The Mitsubishi Pajero is the new favourite in the UAE. The UAE new light vehicle market is up a sturdy 8.9% year-on-year over the First Half of 2019 to 116.818 units. Yet Toyota (+5.5%) and most strikingly Nissan (-24.2%) can't keep up and see their shares drop to 27.8% and…
The new Camry (+39.3%) helps Toyota up to 35.1% share in Qatar. Thanks to the return of Audi, BMW, Volkswagen and Porsche into the dataset, the Qatari new car market nudges into positive territory for the first time in 4 years at +2.1% year-on-year to 24.147 units over the First…
The new Corolla (+9.7%) helps Toyota up to 50% share in Oman. No sign of improvement for new car sales in Oman down a ghastly -15% year-on-year over the First Half of 2019 to 53.641 units. Toyota (-10.5%) resists a lot better than the market to hit a round 50%…
Toyota Land Cruiser sales are up 70.4% in a Lebanese market down -6.5%. New light vehicle sales in Lebanon drop -6.5% year-on-year to 19.322 units. Brand leader Toyota (+11.5%) goes against the grain and posts the only lift in the Top 7, joined in the Top 12 by Lexus (+198.8%)…
The Toyota Land Cruiser is now threatening the Prado for the Kuwaiti pole position. The Kuwaiti new light vehicle market confirms it is back on track with a splendid 14.8% year-on-year uptick over the First Half of 2019 to 54.892 units. The best-selling brands trio all outpace the market: Toyota…
Hyundai Tucson sales are up 98.9% in a declining market. New light vehicle sales in Jordan significantly slows down its freefall to just a trick at -2.1% over the First Half of 2019 to 15.041 units, helped by the return into official data of all German brands bar Mercedes. Toyota…
Toyota Land Cruiser sales are up 12.1% so far in 2019 in Bahrain. The Bahraini new car market skids down a worrying -14.3% year-on-year over the First Half of 2019 to 14.772 sales. Both Toyota (-18.8%) and Nissan (-22.4%) fall faster than the market whereas Hyundai (+4.5%) posts a sturdy…
Honda posts the largest year-on-year gain in the Top 13. A last minute sales rush in June to clear out non-compliant vehicles ahead of the implementation of Stage 6 emissions standards means the Chinese retail market is actually up 4.6% over H1 2019 to 10.630.614 units. It has been a…
Roewe retail sales more than double year-on-year in June. There is now a May 2019 Retail sales article here. Up 41.7% year-on-year, retail sales in China this month offer us the starkest possible contrast with wholesales figures, down -9.6%. Before Stage 6 emissions standards come into place in two-thirds of…
In a remake of the 2018 European Summer, Alfa Romeo sales are up 1098.1% before State 6 emissions rules are put in place. There is now a China Imports May 2019 article - see here. In June, we can clearly witness the clearing of unsold State 5 stocks ahead of…
The Range Rover is up 221.2% to rank 5th best-selling model in Yemen. The return of BMW in the official sales charts for Yemen means this market is now up 80.5% year-on-year over the First Half of 2019 to 4.353 registrations. Toyota (+67.7%) remains ultra-dominant at 87.2% share with BMW…
The first generation Renault Duster is still on sale in Colombia. New vehicle sales in Colombia leap up 6.4% year-on-year in June to 19.489 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 2.4% to 116.210. Renault (+30.7%) shows exceptional strength to cement its brand leadership at 24.4% share, almost 10 percentage points…
Honda sales gain 15.1% in a declining market. New vehicle sales in Thailand hit the brakes in June at -2.1% year-on-year to 86.048 units, understood to be the first year-on-year decline in the country since December 2016, that's over 2.5 years ago. Thanks to a strong first few months this…
The Tacoma is one of Toyota's best-sellers in Puerto Rico. New car sales in Puerto Rico gain 3.7% year-on-year over the First Half of 2019 to 52.536 units. Brand leader Toyota (+13.9%) almost quadruples the market growth to hit 28.7% share, while #2 Hyundai (+22.5%) does even better to reach…
First generation 1977 Toyota Kijang. 09/06/2020 update: There is now an All-models ranking every month from January 2019 onwards. Click on Sales Data and select Indonesia to consult. 21/07/2019 update: All-brands and All-models annual data is now available from 1990 to 2006 (10 additional articles and 2 enhanced articles). The…