Nissan Kicks sales soar 130.3% year-on-year in May. The Chilean new car market continues to collapse in May at -32.4% year-on-year to 37,887 and is now down -26.7% year-to-date at 136,535 units. Passenger Cars sink -40.1% to 5,680 for the month and also -40.1% to 28,551 year-to-date. SUVs drop -31.2%…
The Renault Express is on the Bulgarian podium in May. 3,574 new cars found a buyer in Bulgaria in May, leading to a year-to-date tally up 15.3% to 15,763 units. This month Volkswagen takes the lead with 11.7% share vs. 9.3% year-to-date where it is up 68.7%. Toyota is up…
The Skoda Kodiaq is up to a record 2nd place in Slovenia in May. New car sales in Slovenia edge up 1.4% year-on-year in May to 4,853 units, bringing the year-to-date tally up 5.5% to 22,641. The brands podium remains unchanged on last month and year-to-date and entirely outpaces the…
Lexus is the best performer in the Top 10 again. 42,478 new light vehicles hit Taiwanese roads in May, a splendid 37.4% year-on-year improvement. This means the year-to-date tally is now up 12.9% to 192,477. Brand leader Toyota (+15.1%) trails the market to 23.4% share vs. 26.2% year-to-date. Like it…
First Top 10 finish for the Hyundai Bayon. New vehicle sales in Kazakhstan shoot up 56.1% year-on-year in April to 14,379 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 63.6% to 51,673. Chevrolet (+33.3%) trails the market but overtakes Hyundai (+100.2%) to #1, with Kia (+116.1%) and Chery (+316.5%) also in fantastic…
MG Hector sales are up 71.5% year-on-year in May. Wholesales of new cars in India soar 13.8% year-on-year to 334,499 units. This is a new record for the month, eclipsing the 300,583 units of May 2018. The year-to-date tally is now up 11.7% over the same period in 2022 to…
Turkish brand Togg has landed in the local charts. It's another record month for new light vehicle sales in Türkiye, up 70.9% year-on-year to 111,356 units which is the first time the May monthly tally tops 100,000. The previous best dates back from May 2016 (93,904). As a result the…
Volkswagen sales skyrocket year-on-year in May. The Moroccan new light vehicle market is back in positive for the first time this year at +12.4% to 14,725 sales, including 13,330 Passenger Cars and 1,393 Light Commercials, both up 12.4%. Dacia (-4.6%) remains by far the most popular carmaker in the country…
The Wuling Mini Truck is the best-selling LCV in China in April. Sales of new Light Commercial Vehicles in China soar 52% year-on-year in April to 217,117 units on a weak year-ago basis. The year-to-date tally tilts into positive at +4% to 989,608. Wuling (+119.4%) more than doubles its sales…
Ford sells over 70,000 units of the F-Series in May. New light vehicle sales in the U.S. rise 22.8% year-on-year in May to 1,374,910 units. Keep in mind May 2022 was down -29.6% on the year prior, so we are still not back up to May 2021 levels. As far…
The Mazda CX-90 makes its entrance in the Canadian charts. Local consultancy DesRosiers Automotive has the Canadian new light vehicle market up 13.5% year-on-year in May to 159,705 units. We remain at low levels as May 2023 is down -21% on the 202,141 units sold in pre-pandemic May 2019. Among…
The Great Wall Tank 500 is inside the Russian Top 30 in May. The Russian new car market bounces back up 112.1% year-on-year in May to 51,466 sales, yet the year-to-date tally remains down for now at -26% to 228,550 units. May 2023 is still off -65.1% on May 2021.…
The Toyota Prius hits its highest ranking in almost 4 years. New vehicle sales in Japan lodge a fifth consecutive double-digit market gain in May at +25% To 326,730 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 17% or 300,000 sales to 2,057,880. Brand leader Toyota (+31.8%) outpaces its home market…
The Skoda Octavia holds 11.8% of its home market in May. 20,298 new cars hit Czech roads in May, a 12.3% year-on-year uptick leading to a year-to-date volume up 18.6% to 95,068 units. Local behemoth Skoda (+36%) vastly outpaces its home market to reach 36.1% share. The next four carmakers…
The Dacia Logan remains the best-selling vehicle in Romania. 13,641 new cars found a buyer in Romania in May, that's a splendid 33.8% year-on-year improvement on a May 2022 score which was already up 24% on the year prior. The year-to-date volume now stands at 60,472 units, up 26.9% over…