The Toyota RAV4 is now #1 YTD in Taiwan. New car sales in Taiwan soar 17.1% year-on-year in October to 41.040 units, yet the year-to-date tally remains in negative for now at -1.1% to 353.207. Brand leader Toyota (+52.9%) delivers a sumptuous gain to reach 29.1%, its highest in Taiwan since…
The Citroen C3 remains the best-seller in North Macedonia. According to data shared with us by our partner CE Auto, North Macedonian new car sales gain 21.1% year-on-year in September to 552 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 25.7% to 5.465. The Citroen C3 (+22.6%) holds onto the top spot for…
The new generation Renault Clio is about to hit the Turkish market. The Turkish new light vehicle market seems to have finally bottomed up in September with sales up a stunning 82.3% year-on-year to 41.992 units, managing a first gain in 18 months (since March 2018). However September 2018 was…
The Cee'd lifts Kia Slovak sales up 97.1% in September. The Slovak new car market only edges up 7.3% year-on-year in September to 4.849 units, whereas last year was a particularly weak post-WLTP comparison based (4.519), itself down 37% on September 2017 (7.177). The year-to-date tally is now up 1%…
Maxus wholesales soar 33% year-on-year in China in September. Up 1% year-on-year to 269.159 units, Light Commercial Vehicles wholesales gain ground for the first time since last April but remain in negative year-to-date at -5% to 2.326.707. Wuling (-2%) is once again ultra dominant with over 56.000 units, distancing Foton (+1%)…
The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling vehicle in Lithuania in September. The Lithuanian new car market surges 75.8% year-on-year in September to 4.006 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 42.8% to 34.751. The Toyota Corolla (+175%) holds onto the Lithuanian top spot for the 4th straight month, but only 3…
The Toyota Corolla dominates the Latvian sales charts. New car sales in Latvia soar 19% year-on-year in September to 1.283 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 7.2% to 14.109. The Toyota Corolla (+261.1%) leaps up 3 spots on August to reclaim the pole position for the 4th time in…
The imminent arrival of the new gen 208 could install Peugeot in the Belgian #1 spot. 05/11 update: Now with the Top 10 models. New car sales in Belgium logically bounce back up 31.6% year-on-year in September to 35.720 unit on weak post-WLTP year-ago volumes, yet the year-to-date tally remains…
Mercedes is the #1 brand and the A-Class #1 model in September. 05/11 update: Now with the Top 10 models. New car sales in Luxembourg rebound up 27.4% year-on-year in September to 3.308 due to a particularly weak post-WLTP year-ago comparison set, tilting the year-to-date volume into positive at +1.6%…
The Chevrolet Onix Plus replaces the Prisma in the Brazilian Top 10. New vehicle sales in Brazil cough (read drop) for the second time in the past 3 months at -1.4% year-on-year in October to 241.175 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 7.5% to 2.176.145. There are however wide…
Mitsubishi is the only Top 7 carmaker in positive this month. It's getting a lot worse for new vehicle sales in Thailand: after 29 consecutive months of growth between January 2017 and May 2019, and 3 single-digit declines from June to August, September deliveries freefall -14.1% to 76.195 units, the first Thai…
The Jetta brand achieves a strong 56% wholesales-retail conversion rate for its first month on the Chinese market. Retail sales in China, or end-customer registrations, are still feeling the effect of pulled forward sales in June ahead of the Stage 6 emissions standards implementation on July 1. After freefalling -20.4% in…
The Beijing EU-Series defies the EV slump and ranks #1 New Energy vehicle YTD. Retail sales of New Energy vehicles in China stabilise in September at +0.9% to 85.088 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 61.2% to 959.200. This is stark contrast with the -34% endured by wholesales of…
The Tesla Model 3 reaches a best-ever 2nd place in the Chinese Imports charts. After two consecutive months of double-digit declines, import sales in China drastically slow down their fall in September at -4.3% to 96.836 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now up 1% to 850.373. The Top 5…
Proton hits its highest market share at home in 5.5 years. New vehicle sales in Malaysia benefit from a particularly weak year-ago result due to the end of a no-GST period to soar 43% year-on-year in September to 44.666 registrations, with the year-to-date tally now down -2.6% to 442.991. Brand…