The Opel Mokka scores its first Croatian podium finish since April 2022. 8,779 new cars hit Croatian roads in June, up 6.7% year-on-year. The H1 2025 volume is up an equally satisfying 6.3% to 41,257. Skoda (+25.3%) returns to the brands top spot it holds year-to-date, toppling Volkswagen (+19.7%). Opel…
The Uni-S pushes Changan to a record 4th place in June. The Russian new car market continues to crater in June, enduring a 5th consecutive double-digit year-on-year fall at -27.6% to 90,116 units. The H1 2025 tally stands at 530.385, off -26.3% over the same period a year ago. Strikingly,…
The Hyundai Accent is the best-selling vehicle in Saudi Arabia in May. 67,369 new vehicles hit Saudi roads in May, a solid 7.2% year-on-year improvement. As a result the YTD volume is up 11.5% to 353,046. Toyota (+9%) manages to outpace the market to 29% share vs. 26.6% over the…
The Geely Coolray is up to 7th place in the UAE in May. New light vehicle sales in the United Arab Emirates slide down -6.8% year-on-year in May to 25,574 units. The year-to-date tally after five months however remains in positive at +4.9% to 132,033. Toyota (-4.6%) gains share slightly…
BYD places three models inside the Thai Top 10 for the first time, including the Sealion 7. 54,942 new cars found a buyer in Thailand in May, with the year-to-date volume now standing at 266,092. Toyota leads the way with 36.7% share above Honda at 12.3%, both below their YTD…
The Renault Clio is the best-selling vehicle in Europe for the 2nd month running. Now with Top 99 All brands and Top 537 All models. According to data by JATO Dynamics, the European new car market (28 countries) edges up 2.5% year-on-year in May to 1,107,517 units. This way, the…
The Geely Xingyuan is now #1 year-to-date in China. Today we can share with you today All brands and All models retail sales data for China in May. Sales of the selection of vehicles included in this report shoot up 16.4% year-on-year this month to 1,834,544 units. This means the…
The Chery Tiggo 4 Pro is up to #12 in May. 20/06 update: Now with Top 333 All models ranking. The Australian new vehicle market edges down -1.6% year-on-year in May to 109,425 units, still the 2nd best ever May volume below last year's 111,099. Were it not for sales…
Leapmotor B10 monthly sales are already above 10,000 units. According to data by CAAM (China Association of Automobile Manufacturers), wholesales of new vehicles in China surge 11.2% year-on-year in May to 2,686,000 units (this figure includes exports). In the detail, it's 2,352,000 passenger cars (+13.3%) and 335,000 commercial vehicles (-2%)…
Jetour Kazakh sales more than double year-on-year in April. Complete March 2025 figures are also included in the data section of this article. Kazakh new vehicle sales climb 35.4% year-on-year in April to 19,223 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 22.9% to 66,066. The Top 2 manufacturers both beat…
Jetour holds 3.7% of the Russian market in May. Another mediocre month for Russian new car sales, with April off -28.3% year-on-year to 91,218 units. This leads to a year-to-date tally off -26% to 440,259. Lada (-36.2%) falls faster than its home market to 28% share vs. 29.8% so far…
The Geely Xingyuan is the best-selling vehicle in China retail in April. The selection of models included in this update soars 14.5% year-on-year in April to 1,662,338 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 7.9% to 6,574,326. BSCB is the only non-Chinese medium to cover both wholesales (ex-factory shipments) and…
Firefly Now that April wholesales data has been covered, it’s time to study the latest launches on the Chinese market. The flood of new models hitting the Chinese market continues, with no less than 15 novelties this month, including just one foreigner. To fully understand the scope of the Chinese…
The Geely Xingyuan is the best-selling vehicle in China in April and year-to-date. According to data by CAAM, the Chinese wholesale market continues to perk up in April at +9.8% year-on-year to 2.59 million units (this figure includes exports). New Energy Vehicles climb 44.2% year-on-year to 1,226,000 equalling to 47.3%…
Solaris KRX aka Kia Rio X Sales of new light vehicles in Russia dive -25.5% year-on-year in April to 102,107 units. This way, the year-to-date tally is down a similar -25.4% to 349,041. Lada (-32.6%) falls markedly faster than its home market to 27.9% share vs. 30.3% so far this…