Nissan sales soar 139.1% year-on-year so far in 2021. New light vehicle sales in Kuwait lurch up 51.2% year-on-year over the first 7 months of 2021 to 58.583 units. Brand leader Toyota (+8.5%) vastly trails the market and sees its share thaw from 39.6% over the same period a year…
The Chevrolet Captiva aka Baojun 530 is now inside the Mexican Top 10. New light vehicle sales in Mexico are up 12.7% year-on-year in July to 82.157 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 18.3% to 602.681. We however remain well below the pre-pandemic levels of July 2019 at -22.3% for the…
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 Kia Rio is up to #3 in Mexico in May. Picture autocosmos.com.mx The Mexican new light vehicle market bounces back up 103.8% year-on-year to 85.662 units due to covid-impacted year-ago volumes. The year-to-date tally is now up 14.6% to 428.312. However May 2021 volumes remain below pre-pandemic levels in May…
The Nissan Sunny is up to #2 in Kuwait so far in 2021. The Kuwaiti new light vehicle market is up 44.4% year-on-year over the first four months of 2021 to 34.058 units vs. 23.589 over the corresponding period last year. Toyota still leads by an overwhelming margin but sees…
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…
MG sales are up 89.4% in a market down -14.5%. Picture yallamotor.com Discover 30 years of Saudi Arabia Historical Data here. The continued flux of women drivers entering the Saudi new car market has somewhat dampened the effects of the Covid-19 crisis on sales with 2020 volumes down "just" -14.9%…
The Nissan Patrol is the best-selling vehicle in the UAE in 2020. Discover 15 years of United Arab Emirates Historical Data here. New car sales in the United Arab Emirates skid down -29.5% year-on-year in 2020 to 152.235 units. Toyota (-22.1%) resists well in context and improves its market share…
The Toyota Land Cruiser is the best-selling vehicle in Kuwait in 2020. Discover over 15 years of Kuwait Historical Data here. New car sales in Kuwait drop -23.7% year-on-year in 2020 to 83.629 units. Toyota (-20.6%) resists better than the market to improve its share to 33.6% but its next…
MG hits its highest ranking in the Middle-East in 7th place. Discover over 15 years of Qatar Historical Data here. New car sales in Qatar drop -17.5% year-on-year in 2020 to 37.411 units. Market leader Toyota (-19.7%) loses one percentage point of share to 35.9% as the Top four brands…
The Toyota Land Cruiser is #1 in Bahrain for the 7th consecutive year. Discover over 15 years of Bahrain Historical Data here. New car sales in Bahrain are down -17.5% year-on-year to 23.813 units in 2020. Toyota (-15.7%) remains ultra-dominant and improves its share almost one percentage point to 40.5%.…
The Chevrolet Captiva is the best-selling 2020 launch in Iraq. Discover a decade worth of Iraqi Historical Data here. Iraqi new car sales drop -18.1% year-on-year to 63.692 units in 2020. This market remains dominated by Kia (-2.5%) which improves its share by 7.5 percentage points this year, going from…
Changan Saudi Arabian sales are up 67.7% so far this year. Thanks to a strong Q1 (+28.6%), new vehicle sales in Saudi Arabia limit their fall to -8.4% year-on-year over the first 9 months of 2020 to 334.340 units. However August volumes are down -33.1% to 26.711 and September is off…
The Nissan Patrol is the best-selling vehicle in the UAE so far in 2020. The Emirati new vehicle market is off -30.2% year-on-year over the first 9 months of 2020 to 110.662 units vs. 158.480 over the same period a year ago. Both Toyota (-22.5%) and Nissan (-25.6%) resist better…
The Isuzu D-Max holds a round 20% of the Thai market in March. 24/07 update: Now with Top 62 All-models. With 1.651 confirmed COVID-19 cases as of March 31 (and 2.931 at the time of writing), Thailand seems to have been relatively spared by the pandemic, however low testing levels…