The new X pushes Neta to a record ranking in Thailand. 40,630 new light vehicles found a buyer in Thailand in October, compared to 43,568 in September. Toyota falls back to a still ultra dominant 41.9% share vs. 42.8% last month. Honda drops to 12.2% and ends the month just…
The Perodua Axia is the best-selling vehicle in Malaysia in September. Malaysia has now well and truly returned to BSCB with September 2024 data now available and October coming up soon. 61,075 new light vehicles found a buyer in the country in September. Local brand leader Perodua has a tough…
Local producer Neta is the #10 brand in Thailand in September. 43,568 new light vehicles hit Thai roads in September. Toyota tightens its grip on the market further with 42.8% share vs. 41.7% last month. It is followed by Honda at 13.1% and Isuzu at 12.1%, a bit better than…
The Toyota Hilux CHAMP ranks #12 in Thailand in August. Thailand is back on BSCB! We now have access to all brands and all models monthly rankings. In August 48,726 new light vehicles found a buyer here. Toyota further tightens its hold on the market at 41.7% share vs. 34.3%…
Mazda sales are up 36.7% year-on-year in August. OEM estimates have the U.S. new light vehicle market up a solid 6% year-on-year to 1.42 million units. This leads a year-to-date tally of 10.5 million units, up 1.5% over the same period in 2023. Light truck sales are up 8.9% to…
The CX-50 (+123.9%) helps Mazda up 51.4% in July. Local consultancy DesRosiers Automotive has the Canadian new light vehicle market up 11% year-on-year in July to an estimated 161,000 units, thanks partly to delayed sales from the June software outage. This is however still below the 170-185,000 units July volumes…
The Tesla Model Y is the best-selling vehicle in the world in 2023. According to data by OICA, the world new vehicle market grows 11.9% year-on-year in 2023 to 92,724,668, almost 10 million units more than in 2022. In fact, we are now back to pre-pandemic levels given 2019 was…
Toyota Tundra sales are up 44.9% year-on-year in May. The U.S. new light vehicle market gains 5% year-on-year in May to 1,444,543 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 3.5% to 6,548,694. Passenger cars are down -3.4% to 288,634 and 20% share whereas light trucks are up 7.3% to 1,155,904 and…
Lincoln Corsair sales are up 162.6% in April. New light vehicle sales in the U.S. slip -2.4% year-on-year in April to an estimated 1,327,976 units. The year-to-date tally is up 3.1% to 5,104,051. Passenger cars are down -10.7% to 264,482 units and 19.9% share while Light Trucks edge down just…
The Mitsubishi Xforce is an instant blockbuster in Vietnam. According to data by local association VAMA, the Vietnamese new vehicle market drops -9.2% year-on-year in March to 27,289 sales, leading to a year-to-date tally down -17.4% to 58,165. This is a much better result than the -49.5% of last month. When…
The Ford Ranger is #1 in Vietnam in February. VAMA data shows a Vietnamese market imploding -49.5% year-on-year to just 11,633 sales and off -23.5% to 30,876. When adding Hyundai who reports separately from VAMA, these figures climb to 13,666 (-52%) and 36,478 (-26%). According to VAMA, the horrendous market…
The Mitsubishi Xpander is the best-selling vehicle in Vietnam in January. According to local association VAMA, sales of locally-produced vehicles in Vietnam are up 11.1% year-on-year in January to 19,243 units. Adding Hyundai who reports separately, the market is up 9.6% to 22,812. Hyundai (+2.1%) is stable at #1 with…
The BYD Atto 3 is inside the Thai Top 10 in 2023. The Thai new light vehicle market suffers in 2023 at -8.7% to 755,780 vs. 849,388 in 2022, slipping below Malaysia. Toyota (-7.9%) manages to hold its fall to just below the market rate and as a result improves…
Toyota RAV4 sales are up 54.9% year-on-year in January. U.S. new light vehicle sales are estimated to grow 4.5% year-on-year in January to 1.09 million units, translating into a SAAR of 15.2 million according to Cox Automotive. This is to be compared with 15.8 million in December and could be…
The Toyota Kijang Innova is the best-seller in Indonesia for the first time since 2005. Discover 45 years of Indonesian Historical Data here. The Indonesian wholesales car market edges down -4% year-on-year in 2023 to 1,005,802 units, while retail sales are down -1.5% to 998,059. In the brands wholesales ranking,…