The Hyundai Santa Fe lodges its first Top 10 finish of 2020. Based on data shared with us by our Central European market data partner CE Auto, new car sales in Moldova rally back to -27.7% year-on-year in May to 399 registrations after stalling -72.9% in April. The year-to-date tally is now…
Brazil and Latin America are pulling global new light vehicle sales down in May. LMC Automotive released its internal Global Light Vehicle (LV) sales for May 2020 and although a slight improvement on the 22-year low annualised score of April (-44.8%), the result remains dire at -33.3% to 5.086.635 units…
The spectacular Haima 7X makes its first appearance in the Chinese charts. According to data from the China Passenger Car Association, retail sales of cars, SUVs and MPVs edge up 1.9% year-on-year in May to 1.64 million units, the first gain since June 2019 when deliveries were boosted by generous…
The BMW 3 Series goes from #87 in 2019 to #57 so far in 2020. Picture quattroruote.it We can now share with you a more detailed YTD models ranking for Italy over the first four months of 2020. Outside the familiar Top 50, notice the Range Rover Evoque up to…
Mercedes GLE imports are up 184% year-on-year thanks to a new model. After dropping by just -3.3% in April, sales of imported new cars in China go against the general rebound trend in China with a steep -9.9% decline in May to 89.577 units, which brings the year-to-date tally down…
The Suzuki Jimny ranks inside the Austrian Top 60. We can now share with you more models detail for the Austrian car market over the first four months of the year. Among recent launches (<12 months), the Mazda CX-30 lands at #27, the Skoda Kamiq at #41, the Ford Puma…
The Toyota RAV4 is the best-selling vehicle in Cyprus again. According to data shared with us by our local partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, the Cyprus new car market rallies back to just -29.5% year-on-year in May and 790 registrations. This is a drastic improvement on the -77.9% of April and it…
The new Isuzu D-Max is back above the Toyota Hilux in May. 24/07 update: Now with Top 55 models. Even though Thailand has remained unscathed by the coronavirus with only 3.146 cases at the time of writing, its automotive industry is still reeling from the factory closures that enabled such…
French new car sales are slowly recovering after the lockdown was lifted on May 11. 20/06 update: Now with Top 270 All-models and Top 30 All-EV models. 2/06 update: Now with the Top 55 All-brands. The much anticipated May volumes in Europe are starting to trickle down, giving us a…
The Renault Arkana ranks #27 over the period. A new Top 135 Passenger Cars ranking is now available for Russia for the January-April 2020 period, giving us a much better look at this market than our monthly Top 25. And there's a lot happening just outside the familiar group of…
The Fiat Tipo is #1 in Lithuania in May but 99% are re-exported. The Lithuanian new car market drops -51.5% year-on-year in May to 2.057 units, tilting the year-to-date tally into negative at -1.3% to 18.699. Fiat (-49.7%) remains by far the most "popular" brand in the country with a…
The Mazda CX-30 secures its 2nd podium finish in 3 months on sale in Colombia. 18/06 update: Now with Top 80 models. 11/06 update: Now with Top 30 brands and models. The April 2020 article has now been updated with the Top 70 All-models. After grounding to an almost complete…
The Xpeng P7 has landed in China, and is aiming squarely at the Tesla Model 3. After analysing May wholesales in China, it's time to detail the new locally-produced launches for the month. We are now truly back to pre-pandemic launch rhythms with no less than 11 new models making their entrance…
The Mercedes GLB ranks just outside the Greek Top 30 in May. Picture drive.gr New car sales in Greece are down -67.5% year-on-year in May to 4.497 units, that's a slightly better hold than in April (-80.2%) but still a pretty poor performance given how relatively unscathed the country has been…
The Mitsubishi Triton is #1 in Indonesia for the first time. Factory closures mean Indonesian wholesales collapse -95.8% year-on-year in May to just 3.551 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down -41.2% to 248.310. Retail sales fare somewhat better but still sink -81.8% to 17.083 and -40% YTD to 260.716. Mitsubishi…