The Kia Picanto is the most popular vehicle in Colombia in January. 26/03 update: Now with Top 20 best-selling brands The Colombian new vehicle market sinks another -16.4% year-on-year in January to just 11,594 units, the weakest January figure since 1998 (11,295). Toyota (+10.2%) goes against the negative environment to…
The Kia K3 replaces the Rio in Mexico. 112,099 new light vehicles hit Mexican roads in January, a sturdy 18.7% year-on-year gain coming on the back of sales up 20.1% a year ago. The Mexican market has been indeed in an excellent shape lately. Nissan (+16.5%) trails the global evolution…
The Nissan Versa has been #1 in Mexico for 7 of the past 8 years. Discover 70 years worth of Mexican Historical Data here. The Mexican new light vehicle market soars 24.4% year-on-year in 2023 to 1,361,477 units. We are now above the pre-pandemic level of 2019 (1,317,937 sales) and 2023 marks the…
The Toyota Vios is by far the most popular vehicle in Vietnam in May. According to VAMA, new vehicle sales in Vietnam shoot up 71.3% year-on-year to 43,816 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 39.2% to 176,681. These figures climb to 53,356 (+54.7%) for the month and 221,005 (+31.9%)…
The Honda City is the best-selling vehicle in Vietnam in April. According to VAMA, new vehicle sales in Vietnam are up a whopping 40.9% year-on-year in April to 42,359 units, bringing the year-to-date volume up 31.1% to 132,865. These figures climb to 51,745 (+31.6%) for the month and 167,649 (+26%)…
The Toyota Corolla Cross is now #1 year-to-date in Vietnam According to VAMA, the Vietnamese new car market is up 19.5% year-on-year to 36,962 units in March, leading to a Q1 volume up 27.6% to 90,506. These figures climb to 47,502 (+18.5%) for the month and 115,904 (+23.7%) year-to-date when adding…
The Toyota Corolla Cross is #1 in Vietnam in February. In January, according to local association VAMA, new vehicle sales in Vietnam are up 16.3% year-on-year to 30,742 units. This figure climbs to 40,273 (+14.1%) when adding Hyundai and VinFast who report separately from VAMA. Hyundai takes the lead of…
The new gen Sportage helps lift Kia to the brands pole position in July. The effect of the microchip shortage and the idling of some factories as a result make themselves felt in South Korea in July with a market down -8.5% year-on-year to 147.901 units. This brings the year-to-date…
The Hyundai Palisade ranks 4th at home in South Korea for the second month running. This article along with all South Korea monthly articles since January 2018 have been updated with the Top 85 foreign models. The South Korean new light vehicle market is down 2.3% year-on-year in February to…
The Hyundai Palisade is the 4th best-selling vehicle in South Korea in January. This article along with all South Korea monthly articles since January 2018 have been updated with the Top 85 foreign models. The South Korean new car market is up 1.6% year-on-year in January to 135.662 units, with…
The Hyundai Grandeur puts an end to 8 straight wins by the Hyundai Santa Fe. This article has been update with the Top 85 foreign models. Stable sales in South Korea in November: down just 0.2% to 162.249 units leading to a year-to-date volume up 1.4% to 1.652.470. Local carmakers…
The new EV variant pushes the Hyundai Kona to a new ranking record at home. This post has been updated with the Top 85 foreign models. After tumbling down 17.2% in September, the South Korean new car market rebounds in October at +23.8% to 160.370 registrations, with the surge very…
The Hyundai Santa Fe has been the best-selling vehicle in South Korea for the past 5 months. This post has been updated with the Top 85 foreign models. New car sales in South Korea gain 4.1% year-on-year to 154.310 registrations, once again generously helped by foreigners up 10.1% to 13.3%…
The Hyundai Santa Fe enjoys a 4th consecutive month in pole position. This post has been updated with the Top 85 best-selling foreign models. The South Korea new car market sinks 5% year-on-year in June to 155.138 registrations, just as foreign carmakers drop 2% to 23.311 units, this time failing…
The Hyundai Santa Fe threepeats at #1 for the first time in 14 years. * See the Top 30 brands, Top 60 local models and Top 80 foreigners by clicking on the title * New car sales in South Korea edge up 2% year-on-year in May to 157.433 registrations, with…