The Toyota Hilux holds 19.5% of the Nicaraguan market in 2025. Today we can share with you extremely rare data about Nicaragua. The Nicaraguan new vehicle market is up a splendid 18% year-on-year in 2025 to 32,893 units. Toyota (+9%) is ultra dominant here with 42% share, albeit down from…
The Opel Frontera is the best-selling recent launch in Ireland. The Irish new car market gains 7.4% year-on-year in February to 15,033 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 4.4% to 49,557. Volkswagen (+42.3%) surges ahead to the brands top spot with a splendid 13% share vs. 10.4% so far…
The Dacia Duster is the best-selling vehicle in Iceland in February. New car sales in Iceland jump 25% year-on-year in February to 815 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 76.7% to 2,200. This month Dacia (+868.4%!) takes the lead of the brands charts with a gargantuan 22.6% share, with…
The Toyota Aygo X is the best-seller in the Netherlands for the first time The Dutch new car market continues to disappoint in 2026: after dropping -13.1% in January it is down another -19% in February to just 22,380 units. As a result the year-to-date tally is now off -16.4%…
The Seat Ibiza is the best-seller at home for the first time since April 2018. The Spanish new car market returns to very dynamic growth rates in February at +7.5% year-on-year to 97,082 units. This lift would be even higher at +13.5% if we remove the extra 4,800 year-ago sales…
Opel Mokka sales triple year-on-year in January. Only 5,591 new cars found a buyer in Slovakia in January, a poor -15.4% year-on-year drop. Keep in mind January 2025 was already down -16.8% on the year prior. The top 2 best-selling carmakers resist better than the market: Skoda is off -1.7%…
Promotions on the outgoing generation push the Nissan Navara to #4. New light vehicle sales in New Zealand are up 8.7% year-on-year in January to 11,807 units. Brand leader Toyota (-4.2%) suffers and sees its share thaw to 19.9% vs. 24% over the Full Year 2025. Mitsubishi (+42%) is euphoric…
Isuzu D-Max sales are up 35% in 2025. The Guatemalan new car market surges 33% year-on-year in 2025 to 48,560 sales. Toyota (-11%) remains ultra dominant but sees its share fall from 28.6% in 2024 to 19.1% this year. In contrast Isuzu (+160%), Kia (+136%) and JAC (+214%) all shoot…
The Haval V7 has landed in Saudi Arabia. New light vehicle sales in Saudi Arabia sink -18.1% to 55,621 units. A small part of this fall is explained by the fact Mazda didn't report sales for the month. Its January 2025 volume was 3,740 so like for like the market…
The Fiat Doblo is the most popular vehicle in Montenegro in January. According to our local partner CE Auto, 211 new light vehicles found a buyer in Montenegro in January, stable year-on-year. The Fiat Doblo surges to #1 with 2.8% share, distancing the Kia Sportage, Hyundai Tucson and Toyota Corolla.…
First Bosnian Top 10 finish for the Hyundai Bayon. According to data shared with us by our local partner CE Auto, the Bosnian new car market falls -7.7% year-on-year in January to 723 units. The Skoda Octavia (+69.1%) remains a distant leader with 12.9% share which is its highest since…
The BAIC X55 ranks on the Moldovan podium in January. CE Auto data shows a Moldovan new car market edging up 1.5% year-on-year in January to 598 units. The Toyota RAV4 (+104.3%) more than doubles its sales year-on-year to remain a distant leader at 7.9% share. For reference its Full…
The Peugeot 408 ranks #2 in North Macedonia in January. Thanks to our Central European partner CE Auto we can share with you today January results for New Macedonia. The market is off -7.8% year-on-year this month, a difficult start of the year. The Citroen C3 (+54.5%) takes the lead…
BYD overtakes Ford to rank #6 in the world in 2025. Discover 65 years of World Historical Data here In 2025 the Toyota Group (+6.3%) easily retains the #1 worldwide OEM top spots thanks to a sturdy growth. The gap with the VW Group (+3%) increases from 1.972 million to…
Thanks to one of our readers JFK we can share with you today exclusive pictures of the modern cars of Cuba. We have already covered 1950s vintage Americans (60,000 are still in circulation) symbolic of the country, so this post will focus on the more recent car park in Cuba.…