First Colombian Top 20 finish for the BYD Seagull. New vehicle sales in Colombia surge 37.4% year-on-year in March to 18,361 units. Keep in mind March 2024 was down -22.6% on the year prior which itself was off -17.2% on March 2022. The Q1 tally is up 22.9% to 49,874.…
The Fiat Argo is at its best in Brazil in 3.5 years New light vehicle sales in Brazil edge up 4.3% year-on-year in March to 183,502 units, leading to a Q1 tally up 6.8% to 516,282. Fiat (+7%) is up to 21.2% share ahead of Volkswagen (-1.2%), Chevrolet (-6.1%) and…
The Toyota Hilux manages its first win of 2025. The Argentinean new light vehicle market continues to rally back up at +82.5% year-on-year in March to 44,736 units. This is the highest March volume in 7 years: since the 83,954 units of March 2018. As a reminder March 2024 was…
The Renault Duster available in Colombia is still the previous generation. Note: The January 2025 article has now been updated with a Top 20 brands ranking. 17,114 new vehicles found a buyer in Colombia in February, a solid 9.6% year-on-year improvement. The year-to-date tally is therefore up 15.8% to 31,513.…
The Hyundai Mufasa ranks 5th in Kazakhstan in February. Complete January figures are also included in the data section of this article. After stable results in January at +0.3% to 11,273 registrations, the Kazakh new vehicle market surges 29.8% year-on-year in February to 15,963 units, leading to a year-to-date tally…
Hyundai is up to 2nd place in Peru in 2024. New light vehicle sales are down -8.2% year-on-year in 2024 to 151,062 units. Toyota (-11.3%) is still the unstoppable leader but sees its market share thaw from 22.3% to 21.5%. Hyundai (-5.4%) overtakes sister brand Kia (-7.8%) to snap the…
The Chevrolet Aveo Activo was #1 in Ecuador in 2010. Historical Data for almost the past two decades is available on BSCB. The direct links to the annual posts are below. Ecuador 2006: Chevrolet dominates the models ranking Ecuador 2009: Old gen Chevrolet Aveo above 10% Ecuador 2010: Chevrolet Aveo…
Ram 700 sales are up 85.9% in February. Yes, this is a rebadged Fiat Strada. 117,679 new light vehicles found a buyer in Mexico in February, a +2.9% year-on-year nudge. This is the 2nd highest February volume of all time, just below the 117,985 units of February 2017. Nissan (+17%)…
The Kia Soluto repeats at #1 in Ecuador It's another weak month for new vehicle sales in Ecuador, off -8.5% year-on-year to 8,337 units. The year-to-date tally is now down -10.2% to 16,577 sales. This is the weakest start of the year since 2017 (11,888). As it was also the…
The Suzuki Baleno ranks #5 in Chile in February. The Chilean new light vehicle market is down year-on-year for the second time in the past 8 months in February at -6.3% to 21,044 units. This is the weakest February in 10 years, since February 2015. As a result the year-to-date…
BYD is the third best-selling carmaker in Uruguay in February. 5,617 new light vehicles found a buyer in Uruguay in February, a very solid 16.7% year-on-year improvement. As it was the case for January, this is the largest February volume in at least a decade. This way, the year-to-date tally…
The Chevrolet Cobalt holds 40.6% of the Uzbek market so far in 2025. For the first time since 2018 we can share with you today rare data for Uzbekistan. Over the first two months of 2025, 50,373 new light vehicles found a buyer in the country. Local producer Chevrolet suffocates…
The Fiat Cronos is the best-selling car in Argentina in February. The Argentinean new light vehicle market is euphoric once again in February at +70.8% year-on-year to 40,422 units. This way, the year-to-date volume after two months is up 99.4% to 106,666. Volkswagen (+96.7%) confirms it is the new favourite…
The Toyota Corolla Cross is up to an all-time high 6th place in February. 173,369 new light vehicles hit Brazilian roads in February, a robust 11.6% year-on-year improvement, keeping in mind February 2024 was already up 29.7% on the year prior. This is the best February volume since 2020. As…
The Mazda6 is up to #5 in Saudi Arabia in January. 67,923 new vehicles found a buyer in Saudi Arabia in January, a solid 7.7% year-on-year increase. Toyota (+8%) matches the market and continues to be well ahead of its competitors at 28.5% share. The rest of the Top 6…