The Kia Cerato breaks its ranking and share records this month. Picture exhaustnotes.com.au It's a 13th straight month of decline for new vehicle sales in Australia, down a painful -8.9% year-on-year to 75.500 units, the weakest April volume since 2011. Year-to-date, the market is now down -8.1% to 344.088 units,…
The Wuling Mini Truck remains the most popular LCV in China. After a one-year hiatus, China Light Commercial Vehicle sales updates are back on BSCB with a Top 10 brands and Top 3 models courtesy of LMC Automotive. Contrary to Passenger Cars, LCV wholesales in China are up a very…
The Pajero Sport (+59.2%) helps Mitsubishi sales soar 15% in March. New vehicle sales in Australia have now closed the loop: in negative year-on-year for a full 12 months in a row. March marks the lowest result for the month since 2014, down -7.1% to 99.442 units and leading to…
The Great Wall Haval M4 ends 2018 just outride the Ecuadorian Top 10. It's a fantastic year for new vehicles sales in Ecuador at +31% year-on-year to 137.615 units, the 2nd largest annual volume in history below 2011 (139.893). The last couple of years have seen quite a dramatic shift…
The all-new Triton ute helps Mitsubishi catch its highest market share in 16 years. This post has been updated with the Top 275 All-models. There's no sign of recovery for the Australian new vehicle market, with a negative housing market and upcoming elections combining to make February (-9.3%) the 11th…
Renault is the most popular carmaker in Argentina in February. The Argentinean new vehicle market endures a scathing 9th straight month of double-digit declines in February at -41.8% to 39.826 units, leading to a year-to-date volume imploding down 46.8% to 99.670. For the third time in the past 7 months after last…
Suzuki sales are up 81.8% year-on-year in Ivory Coast as the Alto 800 becomes the best-selling passenger car. Consult 6 years of Ivory Coast Historical Data here. The Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire) new vehicle market posts a sturdy gain for the second straight year with 2018 sales up 16.1% to 11.376.…
The VW Polo Vivo misses out on the Namibian passenger car crown for just 10 units. Consult 7 years worth of Namibia Historical Data here. We can now share with you 2018 data for Namibia including brands volumes for the first time, thanks to our partnership with Lightstone and NAAMSA. Toyota…
Toyota Fortuner sales soar 50.8% year-on-year in Lesotho in 2018. Consult 5 years of Lesotho Historical Data here. Thanks to our partnership with Lightstone and NAAMSA, we can share with you today 2018 sales figures for Lesotho, and for the first time brands volume are available as well. It shows Toyota's…
Citroen sales in Uruguay are up 81.3% in a market down 27.2%. After freefalling -19.6% over the Full Year 2018, new car sales in Uruguay start in an ever worse fashion with January registrations imploding down 27.2% to 2.975. Just as its Kwid managed its first ever win in the…
Discounts on the outgoing generation and demo sales of the new one (pictured) means the Triton outsells the Hilux in January. Signalling that the streak of 5 consecutive record years New Zealand has enjoyed may be coming to an end, January sales recede 6% to 13.938 units, with passenger cars…
The Ford Ranger has topped the New Caledonian charts for 8 of the past 10 years. Consult 15 years of New Caledonian Historical Data here. New Caledonia is a small French overseas archipelago located north-east of Australia, with sales counted separately to metropolitan France. The market is down 3.9% year-on-year…
The new generation Mitsubishi Triton has landed in Australia. The Australian new vehicle market is sinking deeper into recession as months go by, with January sales down another 7.4% year-on-year to 81.994 units, marking the 10th consecutive month of decline, a negative streak unseen this decade (the worst so far…
The Toyota Hilux cruises to a record volume and share in Australia. Picture caradvice.com.au Consult over 70 years of Australian Historical Data here. Exclusive State by State rankings are now available here. The Australian new vehicle market puts an end to a streak of three consecutive record years in 2018…
First incursion in the monthly Australian Top 5 for the Isuzu D-Max. Now updated with All-brands and All-models data. New vehicle sales take their steepest drop of the year in December at a ghastly -14.9% to just 87.528 registrations, the lowest December result since 2008. It leads to an annual…