The Suzuki Fronx has landed in the Japanese market. 402,310 new vehicles hit Japanese roads in October, a shy +1.2% year-on-year uptick. The year-to-date volume remains in frank negative however at -7.6% to 3,702,179. Brand leaders Toyota (+8%) and Suzuki (+11%) both outpace the market, with the former hitting 34%…
Hyundai Ioniq 5 sales are up 242.7% year-on-year. Thanks to 2 extra selling data compared to October 2023, local consultancy Desrosiers Automotive estimates a Canadian new light vehicle market up 8.8% year-on-year to 162,000 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 8.3% to 1,57 million units. More significantly, sales are…
Ford Bronco sales more than double year-on-year in October. New light vehicle sales in the U.S. gain a robust 9.5% year-on-year in October to an estimated 1,327,300 units. Light trucks are up 11.7% to 1,078,600 while passenger cars edge up 1% to 248,700. Among OEMs still reporting monthly, Toyota Motor…
The Chevrolet Cobalt is the best-selling vehicle in Kazakhstan in September. Complete August figures are also included in the data section of this article. The Kazakh new car market edges up 0.4% year-on-year in September to 17,888 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now off just -0.8% to 137,106. Hyundai…
Peugeot 208 sales are up 385.7% year-on-year in October. 231,992 new cars found a buyer in Germany in October, an encouraging +5.9% year-on-year uptick. We however remain -18.5% below pre-pandemic October 2019 (284,593). The year-to-date tally is still in negative, slightly, at -0.4% to 2,348,066. This is -22.3% below the…
The VW Tiguan ranks #3 in the Netherlands in October. 32,198 new cars hit Dutch roads in October, a splendid 13.5% year-on-year improvement. The year-to-date tally however remains in negative at -1.5% to 310,378. Hybrids account for 44.8% of the market thanks to 14,426 sales while BEVs are at 34.1%…
The new Ford Explorer is an instant blockbuster in Denmark. New car sales in Denmark gain 8.9% year-on-year in October to 14,409 units. This brings the year-to-date tally up 2.5% to 140,652. Volkswagen (+71.9%) surges ahead to cement its leadership in the brands charts with 12.7% share. Skoda (+94.5%) is…
The Skoda Enyaq ranks #7 in Northern Ireland this month. Thanks to SMMT we can share with you the Top 10 best-sellers for each UK nation in October. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures are already included in the October 2024 UK update.…
BMW held a record 14.6% of the Belgian market in September and 14.3% in October. Note complete September data is also available in the data section of this article. New car sales in Belgium fall -5.5% year-on-year in October to 36,447 units, with the year-to-date volume now off -4.9% to…
The new Windsor pushes MG to record volumes in October. 397,947 wholesales were recorded in India in October, a +1.8% year-on-year improvement and a new all-time record for any month, eclipsing the previous best of 393,471 hit last January. This month both the Dussehra and Diwali festivals occurred which is…
Skoda Kodiaq sales are up 45.2% in Romania. The Romanian new car market edges up 1.4% year-on-year to 11,552 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 4.1% to 127,062. Local behemoth Dacia (-5.8%) goes against the positive market and sees its share fall to 25.7% vs. 29.2% so far this year.…
Dacia Duster sales are up 95.4% in October. 21,070 new cars hit Czech roads in October, a solid 9.1% year-on-year lift, leading to a year-to-date volume up 3.3% to 193,069. Local fare Skoda (+24.3%) vastly outpaces its home market to reach 38.3% share vs. 34.4% so far this year. Hyundai…
VW Polo sales are up 34.6% year-on-year in Brazil. New light vehicle sales in Brazil are up a splendid 20.7% year-on-year in October to 249,402 units, this is largest October result since 2014 (291.412). This way the year-to-date tally is up 14.7% to 1,996,421, the highest at this stage of…
Turkiye is the only market in the world where the Peugeot 408 is successful. 97,274 new light vehicles hit Turkish roads in October, a -4% year-on-year decline but still the 2nd biggest October volume in history. As a result, the year-to-date volume is 947,166, off -1.2% on the same period…
Toyota sales advance faster than a surging market in October. 171.179 new passenger cars found a home in Russia in October, a 52.4% year-on-year improvement. The year-to-date tally is now up 59.8% to 1,325,957. Lada (+30%) trails its home market again to 26.2% share vs. 27.3% so far the year.…