The Nissan Rogue is back inside the US Top 10. US new light vehicle sales over Q2 2023 jump +16.9% year-on-year to 4.11 million units. In the groups ranking, General Motors (+19.1%) flies off to just under 690,000 sales, distancing Toyota Motor (+7.1%) and Ford Motor (+9.9%) both trailing the…
Ford sells over 70,000 units of the F-Series in May. New light vehicle sales in the U.S. rise 22.8% year-on-year in May to 1,374,910 units. Keep in mind May 2022 was down -29.6% on the year prior, so we are still not back up to May 2021 levels. As far…
The Mazda CX-90 makes its entrance in the Canadian charts. Local consultancy DesRosiers Automotive has the Canadian new light vehicle market up 13.5% year-on-year in May to 159,705 units. We remain at low levels as May 2023 is down -21% on the 202,141 units sold in pre-pandemic May 2019. Among…
Honda Pilot sales double year-on-year. According to estimates by local consultancy DesRosiers Automotive, the Canadian new light vehicle market is up just 2.3% year/year in April to 144,069 units. This is a weak result considering April 2022 was off -13.3% on the year prior. We remain well below the 183,754…
The Honda CR-V overtakes its main competitor the Toyota RAV4 in April. The U.S. new light vehicle market in April is estimated to grow by 13% year-on-year on an updated year-ago volume to 1.35 million units, with a SAAR (Seasonally Adjusted Annualised Rate of sales) up to 15.9 million units…
Ford Maverick sales are up 89.4% year-on-year in February. Based on data by TD Ecomonics, the US new light vehicle market gains 8.7% year-on-year to 1.14 million units as supply shortages thaw. This leads to 2.18 million sales over the first two months of the year, up 5.3% over the…
Kia Seltos sales are up 174.8% year-on-year in November. According to estimates by local consultancy Desrosiers Automotive, the Canadian new light vehicle market edges up 4.1% year-on-year in November to 114,966 sales. However November 2021 was down -13.9% on the year prior and November 2022 is down -19.8% on pre-pandemic…
Toyota RAV4 sales are up 134.5% year-on-year in October. Desrosiers Automotive Consultants has the Canadian new light vehicle market down an estimated -5.3% in October to 121,653 units. Like in September it is the lowest volume for October since 2009 (121,500 units). The SAAR is down from 1.57 million a…
Ford Explorer sales are up 124.7% year-on-year in August. New light vehicle sales in the U.S. grow 4.8% year-on-year in August to 1,149,440 units, marking the first gain since July 2021. The Seasonally Adjusted Annualised Rate of sales (SAAR) is up to 13.2 million vs. 13.09 million a year ago. The year-to-date…
Ford Bronco sales continue to gear up in the US. The U.S. new vehicle market is estimated to fall -11.7% year-on-year in July to 1,092,000 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -17.3% to 7,933,000. The Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate of sales (SAAR) is down -8.8% year-on-year to 13.51 million…
Honda Ridgeline sales buck the negative trend with sales up 400% year-on-year. DesRosiers Automotive estimates the Canadian new light vehicle market falling -16.2% year-on-year in July to 130,480 units, while July 2021 was already down -5.7% on the year prior. This is the weakest July volume in 21 years (since…
The first units of the Toyota bZ4X were sold in the U.S. this month. The USA auto market dives by a very harsh -29.6% to 1,115,810 sales. Passenger cars fall -36.3% to 251,042 units and 22.5% share while light trucks drop -27.8% to 864,768 registrations and 77.5% share. The seasonally…
Toyota Tundra sales are up 82.8% year-on-year in May. Note the Q1 2022 article has now been updated with a Top 42 All-brands and Top 280 All-models. According to DesRosiers Automotive, the Canadian new light vehicle market loses -8.5% year-on-year in May to 140,725 units. Although it seems like an…
The Kia Rio is the most popular vehicle in Mexico for the first time. The Mexican new light vehicle market is stable again in April at 83,459 units, a -1% decline over April 2021. The year-to-date tally is now down -2.4% to 336,843 sales. Nissan (-22.1%) is in a difficult…
The new Mazda CX-50 helps the brand contain its fall in April. The U.S. new light vehicle market is estimated to fall -17% year-on-year in April to 1.16 million units as the ship shortage continues to bite. The Seasonally Adjusted Annualised sales Rate (SAAR) is down 20.5% to just 14.7…