The Toyota Hilux has now topped the South African charts for 13 straight years. Discover over 50 years of South African Historical Data here. It's an excellent year for new vehicle sales in South Africa, up a splendid 15.7% to 596,818 units. The last 10 months of the year all…
The Honda N-BOX is the best-selling vehicle in Japan in 2025. Discover 55 years of Japanese Historical Data here. The Japanese new car market is up 3.3% year in 2025 to 4,565,777 units. This increase is solely due to Daihatsu rallying back up 46.2% on a scandal-ridden 2024 result. Daihatsu…
The Suzuki S-Cross is the best-selling vehicle in Hungary in 2025. Discover over 30 years worth of Hungarian Historical Data here. 129,440 new passenger cars found a buyer in Hungary in 2025, a solid 6.4% year-on-year increase over the 121,609 of last year. Local producer Suzuki (-9.2%) holds onto the…
The Jetour X50 is up to #3 in Moldova in November. Based on data by our local partner CE Auto, the Moldovan new car market surges 54.3% year-on-year in November to 1,444 units. This way, the year-to-date volume is now up 24.5% to 11,260. The Toyota RAV4 (+114.5%) cements its newfound…
The Chery iCar 03 is up to #24 in Colombia in November. After 8 consecutive months of double-digit YoY gains, the Colombian new vehicle market markedly slows down its growth in November at "just" +9% to 23,825 units. The year-to-date tally remains at stratospheric heights at 224,260 sales, up 27.5%…
19/12 update: Now with November Top 25 models and YTD Top 115 models. 10,754 new passenger cars found a buyer in Hungary in November, a shy 1% year-on-year growth. This is however still a strong month as November 2024 was up 28% on the year prior. The year-to-date tally is…
The Toyota bZ4X is inside the Japanese Top 30 for the first time. New vehicle sales in Japan endure a 5th straight month of year-on-year declines in November at -5.1% to 369,721 units. Thanks to a start of the year boosted by low year-ago volumes, the YTD tally remains in…
The new 4 Runner plays a part in significantly lifting Toyota sales in November. DesRosiers Automotive has the Canadian new light vehicle market down a painful -8.6% year-on-year in November to an estimated 142,000 units. However, November 2024 was a particularly high comparison base as it was the first November…
The Citroen C3 is up 478.9% in October. Note: September data is also included in the data section of this article. New car sales in Slovakia skid -8.3% year-on-year in October to 8,215 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now down -1.1% to 75,669. No surprises on top of the…
Toyota Corolla Cross sales are up 195.7% YoY in October. 21/11 update: Now with the Top 108 models ranking YTD The Hungarian new passenger car market is up 7.7% year-on-year in October to 10,800 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is also up 7.7% to 106,755. When adding Light commercials, the…
The new Koleos helps push Renault to #1 in the Colombian brands ranking. It's another outstanding month for new vehicle sales in Colombia, up 36.3% year-on-year in October to 25,278. This way, the year-to-date volume is now up 30.1% to 200,435, with a prognosis to reach 245,000 units by year-end.…
The Daihatsu Move is the best-selling kei car for the first time since August 2017. New vehicle sales in Japan dip -1.8% year-on-year in October to 395,189 units, however the year-to-date tally remains in positive at +4.3% to 3,860,597. Toyota (-5.4%) disappoints this month but still signs a splendid 32.8%…
The HR-V helps push Honda to #2 brand in October. In early September, the Taiwanese government extended the NT$50,000 reduction in commodity tax for trade-ins, and further increased the reduction to NT$50,000 for passenger cars under 2.0 litres, coupled with the proposed extension of the exemption of license plate tax…
There are two BYD models inside the Moldovan Top 10 this month. Data by our local partner CE Auto has new car sales in Moldova up a fantastic 51.4% year-on-year in September to 1,331 units. This means the year-to-date volume is now up 14.1% to 8,147. The Toyota RAV4 (+94.9%)…
The Kia Picanto is the best-selling vehicle in Colombia in September. The Colombian new vehicle market surges 45.2% year-on-year in September to 24,894 units, making it the best month of the year so far. However, remember September 2024 was off -34.7% on the year prior. Through September, sales are up…