The Kia Rio is the best-selling vehicle in Russia in January. Picture zr.ru New light vehicle sales in Russia edge down -3.7% year-on-year in January to 91,662 units. Market leaders Lada (-17.4%) and Kia (-18.1%) are in a bit of trouble this month but retain the top two spots. Hyundai…
The Kia Sportage is the best-selling vehicle in Ukraine for the 4th time in 6 years. Discover 50 years of Ukrainian Historical Data here. New car sales in Ukraine gain a splendid 20.8% year-on-year in Ukraine to 103,245 units. This volume accounts for roughly half of the pre-Crimean crisis level…
The Chevrolet Cobalt is the most successful new car in Kazakhstan in 2021. Discover 50 years of Kazakhstan Historical Data here. Kazakh new vehicle sales are up 26.5% to 117,589, the largest annual volume and first above 100,000 since 2014. Newly local assembler, Chevrolet (+190.3%) logically triples its sales year-on-year to…
The Lada Vesta is the best-selling vehicle in Russia for the 2nd time ever. Discover over 50 years of Russian Historical Data here. New light vehicle sales in Russia edge up 4.3% year-on-year in 2021 to 1,666,780 units. SUVs account for 47.3% of the market at 788,278 while LCVs hold 7.8%…
Toyota outsells General Motors annually for the first time in US history. Discover almost 115 years of U.S. Historical Data here. 29/03 update: Now with 9 more brands and 49 more models. With the weakest December volume since 2011, down -27% year-on-year to 1.19 million units, the year ends on…
The Haval H6 ranks #8 in Moldova in November. Based on data shared with us by our local partner CE Auto, the Moldovan new car market soars 27.3% year-on-year in November to 704 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally up 33% to 6,108. The Kia Sportage (+155.6%) almost hits 10%…
This is Part 6 of our Dacia Duster adventure through 10 countries and 9000 km around the Black Sea, you can read Part 1: Transnistria here, Part 2: Chernobyl here, Part 3: Belarus here, Part 4: Crossing the Black Sea and Georgia here and Part 5: Azerbaijan here. As a reminder this Test Drive happened before COVID-19…
Lada Largus sales are up 352.8% year-on-year in November. The Kazakh new vehicle market leaps up 8.8% year-on-year in November to 10,028 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 29.3% to 106,874. Local assembler Chevrolet (+20.3%) easily remains the most popular carmaker in the country with 22.4% share vs. 25.4%…
Ora breaks its all-time monthly volume record in November... 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 to give…
The new Ford Bronco helps Ford stay in positive in November. According to LMC Automotive, the U.S. new light vehicle market is stuck at -16% for November at roughly 1.04 million units (like in October), leading to a year-to-date tally up 6.6% to 13,852,000 units. We are now forecasting a 2021…
Changan ranks 5th brand in Saudi Arabia so far in 2021. New car sales in Saudi Arabia surge 27% year-on-year over the first 9 months of 2021 to 424,689 units. Toyota (+29.4%) edges past the market growth to post a 28.1% market share while Hyundai (+19.4%) is more shy at…
The Chevrolet Captiva is #5 in Kuwait so far this year. New vehicle sales in Kuwait surge 38.2% year-on-year over the first 9 months of 2021 to 76,854 units. Toyota (+7.5%) significantly trails the market but remains the runaway leader at 28.9% share. Nissan (+100.9%) more than doubles its sales…
The Haval Jolion makes its first appearance inside the Moldovan Top 10 in October. According to data from our local partner CE Auto, the Moldovan new car market steps up 16.2% year-on-year in October to 596 registrations, bringing the year-to-date tally up 33.8% to 5,404. The Kia Sportage (+211.1%) repeats…
The Toyota Land Cruiser holds 11.3% of the Bahrain market so far in 2021. The Bahrain new light vehicle market is up 8.7% year-on-year over the first 9 months of 2021 to 18,363 registrations. Brand leader Toyota (-2.1%) can't quite jump on the positive bandwagon but remains ultra-dominant at 38%…
Chery breaks into the Ukrainian Top 5 for the first time in October. New car sales in Ukraine drop -5.6% year-on-year in October to 7,965 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally up 22.7% to 84,064 units. Toyota (-8.9%) repeats at #1 in the brands ranking with 15.6% share ahead of Renault…