The Toyota bZ4X is inside the Japanese Top 30 for the first time. New vehicle sales in Japan endure a 5th straight month of year-on-year declines in November at -5.1% to 369,721 units. Thanks to a start of the year boosted by low year-ago volumes, the YTD tally remains in…
BYD Seal German sales are up 4158.6% year-on-year in November. 250,671 new cars found a buyer in Germany in November, a 2.5% year-on-year lift. We remain -16.2% below the pre-pandemic levels of November 2019 (299,127). Year-to-date, the market is up 0.7% to 2,611,152, -21.4% below the of 3,323,878 units after…
The Chery Tiggo 4 breaks all its records in November. 8/12 update: Now with Top 338 All models ranking. The Australian new light vehicle market dips -1.8% year-on-year in November, sliding under the 100,000 unit mark at 99,906. The year-to-date volume remains at record levels at +0.8% to 1,139,524. A…
The Omoda 5 ranks #10 in Scotland in November. 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, UK overall sales figures are already included in the November 2025 UK update. This…
The GWM Poer is #1 in Chile for the third time ever. New light vehicle sales in Chile edge up 2.1 % year-on-year in November to 25,620 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 2.4% to 281,021. Toyota (-6.1%) reclaims the brands top spot it holds year-to-date despite going against…
Volkswagen is up to third place in the brands ranking in October. New vehicle sales in Ecuador are up another fantastic 47.3% year-on-year in October to 12,135 units. This is the largest monthly volume in the country since March 2024. The year-to-date tally is now up 10.1% to 100,740. Kia…
Toyota Crown sales are up 85.2% year-on-year in November. The end of EV subsidies and tariff-induced higher prices are finally catching up with the U.S. new light vehicle market in November, with sales off for the second straight month at -6.3% to an estimated 1.28 million according to GlobalData. Retail…
The new 4 Runner plays a part in significantly lifting Toyota sales in November. DesRosiers Automotive has the Canadian new light vehicle market down a painful -8.6% year-on-year in November to an estimated 142,000 units. However, November 2024 was a particularly high comparison base as it was the first November…
Renault is inside the UK Top 10 for the first time since December 2022. The UK new car market is off -1.6% year-on-year in November to 151,154 units which is still a solid result. The year-to-date volume is up 3.4% to 1,874,271 and should pass the 2 million mark by…
The Renault 5 ranks #8 in the Netherlands in November. New car sales in the Netherlands edge up 3.3% year-on-year in November to 35,601 units, but the YTD volume remains in negative at -1.4% to 339,846. BEVs hold a fantastic 48.3% share this month thanks to 17,192 sales. HEV+PHEV are…
The VW Tiguan is the best-seller in Switzerland both in November and YTD. Stable sales in Switzerland in November at -0.4% year-on-year to 19,615 units. The year-to-date tally is now down -3.4% to 206,993. 4x4 sales edge up 0.5% to 9,879 and 50.4% share vs. 49.9% a year ago but…
The Dacia Bigster breaks it volume and share records this month. 13,837 new cars found a buyer in Romania in November, a tremendous +35.2% year-on-year improvement. The year-to-date tally remains in negative however at -1.3% to 135,447. Local behemoth Dacia surges 60% (it was off -18.3% last year) to 32.7%…
BMW is the only gainer in the Belgium Top 12 in November. It's another mediocre month for new car sales in Belgium, enduring a 20th consecutive month of year-on-year declines at -11.8% to 28,071 units. The year-to-date volume is now off -9.2% to 385,893. BMW (+1.3%) continues to dominate the…
The VW Tera is the 2nd best-selling vehicle in Brazil for the 2nd straight month. 228,119 new light vehicles found a buyer in Brazil in November, a -5.2% year-on-year fall on a 2024 result that was the largest November volume in 10 years, so we are still at pretty high…
Tenet sells almost 10,000 units in November. The Russian new car market is up 5% year-on-year in November to 127,921 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down -17.8% to 1,189,546. After falling to its lowest share in 3 years last month (20.1%), local behemoth Lada (-27.6%) is still collapsing but…