, petrol sales drop -9.9% to 6,280 and 39.5%…
The Kia Xceed ranks #10 in Poland in January. New car sales in Poland drop -10.1% year-on-year to 28,611 units. Toyota is on fire this month with 19.7% share, that is a full three percentage points above its Full Year 2021 level of 16.7%. Kia is also in great shape,…