The Chevrolet Groove aka Baojun 510 is the best-selling vehicle in Chile in August. August new car sales in Chile soar 97.3% year-on-year and 13.6% on August 2019 to 37.564 units. The year-to-date tally is now up 91.1% on 2020 to 254.646, also tilting into positive vs. the same period…
The Chevrolet Cobalt is now #1 year-to-date in Kazakhstan. The Kazakh new vehicle market recedes -5.4% year-on-year in August to 9.093 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally up 42.7% to 76.039. Chevrolet (+71.7%) goes against the grain as it was still gearing up its local operations a year ago and…
Kia sales in Mexico are up 11.3% year-on-year in August. The Mexican new light vehicle market edges up 1.5% year-on-year in August to 78.235 units, keeping in mind August 2020 was down -28.4% on the year prior. The year-to-date volume now stands at 680.916 registrations, up 16.1% or almost 100.000…
The Toyota Corolla Cross breaks into the Argentinean Top 10 in August. New vehicle sales in Argentina edge up 2.5% year-on-year in August to 31.167 units, still a poor result given August 2020 volumes were down -30.9% on the year prior. The year-to-date tally is now up 27.7% to 271.689.…
The new generation lifts the Kia Sportage to #2 overall in August. New car sales in South Korea reduce their fall in August at -2.7% to 128.363 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -3.4% to 1.178.125 sales. This month, local manufacturers are off -3.4% to 106.247 while foreigners edge…
The Fiat Strada is the best-selling vehicle in Brazil in August. The Brazilian new vehicle market accelerates its fall with a -8.6% year-on-year drop in August to 158.514 units, leading to a year-to-date tally now up 20.7% to 1.327.535 units. Fiat (+24.5%) once again ignores the challenging context to fly…
The Toyota Land Cruiser is the best-selling vehicle in the UAE so far in 2021. The Emirati new light vehicle market gains 23.6% year-on-year to 107.280 units over the first 7 months of 2021. The two brand leaders grow slower than the market: Toyota (+15%) sees its share decline from…
Nissan sales soar 139.1% year-on-year so far in 2021. New light vehicle sales in Kuwait lurch up 51.2% year-on-year over the first 7 months of 2021 to 58.583 units. Brand leader Toyota (+8.5%) vastly trails the market and sees its share thaw from 39.6% over the same period a year…
The Toyota Land Cruiser is still #1 in Qatar. The Qatari new car market is up 13.5% year-on-year over the first seven months of 2021 to 22.712 units. Toyota (-14.8%) goes against the market dynamic and loses exactly ten percentage points of share as a result, going from 40.3% a…
MG is the 4th best-selling brand in Oman so far this year. The Omani new car market advances 16% year-on-year over the first seven months of 2021 to 42.597 registrations. Toyota (+31.9%) doubles the market growth rate to tighten its grip even further, going from 42.2% share a year ago…
The Chevrolet Cobalt is the best-selling vehicle in Kazakhstan in July. Picture tengrinews.kz New vehicle sales in Kazakhstan are on a roll: up another whopping 41.9% year-on-year in July to 10.668 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 53.3% to 66.946. Local producer Chevrolet (+766.7%) retains its iron fist over…
The Renault Kwid dominates the Colombian charts in July. New vehicle sales in Colombia surge 59.7% year-on-year in July to 23.130 units, the highest score for the month since 2015. The year-to-date tally is now up 54.6% to 134.299. Note July 2021 volumes are up 1% on pre-pandemic levels of July…
The Chevrolet Captiva aka Baojun 530 is now inside the Mexican Top 10. New light vehicle sales in Mexico are up 12.7% year-on-year in July to 82.157 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 18.3% to 602.681. We however remain well below the pre-pandemic levels of July 2019 at -22.3% for the…
Fiat is the best-selling carmaker in Uruguay in July and year-to-date. New light vehicle sales in Uruguay climb 27.7% year-on-year in July to 3.751 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 75.2% to 28.405. This month Fiat (+124.6%) reclaims the top spot it holds year-to-date with a very strong 20.4%…
The new generation lifts the Toyota Aqua from #20 in June to #5 in July. The Japanese new vehicle market drops -4.8% year-on-year in July to 377.448 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 9.1% to 2.842.034. Toyota (+8.1%) impressively signs the only year-on-year gain in the Top 7, improving…