Chevrolet is the best-selling car brand in Kazakhstan in October. New vehicle sales in Kazakhstan continue to gallop ahead in October at +42.2% year-on-year to 9.838 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 24.7% to 73.246. New local producer Chevrolet (+3095.4%) has a lot to do with the market uptick and…
The Lada Niva is up to #2 in North Macedonia in October. According to data shared with us by our partner CE Auto, North Macedonian new car sales fall -18.4% year-on-year to 505 units in October, leading to a year-to-date total down -31.8% to 4.152. Two vehicles come out literally nowhere (read…
The Kia K5 breaks into the Russian Top 25 for the first time in October. The Russian new light vehicle market is up a robust 7% year-on-year in October to 154.164 units: that's the largest year-on-year gain of any month in 2020, eclipsing July (+6.8%). Note BMW and Mercedes now…
Chevrolet now assembles cars in Kazakhstan. Picture kaz.tengrinews.kz The Kazakh new vehicle market remains oblivious to the Coronavirus crisis, with September sales marking a 5th consecutive month of year-on-year gains at a stellar +62.6% to 10.142 units. This lifts the year-to-date tally up 22.3% to 63.408. Lada (+123.3%) more than doubles…
Geely is up 171.2% to #12, the highest monthly ranking ever held by a Chinese carmaker in Russia. Picture zr.ru In September, the Russian new light vehicle market registers a second year-on-year gain in the past 3 months and the third thus year after March and July at +3.4% to…
The Porsche Cayenne is among the 10 most popular cars in Moldova in August. According to data shared with us by our Central European market data partner CE Auto, new car sales in Moldova freefall -33.4% year-on-year in August to 387 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -29.8% to 2.965.…
For its 2nd month in market, the Rapid II reaches the highest ever ranking for any Skoda nameplate in Russia at #6. Complete turnaround for the Russian new car market, now up 6.8% year-on-year in July to 141.924 units. The year-to-date tally is now down -19.3% to 742.681 and this…
The Skoda Rapid 2, for now exclusive to Russia, breaks into the Top 25 in June. Car dealerships are now operational in Russia, and this reopening linked with state support measures as well as delayed purchases have combined to produce a very contained -14.6% year-on-year drop in June sales to 122.622…
The Renault Clio is the best-seller in Serbia for the 2nd month running. According to data shared with us by our Central European data partner CE Auto, new car sales in Serbia fall -43.9% year-on-year in May to 2.123 units, pulling the year-to-date volume down -38.9% to 8.950. The Renault Clio…
Wolodymyr the Dacia Duster in the Belorussian countryside. This is Part 3 of our Dacia Duster adventure through 10 countries and 9000 km around the Black Sea, you can read Part 1: the road to Transnistria here and Part 2: Chernobyl, Ukraine here. Now that Wolodymyr the Duster and I have been…
The UAZ Bukhanka is #1 in Kazakhstan in April, 60% being ambulances. Picture autozavod.com Hitherto unaffected by the COVID-19 crisis (+39.7% in March), the Kazakh new car market crashes in April at -80.5% year-on-year to 1.122 units, tilting the year-to-date tally into negative at -2.8% to 18.963. This is the result…
Launched in January, the Geely Coolray is already inside the Belarus Top 20. Belarus is shaping up to be BSCB's latest monthly update addition. To celebrate, we can offer you today detailed brands and models data available since the start of 2020. Brand-wise, we have a complete Q1 2020 Top…
First ever Russian Top 25 finish for the Kia Seltos. 20/06 update: Now with YTD Top 135 models. As we anticipated last month due to a national lockdown implemented on April 2 and in place all through the month, the Russian new car market collapses in April at -72.4% year-on-year to…
BMW manages to contain its loss to -49.9% in Germany in April. 12/05 update: Now with Top 50 brands, Top 300 All-models and Top 285 private sales. Under a national COVID-19 curfew since March 22 and up until April 20 when showrooms around the country started reopening, German new car…
The Kia Rio scores its first ever podium finish in Kazakhstan. Despite declaring a state of emergency on 15 March and placing the cities of Nur-Sultan and Almaty in quarantine on 19 March, the Kazakh new car market is unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic so far, with March sales shooting…