Honda Accord sales are up 144.9% in July. U.S. new light vehicles sales rise 15.3% year-on-year in July to 1.3 million units, bringing the year-to-date tally up 13.5% to 9 million. The Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate of sales (SAAR) is up 16.2% to 15.7 million units vs. 13.5 million in…
The VW Polo is the best-selling vehicle in Brazil for the 2nd month running. The Brazilian new light vehicle market shoots up 27.6% year-on-year in July to 215,711, leading to a year-to-date tally up 12.7% to 1,150,213. Fiat (+24.5%) retains the brands top spot with 20.6% share vs. 12% at…
The Toyota Town Ace is up 60.2% year-on-year in June. 42,359 new cars hit Taiwanese roads in July, a strong 10.9% year-on-year increase. The year-to-date volume is now up 14.9% to 277,216. Toyota (+11.9%) roughly matches the market to 30.7% share vs. 26.3% so far this year while Lexus (+75.2%)…
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…
Kia ranks #6 brand in Singapore in June. It's another sharp year-on-year drop for the Singaporean car market in June at -28.4% to just 2,332 sales. Keep in mind June 2022 was already down -26.5% on the year prior. The H1 2023 volume falls -20.2% to 13,224. Toyota (-24.3%) keeps its…
LI Auto breaks its volume record for the third month in a row. We can share with you today All brands and All models retail sales data for China in June. BSCB is the only non-Chinese medium to cover both wholesales (ex-factory shipments) and retail sales data for China so…
21,544 Ram Pickups found a new Canadian home in June. According to local consultancy DesRosiers Automotive, the Canadian new light vehicle market is estimated to climb 12.6% year-on-year in June to 161,901 units. To damper this performance, remember June 2022 was the lowest volume for the month since 2009. The…
Indonesia, like South East Asia, gets a specific Toyota Yaris Cross. The Indonesian new vehicle wholesales market is up 4.3% year-on-year in June to 82,581 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 6.4% to 505,985. In contrast, retail sales drop -4.2% to 80,021 with a H1 2023 volume up 8% to…
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…
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 Nissan Rogue is back inside the US Top 10. US new light vehicle sales over Q2 2023 jump +16.9% year-on-year to 4.11 million units. In the groups ranking, General Motors (+19.1%) flies off to just under 690,000 sales, distancing Toyota Motor (+7.1%) and Ford Motor (+9.9%) both trailing the…
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 BYD Seagull is already inside the Chinese Top 25. In June a raft of marketing activities by manufacturers and the instruction by the central government that local governments and financial institutions introduce subsidies to boost car sales can't lift the Chinese wholesales market significantly. It only edges up 4.8% year-on-year in…
The Honda CR-V manages what is believed to be its first monthly win. 42,380 new vehicles hit Taiwanese roads in June, a fantastic 29.9% improvement on a year ago. The year-to-date volume is now up 15.6% to 234,857. Toyota (+3.8%) easily keeps the lead of the brands charts despite trailing…
Nissan sales are up 9.5% in a market down -24.8% The Singaporean new car market continues to perform poorly in May, down another -24.8% year-on-year in May to 2,214 units. As a reminder, May 2022 was already down -21.7% on the year prior. The year-to-date tally is down a harsh…