The Kia Frontier is the most popular vehicle in Iraq over H1 2025. Iraqi new car sales advance 9% year-on-year over the First Half 2025 to 80,165 units. Kia (+13.1%) reclaims the top spot it held up until 2023 with an improved 28.7% share. As a result a struggling Toyota…
The Jetour T2 is up to #5 in Bahrain so far in 2025. 18,118 new vehicles found a buyer in Bahrain over the First Hal of 2025, a solid +9.9% year-on-year improvement. Toyota (-2.9%) still leads the way by far even though it can't capitalise on the market growth and…
AITO breaks its volume record in June thanks to the new M8. Today we can share with you All brands and All models retail sales data for China in June. After growing by 16.4% in May, sales of the selection of vehicles included in this report shoot up 22.7% year-on-year…
The Geely Xingyuan sells over 200,000 units in just 6 months. Over the First Half of 2025, Chinese passenger vehicle wholesales (= factory shipments) gain a splendid 12.2% year-on-year to 13,279,000 units. This is a new record at this stage of the year, eclipsing the previous mark hit in 2022,…
Leapmotor sells almost 45,000 units in China in June. According to data by local association CAAM, the Chinese wholesales market is up a fantastic 13.8% year-on-year in June to 2,904,000 units. Passenger Cars shipments are up an even more impressive 15.1% to 2,490,000 units. This includes 1,339,000 SUVs (+18.3%), 1,039,000…
Mexican Ram sales almost double year-on-year in June. New light vehicle sales in Mexico drop -5.7% year-on-year in June to 116,062 units, meaning the H1 2025 tally is stable at -0.1% to 709,424. Nissan is also stable at a dominant 18.2% share, vastly outclassing #2 Chevrolet (-13.4%), in trouble. Volkswagen…
The Mitsubishi L200 is #1 both in June and YTD. The Chilean new car market is up a solid 7.6% year-on-year in June to 24,281 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 2.2% to 145,628. Toyota (+12.2%) reclaims the top spot it holds year-to-date with 7.8% share, distancing last month's…
The Uni-S pushes Changan to a record 4th place in June. The Russian new car market continues to crater in June, enduring a 5th consecutive double-digit year-on-year fall at -27.6% to 90,116 units. The H1 2025 tally stands at 530.385, off -26.3% over the same period a year ago. Strikingly,…
The Geely Xingyuan is now #1 year-to-date in China. Today we can share with you today All brands and All models retail sales data for China in May. Sales of the selection of vehicles included in this report shoot up 16.4% year-on-year this month to 1,834,544 units. This means the…
Leapmotor B10 monthly sales are already above 10,000 units. According to data by CAAM (China Association of Automobile Manufacturers), wholesales of new vehicles in China surge 11.2% year-on-year in May to 2,686,000 units (this figure includes exports). In the detail, it's 2,352,000 passenger cars (+13.3%) and 335,000 commercial vehicles (-2%)…
The Nissan Magnite is up to #11 for its third month in market. Mexican new car sales stabilise in May at -0.2% to 119,959 units. This is the third biggest May volume in the past 8 years below last year (119,985) and the 122,925 sales of May 2017. The year-to-date…
BYD sales in Morocco are up 3672.7% in April and 713.6% in May. In April, the Moroccan new car market shoots up 35.7% year-on-year to 18,149 units, divided into 15,740 passenger cars (+32.2%) and 2,409 light commercials (+76.8%). In the passenger car brands ranking, Dacia (+5.9%) trails the market to…
Jetour holds 3.7% of the Russian market in May. Another mediocre month for Russian new car sales, with April off -28.3% year-on-year to 91,218 units. This leads to a year-to-date tally off -26% to 440,259. Lada (-36.2%) falls faster than its home market to 28% share vs. 29.8% so far…
The Geely Xingyuan is the best-selling vehicle in China retail in April. The selection of models included in this update soars 14.5% year-on-year in April to 1,662,338 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 7.9% to 6,574,326. BSCB is the only non-Chinese medium to cover both wholesales (ex-factory shipments) and…
The Geely Xingyuan is the best-selling vehicle in China in April and year-to-date. According to data by CAAM, the Chinese wholesale market continues to perk up in April at +9.8% year-on-year to 2.59 million units (this figure includes exports). New Energy Vehicles climb 44.2% year-on-year to 1,226,000 equalling to 47.3%…