Toyota is the best-selling carmaker in China for the first time in history. After declining for the first time in over a year in May (-3.1%), the Chinese wholesales market accelerates its fall in June at -12.4% year-on-year to 2.015.000 units according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).…
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 VW ID.4 holds 13.9% share in Norway. Picture nybiltester.no New car sales in Norway rally back up 77.3% year-on-year in April to 13.166 units, keeping in mind April 2020 was down -34% on the year prior which at the time was the smallest drop in Europe. The year-to-date tally…
Honda UR-V sales are up 6-fold year-on-year in April. According to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), new vehicle wholesales are up 8.6% year-on-year in April to 2.252.000 units, marking a 13th consecutive month of gains. This leads to a year-to-date tally up 51.8% to 8.748.000 units. Passenger Vehicles…
Toyota is now the #2 brand in Egypt, with the Corolla the best-selling passenger car. Discover 15 years of Egyptian Historical Data here. Free trade agreements and the resulting tax exemptions on a large number of vehicles as well as new brands now sharing sales data have cancelled the effects…
The Dacia Duster remains the best-selling vehicle in New Caledonia. Discover over 15 years of New Caledonian Historical Data here. New Caledonia, a French overseas archipelago, is one of only a handful of territories to display year-on-year growth in 2020. Thanks to a very solid December score (+20.8%), new car…
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…
The new P7 sedan lifts Xpeng wholesales to record heights. It's a spectacular 5th consecutive month of double-digit gains for the Chinese wholesales market with September volumes up another 12.8% year-on-year to 2.565.000 units, making it by far the largest month of 2020 so far and the 2nd largest September…
After detailing Chinese July wholesales, it is now time for our monthly review of the new locally-produced launches. This way you can stay up-to-the-minute on the latest in the world's largest car market. After two months with an avalanche of novelties, July marks a pause with just 3 new launches. But…
The new RAV4 (+10.5%) helps Toyota limit its fall to -3.6% over H1. The Covid-19 crisis stifles the Chinese wholesales market down a harsh -16.9% year-on-year over the First Half 2020 to just 10.257.000 units, the lowest H1 volume in 8 years: since the 9.62 million of 2012... However unlike the…
The MG ZS EV is among the 10 best-selling cars in Norway in May. Picture ebil.no In April, Noway boasted the smallest year-on-year drop of any European (-34%). Despite a COVID-19 pandemic essentially under control with 8.488 total cases at the time of writing vs. 7.710 as of April 30, this…
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%…
Mercedes places 3 nameplates in the February Top 9, including the GLC. Retail sales of our selection of vehicles in China in February post a very similar evolution compared with wholesales figures: -79.2% to 204.089 units which brings the year-to-date volume down -46.2% to 1.909.262. For the past two years, BSCB…
The Coronavirus outbreak has brought the Chinese market to its knees. In line with our expectations earlier in the month, as a result of the country effectively shutting down in February, wholesales of China-made light vehicles drop -79.1% year-on-year this month to 310.000 units. Passenger Vehicles are down -81.7% to…
Peugeot sales surge 160.6% year-on-year in Egypt. Discover 15 years of Egyptian Historical Data here. 10/03 update: Now with Top 40 All-brands and Top 190 All-models. The Egyptian new vehicle market skids down -5.7% year-on-year in 2019 to 182.713 units. Sales of locally-assembled vehicles drop -9.4% to 85.606 units, while…