The Kia Telluride has landed in the US, helping Hyundai-Kia to a 4th consecutive gain. The U.S. new light vehicle market sinks -3.4% year-on-year in February to 1.258.042 units. Note some external reports have this figure up to 12.000 units higher due to overestimating Tesla sales. This clear February loss means…
Renault may be the #2 brand in Colombia this month, but the Sandero remains by far the best-selling model. New vehicle sales in Colombia drop 2.9% year-on-year in January to 15.965. For the first time since last August, Chevrolet (-22.1%) manages to outsell Renault (-1.1%) to resume its domination of…
There is now a Full Top 1300 models ranking available here. Worldwide sales enable the measure of which car manufacturer is the biggest globally, but in 2018 this title goes to a different company depending on which vehicles are included, and which are not. The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance sold 10.757 million…
Resurrecting the Ford Ranger is turning out to be a blockbuster decision for Ford with over 300.000 expressions of interest recorded by the manufacturer so far. Sales of new light vehicles drop 3% year-on-year in the US for January to 1.122.864 units. Fleet shipments have come to the rescue to limit…
The Tesla Model 3 is among Canada's 10 best-selling vehicles in January. Canadian new light vehicle sales endure an 11th straight month of decline in January at -5.6% to 117.744 units. According to local consultancy Desrosiers whose figures are slightly lower due to the absence of some luxury brands such as…
The new Wrangler helped Jeep sales up 17.5% to reach a new all-time record. Consult over 110 years of U.S. Historical Data here. The U.S. new light vehicle market shows surprising resolve in 2018 with a 0.6% uptick to 17.343.708 deliveries, marking the 4th largest annual volume in U.S. history…
Tesla is up to #15 brand in the US in December, scoring a new monthly volume record. U.S. light vehicle sales end the year on a rosy note with a 2.2% year-on-year uptick in December to 1.639 million units, the 2nd largest monthly volume this year, enabling a positive Full…
First annual Top 5 in Canada for the Toyota RAV4. Consult 35 years worth of Canadian Historical Data here. All good things have to come to an end eventually: after a whopping 8 consecutive years of gains and 5 straight all-time record volumes, new light vehicle sales in Canada put…
The Toyota RAV4 is now the best-selling SUV in Canada so far in 2018. New light vehicle sales in Canada endure a 9th straight month of year-on-year decline in November at -8.4% to 145.578 registrations in the longest negative streak this decade, pulling the year-to-date tally down 2% to 1.881.102.…
The Ram Pickup soars 42%, posting a 3rd all-time volume record in 4 months. Evergreen pickup and SUV sales have failed to compensate a worsening car sales crisis in the U.S. this month as November edges down 0.3% to 1.395.144 deliveries, this despite Black Friday sale on throughout the month,…
The new hatch helps Corolla sales up 19%, and Toyota up 9.9%. * See the Top 15 groups, Top 37 brands and Top 250 models by clicking on the title * It's another month of decline in Canada with October sales down 1.6% to 162.052: the 8th consecutive year-on-year drop…
Without FCA, the U.S. market would be down 1.2% this month. Ram (+14%) and its pickup shine. * See the Top 15 groups, Top 40 brands and Top 280 models by clicking on the title * Whereas most analysts had predicted a drop, the U.S. new light vehicle market edges…
Jeep sales are up 24.9%, helped by the Wrangler (+62%). Picture motortrend.com * See the Top 15 groups, Top 37 brands and Top 265 models by clicking on the title * New light vehicle sales in Canada are currently enduring a negative streak without precedent this decade: September, down 6.7%…
New all-time volume records for both Ram and its Pickup. * See the Top 15 groups, Top 40 brands and Top 280 models by clicking on the title * New light vehicle sales in the U.S. drop 4.9% year-on-year in September to 1.449.226 units, meaning the year-to-date volume is now up…
The Ford F-Series is one of only 4 nameplates in the Top 20 to post a double-digit gain. * See the Top 15 groups, Top 37 brands and Top 265 models by clicking on the title * It's not getting any better for Canadian new light vehicle sales, down for…