Toyota Land Cruiser 32,887 new vehicles found a buyer in Kuwait over Q1 2024. Toyota remains the favourite with 27.7% share, way above Nissan at 10.7%. Mitsubishi rounds out the podium at 7%, just ahead of Ford at 6.8%. Chevrolet completes the Top 5, distancing Kia and a surging MG…
The Toyota Hilux is now the best-selling vehicle in Iraq. The Iraqi new vehicle market amounts to 36,943 units over Q1 2024. Toyota overtakes Kia to lead the brands charts with 31.9% share vs. 26.5% for Kia. Hyundai comes in third with 11.4% of the market with all other brands…
BYD sales are up 11-fold year-on-year in April. 5,224 new light vehicles found a buyer in Uruguay in April, that's 37.2% year-on-year improvement and the highest monthly gain this year so far. Chevrolet (+75%) doubles the market growth to 16.8% share, level with its YTD figure of 16.9%. Fiat (+38.8%)…
Lada Vesta The Russian new car market is up 81.2% year-on-year in April to 137,047 units, however it remains down -9.8% on pre-sanctions April 2021. The year-to-date tally is now up 89.4% to 467,739 but down -9.3% on the same period in 2021. Market leader Lada trails the market at…
The BMW X5 ranks #9 in Moldova in March. Data by our Central European market data partner CE Auto shows a Moldovan new car market up 11.9% year-on-year in March to 752 units, leading to a Q1 tally up 10.9% to 1,896. Two models dominate again. The Dacia Duster (+15.2%) is #1…
First Top 10 finish for the BYD Destroyer 05. The selection of models including in this update drop -6.1% year-on-year in March to reach a retail sales figure of 1,469,639 units. The year-to-date tally is still in positive however at +14.2% to 4,634,280 thanks to a fantastic January result (+68.1%)…
Geely sales are up a whopping 963.6% year-on-year in March. New car sales in Ukraine advance 47.4% year-on-year in March to 6,647 units, leading to a Q1 volume up 48.8% to 16,660. Toyota (+57.6%) and Renault (+118%) both fare better than the market and cement their brands leadership. Skoda (+30.6%)…
The BYD Qin Plus sells over 50,000 units in a month for the first time. Based on data shared by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, the Chinese wholesales market is up 9.9% year-on-year in March to 2,694,000 units. This includes 2,236,000 Passenger Vehicles (+10.9%) and 458,000 Commercial Vehicles (+5.6%)…
Belgee X50 New passenger cars in Russia are up 109.4% year-on-year in March to 146,526 units, showing Western sanctions levelled following its invasion of Ukraine are not impacting the market anymore. The year-to-date tally is up 93% to 330,692. Note: compared to last year our Russian data source has shifted…
The Dacia Duster is #1 in Moldova for the 4th month in a row. According to our Central European partner CE Auto, the Moldovan new car market gains 15.6% year-on-year in February to 637 units. The year-to-date tally is up 10.3% to 1,144. The Dacia Duster (+80.5%) ranks 1st for…
The Jetour X70 is up to a record 5th place in Kazakhstan in February. Note: January sales figures are also included in the data section of this article. After progressing 7.8% year-on-year in January to 11,244, Kazakh new car sales retract -6.2% in February to 12,299. This leads to a…
Chery Arrizo 8 sales are up 269.9% year-on-year in February. Retail sales for the selection of vehicles included in this update are off -16.3% year-on-year in February to 1,051,694, as the Lunar New Year holiday fell in February this year. The year-to-date tally remains up by a stunning 26.8% to…
The AITO M7 ranks on the Chinese podium in February. Due to Lunar New Year falling in February this year vs. January in 2023, new vehicle wholesales (factory shipments) drop -19.9% year-on-year in February to 1,584,000 units accosting to data by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM). After a…
The new Geely Monjaro ranks #4 in Russia in February. The Russian new car market is up 85.1% year-on-year in February to 103,954 units but off -9.1% on February 2022. Year-to-date volumes are up 81.7% to 184,166 and down -10.6% on 2022. Note: compared to last year our Russian data…
The VW Lavida is the best-selling vehicle in China for the first time in 3 years. 19/03 update: Now with revised figures for all brands and models. Chinese retail sales of the selection of vehicles included in this update rally back up 68.1% year-on-year in January to 2,084,941 units. January…