Jetour sales are up 144.7% year-on-year over the First Half of 2026. After a 2025 record year, the Peruvian new vehicle market improves further in 2026 with sales shooting up 40.6% to 140,721. Leader Toyota (+25.1%) trails the market and drops two percentage points to 16.1% share. This is still…
The Toyota Hilux is the best-selling vehicle in Chile in July. 24,722 new light vehicles hit Chilean roads in July, a drastic -8.1% year-on-year fall. Thanks to a good first semester the YTD tally remains in positive at +3.3% to 178,296 units. Brand leader Toyota (-2.7%) manages to fall slower…
The Toyota Yaris Cross (emerging markets model) breaks into the Argentinean Top 5. Another mediocre month for new light vehicle sales in Argentina: down -31.2% year-on-year in July to 41,057 units. The year-to-date volume is now down -13.5% or almost 50,000 sales to 319,453. Toyota (-29.5%) is by far the…
The Mazda CX-5 is up to a record 8th place in China in July. The Russian new car market edges up 1.2% year-on-year in July to 122,092 units. This way, the year-to-date tally is up 12.2% to 730,714. For once local behemoth Lada (+3.5%) outpaces its home market to 23.9%…
Toyota Hilux sales are up 34.3% in July. It's a 21st consecutive month of year-on-year gains in South Africa at +11.9% in July to 57,708 units. This is also the 6th straight double-digit uptick. Toyota (+11.4%) matches the market to 24.5% share vs. 22.7% so far this year. It is…
Haval sales are up 48% in a market down -23.5% The Saudi new light vehicle market freefalls -23.5% year-on-year over the First Half of 2026 to a meagre 313,458 units, losing almost 100,000 sales in one year. Toyota (-17.4%) manages to fall slower than the market and as a result…
The Tesla Model Y is by far the best-selling vehicle in Colombia in June. The Colombian new vehicle market continues to soar, with June sales up another 61.6% year-on-year to 29,086. This way the year-to-date tally is now up 50.3% to 157,869. The market is fragmenting, with the Top 4…
The Nissan Patrol is the best-selling vehicle in the UAE so far in 2026. It's a period to forget for new car sales in the United Arab Emirates, with H1 volumes down -25.8% to 116,724, fully impacted by the US-Iran war. The situation is however seemingly getting better: while March…
The Jetour G700 is already inside the Qatari Top 10. New light vehicles sales in Qatar struggle this year at -18.5% to 34,325 over H1. The US-Iran war has no doubt had an effect on the market, like others in the region. Toyota (-15.2%) manages to improve its share from…
Ram 1500 sales are up 3-fold over H1 2026. 30,870 new light vehicles hit Omani roads over the First Half of 2026, a steep -15.2% year-on-year fall. Toyota (-25.7%) sees its market share drop from 48.7% last year to a still ultra dominant 42.6% now. Jetour (+44.9%) ignores the market…
The Haval H9 is up to #6 in Kuwait over H1 2026. New light vehicle sales in Kuwait drop -21.8% year-on-year over the First Half of 2026 to 53,849 units. Toyota (-44.8%) completely implodes over the period and loses almost ten percentage points of share in the process, going from…
The Jetour G700 is the most popular recent launch over the period. After losing -18.4% over Q1, the Bahraini new light vehicle market is down an even harsher -27.3% over H1 to just 13,165 units. Toyota (-23.1%) remains ultra dominant at 31.7% share, improving on the 29.9% of a year…
The Changan CS55 Pro ranks #3 in Syria over H1. The Syrian market is now definitely heading in the right direction, going from just 340 units over H1 2025 to 6,151 now. This is also to be compared with the 2,106 units of the Full Year 2025. Compared to last…
The Toyota Land Cruiser is the best-selling vehicle in Lebanon so far this year. The Lebanese new light vehicle market goes against the Middle Eastern gloom with a 30.9% year-on-year rise over H1 to 11,357 units. However this is a mere catching up as H1 2025 volumes were down -29.7%…
The new gen Toyota Hilux hasn't reached Yemen just yet. New light vehicle sales in Yemen are down a harsh -16.2% year-on-year over H1 to just 4,355 units. This is due to a horrendous Q2 result with April down -59.1% over 2025, May off -66.9% and June down -51.6%. Toyota…