Maxus sells the EV80 electric van in Luxembourg. 02/09/2019 update: Now with the Top 10 models. New car sales in Luxembourg slow down their fall in July at -2.7% to 4.796 registrations, leading to a year-to-date volume now up just 0.9% to 35.916. Volkswagen remains untouchable at 14.5% share, and…
Suzuki Mehran, Toyota Corolla dn Suzuki Alto market shares in Pakistan August 2009-July 2019 We recently wrote about the arrival of the new locally-produced Suzuki Alto in Pakistan, securing a 9.6% share for its first month of sales in the country in June and shooting up to an incredible 36.4%…
Smart Fortwo sales are up 1300% year-on-year in France so far in August. Last August weekly update for the French market before full month results are revealed next Monday, and the market is worsening as the month ends with a -11% year-on-year drop over the first 20 days. Peugeot (+2%)…
The Wuling Almaz breaks into the Indonesian Top 20 in July. 9/06/2020 update: Now with Top 125 All-models. The Indonesian new vehicle market sinks a painful -17.1% year-on-year in July to just 89.110 wholesales, meaning the YTD volume is now down -13.7% to 570.331. Brand leader Toyota (-16%) roughly follows…
The facelifted Saga helps keep Proton sales in positive in July. New vehicle sales in Malaysia continue to suffer from an artificially high year ago comparison set linked to the temporary scrapping of GST then, with July volumes down -25.7% on what was the 2nd largest volume in history in…
The Fiat 500L hits its best monthly ranking of 2019 in Serbia. According to data released by our Central European data partner CE Auto, new car sales in Serbia shoot up 20.6% year-on-year in July to 3.330 registrations, lifting the YTD volume up 6.5% to 21.540 units. The Skoda Octavia (+14.9%) is…
The Skoda Karoq breaks into the Bosnian Top 10 for the first time in July. Based on data share by our Central European data partner CE Auto, the Bosnian new car market gains a solid 6% year-on-year in July to 1.044 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally now down just -2.9%…
The Dacia Logan is back to the Moldovan pole position. According to our Central European market data partner CE Auto, new car sales in Moldova slide -2.7% year-on-year in July to 583 units, yet the year-to-date volume remains up 1.9% to 3.645. The Dacia Logan (+75%) surges back into the pole position…
India is the only Top 20 world market to break its volume record in 2018. Picture by Elliott Scott. We can now share with you today 2018 Annual Volumes for 145 markets worldwide, including Passenger Cars + Commercial Vehicles. As such, these figures can vary from the ones we have…
The Kazakh new vehicle market scores a splendid 5th consecutive double-digit year-on-year gain in July at +35.1% to 7.056 units, pushing the YTD volume up 20.8% to 39.134. After Hyundai scooped its first ever brands pole position in June, Toyota (+22.8%) wrestles the #1 spot back for just 8 units above…
Hongqi Retail sales are up 85.8% in a market down -20.4%. As expected, after an artificial 41.7% surge last month due to pulled forward registrations ahead of the Stage 6 emissions standards implementation on July 1, the Chinese Retail market (end-customer registrations) falls back to earth in July at -20.4%…
The Peugeot 208 and Citroen C3 are the best-selling models in France in July. 27/08/2019 update: Now with the Top 50 All-brands and Top 353 All-models. If the June -8.4% fall appeared higher than it really was due to two less selling days vs. June 2018, the situation is reversed…
The RAV4 (+128.7%) helps push Toyota up 14.1% in Mexico in July. It's a devastating 25th year-on-year drop in the past 26 months in July for new light vehicle sales in Mexico at -7.5% to 105.712 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -6.4% to 744.387. The Top 2 best-selling…
The Sandero (+154%) helps Renault up 65.9% to #1 brand in Ukraine. The Ukrainian new car market soars +13.9% in July to 7.617 units, recording its 4th year-on-year gain in the past 5 months, its largest gain since February 2018 and highest monthly volume since December 2017. That's more than…
The Toyota Alphard Hybrid has landed in China. After soaring 184.8% to an all-time record 211.378 unit volume in June, sales of New Energy vehicles (or electrified vehicles) were expected to be less spectacular in July but a downright year-on-year drop (-6.1%) is certainly not what carmakers bargained for. The year-to-date…