The Toyota Raize ranked #2 in New Caledonia in January. Note: January 2022 data is also included in the data section of this article. New light vehicle sales in New Caledonia, a French overseas territory located north east of Australia, gain 8.3% year-on-year in February to 613 units, leading to…
The Chevrolet Onix is the best-selling vehicle in Colombia in February. The Colombia new vehicle market is down -2.4% year-on-year in February to 19,219 units, resulting in year-to-date tally up 7.6% to 36,609. Renault (-14.1%) and Chevrolet (-23.5%) easily retain the top 2 spots in the brands ranking but both…
Changan is the best-selling LCV carmaker in February. According to data by LMC, the Light Commercial Vehicle market is down -2% year-on-year in January to 265,610 units. Changan (+75%) spectacularly takes the lead of the LCV brands ranking with almost 52,000 sales whereas it ranked #4 over the Full Year…
The Toyota Yaris ranks #3 in Poland in February. 33,097 new cars found a buyer in Poland in February, bringing the year-to-date total to 61,708. Toyota continues to dominate the brands ranking head and shoulders with 19.5% share, more than double the #2 Kia at 9.4%. Once the leader of…
The Chevrolet Aveo is the best-selling vehicle in Mexico in February. New light vehicle sales in Mexico are down -3.3% year-on-year in February to 79,600, however keep in mind February 2021 was down -21.1% on the year prior. The year-to-date talky after two months stands at 158,185, also down -3.3%…
BYD sales are up 4-fold year-on-year in February in China. According to data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), new vehicle wholesales in China soar 18.7% year-on-year in February to 1,737,000 units. Passenger Vehicles are up a stunning 27.8% to 1,487,000 sales and Commercial Vehicles sink -16.6% to…
The Tesla Model Y is up to a record #2 in Austria in February. Picture derstandard.de The Austrian new car market sinks -18.9% year-on-year in February to just 16,103 sales, leading to a year-to-date volume off -6.7% to 31,722. Volkswagen (-46%) keeps the lead of the brands ranking despite a steep…
The Opel Mokka is up to #3 overall in Slovenia in February. New car sales in Slovenia dive -21.3% year-on-year in February to 3,805 units on a February 2021 tally already down -12.9% on the year prior. This leads to a year-to-date volume down -11.9% to 8,125. Volkswagen (-39%) freefalls…
The Suzuki S-Cross confirms it is the favourite of Hungarian buyers in February. New light vehicle sales in Hungary drop -14.4% year-on-year in February to 11,007 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -14.2% to 20,157 units. Among them, Passenger Cars sold 9,454 units in February and 17,542 year-to-date. In…
Hyundai sales are up 10.8% in a market down -12.4% in February. Picture motortrend.com The Canadian new light vehicle market falls -12.4% year-on-year in February to 98,722 units and down a round -20% on pre-pandemic February 2020, according to estimates by DesRosiers Automotive Consultants. The year-to-date volume stands at 190,133…
Hyundai sales are up 8.5% year-on-year in February. It's another difficult month for new light vehicle sales in the U.S., estimated to fall -10% year-on-year to roughly 1.07 million. The Winter Storm Landon didn't help sales already hampered by the microchip crisis. The year-to-date volume stands at 2.07 million, down -9%…
The Kia Bongo is up to a record 2nd place in February, with the EV variant at 46.4% of sales. The South Korean new light vehicle market is down -0.7% year-on-year in February to 122,728 units including 103,274 domestic models (+1.9%) and 19,454 foreigners (-12.7%). The year-to-date total stands at…
Hyundai sales are up 137.2% in a market down -15.1%. New light vehicle sales in Turkey drop -15.1% year-on-year in February to 49,652 units on a record February 2021. The year-to-date volume is now down -14.1% to 87,783 sales. Fiat (-37.7%) remains the most popular carmaker in the country but…
BMW is once again the best-selling carmaker in Belgium. It's a race to the bottom for the Belgian new car market, down another -11.9% year-on-year in February while February 2021 was already down -21.9% on the year prior. The year-to-date volume is now off -10.9% to 66,148 on a 2021 volume…
The VW Tiguan is the best-selling vehicle in Switzerland in February. New car sales in Switzerland edge up 2.9% year-on-year in February to 16,606 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 4% to 32,505 sales. 4x4 registrations are up 7.1% to 8.082 and 49.2% share vs. 48.1% a year ago.…