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…
Toyota sales vastly outpace their home market in June. 392,719 new vehicles hit Japanese roads in June, a 19.8% year-on-year improvement. As a result the H1 2023 volume is up 17.5% to 2,450,599 units. Note the June result is still -12.8% off pre-pandemic June 2019. Toyota (+47.6%) vastly outruns its home…
The Ford Puma remains in the YTD lead in the UK. 177,266 new cars hit UK roads in June, a very solid 25.8% year-on-year improvement. However we remain slightly below the 186,128 units of June 2021 and 20.6% below the 223,421 sales of June 2019. The H1 2023 volume is up 18.4%…
A new generation Daihatsu Sigra is bound for Indonesian dealerships (current gen pictured) After sinking -28.9% in April, wholesales in Indonesia rally back up 66% year-on-year in May to 82,097 units, leading to a year-to-date volume tilting back into positive at +6.9% to 423,404. The retail market is up 34.1%…
The GAC Aion Y breaks its volume record in May. We can share with you today All brands and All models retail sales data for China in May. BSCB is the only non-Chinese medium to cover both wholesales (ex-factory shipments) and retail sales data for China so you can get…
The VinFast VF 8 is the best-selling vehicle in Vietnam in May. According to local manufacturers association VAMA, new vehicle sales in Vietnam sink -52.7% year-on-year in May to just 20,726 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -35.7% to 113,527. When adding Hyundai and VinFast EV who report separately…
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…
One in three new light vehicles registered in May is a Suzuki Alto. The Pakistani wholesales market continues its freefall in May at -76.9% year-on-year to 5,290 units, which means the year-to-date volume is now off -68.6% to 36,043. This is linked with lingering production hiccups linked with the non-availability of CKD…
The BYD Qin Plus is now the best-selling model in China over 5 months. According to data by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), wholesales in China climb 27.9% year-on-year in May to 2,382,000 units. This is partly due to low year-ago volumes which were down -12.6% on the…