Honda CR-V * See the Top 30 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * The Estonian new car market is down a harsh 12% year-on-year to 1.748 registrations, pulling the year-to-date total into negative at -1% and 8.701 units. Toyota is the only manufacturer in the…
Jeep sets an all-time volume record in May at 79.652 units. * Now updated with the Top 20 groups, Top 40 brands and Top 275 models * Whereas the totality of analysts had predicted a slight year-on-year decline due to less selling days in May this year than in 2014, the…
The Isuzu MU-X comes in at #8 in the Philippines so far this year. * See the Top 170 best-selling models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title * New car sales in the Philippines fly from record to record: up an estimated 32% year-on-year over the first 4…
BMW X5 * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 190 All-models by clicking on the title * New vehicle sales in Hong Kong are up 4% year-on-year in May to 4.300 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 22.680 units, up 9% on 2014. Toyota continues to dominate the brands ranking…
Honda Shuttle * See the Top 60 All-brands, Top 30 regular cars, Top 35 kei cars by clicking on the title * Japan report prepared in collaboration with Stephen Bloom. Sales of new vehicles in Japan are down 8% year-on-year in May to 335.644 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 2.234.004…
Never had the Ford Ka nameplate managed to rank that high in Brazil. * See the Top 20 best-selling brands and Top 120 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Brazil take another harsh beating in May, down 26% year-on-year to 204.978 registrations, pulling the year-to-date total…
Kia Sportage is the favourite choice of Israeli customers again. Picture www.cartube.co.il * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 237 All-models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Israel retract by 4% year-on-year in May to 20.763 registrations but are still up 5% year-to-date at 118.437 units. The brands…
Nissan X-Trail (Chinese model shown) * See the Top 10 best-selling brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * The Taiwanese new car market recedes by 6% year-on-year in May to 34.478 registrations, however the year-to-date total is still in positive at +3% and 175.079 units. Toyota remains…
The Dodge Attitude is only 115 units off a Top 20 ranking in Mexico this month. * See the Top 220 All-models and Top 38 All-brands by clicking on the title * For the 2nd second month in a row I can share with you detailed sales figures for Mexico, giving…
Isuzu D-Max * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 25 brands by clicking on the title * * NOW UPDATED with the Top 95 best-selling models for January-April 2015 * The Thai new auto market is sinking further into recession in April with sales down another 27% year-on-year to…
Perodua Axia * See the Top 46 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title * Paying for the pull-forward sales of March (+14%) in anticipation of the GST implementation, the Malaysian new car market crashes down 23% year-on-year in April to just 45.187 registrations, pulling the year-to-date total in negative…
Lindsay Chappell this week published a fascinating article on Automotive News USA about the growing power of Hispanic buyers in the U.S. market. I summarise it below, you can read the full article here: "Sales to Hispanics outpacing the market" What's the weight of Hispanic buyers in the U.S. market? 54 million Hispanics…
The Toyota Yaris hatch on sale in Panama is the Thai/Chinese spec, not US. * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title * New car sales in Panama are up by a dynamic 7% year-on-year in 2014 to 60.304 registrations. If in 2013 Toyota just…
Second consecutive month inside the Top 10 for the Fiat 500L. * See the Top 35 All-brands and Top 100 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Romania are up 11% year-on-year in April to 5.482 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 19.915 units, up 9% on…
Toyota Rush * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title * After 4 consecutive record years, the Indonesian new car market has been reversing gears for about 10 months now. But this is different. April sales are down 24% year-on-year to just 81.600 registrations, the steepest…