Audi Q2L sales are up 79.8% year-on-year in March. Our selection of vehicles in China in March show retail sales drop -34.9% year-on-year to 1.026.653 units, a significantly slimmer fall than wholesales (-43.3%). As a result the Q1 volume is now down -42.6% to 2.947.341. For the past two years, BSCB…
The Toyota RAV4 signs a 6th win in the past 7 months in Taiwan. New car sales in Taiwan bounce back up 39.2% year-on-year in February to 27.350 units as February 2019 volumes were hampered by the Lunar New Year holiday which fell in January this year. As a result,…
The Jeep Wrangler is the best-selling vehicle in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Today we welcome a new market on BSCB. The U.S. Virgin Islands is an unincorporated U.S. territory located east of Puerto Rico in the Caribbean Sea and home to 107.000 inhabitants. It is not to be confused with…
Roewe RX5 wholesales are lifted up 21.6% by the new MAX model. Chinese wholesales (ex-factory shipments) drop for the 19th consecutve month in January at -18.4% to 1.932.700 units but unlike most articles you may have read on the subject, this is not (yet) because of the COVID-19 virus. The…
The Hyundai Venue tops recent launches in January. Picture Caranddriver. Replicating the US situation we just covered, the monthly reporting stampede which started with GM in late 2018 has also spread to Canada with all manufacturers that stopped monthly US reporting bar Nissan/Mitsubishi now doing the same for Canada, leaving…
The Chevrolet Onix is the best-selling vehicle in Paraguay in 2019. Discover a decade of Paraguay Historical Data here. 29/02 update: Now with Top 15 brands and models. New light vehicle sales in Paraguay sink -20.8% year-on-year in 2019 to 28.437 units, with vans (+11.7%) and minibus (+8.6%) the only…
The VW Gol is up 28.8% in a market down -25.3% in January. Although Argentinean new vehicle sales dive another -25.3% year-on-year in January to 44.717 units, this is incredibly the smallest decline in 17 months, since August 2018 exactly. That's a testimony to how much damage has been done…
The URX is the highest-ranking Luxgen at home in almost 2 years. The Taiwanese new car market has a difficult start in 2020 with January sales down a stern -10.7% year-on-year to just 39.417 registrations. Market leader Toyota (+8.1%) however swims upstream and posts the only gain in the Top…
The Suzuki Vitara teases the Toyota Hilux for pole position in 2019. Discover a decade worth of Ivory Coast Historical Data here. It's a third consecutive year of solid growth for new vehicle sales in Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) in 2019 at +17.7% to 13.384 units. Brand leader Toyota (+9.4%)…
The Chevrolet Onix is the best-selling vehicle in Paraguay over H1 2019. Delayed exclusive data for Paraguay shows a market freefalling down -16.9% over the First Half of 2019 to 14.078 units. Kia topples Chevrolet to become the country's best-selling carmaker for just 28 units with Toyota closing the podium…
The Ram Pickup outsold the Ford F-Series for the first time in December. Discover over 35 years of Canadian Historical Data here. New light vehicle sales in Canada endure a second straight year of decline in 2019 at -3.7% to 1.928.829 registrations, the first time the market drops below the…
The Toyota Corolla and RAV4 battled for the top spot in Taiwan in 2019. Consult 15 years worth of Taiwanese Historical Data here The Taiwanese new car market bounces back slightly in 2019 with sales up a shy 1.1% year-on-year to 439.836 units. Toyota (+16.2%) tightens its grip on the brands…
The VW Tayron hits a 6th consecutive all-time record volume in November. New China wholesales endure an excruciating 17th straight month of year-on-year decline but for the 2nd month in a row the dip is the smallest since the market started falling in July 2018 at just -3.6% to 2.457.000 units. This means…
Hyundai sales gain 5.1% in Canada in November. The Canadian new light vehicle market remains stable in November (-0.8%) at an estimated 144.476 registrations, an encouraging sign that nevertheless marks the 20th year-on-year drop in the past 21 months. The year-to-date tally is now down -3.3% to 1.819.018 and with…
The Toyota RAV4 cements its YTD domination in Taiwan. The Taiwanese new car market gains 13% year-on-year in November to 40.705 registrations, tilting the year-to-date tally into positive at +0.2% and 393.912 units. Brand leader Toyota (+41%) posts by far the largest year-on-year uptick in the Top 5, lifting its…