Toyota Corolla sales are up 17.6% year-on-year in Canada over Q3 2021. According to local consultancy DesRosiers Automotive, the Canadian new light vehicle market is down -19.6% year-on-year in September to 136.584 units, with the Seasonally Adjusted Annualised Rate of sales (SAAR) down to 1.55 million units. The Q3 volume…
Toyota Motor outsells General Motors for the second quarter in a row. New light vehicle sales in the U.S. fall an estimated -25% year-on-year in September to just under 1 million units according to LMC Automotive. That's the lowest volume for the month since 2010 as the industry remains plagued…
The Hyundai Casper has landed in the South Korean charts. The South Korean new car market drops -30% year-on-year in September to 112.196 units, including 91.790 (-33.7%) for domestic brands and 20.406 (-6.6%) for foreign carmakers. The year-to-date tally is now off -6.5% to 1.290.321, with local carmakers off -9.4%…
The new generation lifts the Kia Sportage to #2 overall in August. New car sales in South Korea reduce their fall in August at -2.7% to 128.363 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -3.4% to 1.178.125 sales. This month, local manufacturers are off -3.4% to 106.247 while foreigners edge…
The Lexus NX is up 45.4% year-on-year in August. New light vehicle sales in Canada are estimated to skid -11.4% year-on-year in August to 146.925 according to DesRosiers Automotive Consultants, and off -19.2% on August 2019. The year-to-date tally is now up 18.9% to 1.160.029. We at BSCB forecast a Full…
Mazda sales are up 4.6% in a market down -17%. August is the month the microchip and parts shortage and associated idling of numerous local factories finally took their toll on the U.S. new light vehicle market. It is estimated by Morgan Stanley at 1.095 million sales, a vertiginous -17%…
Toyota Prado sales are up 452.8% year-on-year in August. 06/09 update: now with Top 275 All-models. New car sales in Australia surge 33.1% year-on-year in August to 81.199 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 27.2% to 732.828 sales, the highest volume at this stage of the year since 2018.…
Changan is now inside the Top 5 brands in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi new car market is up 19.3% year-on-year over the first seven months of 2021 to 326.094 units vs. 273.302 over the same period in 2020. Toyota (+20%) just edges past the market growth to improve its share…
Nissan Sunny sales are up 79.4% year-on-year so far in 2021. New light vehicle sales are up 9.3% year-on-year in Bahrain over the first seven months of 2021 to 14.186 registrations. Toyota (-1%) edges down to see its market share thaw from 41.1% a year ago to 37.3%, albeit remaining…
The new gen Sportage helps lift Kia to the brands pole position in July. The effect of the microchip shortage and the idling of some factories as a result make themselves felt in South Korea in July with a market down -8.5% year-on-year to 147.901 units. This brings the year-to-date…
Toyota sales are up 19.7% in a market down -5.7% in July. Estimates from Desrosiers Automotive have the Canadian new car market down -5.7% year-on-year in July to 155.657 units as inventory shortages linked to the microchip crisis dent the market recovery from Covid-19 restrictions. This leads to a year-to-date…
Toyota Camry sales are up 44.6% year-on-year in July. The U.S. new light vehicle market is estimated to gain just 5% year-on-year in July to 1.237 million units according to Morgan Stanley, leading to a year-to-date volume up 25.3% to 9.594 million. This marks a clear slowing down of the…
The Kia K5 breaks into the Russian Top 10 in July. Picture zr.ru The Russian new car market reverses -6.5% year-on-year in July to 132.640 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now up 28.4% to 953.760. Local behemoth Lada (+2.7%) bucks the negative trend to score the only year-on-year gain…
MG ZS sales are up 446.2% year-on-year in Australia in July. Now updated with the Top 292 All-models ranking. New car sales in Australia surge 16.1% year-on-year in July to 84.161 units to sign the largest July volume since 2018. This leads to a year-to-date tally up 26.5% to 651.629…
The Toyota RAV4 is up to #2 overall in Canada over Q2 2021. According to Desrosiers Automotive, the Canadian new light vehicle market is up 3.9% year-on-year in June to 162.501 units, but down -12.4% on pre-pandemic June 2019. This leads to a Q2 result up 51.8% to 478.717 and…