The Fiat 500 soars 47% in Slovenia in November. The Slovenian new car market is almost perfectly stable in November at -0.2% or just 9 sales year-on-year to 5.323 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -3.2% to 68.714. On the brands podium, Volkswagen (+10.9%) stands tall with the only…
The Suzuki Alto holds 30.2% of the Pakistani market in November. Sales of locally-produced light vehicles in Pakistan continue to implode in November at -43.8% year-on-year to 9.840, bringing the year-to-date tally down -25.4% to 175.611, the lowest at this stage of the year since 2014. This is a fair representation of…
The Kwid (+78%) helps push Renault up 30.5% in November in South Africa. The South African new vehicle market is back in negative for the 6th time in the past 7 months at -5.8% year-on-year in November to 44.738 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -3.4% to 494.996. Toyota (-14.5%) falls…
The Dacia Sandero soars to 8.5% share at home in November. New car sales in Romania continue to gallop ahead in November at +57.7% year-on-year to 13.091 units, marking an 11th double-digit gain in the past 12 months and lifting the year-to-date volume up 21.5% to 147.789. Homegrown market leader Dacia…
The Tesla Model 3 has landed in Hong Kong. New light vehicle sales in Hong Kong only edge down -0.6% year-on-year in September to 3.116 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -5.6% to 29.014. Toyota (+1.5%) easily remains the most popular brand in the territory with 29.7% share vs.…
Sharp fleet deals on the outgoing generation ahead of the December launch of the new model (pictured) propel the Ford Kuga to #3 in Germany. New car sales in Germany continue to recover from particularly paltry year-ago post-WLTP sales with November registrations up 9.7% year-on-year to 299.127 units, leading to…
The Mazda CX-30 hits its world record ranking in Norway in November. The Norwegian new car market dives -18.5% year-on-year in November to just 10.031 registrations, leading to a year-to-date volume down -3.2% to 131.127. Even though it skids even faster than the market, Volkswagen (-24.5%) edges past Tesla (+19.3%)…
The new Konect SUV helps lift Brilliance sales up 177.6% in Chile. The October 2019 article has now been updated with the Top 20 models. 10/01/20 update: Now with the Top 20 models. The crisis deepens to the Chilean new light vehicle market, down -27.6% year-on-year in November to 24.272…
The Renault Captur is back on the Portuguese podium. New car sales in Portugal gain 5.8% year-on-year in November to 16.400 units, leading to a year-to-date tally now down -2.9% to 206.073. Renault (+6.7%) is back above Peugeot (+19%) atop the brands ranking while BMW (+27.2%) continues to progress, dislodging…
Renault sales are up almost 3-fold year-on-year in Luxembourg this month. 07/01/20 update: now with the Top 10 models. New car sales in Luxembourg soar 12% year-on-year in November to 3.952 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 3.4% to 51.881. Volkswagen (+5.6%) only edges up and posts a lower…
Hyundai sales gain 5.1% in Canada in November. The Canadian new light vehicle market remains stable in November (-0.8%) at an estimated 144.476 registrations, an encouraging sign that nevertheless marks the 20th year-on-year drop in the past 21 months. The year-to-date tally is now down -3.3% to 1.819.018 and with…
Honda US light truck sales shoot up 18% year-on-year in November. After two straight months of decline, US new light vehicle sales are estimated to edge up 1% year-on-year in November to 1.409.296, leading to a year-to-date tally down -1.1%0 to 15.526.005 and a 17 million year still in the…
Instant blockbuster: the Toyota Raize lands directly at #4 in Japan... New light vehicle sales in Japan once again endure the consequences of the typhoons that battered the country in October and disrupted economic activity, with November registrations down by a ghastly -12.7% year-on-year to 385.859, which is enough to…
The Vauxhall Corsa is #1 in the UK for the 2nd time in the past 3 months. The H1 2019 article has now been updated with the Top 180 models. The UK new car market endures an 8th year-on-year drop in the past 9 months in November at -1.3% to…
The Kodiaq (+26.8%) helps Skoda up 10.5% in Russia this month. The Russian new light vehicle market has now officially run out of gas, enduring a 9th year-on-year drop in the past 10 months in November at -6.4% to 156.848 units, leading the year-to-date tally down -2.8% to 1.580.297. We are…