Fiat sales are up 150% year-on-year in August. The Uruguayan new light vehicle market is up 21.7% year-on-year in August to 5,074 sales, bringing the year-to-date tally up 7.6% to 35,985. Atop the brands ranking, Chevrolet (+67.8%) and Fiat (+150%) vastly outpace the market to 17.8% and 15.2% share respectively…
The Mazda CX-5 is the best-selling car in Chile in August. Difficult access to financing continues to impact new light vehicle sales in Chile in August at -19.1% year-on-year to 28,314. Encouragingly however, this is the smallest percentage drop since last March. The year-to-date volume is down -28.8% to 210,576. Passenger…
The Hyundai Bayon lodges its first podium finish in Kazakhstan. The Kazakh new vehicle market continues on its euphoric run with sales up a whopping 61.7% year-on-year in July to 18,818. This way, the year-to-date volume is up 61.1% to 102,069. Both are all-time high by far. For perspective, this…
Ford Ranger sales more than double year-on-year in August. New light vehicle sales in Argentina gain 2.1% year-on-year in August to 36,614 units. That means the year-to-date volume is now up 12.4% to 301,468. Toyota (+11%) and Renault (+10.7%) are in good shape atop the brands ranking, whereas Fiat (-5.2%)…
The Honda HR-V is inside the Brazilian Top 10 in August. New light vehicle sales in Brazil edge up just 1.4% year-on-year in August to 196,878 units. This means the year-to-date tally is now up 10.9% to 1,347,065. Fiat (+2.8%) doubles the market growth to easily remain in the lead…
The Chevrolet S10 just misses out on the overall pole position. The Paraguayan new vehicle market is down a steep -13.8% year-on-year over the First Half of 2023 to 14,564 units. Toyota stays on top of the brands ranking at 16% share vs. 15.7% over the Full Year 2022. It…
The Kia Soluto is the best-selling car in Ecuador so far this year. Ecuador is a new monthly addition on BSCB. New vehicle sales in this country are down -6.5% year-on-year over in July to 10,826 units. Yet thanks to a strong start of the year, the 7-months total is…
The Mazda CX-30 is the best-selling vehicle in Colombia again. The Colombian new car market continues to implode in July at -43.5% year-on-year to just 13,146 units, as low as 26 years ago in 1997 (13,427). This brings the year-to-date total to 104,015, off 29.3% over the same period last…
Suzuki is #2 year-to-date in Uruguay. The Uruguayan new light vehicle market climbs 15.6% year-on-year in July to 4,651 sales, leading to a year-to-date volume up 5.5% to 30,883. Chevrolet (+49.5%) easily holds onto the top spot of the brands ranking with 20.8% share vs. 16.2% year-to-date. Like last month,…
The JAC S3 is a success in the UAE. New car sales in the UAE jump 18.6% year-on-year in June to 21,711, leading to a H1 2023 tally up 22.8% to 131,195. Toyota (+9.4%) halves the market growth to hold 27.4% share vs. 28.1% year-to-date, it is followed by Nissan…
Omoda is inside the Mexican Top 20 in July. 110,843 new cars hit Mexican roads and tracks in July, an excellent 33.3% year-on-year surge. The year-to-date volume is now up 23.7% to 744,648 units. Nissan (+98.4%) shoots up to retain the brands top spot with 16.8% share, albeit below its…
The Ford Ranger is up 10-fold in July thanks to the new generation. It's another mediocre month for Chilean new light vehicle sales, sinking -39.8% year-on-year to just 23,051 units. The year-to-date tally is now down -30.1% to 182,262. This situation is due to restrictions on access to financing for…
The VW Polo is the best-selling vehicle in Brazil for the 2nd month running. The Brazilian new light vehicle market shoots up 27.6% year-on-year in July to 215,711, leading to a year-to-date tally up 12.7% to 1,150,213. Fiat (+24.5%) retains the brands top spot with 20.6% share vs. 12% at…
First Top 10 finish for the VW Taos in Argentina. New light vehicles in Argentina climb a solid 14.1% year-on-year in July to 41,507 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 13.8% to 264,389. Toyota (+11.6%) continues to dominate the brands ranking head and shoulders with 22.7% share, distancing Volkswagen…
The Chevrolet D-Max is estimated to be the best-selling vehicle in Ecuador in 2022. 139,517 new vehicles found a buyer in Ecuador in 2022, a 16.9% year-on-year increase. Chevrolet (+0.2%) celebrates 28 years as the best-selling marque in the country but sees its market share thaw from 20.6% in 2021…