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…
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…
The Renault Dauphine was #1 in France from 1957 to 1961, the period we just updated on BSCB. 26/07/2019 update: Now with All-brands and All-models data from 1951 to 1959, that's 8 new or updated articles, marked "new" in the list below. The direct links to 77 French Historical Data…
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…
The Suzuki Alto and Renault Kwid are among the best-sellers in Uruguay. New car sales in Uruguay finally end a ghastly 17 consecutive months of decline with a 9.1% year-on-year uptick in June to 3.296 registrations, meaning the year-to-date volume is now down -15.6% to 18.859. Suzuki (+98.2%) almost doubles its…
Mitsubishi sales soar 62.9% year-on-year in Singapore. New car sales in Singapore implode -41.1% year-on-year in June to just 6.158 units, pulling the year-to-date volume down -8.1% to 39.868. Honda (-42.1%) follows the market and remains easily on top with 25.1% share vs. 16.7% for Toyota (-58%) in absolute perdition.…
The Proton Saga topped Malaysian charts from 1986 to 1993, peaking at 52.2% share in 1992. 18/07/2019 update: Now with All-brands and All-models data from 1990 to 2006 (15 additional articles). Historical data spanning the past three decades is available on BSCB. Witness the oppressing domination of Proton during the…
The Hongqi HS7 has arrived. After detailing national trends in our June 2019 wholesales update, it is now time to focus on the all-new locally-produced launches for the month, so you can make sure you are updated on the fastest-evolving automotive market in the world. Note these updates are based…