Citroen sales surge 69.9% in a depressed market. New vehicles sales in Morocco slow down their fall at -14.6% in May vs. a devastating -49.3% in April, with passenger cars down -15.3% to 10.021 and light commercials down -8.9%. Year-to-date, the market is down -13.1% with passenger cars down -15.9%…
Kia sales surge 39.2% in a market down 15%. The Singaporean new car market drops a harsh -15% year-on-year in May to 6.308 units, yet the year-to-date volume remains in positive at +4.7% to 33.710. Honda (-14.2%) follows the market to retain the brands pole position at 23% share vs.…
Suzuki Cultus sales surge 80.3% year-on-year in Pakistan. Sales of locally-made cars in Pakistan continue to freefall at -18% year-on-year in May to 17.891, leading to a year-to-date tally down -11.5% to 102.643. Suzuki (-13.5%) manages to lose less ground than the market, resulting in an improved 56.3% share, but…
The Ibiza (+74.3%) lifts Seat up 28.5% in Portugal this month. The Portuguese new car market slips down -3.8% year-on-year in May to 22.724 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -4.7% to 103.290. Renault (-17.2%) easily remains atop the brands ranking at 14% share despite a very steep drop,…
The Toyota RAV4 is the best-selling vehicle in Ukraine in May. The Ukrainian new car market manages a third consecutive month in positive after 6 in negative: May sales are up 1.6% to 6.947, meaning the year-to-date tally is now down -2.4% to 32.193. Toyota (+45.6%) overtakes Renault (+28.8%) to take…
A Police order of 346 Rapid means Skoda is the best-selling carmaker in Bulgaria in May. New car sales in Bulgaria continue to gallop ahead with May up a brilliant 28.3% to 4.538 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 10.9% to 18.980. Skoda (+79%) is lifted by the delivery of…
Seat sales shoot up 27.5% year-on-year in Switzerland this month. New car sales in Switzerland gain a slim 0.8% year-on-year in May to 28.060 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 1.8% to 128.745. Volkswagen (+0.5%) edges into positive at 12.2% share ahead of an impressive streak of 5 manufacturers outpacing…
The new generation Accord (+42.4%) helps Honda retail sales up 39.7% in April. Retail sales are an exclusive additional monthly Chinese update on BSCB since February 2018 for locally-made vehicles, imports being covered in separate articles. If wholesales correspond to ex-factory shipments, retail sales are those to end customers, taking the marketing edge…
Lexus RX sales surge 85.6% year-on-year in China this month. Imports into China score their first year-on-year gain of 2019 in April at a sturdy +8.8% to 95.341, meaning the year-to-date volume is now down -5.8% at 348.113 vs. -10.2% as of last month. Lexus (+42.1%) roars ahead again, managing…
The Xpeng G3 breaks its volume record and outsells both the Weltmeister EX5 and NIO ES8 for the first time. Retail sales of New Energy vehicles in China including EVs, PHEVs and hybrids slow down their growth at +56.5% to 90.683 units in April but remain by far the last…
The RAV4 (+22.9%) helps Toyota up 9.1% in a declining Canadian market. New light vehicle sales in Canada endue a 15th consecutive year-on-year fall at -5.9% to 203.242 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down -4% to 805.611. The consolation prize: this is the first month above 200.000 units since last…
The Hyundai Venue has landed in Indian dealerships. The worrying situation for new car wholesales in India has escalated very quickly: from -2.4% in March to -16.4% in April and a full-on -20.5% freefall in May to 239.033 units, the steepest year-on-year decline this decade. Poor consumer sentiment and uncertainty linked to the…
BMW sales surge 42.1% year-on-year in May. New car sales in Germany enjoy their largest year-on-year gain since last August at +9.1% to 332.962 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 1.7% to 1.523.769, its highest level at this stage of the year since 2000. The odd reason behind such a large…
The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling vehicle in Poland in May. New car and light commercial sales continue to brilliantly gallop ahead in Poland at +11.5% in May to 53.224 units, a new record for the month, leading to a year-to-date volume up 3.6% to 262.151, also a record. This…
The Skoda Scala is inside the Czech Top 10 again. Czech new car registrations fall for the 9th straight month in May at -6.4% to 24.059 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -9.5% to 106.596. Yet the Top 2 most popular brands post increases this month: homegrown Skoda (+4.4%)…