Hyundai Kona sales are up 68.3% year-on-year in August. Note: This article only contains data for the brands reporting monthly. Local consultancy DesRosiers Automotive estimate the Canadian new light vehicle market to drop -2.9% year-on-year in August to 160,000 units. We remain well below the average of 180,000+ sales over…
TANK is inside the Thai Top 10 brands for the first time. The Thai new car market stands at 50,587 units in July and 370,214 after 7 months. Toyota improves its share to 39% vs. 38.6% year-to-date. After being overtaken by a euphoric BYD in June, Honda (11.2% share) and…
At 6.7% share, the Alza helps boost Perodua's result in July. The Malaysian new car market stands at 75,124 units in July, bringing the year-to-date volume to 468,904. Perodua dominates the brands charts head and shoulders and scores its highest share since last March at 44.6%. Proton follows at 17.5%…
The Toyota Corolla Cross holds 11.6% of the Taiwanese new car market in August. New light vehicle sales in Taiwan are stable in August at +0.2% to 29,460 but the year-to-date tally drops -14.2% to 263,910. Given August 2024 was off -17% on the year prior, this remains a poor…
The Toyota Yaris Sedan is back up to #2 62,815 new cars hit Saudi roads in July, stable (-0.1%) year-on-year. Through July, it's 472,587 new vehicles that were added to the parc, up 8.5% on the same period a year ago. Toyota (+3.1%) is strong at 32.2% share vs. 27.4%…
Chery ranks #8 brand in Singapore in July. The Singaporean new car market advances 18.1% year-on-year in July to 4,626 registrations, meaning the year-to-date volume is now up 27.1% to 28,583. BYD (+69.9%) easily holds onto the brands top spot with 19% of the market, distancing Toyota (+11.5%) at 15.7%…
The Suzuki Fronx repeats inside the Indonesian Top 10. It's another weak month for new vehicle sales in Indonesia: down -18.3% YoY in July to just 60,552. The year-to-date volume is now off -10.1% to 435,390, keeping in mind the 2024 YTD total was already down -17.4% on the year…
The Hyundai Tucson is up to #6 in Pakistan in July. According to local manufacturers association PAMA, the Pakistani new light vehicle market gains 28.5% year-on-year in July to 11,034 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 34.8% to 98,381. Note Changan and Kia do not share sales figures with PAMA…
Geely Galaxy NEV sales soar 115.3% YoY According to data by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), Chinese wholesales gain a formidable 14.7% year-on-year in July to 2,593,000 units. Among this, Passenger Vehicles are also up 14.7% to 2,287,000 and Commercial Vehicles up 14.1% to 306,000. Year-to-date, PV gain…
The Toyota Roomy sells over 10,000 units in Japan in July. Now that year-on-year boosts due to year-ago production disruptions are over, the Japanese new vehicle market is in negative for the first time this year at -3.6% to 390,516. The year-to-date tally remains in strong positive territory for now…
The Toyota Corolla Cross holds a record 14.1% of the Taiwanese market in July. The least we can say for July new car sales in Taiwan is that they are disappointing. At 35,483 units, they are off -22.3 on July 2024. As a result the YTD tally is now off…
Toyota 4Runner sales are up 91.2% YoY in July. Despite sales pulled ahead into March and April before tariff were in place (estimated at 173,000 sales), U.S. light vehicle sales are up in July. Estimates vary greatly, with J.D. Power-GlobalData seeing the market up 7.4% to 1,380,502 and Cox Automotive…
Hyundai Tucson sales are up 123.4% YoY in Canada in July. Note: This article only contains data for the brands reporting monthly. Local consultancy DesRosiers Automotive show a Canadian new light vehicle market up 6.9% year-on-year in July to 172,000 units. This is the best July result since pre-pandemic July…
The Dolphin helps BYD to a record 2nd place in Thailand in June. 53,535 new cars hit Thai roads in June, leading to a H1 volume standing at 319,627. Toyota remains by far the most popular brand in the country with 36.4% share, albeit below its H1 level of 38.6%.…
The Proton Saga is the third best-selling vehicle in Malaysia in June. 58,175 new cars found a buyer in Malaysia in June, a steep fall from the 73,964 of May. The H1 2025 tally stands at 393,780. Perodua is once again the standalone leader but sees its market share thaw…