The Fiat Strada is the best-selling vehicle in Brazil in August. The Brazilian new vehicle market accelerates its fall with a -8.6% year-on-year drop in August to 158.514 units, leading to a year-to-date tally now up 20.7% to 1.327.535 units. Fiat (+24.5%) once again ignores the challenging context to fly…
Toyota sales are up 5% in a market down -28.6%. New car sales in Singapore skid down -28.6% year-on-year in July to just 3.446 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 37.1% to 29.223. Relegated to third place last month, Toyota (+5%) braves the negative context to easily reclaim the…
Nissan sales soar 139.1% year-on-year so far in 2021. New light vehicle sales in Kuwait lurch up 51.2% year-on-year over the first 7 months of 2021 to 58.583 units. Brand leader Toyota (+8.5%) vastly trails the market and sees its share thaw from 39.6% over the same period a year…
MG is the 4th best-selling brand in Oman so far this year. The Omani new car market advances 16% year-on-year over the first seven months of 2021 to 42.597 registrations. Toyota (+31.9%) doubles the market growth rate to tighten its grip even further, going from 42.2% share a year ago…
The Renault Kwid dominates the Colombian charts in July. New vehicle sales in Colombia surge 59.7% year-on-year in July to 23.130 units, the highest score for the month since 2015. The year-to-date tally is now up 54.6% to 134.299. Note July 2021 volumes are up 1% on pre-pandemic levels of July…
VW Tiguan sales are up 123.1% in a market down -13.4%. With the country under Level 3 covid restrictions for most of the month, new car sales in Taiwan drop -13.4% year-on-year to 38.064, leading to a year-to-date tally up 2.4% to 259.873. Brand leader Toyota (-21.5%) drops faster than…
The VinFast Fadil is the best-selling vehicle in Vietnam in July. According to figures released by VAMA, the Vietnamese new vehicle market freefalls -33.4% year-on-year in July to 16.035 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 26.9% to 166.516. These figures climb to 23.848 for the month (-29.6%) and 224.302 year-to-date (+29.3%)…
The Voyah Free has landed into the Chinese retail charts. BSCB is the only non-Chinese medium to cover both wholesales (ex-factory shipments) and retail sales (end-customer sales) for China so you can get the most complete picture of the largest new vehicle market in the world. Retail sales tend to…
The Mitsubishi Xpander is the best-selling vehicle in Indonesia in July. New vehicle wholesales in Indonesia jump 163.6% year-on-year in July to 66.639 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 60.8% to 460.105. However this is now down -25.2% on the pre-pandemic levels of July 2019 (89.110) while the YTD…
The Hyundai Sonata is now produced locally in Pakistan. According to data released by PAMA, sales of new locally-made light vehicles in Pakistan shoot up 113.7% year-on-year in July to 24.918, sending the year-to-date tally up 125.1% to 126.361. Note Kia also produces locally now, reportedly selling more than Honda but…
Toyota Camry sales are up 44.6% year-on-year in July. The U.S. new light vehicle market is estimated to gain just 5% year-on-year in July to 1.237 million units according to Morgan Stanley, leading to a year-to-date volume up 25.3% to 9.594 million. This marks a clear slowing down of the…
The new generation lifts the Toyota Aqua from #20 in June to #5 in July. The Japanese new vehicle market drops -4.8% year-on-year in July to 377.448 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 9.1% to 2.842.034. Toyota (+8.1%) impressively signs the only year-on-year gain in the Top 7, improving…
Volkswagen sales almost double year-on-year in June. 03/08 update: Now with Top 25 models. New light vehicle sales in Turkey gain 12.5% year-on-year in June to 79.819 registrations, the largest June volume since 2017 (83.658). It brings the year-to-date tally up 55.3% to 394.701. Brand leaders Fiat (-3.5%) and Renault (-28.8%)…
The Toyota Corolla Cross is by far the best-selling vehicle in Taiwan in June. June is the first month since the start of the pandemic to be entirely under level 3 restrictions in Taiwan, and new car sales logically suffer from it, down -32.5% year-on-year to just 27.930 units. The…
Toyota is the best-selling carmaker in Singapore in 2020. Discover 15 years of Singapore Historical Data here. The Singaporean new car market is down a tough -38.5% year-on-year in 2020 to 44.465 units, marking a third consecutive year of double-digit decline. We have a change of guard atop the brands…