The Suzuki Jimny is the best-selling light vehicle in Angola even though the new generation hasn't launched yet. After dropping by a steep 53% in 2017, the Angolan new vehicle market continues to freefall in 2018 at -38.4% to 2.654 units. Faithful to a tradition of very high volatility, both…
The Toyota Hilux remains the best-selling vehicle in Malawi. Consult 6 years worth of Malawi Historical Data here. The Malawi new vehicle market edges up 0.4% to 1.773 units in 2018. Toyota (+9.3%) tightens its grip further to cross the symbolic 50% market share for the first time since 2015…
Toyota Land Cruiser sales surge 57.6% to #2 in Uganda this year. Consult 6 years worth of Uganda Historical Data here New vehicle sales in Uganda soar 9.7% year-on-year in 2018 to 2.594 units after two consecutive years of decline. Pickups account for 42.4% of the market and SUVs for…
Our faithful Dacia Logan posing in front of the Sveti Stefan island in Montenegro. Picture by Adam Taloni. This is Part 4 of our swift adventure with the Dacia Logan, you can see Part 1: Romania, Part 2: Serbia here and Part 3: Bosnia & Herzegovina here. After having inadvertently explored some…
The new VW Tharu hits a record 13.337 retail sales in China in January. Chinese wholesales data for January (-15.8%) marked a 7th consecutive market drop and third double-digit decline in a row, but this month retail sales is a completely and spectacularly different story. Since February 2018, we offer you a new…
The C5 Aircross is already having an impact on Citroen European sales. Update 3 (03/04): Now with the Top 55 brands and Top 350 All-models. Update 2 (09/03): Now with the Top 100 models. Update 1 (28/02): Now with actuals for the Top 25 brands and models. The European new…
The BYD Qin Pro EV has now landed in the Chinese market. After an all-time record in December when sales were rushed to benefit from government subsidies, the New Energy market in China logically recedes volume-wise but remains extremely dynamic. CAAM wholesales figures show a whopping 138% year-on-year uptick to 96.000…
The VW T-Roc now ranks 5th year-to-date in Germany. The German new car market edges back into positive territory for the first time since pre-WLTP-boosted August with February up 2.7% to 268.867 registrations, enough to also tilt the YTD tally into positive at +0.6% 534.569. Instrumental to this return to growth…
Sales of Toyota Camry are up 176.5% year-on-year in January in Kazakhstan. Outstanding start of the year for new vehicle sales in Kazakhstan at +36.3% to 4.436 registrations. Lada (+28.2%) trails the market slightly but remains on top of the brands ranking at 22.9% share vs. 21.8% for Toyota (+42.6%).…
The Honda Brio is the best-selling vehicle in Indonesia for the 2nd time in the past 3 months. 9/06/20 update: Now with the Top 110 All-models. The market is hit hard this month with a steep -15.3% year-on-year decline to just 81.677 wholesales. Toyota (-1.2%) manages to post the slimmest drop…
Suzuki sales are up 81.8% year-on-year in Ivory Coast as the Alto 800 becomes the best-selling passenger car. Consult 6 years of Ivory Coast Historical Data here. The Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire) new vehicle market posts a sturdy gain for the second straight year with 2018 sales up 16.1% to 11.376.…
Isuzu holds 44.8% of the Tunisian LCV market in 2018. New light vehicle sales in Tunisia hit a wall in 2018 at -19.4% to just 51.348 units, while the parallel market is hit ever harder at -28.9% to 14.493. This fall was expected as 2018 marked a steep devaluation of…
Daihatsu Tanto sales soar 17.4% year-on-year in February. The Japanese new car market scores another positive month in February with sales edging up 1.2% year-on-year to 479.428 units, meaning the year-to-date volume is now up 1.6% to 887.403. Brand leader Toyota (+1.8%) outpaces the market to snatch a 28.1% share,…
The Hyundai Palisade ranks 4th at home in South Korea for the second month running. This article along with all South Korea monthly articles since January 2018 have been updated with the Top 85 foreign models. The South Korean new light vehicle market is down 2.3% year-on-year in February to…
Suzuki sales shoot up 24.8% year-on-year in Mauritius. Consult almost a decade of Mauritius Historical Data here. It's a second straight record year for new vehicle sales in Mauritius at +1.5% to 11.317 units, only the second five-digit annual volume in history alongside 2017. Nissan (+4.5%) remains the most popular…