The GWM Poer is the best-selling vehicle in Chile over Q1 2026. 27,358 new light vehicles hit Chilean roads in March, a solid 14% year-on-year gain. The Q1 volume is now up 5.8% to 74,977 units. Toyota (+22.9%) repeats at #1 and reclaims the YTD top spot off Suzuki (-1.9%)…
The Suzuki Dzire is the best-selling vehicle in Ivory Coast in 2025. The Ivory Coast new light vehicle market is up a solid 11.1% year-on-year in 2025 to 27,376 units. Suzuki remains ultra dominant here, placing 5 models in the Top 7. Like last year the Suzuki Dzire (-4.3%) is…
Isuzu D-Max sales are up 35% in 2025. The Guatemalan new car market surges 33% year-on-year in 2025 to 48,560 sales. Toyota (-11%) remains ultra dominant but sees its share fall from 28.6% in 2024 to 19.1% this year. In contrast Isuzu (+160%), Kia (+136%) and JAC (+214%) all shoot…
The Suzuki Jimny is up to #2 in Costa Rica in 2025. 67,507 new light vehicles found a buyer in Costa Rica in 2025, a -7.3% year-on-year drop. Costa Rica is the American leader as far as EV sales are concerned, with a 17% share for 2025. Toyota (-14%) remains…
Jetour holds 3.1% of the South African market in January. The South African new vehicle market marks a 16th consecutive month of year-on-year gains in January at +7.5% to 50,073 units. This is the highest January volume in 9 years, since the 50,333 sales of January 2017. Toyota (-3%) disappoints…
The Mitsubishi L200 is the most popular vehicle in Chile in January. The Chilean new light vehicle market is down -2.1% year-on-year in January to 25,301 units. This is the weakest January result since 2021. Suzuki (+12.9%) is back up five spots on December to sign its first monthly win…
The Toyota Hilux has now topped the South African charts for 13 straight years. Discover over 50 years of South African Historical Data here. It's an excellent year for new vehicle sales in South Africa, up a splendid 15.7% to 596,818 units. The last 10 months of the year all…
The BYD Atto 1 held 12.7% of the Indonesian market in October. Discover 50 years of Indonesian Historical Data here. It's another weak year for the Indonesian new vehicle market with wholesales off -7.2% to 803,687. As a reminder 2024 was already down -13.9% on the year prior. Retail sales…
Second ever annual win for the Maruti Suzuki DZire. Explore over 65 years of Indian Historical data here. Indian new light vehicle sales break their record again in 2025 (for the 4th straight year), up 5.7% to 4,530,375, only 35,000 sales off Japan (4,575,777) in the battle for third car…
The Honda N-BOX is the best-selling vehicle in Japan in 2025. Discover 55 years of Japanese Historical Data here. The Japanese new car market is up 3.3% year in 2025 to 4,565,777 units. This increase is solely due to Daihatsu rallying back up 46.2% on a scandal-ridden 2024 result. Daihatsu…
The Chery iCar 03 is up to #24 in Colombia in November. After 8 consecutive months of double-digit YoY gains, the Colombian new vehicle market markedly slows down its growth in November at "just" +9% to 23,825 units. The year-to-date tally remains at stratospheric heights at 224,260 sales, up 27.5%…
The Kaiyi KY7 ranks #6 in Panama in October. New light vehicle sales in Panama gain 15.7% year-on-year in October to 7,837 units, with the year-to-date tally standing at 50,599. Toyota (-0.2%) remains by far the most popular carmaker in the country but drops to 18.1% share vs. 19.2% so…
The Omoda C5 reaches a record 7th place in Chile this month. After gaining 23.7% last month, the Chilean new light vehicle market falls back to earth in October at -14.8% year-on-year to 23,531 units. The year-to-date tally however remains in positive at +2.4% to 255,401. Hyundai (+1.9%) defies the…
The Suzuki Swift doubles its sales year-on-year. It's another excellent month for new vehicle sales in South Africa, scoring an 8th consecutive month of year-on-year double digit gains at +16% to 55,956. This is also the 13th straight month of lifts and the biggest October tally since 2014 (59,262). The…
The Chery Tiggo Cross is up to #13 in September. The Indonesian new vehicle market continues on its downward spiral in September with wholesales off -14.6% to 62,071 and retail sales down -11.9% to 63,723. Year-to-date wholesales are down -11.3% to 561,819 and retail sales drop -10.8% to 585,917. Toyota…