Honda Accord sales are up 33.3% year-on-year in May. Picture caranddriver.com The U.S. new light vehicle market edges up for the first time this year, albeit at a tiny +0.6% year-on-year in May to 1.48 million units according to GlobalData. Retail sales are up 0.6% while fleet shipments gain 2.5%…
The Renault Symbioz is #6 in Northern Ireland in May. Thanks to SMMT we can share with you the Top 10 best-sellers for each UK nation in May. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures are already included in the May 2026 UK update. This…
The BYD Dolphin Mini breaks its volume record in May. The Brazilian new light vehicle market surges another 23.7% year-on-year in May to 263,648 units, bringing the year-to-date tally up 18.6% to 1,099,358. This is well above the first five months of pre-pandemic 2019 (1,035,481). Fiat (+7.7%) trails the market but…
The Renault Megane is the best-selling vehicle in Bulgaria in May. The Bulgarian new car market are up 11.7% year-on-year in May to 4,805 units, which means the year-to-date tally is now up 6% to 22,818. Keep in mind a significant part of these registrations never see Bulgarian roads as…
The MG ZS breaks into the Romanian Top 10 for the first time in May. New car sales in Romania rally back up 7% year-on-year in May to 11,253 units. This is still a poor result given May 2025 was down -32.7% over the year prior. After a mediocre start…
BYD is up to a record 8th place in Argentina in May. The Argentinean new light vehicle market falls deeper into depression in April at -26.2% year-on-year to 39,210 units. The year-to-date volume is now down -10.2% to 232,815. Toyota (-38.8%) stays on top of the brands ranking ahead of…
Toyota RAV4 sales are up 49.5% in May. 33,076 new cars hit Taiwanese roads in May, a 3.7% year-on-year improvement. This is still a poor performance as May 2025 was off -23.1% on the year prior. The year-to-date tally is now off -2.3% to 160,917. Toyota (+10.2%) outpaces the market…
The GWM Haval H6 is up to 6th place in April. The New Zealand new vehicle market is up 11.6% year-on-year in April to 9,863 units. Passenger vehicles are up 16.7% to 7,110 sales while commercial vehicles are flat at +0.2% to 2,753. The year-to-date tally is now up a…
The BYD Sealion 7 ranks inside the Australian Top 10 in April. 18/05 update: Now with Top 336 All models ranking. 94,049 new vehicles hit Australian roads in April, a 3.8% year-on-year increase. The year-to-date tally is now down -0.7% to 384,636. Private sales are up an encouraging 7.4% to…
The BMW X1 is the most popular vehicle with German private buyers in April. 88,204 new cars four a private buyer in Germany in April, a 8.2% year-on-year improvement. The Private Sales Ratio (PSR) stands at 35.4% vs. 33.6% a year ago in April 2025. The year-to-date tally is up…
The VinFast Limo Green is #1 at home for the 5th time in the past 6 months. The Vietnamese new vehicle market surges 38.9% year-on-year in April to 60,615 sales, including PAMA data + Hyundai and VinFast. The year-to-date tally is now up 37.1% to 222,654. Local behemoth VinFast scores…
Ford's Luxembourg sales more than double year-on-year in April. It's an excellent month for new car sales in Luxembourg at +12.9% year-on-year in April to 4,924 units. This tilts the year-to-date tally into positive territory at +2.6% to 17,477. Volkswagen (+12.8%) follows the market and stays dominant at 13.6% share,…
The Skoda Octavia is the best-selling vehicle in Hungary in April. New Passenger Cars sales in Hungary progress 9.7% year-on-year in April to 11,832 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 10.5% to 48,287. Skoda (+17%) takes the lead of the brands ranking with 9.8% share but is stuck at…
The Jetour T2 misses out on a first Top 10 finish by just 41 sales. It's a 19th consecutive month of year-on-year gains in South Africa with April volumes up 13% to 47,979. This way, the year-to-date tally is now up 12.5% to 209,925. In contrast exports are down -4%…
The Smart #5 is among the Top 10 best-sellers in Finland in April. The Finnish new car market is back to its disappointing self in April at -8.7% year-on-year to just 5,597 units. This means that the gains of February and March are erased and the year-to-date tally returns to…