The Tata Punch is already inside the Indian Top 10 for its first month in market. New car wholesales in India drop -22.2% year-on-year in October to 260.067 units, still a significant loss but a clear improvement on the -36.6% of September. The year-to-date tally is now up 38.2% to…
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…
Kia scores a third consecutive pole position in Israel this month. Thanks to our partnership with cartube.co.il, we can share with you today October brands sales data for Israel, models data is a quarterly occurrence. New car sales in the country return to frank positive this month at +29% year-on-year to…
The Fiat Panda holds 11% of the Italian market in October. The microchip crisis and lack of significant and generalised incentives means the Italian new car market is accelerating its fall in October to -35.7% at 101.015 units, compared with -33.1% in September and -26.9% in August. The year-to-date volume…
The Kia Ceed ends the month just two sales off a historic pole position. The Slovak new car market drops -8.7% year-on-year in September to 5.797 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally up 5.6% at 58.719 units. Market leader Skoda (-40.9%) freefalls to just 16.3% share vs. 21.3% so far…
Mercedes GLE sales are up 31.1% in a market down -20.5%. Sales of new imported cars in China accelerate their fall in September at -20.5% to 77.373 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up just 4.9% to 736.096. Mercedes (+2.9%) braves the negative environment to snap the pole position away from…
The Toyota Land Cruiser is the best-selling vehicle in Lebanon over the period. The Lebanese new car market drops -11.3% year-on-year over the first eight months of 2021 to 7.036 units vs. 7.935 a year ago. Toyota improves its share even further to 38.3% vs. 35.2% after four months this year,…
The Mazda BT-50 is among Australia's Top 10 best-sellers for the first time. 28/10 update: Now with Top 270 All-models ranking. Despite stock shortages triggered by the semi-conductor crisis and both Sydney and Melbourne being in lockdown, new car sales in Australia surge 20.8% year-on-year in September to 83.312 units,…
The Kia Rio is up to #2 overall in Mexico this month. The Mexican new light vehicle market edges down -1.1% year-on-year in September to 76.930 registrations, leading to a year-to-date volume up 14.1% to 757.846. Nissan (-13.2%) falls significantly faster than the market but easily hold onto the top…
Kia Niro sales are up 78.7% year-on-year in Q3 2021. Thanks to our partnership with cartube.co.il, we can share with you today September brands data for Israel as well as monthly models data for Q3. The market is down -32.9% year-on-year in September to just 12.375 registrations, leading to a year-to-date…
The Opel Corsa is #1 in Greece in September. Picture autogreeknews.gr The Greek new car market slows down its fall in September to -7% year-on-year at 6.612 registrations, sending the year-to-date volume up 36.2% to 81.758 units. Toyota (-15.9%) continues to dominate the brands ranking but posts a weak 11.2%…
Toyota RAV4 sales are up 75.3% year-on-year in September. The Romanian new car market is down -17.8% year-on-year in September to 8.942 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 4.3% to 88.253. Local behemoth Dacia (-29.2%) falls faster than its home market but posts a solid 27.2% share, in line…
The Dacia Sandero is the best-selling vehicle in Croatia in September. The Croatian new car market is down -10.3% year-on-year in September to 2.773 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now up 32.3% to 37.392. We have a completely reshuffled brands ranking this month, with Kia (+66%) shooting up to…
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…
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%…