Suzuki is ultra dominant in Mauritius. It's another update on Mauritius as we now have access to H1 2023 data. 6,957 new vehicles found a buyer in the country over the period, a splendid 15.4% year-on-year progression on a record 2022 score. Suzuki widens the gap with the rest of…
The Chevrolet S10 just misses out on the overall pole position. The Paraguayan new vehicle market is down a steep -13.8% year-on-year over the First Half of 2023 to 14,564 units. Toyota stays on top of the brands ranking at 16% share vs. 15.7% over the Full Year 2022. It…
The JAC S3 is a success in the UAE. New car sales in the UAE jump 18.6% year-on-year in June to 21,711, leading to a H1 2023 tally up 22.8% to 131,195. Toyota (+9.4%) halves the market growth to hold 27.4% share vs. 28.1% year-to-date, it is followed by Nissan…
The Dacia Jogger is inside the Top 10 models with private consumers. Sales to private consumers account for less than half the French new car market over H1 2023. Private sales tend to reflect the most 'honest' best-sellers, shedding the somewhat artificial fleets and long+short term rental channels. The most…
The Proton X50 is a rebadged Geely Coolray. The Malaysian new car market gains 10.3% year-on-year to 366,037 units. Note 2022 was a record year in the country with 720,658 sales, up 41.6% on the year prior. According to local manufacturers association MAA, the robustness of the automobile sector in…
The Tesla Model Y is the most popular vehicle across the continent over H1 2023. 31/07 update: Now with Top 86 All brands and Top 505 All models. ACEA data shows a European market (EU+EFTA+UK) up 17.6% or almost 1 million units to 6,588,937 over H1. The H1 2022 volume…
The Mazda CX-30 is the best-selling vehicle in Colombia in June. The Colombian new vehicle market continues to freefall in June at -38.1% year-on-year to just 14,435 units, which is the largest drop of the year so far. The H1 2023 volume is down 26.6% to 90,869. According to ANDEMOS,…
The Renault Captur ranks #3 in Ile-de-France. Today we can share with you exclusive models ranking by region for France. The Top 3 best-selling models are available for each region. It's a battle between the Peugeot 208 and the Renault Clio for the regional titles, with the Clio winning 9…
Tesla Model Y Ranking #1 in China, #1 in Europe and #4 in the US, the Tesla Model Y is the best-selling vehicle in the world over the First Half of 2023. It also takes a serious option at topping the charts over the Full Year 2023, which would end…
The Skoda Octavia is the best-selling vehicle in Hungary over H1 2023. The Hungarian new passenger car market is down -1.4% year-on-year in June to 9,360 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -1.6% to 56,467. When adding light commercials, sales are up 2.4% to 68,339 units. Skoda tops the…
Ford F-Series sales are up 27.9% over the period. 7.695 million new light vehicles found a buyer in the US over the First Half of 2023, that's a 12.5% improvement on a H1 2022 score which was down -18.2% on the year prior. General Motors (+18.5%) scores an excellent result…
The BYD Yuan Plus is sold as the Atto 3 in export markets. According to data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), the Chinese wholesales market is up 9.8% over H1 2023 to 13,239,000 units including 11,268,000 Passenger Vehicles (+8.8%) and 1,971,000 Commercial Vehicles (+15.8%). Production is up…
The Dacia Jogger ranks #4 in Wallonia. As it was the case for Q1 and thanks to a tip from one of our readers we can share with you models detail for Belgium over the First Half of 2023. The Volvo XC40 remains the most popular model in the country,…
Toyota sales vastly outpace their home market in June. 392,719 new vehicles hit Japanese roads in June, a 19.8% year-on-year improvement. As a result the H1 2023 volume is up 17.5% to 2,450,599 units. Note the June result is still -12.8% off pre-pandemic June 2019. Toyota (+47.6%) vastly outruns its home…