Changan sales are up 47.1% year-on-year in Saudi Arabia. Discover over 30 years of Saudi Arabia Historical Data here. The Saudi new vehicle market is up a stellar 24.2% or 110,000 units year-on-year in 2021 to 567,771 sales. Toyota (+26.1%) just outraces the market to cement its pole position at…
The Toyota Land Cruiser is the best-seller in Kuwait for the third year in a row. Discover over 15 years of Kuwait Historical Data here. The Kuwaiti new vehicle market soars 21.7% year-on-year in 2021 to 101,818 registrations. Toyota (+4.1%) can't keep up with the market growth but easily retains…
The Toyota Land Cruiser is #1 in Bahrain for the 8th consecutive year. Discover over 15 years of Bahrain Historical Data here. New vehicle sales in Bahrain edge up 3.8% year-on-year to 24,709 units. Toyota (-6%) remains by far the best-selling carmaker but sees its market share drop almost four…
The Changan Eado Plus is the best-selling recent launch in Iraq this month. New car sales in Iraq drop -21.1% year-on-year in November to 6,372 registrations. Brand leader Kia (-50.5%) is in freefall but easily keeps the lead with 36.8% share. In contrast, Toyota (+40.6%) has a splendid month and…
The Toyota Yaris Cross breaks into the Italian Top 10 for the first time in November. New car sales in Italy slide down -24% year-on-year in November to 106,690 units, an improvement on the -35.7% of October but still a very significant loss. This leads to a year-to-date tally up 8.9%…
Changan ranks 5th brand in Saudi Arabia so far in 2021. New car sales in Saudi Arabia surge 27% year-on-year over the first 9 months of 2021 to 424,689 units. Toyota (+29.4%) edges past the market growth to post a 28.1% market share while Hyundai (+19.4%) is more shy at…
The Chevrolet Captiva is #5 in Kuwait so far this year. New vehicle sales in Kuwait surge 38.2% year-on-year over the first 9 months of 2021 to 76,854 units. Toyota (+7.5%) significantly trails the market but remains the runaway leader at 28.9% share. Nissan (+100.9%) more than doubles its sales…
The Ford Ranger holds a record 11.6% of the New Zealand market in October. The New Zealand new vehicle market is up 18.2% year-on-year in October to 14,019 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up a whopping 38.1% to 136.880. Note October 2021 is down -6.1% on pre-pandemic October 2019…
The Great Wall Poer breaks into the Chilean Top 10 this month. New light vehicle sales in Chile grow 6.4% year-on-year in October to 38,551 units, the largest October volume in history. It brings the year-to-date tally up 66.8% to 335,824 sales, the second largest volume at this stage of…
The Fiat Panda holds 11% of the Italian market in October. The microchip crisis and lack of significant and generalised incentives means the Italian new car market is accelerating its fall in October to -35.7% at 101.015 units, compared with -33.1% in September and -26.9% in August. The year-to-date volume…
MG3 sales are up 93.1% year-on-year in September. New vehicle sales in Chile gain 33.6% year-on-year in September to 42.627 units, the largest ever monthly volume recorded in Chilean history. It eclipses the previous record of 39.263 established in September 2018 and brings the year-to-date tally up 80% to 297.273.…
The Tesla Model 3 is up to 2nd place in New Zealand in September. Picture motoringnz After imploding -35.6% in August, new vehicle sales in New Zealand swing back into very positive territory in September at +51.7% to 16.518 registrations, also up 13.8% on pre-pandemic September 2019. This leads to…
The Dacia Spring is the best-selling BEV in Italy in September. The microchip and parts crisis and the expiration of government incentives have combined to produce a particularly ghastly month in Italy in September with sales plunging -32.5% to 106.345 units. The year-to-date volume is now up 20.9% to 1.176.520.…
The Chevrolet Captiva breaks into the Iraqi Top 10 over the first 8 months of 2021. The Iraqi new car market soars 46.6% year-on-year over the first 8 months of 2021 to 51.245 units vs. 34.960 over the same period in 2020. Kia remains ultra dominant in this market with a…
The Haval H6 breaks into the New Zealand Top 20 for the first time in August. New vehicle sales in New Zealand hit the brakes in August at a ghastly -35.6% year-on-year to just 6.817 units, keeping in mind August 2020 volumes were already off -15.8% on the year prior…