The Kia Sorento is the best-selling vehicle in South Korea for the first time. The South Korean new light vehicle market dips -6.1% year-on-year in September to 129,243 sales, including 106,678 for domestic manufacturers (-6.1%) and 22,565 for foreigners (-5.7%). The year-to-date tally remains in clear positive at +6.3% to…
Toyota holds 33.3% of its home market in August. The Japanese new vehicle market improves 17.3% year-on-year in August to 340,342 sales, leading to a year-to-date volume up 16.3% to 3,169,994. Local behemoth Toyota (+42.6%) continues to vastly outpace its home market and accounts for exactly 1 in 3 new…
Volvo import sales are up 47.6% in March. Sales of new imported cars in China are stable in March at -0.8% to 63,224 units, however March 2022 was off -28% on the year prior so this is still a poor result. The Q1 2023 volume now down -10.7% to 173,853. Mercedes (+7.3%) posts…
Imported sales place Mercedes in the #1 spot in February. For once the import market in China bounces back up 30.6% year-on-year to 55,431 sales. After a devastated month of January (-37.6%), this leads to a year-to-date volume off -15.5% to 110,629. Mercedes (+55%) surges ahead to stay in first place…
Land Rover Defender sales are up 35.3% in January. Sales of new imported cars in China skid -37.6% year-on-year in January to just 55,198 units. Like it did a year ago in January 2022, Mercedes (-32.9%) easily takes the lead of the brands charts with over 13,500 sales, with BMW…
The Honda N-BOX is the best-selling vehicle in Japan in 2022. Discover over 50 years of Japanese Historical Data here. New vehicle sales in Japan drop -5.6% year-on-year in 2022 to 4,201,321 units vs. 4,448,340 in 2021. Brand leader Toyota (-12.4%) is the only Top 8 carmaker to fare worse…
The Porsche Cayenne is the #2 import in China in November. Sales of imported cars in China skid -12.5% year-on-year in November to 55,780 units, a poor result given November 2021 was already down -35.3% on the year prior. The year-to-date tally now stands at 691,883 sales, down -19.3% or over…
The Mercedes S-Class is the 4th best-selling import in China in September. Sales of new imported cars in China drop another -12.3% year-on-year in September to just 67,840 units even though September 2021 was already down -20.5% on the year prior. We are following a long term trend in which…
Imports of the Mercedes Maybach S-Class shoot up 359.7% in April. Imports into China collapses -47.7% year-on-year in April to just 44,737 units, leading to a year-to-date volume off -26.6% to 239,357 sales. Lexus (-55.7%) remains the #1 brand despite falling faster than the market and distances Mercedes (-32.9%), BMW…
First appearance of the Nissan Ariya in its home Top 40. In April, the Japanese new car market slows down another -14.4% year-on-year to 299,620 units. This market the 8th consecutive month of double-digit losses. The year-to-date volume is now down -15.9 to 1,496.849 units. Toyota (-16.3%) evolves roughly like…
Honda Vezel sales triple year-on-year thanks to the new generation. The Japanese new vehicle market falls -16.3% both in March (512,862) and year-to-date (1,197,229) in a month always boosted by end of Financial Year promotions. Toyota (-13.9%) gains share year-on-year to 31.1% vs. 30.4% over the First Quarter of 2022,…
Mazda is the only carmaker to improve sales year-on-year in the Top 13. New vehicle sales in Japan sink -18% year-on-year in February to just 354,668 units, leading to a year-to-date volume off -16.2% to 684,367. Brand leader Toyota (-25.5%) falls faster than the market and goes from 32% share…
The new Outlander helps Mitsubishi up 5.1% in January. The Japanese new vehicle market starts the year off -14.2% in January to 329,699 units. Toyota (-13.3%) roughy follows the market to end the month at 32% share, exactly the same figure as its FY2021 result. Honda (+0.6%) posts the only…
The BMW X5 is the 2nd best-selling import in China in 2021. Discover 40 years worth of Chinese Historical Data here. Due to two wobbly months at the end of the year (November at -35.3% and December at -34.7%), the Chinese imports market ends 2021 in negative at -6.9% to…
The Toyota Roomy is up to 2nd place in the regular cars ranking in 2021. Discover over 50 years of Japanese Historical Data here. The Japanese new vehicle market edges down -3.3% year-on-year in 2021 to 4,438,440 registrations. Toyota (-2.1%) resists better than its home market to improve its share…