Peugeot sales are up 32.5% in July and 0.2% in August in Slovakia. In July, new car sales in Slovakia slow their far to -12.5% year-on-year to 8.262 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -31.3% to 42.277. Brand leader Skoda (+2.7%) bucks the negative and posts the only year-on-year…
Lada Granta sales are up 91.7% year-on-year in July. The Kazakh new car market continues on its impressive post-pandemic run in July with sales up 6.5% year-on-year to 7.517 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 11.6% to 43.658. Lada (+24.2%) cements its brands leadership at 23.4% share, distancing Hyundai…
First Serbian Top 10 finish for the Citroen C3 Aircross. Picture dmotion.rs According to data released by our Central European data partner CE Auto, the Serbian new car market drops just -6.9% year-on-year in July to 3.100 units, leading to a year-to-date volume off -29.3% to 15.235. The Renault Clio (+294.8%) is…
The Renault Kadjar hits its highest ranking in over 2 years. Picture largus.fr According to our Central European market data partner CE Auto, new car sales in Moldova sink -24.2% year-on-year in July to 442 units, that's a harsher decline than in June (-15.2%) which leads to a year-to-date tally off -29.3%…
The Ford Kuga breaks into the Turkish Top 15 in July. 27/08 update: Now with Top 25 models. It's another seemingly euphoric month for new light vehicle sales in Turkey, up almost 5-fold or a surreal 387.5% year-on-year to 87.401 units, boosting the year-to-date tally up 60.3% to 341.469. Passenger…
The Chevrolet Onix remains the most popular vehicle in Colombia. 25/08 update: Now with Top 30 brands and Top 75 models. Colombia has added almost 265.000 new Covid-19 cases over the past month alone, with total cases now nearing 400.000 (as of August 11 when this article was first published)…
The Audi Q8 breaks into the Top 20 imports for the first time in July. After a logical slump last month due to unusually high year-ago volumes, the Chinese imports market bounces back up 8.4% year-on-year in July to 85.215 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -22.7% to 518.954.…
Chinese MG, launched in Saudi Arabia in 2015, is up to #6 with 6.2% share in July. The Covid-19 crisis has put an end to an incredible run for the Saudi new car market, with Q2 2020 marking the first quarterly decline since 2018 at -11.3% to 110.041 units. This…
The Nissan Patrol is the best-selling vehicle in UAE both in July and YTD. New car sales in the United Arab Emirates drop -32.4% year-on-year in July to 10.436 units vs. 15.433 in July 2019, pulling the year-to-date tally down -28.6% to 86.770. After Q1 volumes edged down -8.7% but…
The Nissan Patrol is up to #2 overall in Oman so far in 2020. New car sales in Oman crash -41% year-on-year over the first 7 months of 2020 to 36.730. Even though Q1 sales were holding very well at -2.8%, the last few months have been nothing short of…
Latin America is the worst-hit new car market globally in July, with Chile down -63.6%. LMC Automotive has now released its internal Global Light Vehicle (LV) sales for July 2020, showing a single-digit year-on-year decline for the first time since February. According to LMC, July global sales are down -6.8%…
The Toyota Hilux climbs onto the Bahraini podium in 2020. New car sales in Bahrain are off -22.4% year-on-year over the first 7 months of 2020 to 12.982 units. After Q1 sales edged up 1.3%, April imploded -56.6% to 922 vs. 2.127 in April 2019, May was down -48% from…
The Toyota Land Cruiser Pickup is aiming for the overall top spot in Jordan. The Jordanian new car market limits its fall to -16.6% year-on-year over the first 7 months of 2020 to 14.246 units. After Q1 volumes down -9.5%, April sales tumbled down -72.5% from 2.371 in April 2019…
Mitsubishi goes from 1.8% share a year ago to 9.4% in 2020. The Lebanese new car market suffers the combined effects of an economic meltdown and the Covid-19 crisis with sales down a ghastly -65.4% year-on-year over the first 7 months of 2020 to just 7.557 units. After a First…
Mercedes is #1 in Singapore for the 4th time this year. After imploding in April (-90.1%), May (-99.2%), and June (-87.2%), the Singaporean new car market is on the mend in July at "only" -31% year-on-year to 4.825 registrations, meaning the year-to-date tally is now down -54.5% to 21.318. Mercedes (+33.7%) lodges…