The Suzuki Alto holds 30.6% of the Pakistani market this month. Sales of locally made new light vehicles gain 23.9% year-on-year in September to 10,297 units according to local association PAMA. The year-to-date tally is now up 44.2% to 91,957 on devastated year-ago results. Note Changan and Kia do not…
The Suzuki Bolan ranks #3 in Pakistan in August. Local manufacturer association PAMA has the Pakistani new light vehicle market up 14.8% year-on-year in August to 8,699 units, keeping in mind August 2023 was a particularly low base. The year-to-date tally remains frankly in positive at 81,660 units, up 47.3%…
The Sazgar Haval H6 is the 2nd best-selling vehicle in Pakistan in July. Local manufacturers association PAMA has the Pakistani market up 68.7% year-on-year to 8,589 on poor year-ago volumes. The year-to-date tally is up 52.5% to 72,961. Note Changan and Kia do not report sales figures to PAMA but…
The GWM Ora 03 now appears in the Mexican charts. New car sales in Mexico improve 11.5% year-on-year in May to 119,985 units. Once again this is the best May result in 7 years: since the 122,925 sales of May 2017. The year-to-date volume is now up 12.2% to 585,720. Nissan…
The Sazgar Haval H6 is the 2nd best-selling vehicle in Pakistan in May. Once again, sales of new assembled light vehicles in Pakistan rally up 107% year-on-year in May to 10,949 units, keeping in mind May 2023 was down -76.9% on the year prior. As a result we remain a…
The Suzuki Alto holds 45.5% of the Pakistani market in April. Sales of new assembled light vehicles in Pakistan rally up 135.6% year-on-year in April to 10,515 units, keeping in mind April 2023 was down -80% on the year prior. We remain a daunting -53% below the April 2022 result…
The VW Lavida is the best-selling vehicle in China for the first time in 3 years. 19/03 update: Now with revised figures for all brands and models. Chinese retail sales of the selection of vehicles included in this update rally back up 68.1% year-on-year in January to 2,084,941 units. January…
The Suzuki Alto holds 42.1% of the Pakistani market this month. The Pakistani new light vehicle market continues its freefall in October at -53.8% to a measly 6,180 units, bringing the year-to-date volume down -63.4% to 69,927. Note Changan and Kia do not report sales figures to PAMA but are reported…
The Renault Express is up to #2 in Moldova in September. Based on data shared with us by our local partner CE Auto, new car sales in Moldova advance 14.4% year-on-year in September to 787, leading to a year-to-date tally up 12.8% to 6,154. The Toyota RAV4 (+16.7%) climbs to the…
The Suzuki Alto holds 30.7% of the Pakistani market in September. The Pakistani new light vehicle market is slowly getting back to normal in September at -24.1% year-on-year to 8,312 units according to local association PAMA. That's better than the -34.9% of August and the -57% of July. The year-to-date…
The Suzuki Alto is up to 36.5% share in August. According to local association PAMA, the Pakistani new light vehicle market sinks -34.9% year-on-year to 7,579. Although drastic, this is an improvement on the -57% of July. Grave production issues linked to the non-availability of CKD parts due to the absence…
The Kia Sportage is #1 in Moldova both in July and YTD. Based on data shared with us by our Central European market data partner CE Auto, the Moldovan new car market edges down -1% year-on-year in July to 742 sales. This is a strong result as July 2022 was up 24% on…
The Mitsubishi Triton is up 10-fold year-on-year in June. New Zealand vehicle sales surge by a spectacular 96.1% year-on-year in June to 23,560, a new all time monthly volume record. This result is linked to Clean Car policy changes with customers rushing to register vehicles to avoid new fees. The…
The Sazgar Haval H6 breaks into the Pakistani Top 10. Sales of new locally-produced light vehicles in Pakistan continue to implode in June at -78.7% year-on-year to just 6,034, according to local association PAMA. The H2 volume is down -70.2% to 42,764. Behind this freefall are grave production issues linked with the non-availability…
The Ford Ranger is the best-selling vehicle in New Zealand for the 4th time in a row. The New Zealand market is stable in May (+0.2%) at 13,354 sales but remains down year-to-date at -12.3% to 61,457. Passenger Cars drop -17.2% to 2,104 and 15.8% share vs. 19.1% a year…