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…
Toyota Corolla China sales are up 41.2% year-on-year in October. The Chinese wholesales market is down for the 16th consecutive month in October but, in a potential sign of improvement, its drop is the lowest since the market started skidding down in July 2018. Wholesales dip -4% year-on-year to 2.284.000…
Honda CR-V sales leap up 27.5% in Canada in October. Picture motortrend.com New light vehicle sales in Canada endure a 19th year-on-year drop in the past 20 months in October, however lifting its fall to -0.6% at 160.969 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -3.8% to 1.674.542. Passenger car…
The Toyota RAV4 is now #1 YTD in Taiwan. New car sales in Taiwan soar 17.1% year-on-year in October to 41.040 units, yet the year-to-date tally remains in negative for now at -1.1% to 353.207. Brand leader Toyota (+52.9%) delivers a sumptuous gain to reach 29.1%, its highest in Taiwan since…
The Chevrolet Onix Plus replaces the Prisma in the Brazilian Top 10. New vehicle sales in Brazil cough (read drop) for the second time in the past 3 months at -1.4% year-on-year in October to 241.175 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 7.5% to 2.176.145. There are however wide…
VW's new Jetta low-cost brand has now officially landed in China. Chinese wholesales endure a ghastly 15th consecutive month of year-on-year fall in September but, somewhat encouragingly, a third straight single-digit drop at -5.2% to 2.271.000 units for the month. This is split into 1.931.000 passenger cars (-6.3%) and 340.000…
Jeep sales surge 21% year-on-year in a declining market. After edging up 0.2% in August according to our estimates, the Canadian new light vehicle market falls back into negative for the 18th time in the past 19 months in September at -4.1% to 167.548 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down…
The Toyota RAV4 hits the highest share of any nameplate in Taiwan in almost 4 years. The Taiwanese new car market is up by a solid 6.7% year-on-year in September to 32.854 units, yet the year-to-date tally remains in negative territory at -3.3% to 312.169. Brand leader Toyota (+20.4%) almost…
Baojun introduces the new RC-6 in China... The Chinese Retail market (end-customer registrations) continues to suffer from pulled forward sales in June ahead of the Stage 6 emissions standards implementation on July 1: after freefalling -20.4% in July, the market sinks another -20.1% in August to 1.438.543 units, tilting the year-to-date…
The new Kwid helps Renault up 19.8% in Mexico this month. The Mexican new vehicle market is down for the 26th time in the past 27 months in August at -9.3% to 107.664 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down -6.8% to 852.051. As usual brand leader Nissan (-13.6%) falls faster…
Ram Pickup Canadian sales are estimated to gain 17.2% in August. New light vehicle sales in Canada are estimated to edge up 0.2% or 373 units year-on-year in August to 181.996 registrations, ending a painful stretch of 17 consecutive year-on-year declines. Note other market estimates have the August tally ranging from…
The Toyota RAV4 is the best-selling vehicle in Taiwan in August. New car sales in Taiwan drop -7.9% year-on-year in August to 23.964 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down -4.1% to 279.315. Toyota (-10.5%) falls slightly faster than the market but remains ultra-dominant at 19.9% share vs. 23.4% YTD, followed…
Hongqi Retail sales are up 85.8% in a market down -20.4%. As expected, after an artificial 41.7% surge last month due to pulled forward registrations ahead of the Stage 6 emissions standards implementation on July 1, the Chinese Retail market (end-customer registrations) falls back to earth in July at -20.4%…
The VW Tayron is the third best-selling SUV in China in July. Factory shipments to dealerships, or wholesales, continue to decline in China with July marking 13 consecutive negative months but at -4.3% to 1.808.000 units, this is the slimmest year-on-year drop since the Chinese market abruptly started to hit…
Toyota RAV4 sales surge 44.6% year-on-year in July. The Canadian new light vehicle market endures a painful 17th consecutive month of year-on-year decline in July at -1.9% to an estimated 173.680 units. This brings the year-to-date tally down -4.4% to 1.163.393. According to Desrosiers Automotive whose totals are slightly lower…