Volkswagen's retail volumes hold up much better than wholesales in June. BSCB is the only non-Chinese medium to cover both wholesales (ex-factory shipments) and retail sales (end-customer sales) for China so you can get the most complete picture of the largest new vehicle market in the world. Retail sales tend…
The VW Taos lodges its first Top 10 finish in Mexico. New light vehicle sales in Mexico soar 38.6% year-on-year in June to 87.088 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 18.1% to 515.400. However the market remains well below pre-pandemic levels of June 2019 at -18.2% vs. 106.411 units for the…
The Chevrolet Silverado is the best-selling vehicle in the U.S. over Q2 2021. New light vehicle sales in the U.S. are up a measured 17% year-on-year in June to 1.297 million units according to LMC Automotive, as the steady pandemic recovery is challenged by parts shortage and thin inventories. The…
The Ford Ecuador makes its first appearance in the Chinese retail charts... Note: January, February, March and April data is also included in the tables below. After covering China wholesales for May, the retail update is back. BSCB is the only non-Chinese medium to cover both wholesales (ex-factory shipments) and…
The new gen lifts Hyundai Grand i10 sales up 1678.4%. Picture autocosmos.com New light vehicle sales in Mexico shoot up 139.5% year-on-year in April to 83.611 units on weak, covid-impacted year-ago volumes. The year-to-date tally is now up 3.3% to 342.650 sales. Note April 2021 volumes remain down on pre-pandemic…
The new Sienna helps Toyota sales over Q1. New light vehicle sales in the U.S. rally back up in March on year-ago volumes severely impacted by Covid-19 lockdowns: sales are estimated to soar roughly 60% year-on-year to 1.6 million units, equivalent to the March 2019 volume. This means the U.S.…
The Suzuki Jimny breaks into the Mexican Top 20 in February. Picture autocosmos.com.mx The Mexican new light vehicle market sinks another -21.1% year-on-year in February to 82.323 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -21.8% to 163.526. Brand leader Nissan (-19.2%) manages to keep its loss below the market rate and…
The Changan CS75 is the best-selling vehicle in China for the first time. One year ago in February 2020 most of China was under Covid-19 lockdown with factories and dealerships closed, and the market tumbled down -79.1%. Logically this month wholesales (ex-factory deliveries) of China-made vehicles soar 364.8% year-on-year to 1.455.000…
Cadillac (+4.2%) is the only year-on-year gainer in Canada in 2020. Discover over 35 years of Canadian Historical Data here. New light vehicle sales in Canada dive -19.7% year-on-year in 2020 to 1.560.840 units, the weakest result since 2009. The drop is equivalent to almost 400.000 lost sales vs. the 1.942.717…
The Wuling Victory has landed in the Chinese wholesales charts. According to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), new vehicle wholesales gain another 12.6% year-on-year in November to 2.77 million units, marking an 8th consecutive month of gains and 7th straight double-digit uptick. Passenger vehicles are up 11.6% to…
Download Lynk & Co aligns a 4th consecutive all-time monthly volume record. With a bit of delay we can share with you October wholesales data for China. According to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), the Chinese wholesales market sports a 7th straight month of year-on-year gains and 6th…
Subaru sales in Canada shoot up 39% year-on-year in September. Picture caranddriver.com 14/10 update: Now with complete models data and revised Tesla + overall market volumes. Similarly to its neighbour the U.S., in September Canada scores its first year-on-year gain since the pandemic hit with volumes estimated up 2.4% to…
The spectacular Haima 7X makes its first appearance in the Chinese charts. According to data from the China Passenger Car Association, retail sales of cars, SUVs and MPVs edge up 1.9% year-on-year in May to 1.64 million units, the first gain since June 2019 when deliveries were boosted by generous…
Without heavy truck sales, the Chinese market would still be down in April. New vehicle wholesales in China have bounced back even stronger than preliminary data suggested in April, up 4.4% year-on-year to 2.07 million units, bringing the year-to-date tally down -31.1% to 5.761.000 units. After February deliveries collapsed -79.1%…
Audi Q2L sales are up 79.8% year-on-year in March. Our selection of vehicles in China in March show retail sales drop -34.9% year-on-year to 1.026.653 units, a significantly slimmer fall than wholesales (-43.3%). As a result the Q1 volume is now down -42.6% to 2.947.341. For the past two years, BSCB…