Changan sales are up 117.3% year-on-year. 136,221 new passenger cars found a buyer in Russia in July, a 42.4% year-on-year improvement. The year-to-date volume is now up 72% to 855,561. Lada (+30.1%) trails its home market to 26.1% share vs. 28.4% year-to-date. Haval (+95%) continues to lead the Chinese offensive…
Moskvich 3 The Russian new car market is up 113% year-on-year in November to 109,706 units, however this is down -12.6% on November 2021. The year-to-date tally is up 64.9% to 939,254 but down -34.7% on the first 11 months of 2021. Note our source for Russian car sales has…
The Geely Monjaro is up to #9 in Russia in October. Our source for Russian car sales has changed this month to PPK JSC, which explains some inconsistencies with previous posts and data. Brands with previously unavailable monthly data such as Chery, Exeed, Changan, Omoda and Geely are now available.…
The Tiggo 7 Pro helps Chery to 2nd place overall in Russia. Sales of brands still opting to communicate monthly data total 64,429 units in August, a 38% year-on-year gain but -46.1% on two years ago (119,485 in September 2021). This is according to AEB, alternative figures from PPC JSC…
A new generation helps the Chevrolet Aveo this month. The Mexican new light vehicle market surges 23.8% year-on-year in August to 113,873 units, in line with its YTD rate at +23.6% to 857,803. Nissan (+61.9%) compensates for a stock-affected year-ago result to climb back to 18.6% share vs. 18.1% so…
Omoda is inside the Mexican Top 20 in July. 110,843 new cars hit Mexican roads and tracks in July, an excellent 33.3% year-on-year surge. The year-to-date volume is now up 23.7% to 744,648 units. Nissan (+98.4%) shoots up to retain the brands top spot with 16.8% share, albeit below its…
The 52 years-old UAZ Hunter is inside the Russian Top 30 in June. Russian new light vehicles sales gain 88.3% year-on-year in June to 52,279 units but are down -66.9% over two years ago. The year-to-date tally including all brands reporting quarterly stands at 358,921 units, down 3.1% over the…
Omoda lands directly at equal #6 in Russia over Q1. One year ago, economic sanctions levelled at Russia had the market collapsing -62.9% year-on-year. This means the sales are able to contain their fall this month at -10.6% to 48,414 units. The Q1 tally is down -44.7% to 153,477. In…
The Baojun 310 is one of nine new Chinese-made nameplates to enter the Chinese market. * See the Top 70 China-made brands and Top 400 models by clicking here * In September the Chinese market was up a whopping 29% and this dynamism is partly due to the large amount - and success -…
Citroen C4 Cactus at the Paris Auto Show * See the Full interview by clicking on the title and all Paris Auto Show 2014 reports here * After DS and Peugeot, we now explore the third brand of the PSA Group, Citroen, at the Paris Auto Show 2014. A lot…
Honda Airwave This is Part 8 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this long-term Photo Report here. We are now moving 855km East to Irkutsk, which is 80 km off Lake Baikal. And here again a fascinating car landscape awaits… From roughly 30% of…
Peugeot 208 * See the Top 80 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Light Commercial Vehicle sales are down 22% year-on-year in France in May to 31,895 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 169,221 units, down 9% on 2011. The Top 4 best-sellers stay unchanged compared to April:…
Renault Clio * NOW UPDATED with the All-models Top 392 ranking! Click on title to see - Thanks STAC * French car sales are down 19% in December to 187,653 registrations, but December 2010 was artificially inflated, being the last month of scrappage scheme orders. The final 2011 total stands at 2,204,065,…
Chevrolet Spark * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In spite of sales down 1% in December at 15,303 units, 2011 is a record year for car sales in Denmark at 169,974 registrations, up 10% on 2010 and beating the 1986 record of 169,386…
VW Passat * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * 15,044 new cars were registered last month in Denmark, bringing the year-to-date total to 154,660 units. For the first time since the current generation has gone on sale, the VW Passat leads the way in…