The JAC J7 is up to a record 4th place in May. Note: Complete April 2024 data is also included in the data section of this article. For once the Kazakh new car market disappoints in May at -13% year-on-year to 12,813. The year-to-date tally is now stable at +0.9%…
The Toyota Yaris Sedan is the best-selling vehicle in Saudi Arabia in 2023. Discover over 30 years of Saudi Arabia Historical Data here. The Saudi new vehicle market climbs up a stellar 21.9% year-on-year in 2023 to 776,302 units. This is the best annual result in eight years: since the 879,704…
The Toyota Hilux is the best-selling vehicle in Oman for the 2nd straight year. Discover over 15 years of Oman Historical Data here. It's another difficult year for the Oman new vehicle market at -9.8% year-on-year to 58,414 sales. Brand leader Toyota (-5.8%) falls slower than the market to improve…
The Toyota Land Cruiser is back to #1 in Kuwait. Discover over 15 years of Kuwait Historical Data here. New car sales in Kuwait gain 17.9% year-on-year in 2023 to 133,751. Toyota (+5.4%) significantly trails the market and sees its share thaw from 36.5% a year ago to 32.6% now,…
The Toyota Land Cruiser signs a 9th win in the past 10 years. Discover over 15 years of Bahrain Historical Data here. The Bahraini new light vehicle market soars 24% year-on-year in 2023 top 29,862 units. Brand leader Toyota (+34.9%) manages to outpace the market to improve its share from…
AITO reaches a record 32,226 wholesales in May. Chinese car wholesales in May edge up 1.2% year-on-year in May to 2,031,000 units. This includes 1,104,000 SUVs (+9.3%), 847,000 Passenger Cars (-6.3%) and 79,000 MPVs (-13.3%). The year-to-date volume is up 8.5% to 9,584,000 units including 5,141,000 SUVs (+15.1%), 4,068,000 Passenger…
Jaecoo is now among the 10 best-selling brands in Russia. 127,128 new passenger cars found a buyer in Russia in May, a 76.2% year-on-year increase just as the year-to-date volume improves 86.4% to 594,917. This shows once again that sanctions against Russia are not working anymore. Lada (+81.9%) remains the…
The Toyota Urban Cruiser is inside the Saudi Top 10 this month. 56,527 new vehicles found a buyer in Saudi Arabia in April, a -2.4% year-on-year drop. The year-to-date volume is up 4.2% to 250,811. Toyota edges up 0.7% to a fantastic 31.1% share vs. 27.6% so far this year,…
Haval sales are up 262.3% year-on-year in March. With some delay we finally have access to Kazakh sales data. It shows April figures up 16.8% to 15,975 units and year-to-date volumes up 6.1% to 39,569. Hyundai (-9.7%) easily remains atop the brands charts despite a year-on-year loss. It distances Kia…
The Toyota Yaris Sedan ranks #1 in Saudi Arabia so far in 2024. 194,281 new vehicles found a home in Saudi Arabia over Q1 2024. Toyota easily leads the way in the brands charts with 26.6% share, distancing Hyundai at 14.1%. Nissan (7.4%) and Kia (7.3%) are a notch below…
The Changan E-Star is the most popular vehicle in Jordan over Q1 2024. 8,634 vehicles were sold in Jordan over Q1. Toyota is the champion in the sales charts but sees its share fall to 31.7% vs. 40% for the previous update we had over Full Year 2022. Kia for…
The Toyota Hilux is now the best-selling vehicle in Iraq. The Iraqi new vehicle market amounts to 36,943 units over Q1 2024. Toyota overtakes Kia to lead the brands charts with 31.9% share vs. 26.5% for Kia. Hyundai comes in third with 11.4% of the market with all other brands…
The Toyota Hilux is the best-selling vehicle in Bahrain so far this year. 8,029 new vehicles hit Bahraini roads over Q1 2024. Toyota easily tops the brands charts with 35.3% of the market ahead of Nissan at 9.7% and Hyundai at 8.1%. MG snaps a fantastic 4th place with a…
Xiaomi SU7 Let's examine the newcomers in the Chinese wholesales charts for April. This month we have 12 new models hitting dealerships, 10 of them Chinese. I keep repeating this but once again this shows the extraordinary rate at which domestic manufacturers launch new models compared with foreign ones. To…
Lada Vesta The Russian new car market is up 81.2% year-on-year in April to 137,047 units, however it remains down -9.8% on pre-sanctions April 2021. The year-to-date tally is now up 89.4% to 467,739 but down -9.3% on the same period in 2021. Market leader Lada trails the market at…