Honda Civic sales are up 103.9% year-on-year in September. As stock issues get resolved, the US new car market soars 16.7% year-on-year over Q3 to 3,982,140 units. Year-to-date, the volume is up 14.2% or 1.45 million units to 11,693,202. In the groups ranking, General Motors (+21.2%) beats the market to almost…
The Toyota Corolla ends 24 years of domination by the Honda Civic in the car charts. Discover close to 40 years of Canadian Historical Data here. New light vehicle sales in Canada are hit -8.9% year-on-year in 2022 to just 1,514,465 units as the microchip crisis and associated stock woes…
Chevrolet Equinox sales are up 34.8% year-on-year over Q3. New light vehicle sales in the U.S. climb 9.5% year-on-year in September to 1.1 million units, the market's second consecutive month of year-on-year gains. Volumes are still very weak given September 2021 was down -25% on the year prior. The SAAR…
The MG ZS is up to #7 in Iraq in June. 7,799 new light vehicles found a buyer in Iraq in June. Kia consolidates its dominance with a whopping 38.4% share. Toyota ranks #2 with 27.1% of the market which means these two brands alone hold two thirds of the…
The Chrysler 300C is inside the Kuwait Top 10 in June. New vehicle sales in Kuwait edge down -1.1% year-on-year in June to 8,564. Market leader Toyota (+22.7%) bucks the negative trend with the only uptick in the Top 5, reaching 34.6% share. Chevrolet (-3.1%) and Mitsubishi (-19.5%) overtake Nissan…
Ford F-Series sales are up 10.8% in a market down -11.2% over Q2 According to local specialist DesRosiers Automotive (DAC), the Canadian new light vehicle market drops -11.5% year-on-year in June to an estimated 143,773 units. This is lower than pandemic-plagued June 2020 (156,327) and the lowest June volume since the…
The new Grand Wagoneer helps push Jeep to new heights. Over the First Half of 2022, the U.S. new light vehicle market dives -18.2% year-on-year to 6.841 million units or more than 1.5 million sales less than a year ago as supply shortage continue to rock the industry. Unlike over…
Ford sales are up 1.8% in a market down -20.6%. New light vehicle sales in the U.S. drop -20.6% year-on-year over Q2 2022 to 3,514,107. We'll study the H1 2022 figures in a separate post. In the groups ranking, General Motors (-15.4%) climbs back above Toyota (-22.9%) to snap the…
The Ford F-Series remains the best-selling vehicle in Canada. Discover over 35 years of Canadian Historical Data here. After a month of December down -4.5% to 102,919 and Q4 2021 sales off -12.4% to 347,277, the Canadian new vehicle market ends the year up 6.6% to 1,663,277 units, still far…
Dodge is helped by the new Journey, a rebadged GAC Trumpchi GS5. November 2021 new car sales figures show a Mexican market down -13.2% to 82,829 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 8.7% to 917,315 sales. Brand leader Nissan (-21.2%) loses significant share, falling to 17.5% vs. 20.3% year-to-date…
Toyota Corolla sales are up 17.6% year-on-year in Canada over Q3 2021. According to local consultancy DesRosiers Automotive, the Canadian new light vehicle market is down -19.6% year-on-year in September to 136.584 units, with the Seasonally Adjusted Annualised Rate of sales (SAAR) down to 1.55 million units. The Q3 volume…
Lexus NX sales are up 37.1% in May in China. Note: April data is also included in the tables below. Sales of imported cars in China drop -11.5% year-on-year in May to 79.295 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 18% to 405.337. Lexus (-8.1%) resists better than the market…
The new Hyundai Staria breaks into the Top 15 this month. 15/06 update: Now with Top 50 foreign models. The South Korean new car market drops -12.5% year-on-year in May to 148.225 units, including 124.145 local brands (-15%) and 24.080 foreigners (+3.5%). The year-to-date volume is now up 2.6% to…
The Hyundai Staria has landed in the South Korean charts... The South Korean new car market edges down -2.5% to 161.179 units on strong Covid recovery year-ago volumes and production disruptions due to the global microchip shortage. The year-to-date tally is now up 7.3% to 592.684. Hyundai (-3.3%) falls slightly…
General Motors sales soar 29.6% year-on-year over Q1 2021. According to estimates by local consultancy DesRosiers, the Canadian new light vehicle market soars 86.2% year-on-year to 175.186 units in March as year-ago volumes (-48%) were impacted by Covid lockdowns put in place slightly earlier than in the U.S.. This figure…