The Geely Xingyue L is the best-selling vehicle in China in January. The cars included in this wholesales database add up to 1,794,856 units, a harsh -11.7% year-on-year drop. CAAM is yet to publish detailed wholesales data. There are a few reasons to this negative performance. January 2024 was a…
The Mitsubishi L200 is by far the most popular vehicle in Chile in January. The Chilean new light vehicle market confirms it is on the mend, securing a 6th year-on-year lift in the past 7 months. January sales are indeed up 2.9% to 25,834 units. We are however still way…
The Nissan Versa holds 7% of the Mexican market in January. Mexican new car sales advance 5.9% year-on-year in January to 119,811 units, the best January result in 7 years: since the 123,269 registrations of January 2017. Brand leaders Nissan (+1.5%) and Chevrolet (+1%) can only muster modest lifts but easily…
The Kia Sorento is once again the best-selling vehicle at home. The South Korean new car market is in difficulty in January at -8.5% year-on-year to 106,081. This is partly due to the Lunar New Year falling in January this year. The total volume includes 90,852 local brands (-11.6%) and…
The Fiat Strada comfortably leads the Brazilian charts in January. 159,377 new light vehicles hit Brazilian roads in January, a measured +4.8% year-on-year uptick. Fiat (+11.4%) beats the market to 21.6% share, followed by Volkswagen (-3.9%) and Chevrolet (+3.8%), both underperforming. Toyota (-15.7%) and Hyundai (-30.5%) properly sink to round…
The Dacia Logan remains the most popular vehicle at home. Romanian new car sales start the year poorly with a -6.4% year-on-year drop in January to 11,920 units. Local behemoth Dacia (+1.6%) defies the negative market and sees its share climb to 33.6% vs. 29.4% over the Full Year 2024 and…
The VW ID.7 ranks #8 in Germany in January. New car sales in Germany edge down -2.8% year-on-year in January to 207,649 units. Volkswagen (+11.6%) posts an excellent month to 22.3% share, the carmaker's highest in almost a decade: since July 2015 (22.5%). Mercedes (-7.5%) is in negative year-on-year but…
The Skoda Elroq makes its first appearance in the Czech charts. Czech new car sales drop -5% in January to 19,347. Local behemoth Skoda (-18.1%) freefalls on a particularly high year-ago basis when it signed its highest market share in 4 years at 42.3%. It falls to a still very…
The Toyota Yaris Cross ranks #2 in Ireland in January. The Irish new car market starts the year on the right foot with January sales, traditionally the highest of the year due to the license plate change, gain 6.7% to 33,521 units. Toyota (-1.8%) can't take advantage of the market's…
Toyota Tacoma sales surge year-on-year in January. The U.S. new car market is estimated to grow 3.7% year-on-year in January to 1,112,500 units, marking four consecutive months of growth. Sales of light trucks are up 8.9% to 919,500 and 82.7% share while passenger cars are down -15.5% to 193,000. There…
The Peugeot 3008 breaks into the UK Top 5 for the first time in January. New car sales in the UK recede -2.5% year-on-year in January to 139,345 units. Private sales are stable at -0.5% to 49,976 and a slightly improved market share at 35.9% vs. 35.2% a year ago.…
The Peugeot 208 is #1 in Argentina in January Exceptional month for new light vehicle sales in Argentina at +103% year-on-year to 65,751 units as import blockades ease. This is the best January volume in 7 years. As a reminder January 2024 sales were down -32.8% on the year prior.…
The Kia EV3 is an instant blockbuster in the Netherlands. The Dutch new car market is off -4.6% year-on-year in January to 32,804 units. Hybrid sales (incl. PHEV) amount to 14,934 or 45.5% share, BEVs are at 34% with 11,157 units, petrol is at 19.5% with 6,388 and diesel at…
The VW T-Cross is the best-selling vehicle in Croatia in January. Something very rare: in January the Croatian new car market is absolutely identical to a year ago: 4,461 sales vs. 4,461... Volkswagen (+63.1%) surges ahead to 12.3% share vs. 11.6% over the Full Year 2024, and is followed by…
The Toyota RAV4 is currently the uncontested leader in Australia. The Australian new vehicle market confirms it will be softer in 2025 after a record 2024. December sales are down -2.4% year-on-year in January to 87,625 units, the 6th decline in the past 7 months. We still remain at very…