Chery breaks into the Ukrainian Top 5 for the first time in October. New car sales in Ukraine drop -5.6% year-on-year in October to 7,965 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally up 22.7% to 84,064 units. Toyota (-8.9%) repeats at #1 in the brands ranking with 15.6% share ahead of Renault…
The JAC J7 breaks into the Kazakh Top 10 in October. New vehicle sales in Kazakhstan jump up 16% year-on-year in October too 12.151 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 34.2% to 95.414. Note some year-to-date data has been adjusted. Chevrolet (+66.7%) confirms it is the new brand leader…
Shock: the VW T-Roc is the best-selling vehicle in Germany in October. The German new car market collapses -34.9% year-on-year in October to just 178.683 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally now down -5.2% to 2.196.244 units. As a result we have revised our 2021 Forecast for Germany down from 2.79 million…
The Jolion is the first Haval to rank inside the Passenger Cars Top 25 in Russia. The Russian new light vehicle market slows down its fall slightly from -22.6% in September to -18.1% in October at 126.204 registrations. The year-to-date tally is now up 10.5% year-on-year to 1.313.579 units. As a…
The Kia Rio X is the best-selling recent launch in Ukraine. New car sales in Ukraine jump up 24.4% year-on-year in September to 9.438 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 26.6% to 76.099. Toyota (+12.8%) trails the market but is back to the top spot it holds year-to-date at…
The Chevrolet Cobalt remains the most popular vehicle in Kazakhstan in September. New vehicle sales in Kazakhstan edge up 3.7% year-on-year in September to 10.517 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up a whopping 36.5% to 86.566 sales. Chevrolet (+72.8%) vastly outpaces the market to cement its domination at 22.2%…
The Tesla Model 3 just misses out on an outright victory in Germany. The German new car market dives -25.7% year-on-year in September to 196.972 units, tilting the year-to-date volume into negative territory at -1.2% and 2.017.561. We have adjusted our 2021 Forecast slightly down to 2.79 million units (-4%)…
The Chery Tiggo 7 becomes the first Chinese model to rank inside the Russian Top 20. The Russian new car market dives -22.6% year-on-year in September to 119.485 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 15.1% to 1.260.111. The next few months aren't looking good either as the microchip and…
The Chevrolet Cobalt is now #1 year-to-date in Kazakhstan. The Kazakh new vehicle market recedes -5.4% year-on-year in August to 9.093 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally up 42.7% to 76.039. Chevrolet (+71.7%) goes against the grain as it was still gearing up its local operations a year ago and…
Renault is the best-selling manufacturer in Ukraine in August. Note July data is also included in the tables below. The Ukrainian new car market lifts 22.1% year-on-year in August to 8.513 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 27% to 66.661. After four consecutive months of reign by Toyota, Renault (-4.5%)…
Chery is up to a record 9th place in Russia in August. New light vehicle sales in Russia skid down -17% year-on-year in August to 114.130 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 21.3% to 1.067.890. Local behemoth Lada (-32.1%) is in difficulty this month as it almost doubles the…
The Chevrolet Cobalt is the best-selling vehicle in Kazakhstan in July. Picture tengrinews.kz New vehicle sales in Kazakhstan are on a roll: up another whopping 41.9% year-on-year in July to 10.668 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 53.3% to 66.946. Local producer Chevrolet (+766.7%) retains its iron fist over…
The Kia K5 breaks into the Russian Top 10 in July. Picture zr.ru The Russian new car market reverses -6.5% year-on-year in July to 132.640 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now up 28.4% to 953.760. Local behemoth Lada (+2.7%) bucks the negative trend to score the only year-on-year gain…
The Toyota RAV4 ranks #1 in Moldova for the fourth straight month. According to our Central European market data partner CE Auto, the Moldovan new car market bounces back up 46% year-on-year in June to 682 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally up 37.9% to 2.946. The models ranking is very stable…
The Khazar LD/SD is the best-selling vehicle in Azerbaijan again in 2020. New car sales in Azerbaijan drop by a measured -14.2% year-on-year in 2020 to 9.106 units. Local manufacturer Khazar, launched in 2018, is already in difficulty at -27.1%, almost double the rate of the market decline, and drops…