The Toyota Land Cruiser is the best-selling vehicle in the UAE so far in 2021. Emirati new car sales are up 12.2% year-on-year over the first four months of 2021 to 59.502 vs. 53.045 a year ago. The market is fragmenting slightly over the period with the Top 2 carmakers holding 52.2%…
The Land Rover Defender ranks #7 in Qatar so far in 2021. The Qatari new car market edges down -0.6% year-on-year over the first four months of 2021 to 13.398 sales. Although still leader by a great margin, Toyota loses significant ground so far in 2021, holding 27.1% share vs.…
The Sunny helps Nissan up to 10.2% share over the period. New car sales in Bahrain are up 17.2% year-on-year over the first four months of 2021 to 8.862 registrations. Toyota remains ultra-dominant but loses almost three percentage points of market share compared to Full Year 2020 at 37.8%. Nissan on…
Citroen sales are up 4-fold year-on-year in New Caledonia. New Caledonia is a French overseas archipelago located north-east of Australia. New car sales here bounce back up 128.3% year-on-year on lockdown-impacted year-ago volumes to 767 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 14% to 2.334. We have a surprise in pole position…
The Kia Stonic is up to #3 in New Zealand in April. Picture drivelife.co.nz New vehicle sales in New Zealand soar 1167.7% year-on-year in April to 13.133 units on a devastated year-ago volume, lifting the year-to-date tally up 62.8% to 54.961. More significantly, April 2021 volumes are up a fantastic…
The Suzuki Alto remains by far the best-seller in Pakistan. Sales of locally-produced light vehicles in Pakistan add up to 17.233 in April vs. just 39 units in April 2020 when the market stalled due to Covid. The year-to-date tally is now up 130.8% to 71.997 units. Note April 2021…
The Hyundai Accent is the most popular vehicle in Vietnam in April. According to local manufacturers association VAMA, new car sales in Vietnam soar 155.6% year-on-year in April to 30.065 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 56.6% to 101.309. These figures climb to 39.320 for the month and 133.007 year-to-date…
The Peugeot 208 is #1 in Scotland in April. Picture evo.co.uk Thanks to our partnership with SMMT we can share with you the Top 10 best-sellers for each UK nation in April. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures are included in our April 2021 UK…
The Toyota Camry is the best-selling vehicle in Saudi Arabia so far in 2021. The Saudi new car market lurches up 27.6% year-on-year over the first four months of 2021 to 189.038 vs. 148.149 over the same period in 2020. The top of the brands ranking is very stable compared to…
MG is up to #4 brand in Oman so far in 2021. New car sales in Oman edge up 7.8% year-on-year over the first four months of 2021 to 27.636 units vs. 25.647 over the same period a year ago. Toyota tightens its grip on the Omani market even further, going…
The Nissan Sunny is up to #2 in Kuwait so far in 2021. The Kuwaiti new light vehicle market is up 44.4% year-on-year over the first four months of 2021 to 34.058 units vs. 23.589 over the corresponding period last year. Toyota still leads by an overwhelming margin but sees…
The Toyota Land Cruiser remains the best-selling vehicle in Jordan. New car sales in Jordan bounce back up 32.5% year-on-year over the first four months of 2021 to 9.863 units. Jordanian buyers are trusting the most popular carmakers over the period, with the Top 3 brands accounting for 69.9% of…
The Nissan Sunny is the best-selling vehicle in Lebanon so far in 2021. The Lebanese new car market dives -28.3% year-on-year over the first four months of 2021 to just 3.166 registrations compared to 4.419 a year ago, a result that was affected by Covid-19. It is a testimony of…
MG is up to #6 brand in Iraq so far in 2021. New light vehicle sales in Iraq soar 34.4% year-on-year over the first four months of 2021 to 22.866 registrations. The market is fragmenting slightly this year with the Top 3 carmakers all losing share on their FY2020 level.…
The Kia Pegas is now on sale in Syria. The Syrian new car market is down -33.5% year-on-year over the first four months of 2021 to a meagre 804 units. Only two brands continue to sell in Syria and they are both Korean. Hyundai holds 61.7% of the market vs.…