The Renault Oroch is now on sale in New Caledonia, unlike in metropolitan France. New car sales in New Caledonia, a French archipelago located north-east of Australia, are up 5.4% year-on-year in July to 1.023 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally up 10.5% to 4.848 units. Toyota (+7.3%) outpaces the market…
The Voyah Free has landed into the Chinese retail charts. BSCB is the only non-Chinese medium to cover both wholesales (ex-factory shipments) and retail sales (end-customer sales) for China so you can get the most complete picture of the largest new vehicle market in the world. Retail sales tend to…
Mini sales are up 71.5% year-on-year in China in July. Sales of imported cars in China edge up 2.8% year-on-year in July to 87.567, leading to a year-to-date tally up 11.8% to 580.295. Lexus (+3.4%) remains by far the most popular importer in the country with over 22.700 sales. It…
The Toyota Wildlander is up 20.5% in July. According to data by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), it's a third consecutive month of year-on-year decline for Chinese wholesales, with July down a steep -11.9% to 1.864.000 units. However July 2021 volumes are actually up on pre-pandemic levels in…
The Mitsubishi Xpander is the best-selling vehicle in Indonesia in July. New vehicle wholesales in Indonesia jump 163.6% year-on-year in July to 66.639 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 60.8% to 460.105. However this is now down -25.2% on the pre-pandemic levels of July 2019 (89.110) while the YTD…
The Chevrolet Captiva aka Baojun 530 is now inside the Mexican Top 10. New light vehicle sales in Mexico are up 12.7% year-on-year in July to 82.157 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 18.3% to 602.681. We however remain well below the pre-pandemic levels of July 2019 at -22.3% for the…
The Dacia Sandero is the best-selling vehicle in Austria in July. New car sales in Austria recede by a tough -19.7% year-on-year in July to 19.902 units, a particularly poor performance keeping in mind July 2020 was already down -21.1% on the year prior. The year-to-date tally now stands at…
The Hyundai Sonata is now produced locally in Pakistan. According to data released by PAMA, sales of new locally-made light vehicles in Pakistan shoot up 113.7% year-on-year in July to 24.918, sending the year-to-date tally up 125.1% to 126.361. Note Kia also produces locally now, reportedly selling more than Honda but…
The VW Polo is the best-selling vehicle in Switzerland in July. New car sales in Switzerland reverse -14.2% year-on-year in July to 19.422 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 14.4% to 143.969. 4x4 sales drop faster than the market at -18.3% to 8.712 and 44.9% share vs. 47.1% in…
The VW T-Cross is the best-selling vehicle in Slovenia again. New car sales in Slovenia take a hit in July at -31.1% year-on-year to 4.426 registrations, leading two a year-to-date tally up just 2.9% to 35.435 units. Volkswagen (-11.6%) almost slices the market drop in three to improve its share…
The VW ID.4 breaks into the Finnish Top 5 in July. Picture kauppalehti.fi New car sales in Finland backtrack -18.8% year-on-year in July to 7.175 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 13.1% to 62.336. Toyota (+5.2%) bucks the negative trend to cement its leadership in the Finnish brands ranking…
The Dacia Duster misses out on the Polish top spot for just 24 sales in July. The Polish new car market is off -7.9% year-on-year to 38.047 sales, keeping in mind July 2020 was already down -14% on the year prior. The year-to-date volume now stands at 275.758 units, up…
Fiat is the best-selling carmaker in Uruguay in July and year-to-date. New light vehicle sales in Uruguay climb 27.7% year-on-year in July to 3.751 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 75.2% to 28.405. This month Fiat (+124.6%) reclaims the top spot it holds year-to-date with a very strong 20.4%…
The Toyota Yaris is back to #1 in Greece. Picture newsauto.gr Greek new car sales are up 11.2% year-on-year in July to 10.586 units, bringing the year-to-date tally up 49.6% to 68.948. However July 2021 volumes return below pre-pandemic levels at -9.7% on July 2019. Toyota (+25.9%) outpaces the market…
The Peugeot 2008 is the best-selling vehicle in Portugal in July. New car sales in Portugal skid down -19% year-on-year in July to just 12.323 units, keeping in mind July 2020 was already down -17.5% on the year prior. The year-to-date volume is now up 17.1% to 93.768 units. Despite…