The Dacia Duster holds a record 14.2% of the Romanian market in August. New car sales in Romania soar 44.6% year-on-year in August to 16.129 units on a low year-ago comparison base (11.155), leading to a year-to-date tally up 7.6% to 79.311. The Top 3 carmakers vastly outperform the market,…
Toyota Prado sales are up 452.8% year-on-year in August. 06/09 update: now with Top 275 All-models. New car sales in Australia surge 33.1% year-on-year in August to 81.199 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 27.2% to 732.828 sales, the highest volume at this stage of the year since 2018.…
The Lynk & Co 01 is up to #12 in the Netherlands in August. The Dutch new car market sinks -16.8% year-on-year in August to 21.877 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -3.4% to 211.460, making the Netherlands one of only a few countries in the world where YTD…
Kia is the only year-on-year gainer in the Top 25. Picture quattroruote.it The Italian new car market accelerate its fall in August at -27.1% year-on-year to just 65.185 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 31.1% to 1.069.875. Compared to the first 8 months of 2019, the Italian market is…
Hyundai sales are up 28.4% in a market down -45.2% in July. 1/09 update: Now with Top 25 models. New light vehicle sales in Turkey sink by a ghastly -45.2% year-on-year in July to 47.849 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 29.6% to 442.550. The 7-month figure is up…
Changan is now inside the Top 5 brands in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi new car market is up 19.3% year-on-year over the first seven months of 2021 to 326.094 units vs. 273.302 over the same period in 2020. Toyota (+20%) just edges past the market growth to improve its share…
The Toyota Land Cruiser is the best-selling vehicle in the UAE so far in 2021. The Emirati new light vehicle market gains 23.6% year-on-year to 107.280 units over the first 7 months of 2021. The two brand leaders grow slower than the market: Toyota (+15%) sees its share decline from…
Nissan sales soar 139.1% year-on-year so far in 2021. New light vehicle sales in Kuwait lurch up 51.2% year-on-year over the first 7 months of 2021 to 58.583 units. Brand leader Toyota (+8.5%) vastly trails the market and sees its share thaw from 39.6% over the same period a year…
Nissan Sunny sales are up 79.4% year-on-year so far in 2021. New light vehicle sales are up 9.3% year-on-year in Bahrain over the first seven months of 2021 to 14.186 registrations. Toyota (-1%) edges down to see its market share thaw from 41.1% a year ago to 37.3%, albeit remaining…
The Kia Rio is equal #1 in Cyprus in July. Note June 2021 data is also included in the data tables below. According to data shared by our local partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, new car sales in Cyprus are up 15.6% year-on-year in June to 1.095 and up 12.6% in…
VW Tiguan sales are up 123.1% in a market down -13.4%. With the country under Level 3 covid restrictions for most of the month, new car sales in Taiwan drop -13.4% year-on-year to 38.064, leading to a year-to-date tally up 2.4% to 259.873. Brand leader Toyota (-21.5%) drops faster than…
The VinFast Fadil is the best-selling vehicle in Vietnam in July. According to figures released by VAMA, the Vietnamese new vehicle market freefalls -33.4% year-on-year in July to 16.035 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 26.9% to 166.516. These figures climb to 23.848 for the month (-29.6%) and 224.302 year-to-date (+29.3%)…
Fantastic month for the Toyota C-HR in Northern Ireland and Scotland. Thanks to our partnership with SMMT we can share with you the Top 10 best-sellers for each UK nation in July. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures are already included in our July 2021…
The MG ZS is inside the NZ Top 10 in July. Picture autocar.co.nz New vehicle sales in New Zealand are on a roll: up another 22.9% year-on-year in July to 15.053 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 51.4% to 99.613. Note the YTD 2021 tally is well above 2019…
The Toyota Wildlander is up 20.5% in July. According to data by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), it's a third consecutive month of year-on-year decline for Chinese wholesales, with July down a steep -11.9% to 1.864.000 units. However July 2021 volumes are actually up on pre-pandemic levels in…