The Jeep Commander has landed in Brazil. The Brazilian new light vehicle market sinks -26.9% year-on-year in October to 150.079 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 7.7% to 1.619.905 units. As a result we have revised our Full Year 2021 forecast for Brazil down from 2.03 million to 1.99…
Hyundai sales are up 61.7% in a market down -36.9%. 1/11 update: Now with Top 25 models. New light vehicle sales in Turkey drop a steep -36.9% year-on-year in September to 57.141 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 13.4% to 559.724. Fiat (-40.1%) remains by far the best-selling carmaker…
Outstanding back-loaded end-of-quarter month for the Tesla Model Y. 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 give…
Geely is now among the 10 best-selling carmakers in Jordan. New car sales in Jordan advance 16% year-on-year over the first eight months of 2021 to 19.709 registrations. Toyota continues to vastly dominate the brands charts with 39% share, that's more than twice any other manufacturer in the country. Hyundai…
The Toyota Corolla Cross remains the most popular vehicle in Taiwan this month. Picture u-car.com.tw The Taiwanese new car market is up 10.4% year-on-year in September to 41.133 registrations, meaning the year-to-date volume is now up 2.6% to 334.152. Brand leader Toyota (+65.2%) is in large part responsible for the…
The VinFast Lux A2.0 is inside the Vietnamese Top 10 for the 2nd time in the past 3 months. According to figures released by VAMA, the Vietnamese new vehicle market crumbles down -50.3% year-on-year in September to just 13.537 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up +5.5% to 188.937. These…
The Mazda CX-30 is the favourite vehicle in Colombia again. New vehicle sales in Colombia soar 23.8% year-on-year in September to 22.834 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 50.4% to 178.232. Renault (+16.2%) easily remains in the brands top spot with 19% share vs. 20.7% so far this year.…
The Renault Clio is the best-selling vehicle in Slovenia in September. The Slovenian new car market is down -7% year-on-year in September to 4.127 registrations, meaning the year-to-date tally is now in negative at -0.3% to 43.098 units. Faithful to its end-of-quarter backloading practice, Renault (+10.2%) defies the depleted environment…
The Toyota Rush is the best-selling vehicle in Indonesia for the first time. The Indonesian new wholesales market is up 73.2% year-on-year in September to 84.113 units on Covid-affected year-ago volumes, leading to a year-to-date tally up 68.7% to 627.537. Note September 2021 is down -9.5% on pre-pandemic September 2019 and…
The NIO EC6 breaks its volume record in China in September. According to data by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), wholesales of China-made new vehicles drop -19.6% year-on-year to 2.067.000 units, marking a 5th straight month of decline and accelerating the negative trend compared to -17.8% in August.…
The new Territory is helping Ford up 57% year-to-date in the Philippines. In September, Toyota (-6.8%) continues to dominate the Filipino market with just under 10.000 sales, that's 3.4 times the amount of #2 Mitsubishi (-45.8%) in dire straits. Ford (+13.4%) and Isuzu (+7%) deliver the only year-on-year gain in…
Toyota Corolla sales are up 17.6% year-on-year in Canada over Q3 2021. According to local consultancy DesRosiers Automotive, the Canadian new light vehicle market is down -19.6% year-on-year in September to 136.584 units, with the Seasonally Adjusted Annualised Rate of sales (SAAR) down to 1.55 million units. The Q3 volume…
Toyota Motor outsells General Motors for the second quarter in a row. New light vehicle sales in the U.S. fall an estimated -25% year-on-year in September to just under 1 million units according to LMC Automotive. That's the lowest volume for the month since 2010 as the industry remains plagued…
The Hyundai Casper has landed in the South Korean charts. The South Korean new car market drops -30% year-on-year in September to 112.196 units, including 91.790 (-33.7%) for domestic brands and 20.406 (-6.6%) for foreign carmakers. The year-to-date tally is now off -6.5% to 1.290.321, with local carmakers off -9.4%…
Mitsubishi eK sales are up 42% year-on-year. The Japanese new vehicle market crumbles -32.2% year-on-year in September to 318.371 units vs. 459.706 a year ago, leading to a year-to-date tally up 2.3% to 3.480.102 units. We have downgraded our Japan 2021 Forecast to 4.48 million units, tilting into negative at -2%…