Xpeng sales double year-on-year in Singapore in July. New car sales in Singapore gain 7.1% year-on-year in July to 4,953 units. This is a particularly strong result given July 2025 was already up 18.1% on the year prior. The year-to-date tally is up a sturdy 12.3% to 32,097. BYD (+25%)…
The new Tekton sends Nissan sales up 3-fold in July. Wholesales in India surge 33.6% or 117,000 sales year-on-year in July to 463,249 units, obviously a new record for the month, smashing the previous best of 351,908 reached in 2023, In fact this is the second highest monthly volume in…
The Geely EX2 is up to #9 in Brazil in July. 265,907 new cars hit Brazilian roads in July, a splendid 15.5% year-on-year improvement. This is the highest July volume in 12 years: since the 279,815 units of July 2014. The year-to-date tally is now up 19.5% to 1,626,541, here…
The previous generation Suzuki Swift is still on sale in Pakistan. According to local manufacturers association PAMA, sales of new locally made cars in Pakistan surge 79.6% year-on-year in July to 19,818 units. This brings the year-to-date volume up 40.2% to 137,941. Note Changan and Kia do not share sales…
The Proton e.MAS 5 is a rebadged Geely EX2/Xingyuan 80,030 new cars found a buyer in Malaysia in July, a solid 6.5% year-on-year lift. This way, the year-to-date tally is now up 4.4% to 489,340. Local hero Perodua (-4.9%) can't capitalise on its home market's growth but still delivers a…
JAC La Venezolana Pro The Venezuelan new vehicle market continues to rally back up, with H1 2026 sales soaring 66.8% year-on-year to 25,173. JAC (+94.9%) overtakes Toyota (+13.9%) to easily snap the brands pole position at an overwhelming 42.5% share vs. 26.2% for Toyota. Changan (+73.5%) stays in third place…
The BYD Racco has launched in Japan. New vehicle sales in Japan are up a sturdy 6.8% in July to 417,163 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 2.5% or 68,400 units to 2,804,353. Once again local behemoth Toyota (+12%) outpaces its home market to 34.1% share vs. 32.3% so…
The Honda CR-V remains well above its archenemy the Toyota RAV4. The U.S. new light vehicle market falls slightly in July at -1.4% year-on-year to 1.38 million units according to preliminary figures by GlobalData. Sales are hampered by a relatively strong year-ago result when customers rushed to dealerships to purchase…
The Foxtron Bria is the most popular BEV at home in July. 38,657 new cars hit Taiwanese roads in July, up 8.9% year-on-year, however keep in mind July 2025 was a particularly bad month at -22.3% on the year prior. The year-to-date tally after 7 months adds up to 240,935…
VW Tiguan sales triple year-on-year over Q2. According to local consultancy DesRosiers Automotive, new light vehicles sales in June end a streak of 8 consecutive year-on-year declines with a 1.9% uptick to 182,000 units, with one extra selling day. The SAAR stands at 1.84 million, here too stopping a negative…
Toyota Calya sales are up 115.3% year-on-year in June. Wholesales in Indonesia rally back up 34.3% year-on-year in June to 77,550 units after losing -20.8% a year ago. The H1 volume is up 16.5% to 436,564. Retail sales are up 20.9% to 74,507 for the month and up 11.1% to 433,848…
The Honda City is the best-selling foreigner in Malaysia in June. Exceptional month for new light vehicle sales in Malaysia, with June volumes up 25.4% year-on-year to 72,943. This way, the H1 2026 tally is up 3.9% to a record 409,310. Perodua (+23.2%) slightly trails its home market but remains…
The Suzuki Fronx ranks #3 in Pakistan in June. According to local manufacturers association PAMA, 22,741 new locally assembled vehicles found a buyer in Pakistan in June, hit Pakistani roads in May, a +4.4% year-on-year improvement. The H1 2026 volume is up 35.2% to 118,123 vigorous. Note not all manufacturers…
The Xiaomi YU7 was #1 in January and ranks #5 over H1. Over the first half of 2026, CAAM data shows wholesales of Chinese-made vehicles down -4.1% to 15,017,000 vehicles, after climbing 11% to 15,653,000 last year (this includes exports). Sales of light passenger vehicles are off -6% to 12,720,000…
Ram Pickup sales are up 19.1% year-on-year over H1. The U.S. new light vehicle market is down -2.7% year-on-year over the First Half of 2026 to 7,934,650 units. Forecasts for the second half of the year aren't more optimistic, and many analysts predict a negative market over the Full Year…