The Jetour T2 is the third best-selling vehicle in Bahrain through September. The Bahraini new light vehicle market advances 10.9% year-on-year through September to 27,074 sales. Toyota (+7.8%) trails the overall growth but remains out of reach at 31% share vs. 31.6% a year ago. Nissan (-10.6%) is in difficulty…
The Toyota Yaris Sedan is the uncontested leader in Saudi Arabia this month. The Saudi new light vehicle market is up a solid 6.8% year-on-year in August to 73,153 units. This way, the year-to-date tally is up 8.3% to 545,740. Toyota (+5.2%) trails the market slightly but still signs a…
The Geely Emgrand is up to #6 in the UAE in August. Emirati new light vehicle sales are stable in August at +0.3% to 27,179. This leads to a year-to-date tally up 4.6% to 208,681. Toyota (+7.3%) improves its market share to 25.8% vs. 24.6% so far this year whereas…
The Suzuki Baleno ranks #2 in Chile in September. New light vehicle sales in Chile surge 23.7% year-on-year in September to 31,871 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 4.6% to 231,870. Toyota (+9.2%) remains at its traditional pole position in the brands charts but Suzuki (+50.7%) is catching up…
Toyota Starlet sales are up 160.2% year-on-year in September. New vehicle sales in South Africa continue on their stunning run at +24.3% year-on-year in September to 54,700 units. This is the 7th straight month of double-digit year-on-year upticks and the highest September result in 10 years: since September 2015 (55,322). Passenger…
The Jetour X50 ranks #10 in Moldova in August. According to data by our local partner CE Auto, new car sales in Moldova advance 16.3% year-on-year in August to 1,093 units with the year-to-date volume now up 8.8% to 6,816. The Dacia Duster (-20.3%) is back in charge for just…
The Hyundai Grand i10 is the most popular vehicle in Panama in August. New light vehicle sales in Panama in August stand at 4,868 units, up 6.6% on last year. This way, the YTD tally is up 7.8% to 38,111. Toyota (+0.2%) is stable and easily holds onto the brands…
The Belgee X50 is up to a record 4th place across Russia in August. 122,235 new cars found a buyer in Russia in August, that's a -17.6% year-on-year decrease. So far this year, volumes are down -23% to 773,264. Homegrown behemoth Lada falls heavily at -28.4% and sees its market…
Suzuki sales are up 27.3% in August. Another euphoric month for new vehicle sales in South Africa with August at +18.7% to 51,880 units, marking a 6th straight month of double-digit YoY gains. This is the largest August tally since 2014 (55,722). Passenger cars are up 22.5% to 36,914, their…
The Hyundai Grand i10 smashes its ranking record to #2. New light vehicle sales in Chile drop -3.1% year-on-year in August to 27,462 units but the year-to-date tally remains in positive at +2.1% to 199,999. Toyota (+38.1%) surges ahead to lodge its third consecutive monthly win at 8.6% share. It…
The Toyota Yaris Sedan is back up to #2 62,815 new cars hit Saudi roads in July, stable (-0.1%) year-on-year. Through July, it's 472,587 new vehicles that were added to the parc, up 8.5% on the same period a year ago. Toyota (+3.1%) is strong at 32.2% share vs. 27.4%…
The Jetour T2 is the third best-selling vehicle in the UAE in July. The Emirati new car market is up 4.6% year-on-year in July to 24,257 units. This brings the year-to-date tally up 5.3% to 181,502. Toyota (+6%) maintains its stranglehold on the brands charts with 27.6% share, well above…
The Suzuki Jimny is the 4th best-selling vehicle in Panama in July. Panama is back on BSCB, and this is a new monthly update. July sales in the country stand at 4,995 units, up 9.4% year-on-year while the year-to-date tally is up 7.7% to 32,794. Toyota dominates the brands ranking…
The Chevrolet Cobalt is the favourite of Kazakh buyers in July. Complete May and June data is also included in this article. 20,165 new vehicles found a buyer in Kazakhstan in July, a solid 10.5% year-on-year improvement. The year-to-date tally fares even better at +23.3% to 125,034. This month Chevrolet…
BYD holds 12.6% of the Uruguayan market in July. Excellent results for the Uruguayan new light vehicle market, up 21.4% to 5,908 units. This brings the year-to-date tally up 9.8% to 36,678. We have a big event atop the charts this month: Chinese superstar BYD (+271.5%) improves its sales 4-fold…