Ford Focus sales are up 47.2% year-on-year in October. The Taiwanese new car market flips back down -11.3% year-on-year to 35,297 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up just 1% to 369,449. Toyota (-2%) improves its share to 30.1% vs. 27.6% so far this year, selling four times the amount…
The new Maverick helps Ford regain control of the U.S. market in October. New light vehicle sales in the U.S. are estimated to drop -23% year-on-year in October to around 1.040.000 units according to Morgan Stanley, that's a slightly smaller decline than in September (-25%). It leads to a year-to-date…
The Toyota Corolla Cross remains the most popular vehicle in Taiwan this month. Picture u-car.com.tw The Taiwanese new car market is up 10.4% year-on-year in September to 41.133 registrations, meaning the year-to-date volume is now up 2.6% to 334.152. Brand leader Toyota (+65.2%) is in large part responsible for the…
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…
Toyota Motor outsells General Motors for the second quarter in a row. New light vehicle sales in the U.S. fall an estimated -25% year-on-year in September to just under 1 million units according to LMC Automotive. That's the lowest volume for the month since 2010 as the industry remains plagued…
The Honda CR-V ranks #3 in Taiwan in August. As Covid restrictions were downgraded to Stage 2, the Taiwanese new car market reduces its year-on-year fall to -4.9% to 33.148 registrations, meaning the year-to-date tally is now up just 1.5% to 293.019. Toyota (-3.2%) remains the runaway leader in the…
The Lexus NX is up 45.4% year-on-year in August. New light vehicle sales in Canada are estimated to skid -11.4% year-on-year in August to 146.925 according to DesRosiers Automotive Consultants, and off -19.2% on August 2019. The year-to-date tally is now up 18.9% to 1.160.029. We at BSCB forecast a Full…
Mazda sales are up 4.6% in a market down -17%. August is the month the microchip and parts shortage and associated idling of numerous local factories finally took their toll on the U.S. new light vehicle market. It is estimated by Morgan Stanley at 1.095 million sales, a vertiginous -17%…
The Voyah Free has landed into the Chinese retail charts. BSCB is the only non-Chinese medium to cover both wholesales (ex-factory shipments) and retail sales (end-customer sales) for China so you can get the most complete picture of the largest new vehicle market in the world. Retail sales tend to…
Toyota Camry sales are up 44.6% year-on-year in July. The U.S. new light vehicle market is estimated to gain just 5% year-on-year in July to 1.237 million units according to Morgan Stanley, leading to a year-to-date volume up 25.3% to 9.594 million. This marks a clear slowing down of the…
The Toyota RAV4 is up to #2 overall in Canada over Q2 2021. According to Desrosiers Automotive, the Canadian new light vehicle market is up 3.9% year-on-year in June to 162.501 units, but down -12.4% on pre-pandemic June 2019. This leads to a Q2 result up 51.8% to 478.717 and…
The Chevrolet Silverado is the best-selling vehicle in the U.S. over Q2 2021. New light vehicle sales in the U.S. are up a measured 17% year-on-year in June to 1.297 million units according to LMC Automotive, as the steady pandemic recovery is challenged by parts shortage and thin inventories. The…
The Kia Rio is up to #3 in Mexico in May. Picture autocosmos.com.mx The Mexican new light vehicle market bounces back up 103.8% year-on-year to 85.662 units due to covid-impacted year-ago volumes. The year-to-date tally is now up 14.6% to 428.312. However May 2021 volumes remain below pre-pandemic levels in May…
Subaru sales soar 85% in May and the Crosstrek is up 165%. The Canadian new light vehicle market is estimated to be up 35.8% year-on-year in May to 153.761 units according to DesRosiers Automotive Consultants, lifting the year-to-date tally up 28.9% year-on-year to 686.252. However, a big caveat to these…
American Honda posts a new all-time volume record this month in the U.S. New light vehicle sales in the U.S. are estimated to bounce back up 42% year-on-year in May to 1.51 million units according to Morgan Stanley. The seasonally adjusted, annualised rate of sales (SAAR) stands at 17.1 million…