The Sunny helps Nissan up to 10.2% share over the period. New car sales in Bahrain are up 17.2% year-on-year over the first four months of 2021 to 8.862 registrations. Toyota remains ultra-dominant but loses almost three percentage points of market share compared to Full Year 2020 at 37.8%. Nissan on…
The Suzuki Alto remains by far the best-seller in Pakistan. Sales of locally-produced light vehicles in Pakistan add up to 17.233 in April vs. just 39 units in April 2020 when the market stalled due to Covid. The year-to-date tally is now up 130.8% to 71.997 units. Note April 2021…
MG is up to #4 brand in Oman so far in 2021. New car sales in Oman edge up 7.8% year-on-year over the first four months of 2021 to 27.636 units vs. 25.647 over the same period a year ago. Toyota tightens its grip on the Omani market even further, going…
The Nissan Sunny is up to #2 in Kuwait so far in 2021. The Kuwaiti new light vehicle market is up 44.4% year-on-year over the first four months of 2021 to 34.058 units vs. 23.589 over the corresponding period last year. Toyota still leads by an overwhelming margin but sees…
The Toyota Land Cruiser remains the best-selling vehicle in Jordan. New car sales in Jordan bounce back up 32.5% year-on-year over the first four months of 2021 to 9.863 units. Jordanian buyers are trusting the most popular carmakers over the period, with the Top 3 brands accounting for 69.9% of…
The new gen lifts Hyundai Grand i10 sales up 1678.4%. Picture autocosmos.com New light vehicle sales in Mexico shoot up 139.5% year-on-year in April to 83.611 units on weak, covid-impacted year-ago volumes. The year-to-date tally is now up 3.3% to 342.650 sales. Note April 2021 volumes remain down on pre-pandemic…
The Toyota Kijang Innova is #1 in Indonesia in April. New vehicle wholesales in Indonesia shoot up 902.5% year-on-year in April to 78.908, sending the year-to-date total up 9.1% to 265.934. April 2021 is down just -6.1% on two years ago in April 2019 (84.029). Retail sales are up 227.5% year-on-year…
Honda UR-V sales are up 6-fold year-on-year in April. According to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), new vehicle wholesales are up 8.6% year-on-year in April to 2.252.000 units, marking a 13th consecutive month of gains. This leads to a year-to-date tally up 51.8% to 8.748.000 units. Passenger Vehicles…
Mazda sales are up 9.5% on April 2019. According to local consultancy DesRosiers Automotive, at 162.455 units the Canadian new light vehicle market is up 254.4% year-on-year in April as April 2020 was a lockdown month. However unlike in the U.S. where volumes are now above pre-pandemic levels, this is…
Toyota Highlander sales are up 302.3% year-on-year in the U.S. New light vehicle sales in the U.S. are estimated to surge 110% year-on-year in April to 1.4 million units, also 4.8% above the April 2019 volume. It's another strong month with the Seasonally Adjusted Annualised sales Rate (SAAR) up 115%…
Suzuki Jimny kei car sales are up 185.3% year-on-year in April. The Japanese new vehicle market is up 29.4% year-on-year in April to 349.895 units on weak, Covid-19 impacted year-ago volumes. The year-to-date tally now stands at 1.779.638 units, up 8.4% on the same period in 2020. Brand leader Toyota…
The Fiat Strada is by far the best-selling vehicle in Brazil this month. The Brazilian new light vehicle market bounces back up 219.2% year-on-year on lockdown year-ago volumes to 163.902 units, tilting the year-to-date tally into positive at +13.3% and 661.757 registrations. April 2021 however remains down -25.9% on the…
Honda sales are helped by the new City hatchback. New vehicle sales in Thailand rebound back up 23.5% year-on-year in March to 74.295, meaning the year-to-date tally is now down -3% to 194.137. The two market leaders Toyota (+28.6%) and Isuzu (+28.6%) evolve the same way year-on-year, which in the current…
The VW Taos is up to #15 in Mexico in March. Picture autocosmos.com.mx New light vehicle sales in Mexico edge up 9.1% year-on-year in March to 95.513 units, keeping in mind March 2020 was down -25.5% on the year prior. The Q1 volume is now down -12.7% to 259.039. The Top…
The Toyota Avanza is #1 in Indonesia for the first time in a year. After two difficult months, the Indonesian new vehicle market now benefits from weak year-ago levels and perks back up. March wholesales are up 10.6% to 84.910, leading to a year-to-date tally down -21% to 187.021. For…