The Jaecoo J5 EV breaks into the Australian Top 10 in May. 23/06 update: Now with Top 330 All models ranking. 106,887 new vehicles hit Australian roads, a -2.3% year-on-year contraction. The year-to-date volume after five months stands at 491,523, off -1% over the same period a year ago. Private…
The Renault Clio 6 only holds 2.8% of its home market in May. 22/06 update: Now with Top 55 brands and Top 300 models. The French new car market edges up 3.7% year-on-year in May to sign a second YoY growth in the past 3 months. However keep in mind…
Geely breaks into the Indonesian Top 10 in May. Wholesales in Indonesia are up 14.2% year-on-year in May to 69,219 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 13.3% to 359,015. Meanwhile retail sales jump 17.2% to 71,890 for the month and are up 9.3% year-to-date to 359,490. In the wholesales…
The Proton Saga is the best-selling vehicle in Malaysia in May. It's a difficult month for new car sales in Malaysia with May volumes off -10.7% year-on-year to 66,053. The year-to-date tally remains in positive, just, at +0.07% to 335,853. Perodua (-22%) skids down to 37.1% share vs. 38.9% year-to-date…
The Nissan Magnite is up to a record 4th place in May. The Mexican new vehicle market is up 5% year-on-year in May to 127,107 units. This is a new May record, eclipsing the 122,925 sales of May 2017. At 627,619 units after 5 months, sales are also at a…
Geely sales are up 8-fold year-on-year in May. It's another exceptional month for new light vehicle sales in Uruguay at +20.3% year-on-year in May to 6,334 units. Once again this is believed to be the biggest May volume in history. The year-to-date tally is now up 17.4% to 30,319. BYD…
Zeekr reaches a record volume in May. The 9X is its best-seller. Domestic sales of locally made Passenger Vehicles continue to freefall in China in May at -22.1% year-on-year to 1.51 million units, but are up 9.2% on April. Year-to-date volumes are now off -19.5% to 7.099 million. Sales are…
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 Chevrolet Cobalt is ultra dominant in Kazakhstan in April. Complete March 2026 figures are also included in the data section of this article. The Kazakh new vehicle market is up 8.5% year-on-year in April to 20,857 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -0.7% to 65,610. This month Chevrolet…
Xiaomi YU7 After covering the Beijing Auto Show, let's have a quick look at the cars in the street. Like we noticed two years ago when we were last there, the taxi/DiDi landscape is logically full of locally-produced Beijing EU5. This hasn't changed in the time we were away. The…
The BYD Sealion 7 is the best-selling vehicle in Albania for the third straight month. Thanks to CE Auto, we can share with you exclusive data for Albania. The market surges 214% year-on-year in April to 1,388 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 164.3% to 4,606. BYD continues to…
The Geely EX5 is the #1 vehicle in Moldova in April. Data by our Central European market data partner CE Auto has the Moldovan new car market up a fantastic 23.9% year-on-year in April to 1,105 units. The year-to-date volume is up an equally impressive 30.1% to 3,698. For the second time…
The Fiat Grande Panda breaks into the Top 5 in April. According to data shared with us by our Central European partner CE Auto, new car sales in North Macedonia are down -2.3% year-on-year in April to 635 units, leading to a year-to-date volume off -2.7% to 2,156. The Top…
The Proton e.MAS 5 ranks #11 in Malaysia in April. Note: February and March data is also included in the data section of this article. The Malaysian new car market is estimated to total 78,100 units in April, up a fantastic 20.9% year-on-year. This way, the year-to-date tally tilts into…
Chinese brands account for 16.5% of the UK market in April. Picture carmagazine.co.uk Dataforce has the European new car market (EU+EFTA+UK) up 6.4% year-on-year in April to 1,155,601 units. The year-to-date volume after four months is up 4.7% to 4,687,265. According to ACEA, sales are up 7% for the month…