The Isuzu D-Max is now assembled in Pakistan. According to PAMA, sales of locally-made light vehicles in Pakistan edge up 2.2% year-on-year to 22.878 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -4.8% to 65.315. Suzuki soars 22.8% year-on-year to hit a mammoth 60.4% market share, which is the highest we've seen…
The Dacia Duster remains the best-selling vehicle in New Caledonia. New light vehicle sales in New Caledonia, a French Overseas archipelago located north-east of Australia, post their first year-on-year gain of the year in March at +2.5% to 723 registrations, yet due to a disastrous start of 2019 the YTD tally…
Renault is the most popular carmaker in Argentina for the 4th time in the past 8 months. Things are taking a sinister turn in Argentina when it comes to new car sales with March marking a 10th consecutive month of double-digit drops at an abysmal -53.7% to just 38.864 units,…
Suzuki is the only one of the Big 5 carmakers to post a gain in March. As the end of the Japanese Financial Year, March volumes are always 35 to 40% higher than any other month in Japan and therefore is of capital importance. This year Japan new vehicle sales…
The new generation Toyota RAV4 has landed in South Africa. The South African new vehicle market drops -6.7% year-on-year in February to 43.251 registrations, meaning the year-to-date tally is now down -7.1% to 85.606 units. Toyota (+1.4%), the VW Group (+0.1%) and Nissan (-1.3%) buck the negative trend to top the…
Renault is the most popular carmaker in Argentina in February. The Argentinean new vehicle market endures a scathing 9th straight month of double-digit declines in February at -41.8% to 39.826 units, leading to a year-to-date volume imploding down 46.8% to 99.670. For the third time in the past 7 months after last…
Consult 5 years of Papua New Guinea Historical Data here Papua New Guinea (PNG) is one of the world’s least explored nations culturally and geographically. It occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea north of Australia, with the western half forming the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua. PNG is home to 8.1 million inhabitants,…
The Toyota Hilux easily wins the Fijian models pole position in 2018. Consult 5 years of Fiji Historical Data here. Fiji is a South Pacific archipelago composed of 332 islands and more than 500 islets located about 2.000 km (1.300 mi) north of New Zealand. Almost 90% of the 900.000 inhabitants…
The Isuzu D-Max is estimated to be the best-selling vehicle in the Solomon Islands in 2018. Consult 5 years of Solomon Islands Historical Data here. The Solomon Islands are located east of Papua New Guinea and composed of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands stretching 1.500 km (930 mi). Solomon is…
Toyota Land Cruiser sales surge 57.6% to #2 in Uganda this year. Consult 6 years worth of Uganda Historical Data here New vehicle sales in Uganda soar 9.7% year-on-year in 2018 to 2.594 units after two consecutive years of decline. Pickups account for 42.4% of the market and SUVs for…
The Honda Brio is the best-selling vehicle in Indonesia for the 2nd time in the past 3 months. 9/06/20 update: Now with the Top 110 All-models. The market is hit hard this month with a steep -15.3% year-on-year decline to just 81.677 wholesales. Toyota (-1.2%) manages to post the slimmest drop…
Isuzu holds 44.8% of the Tunisian LCV market in 2018. New light vehicle sales in Tunisia hit a wall in 2018 at -19.4% to just 51.348 units, while the parallel market is hit ever harder at -28.9% to 14.493. This fall was expected as 2018 marked a steep devaluation of…
The Toyota Hilux remains the most popular nameplate in the GCC in 2018. Consult 15 years of Gulf Cooperation Council Historical Data here. The Gulf Cooperation Council is an economic union including Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. New car sales in the region continue…
Lada Granta sales soar 54.1% year-on-year thanks to its facelift. After seeing its growth slim down to just +0.6% in January, the inevitable happens in Russia in February: with registrations down 3.6% to 128.406 units, this marks the first year-on-year decline in exactly two years, since February 2017, ending 24…
The all-new Aruz SUV helps Perodua up 13.7% this month. The Malaysian new car market is up a sturdy 8.5% year-on-year in January to 48.450 units, and brand leader Perodua (+13.7%) outpaces this growth to reach a very imposing 41.5% share, the third time in the past 4 months that…