Great Wall sales soar 177.7% year-on-year in May. The last Chinese May update is here and shows Light Commercial Vehicles (LCV) up a whopping 41.7% year-on-year to 355.343 units according to data released by LMC Automotive, meaning the year-to-date tally is now down -10% to 1.238.158. Brand leader Wuling (+56.5%)…
Honda sales drop just -1.6% in Hong Kong in April. New car sales in Hong Kong pause their recovery with April down -22.5% year-on-year to 2.293 units vs. -13% in March. The year-to-date tally is now down -23.2% to 9.430. Market leader Toyota (-39.9%) falls almost twice as fast as…
Citroen sales are up 134.9% in a market down -2.4%. 30/06 update: Now with Top 25 models. As the country progressively returns to normal after the COVID-19 crisis, Turkish new car sales drop just -2.4% year-on-year in May to 32.235 registrations, which in fact gives a false sense of recovery as…
...meanwhile Ssangyong is up 3700%! 30/06 update: Now with YTD Top 10 models. Slovak new car sales continue to be battered by the coronavirus crisis with May registrations down another -58.3% year-on-year to 4.123, showing only a slight improvement on the -61.5% from April. The year-to-date tally is now down…
The Peugeot 3008 swims upstream in May with a year-on-year gain. New car sales in Latvia drop -57.9% year-on-year in May to 744 units, pulling the year-to-date volume down -32.7% to 5.297. The Toyota RAV4 (-55.1%) cements the top spot it also holds year-to-date, distancing the Skoda Octavia (-51.5%), VW…
Bentley ranks #12 in Monaco and Lamborghini #16. Picture autogespot.com Consult almost a decade's worth of Monaco Historical Data here. 29/06 update: Now with Top 265 All-models ranking. Exclusive to BestSellingCarsBlog, we can share with you today and for the 9th year in a row official new car sales data for the…
The Renault Clio is the best-seller in Serbia for the 2nd month running. According to data shared with us by our Central European data partner CE Auto, new car sales in Serbia fall -43.9% year-on-year in May to 2.123 units, pulling the year-to-date volume down -38.9% to 8.950. The Renault Clio…
The spectacular Haima 7X makes its first appearance in the Chinese charts. According to data from the China Passenger Car Association, retail sales of cars, SUVs and MPVs edge up 1.9% year-on-year in May to 1.64 million units, the first gain since June 2019 when deliveries were boosted by generous…
Mercedes GLE imports are up 184% year-on-year thanks to a new model. After dropping by just -3.3% in April, sales of imported new cars in China go against the general rebound trend in China with a steep -9.9% decline in May to 89.577 units, which brings the year-to-date tally down…
The new Isuzu D-Max is back above the Toyota Hilux in May. 24/07 update: Now with Top 55 models. Even though Thailand has remained unscathed by the coronavirus with only 3.146 cases at the time of writing, its automotive industry is still reeling from the factory closures that enabled such…
The Fiat Tipo is #1 in Lithuania in May but 99% are re-exported. The Lithuanian new car market drops -51.5% year-on-year in May to 2.057 units, tilting the year-to-date tally into negative at -1.3% to 18.699. Fiat (-49.7%) remains by far the most "popular" brand in the country with a…
The Mazda CX-30 secures its 2nd podium finish in 3 months on sale in Colombia. 18/06 update: Now with Top 80 models. 11/06 update: Now with Top 30 brands and models. The April 2020 article has now been updated with the Top 70 All-models. After grounding to an almost complete…
Hongqi (+133.7%) symbolises the recovery of the Chinese market and its SUV segment, with both the brand (15.103) and the HS5 (9.117) breaking all-time records. Doing even better than the +11.7% anticipated, Chinese wholesales soar +14.5% year-on-year to 2.194.000 units according to data released by the China Association of Automobile…
Uruguay is the first country to crown the Suzuki S-Presso. Picture motorbeam.com The Uruguayan new car market drops -54.2% year-on-year in May to 1.538 registrations, pulling the year-to-date tally down -29.8% to 10.927. Suzuki (+0.8%) continues to swim upstream, even managing a small year-on-year gain, the only one in the Top…
The Suzuki S-Presso is among the 10 most successful vehicles in South Africa. 11/06: Now with Top 275 All-models ranking. After stalling -98.4% in April, the South African new car market recovers somewhat in May at -68.1% year-on-year to 12.932 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down -38.2% to 130.762. Passenger cars…