The Toyota Hilux dominates the Thai sales charts. This article has been updated with actuals for the Top 70 models. March new light vehicle sales in Thailand gain 8.5% to reach 103.164 units, meaning the Q1 volume is now up 11.3% to 263.549. Toyota (+27.1%) once again vastly outpaces the…
The Kia Sportage is the uncontested best-seller in Ukraine so far in 2019. In March, new car sales in Ukraine register their first uptick in 7 months at +7.7% to 7.327 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -4.9% to 18.343, the first Q1 decline since 2015. Renault (+66.4%) is on…
The new X70 (a rebadged Geely Boyue) is boosting Proton sales this year. The Malaysian new vehicle market is perking up in March at +9.6% year-on-year to 54.776 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 5.9% to 143.064. Brand leader Perodua once again outperforms its home market with a 12.3% surge…
Tesla has sold a record 17.440 units in Europe this month. This article has been updated with actuals for the Top 54 brands and Top 352 models. The European new car market retracts for the 7th straight month in March at -3.6% year-on-year to 1.77 million sales, leading to a…
The CR-V (+897.2%) helps Honda up 30.5% this month. Now that the turbulence of the Lunar New Year holiday has passed, retail sales in China drop a very subdued -5.3% year-on-year in March to 1.567.709 for our set of vehicles including some light commercials and pickups. A pre-holiday rush in…
The BYD e5 is the best-selling New Energy vehicle in China in March. Retail sales of New Energy vehicles in China including EVs, PHEVs and hybrids shoot up 111.5% year-on-year in March to 109.604 units, leading to a Q1 tally up an equally impressive 115.9% to 261.992. BYD (+337.9%) is…
The Tesla Model 3 has landed in China. Just as we are seeing flashes of recovery on the retail side of the Chinese market, imports drastically slow down their fall in March to just -2.7% at 94.304 units, leading to a Q1 volume down -10.4% to 252.781. Lexus (+13.9%) continues to…
Volvo posts the only double-digit gain in the Top 15 in March in Belgium. This article has been updated with the Top 10 models. New car sales in Belgium skid down 6.1% year-on-year in March to 54.873 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down 5.9% to 155.866. Brand leader Volkswagen (-10.4%)…
The Hyundai i30 sees its sales soar 40.7% year-on-year in March. New car sales in Slovakia leaps up a cool 7.9% year-on-year in March, meaning the YTD loss thins to -1.8% to 23.897. Brand leader Skoda (+16.9%) manages to vastly outperform an already great performing market to reach 19.2% share,…
The Dacia Sandero is up 7-fold year-on-year in March. The Slovenian new car market drops a steep -7% year-on-year in March to 7.304 units, leading to a Q1 volume tilting back into negative at -0.5% to 20.262. Volkswagen (-7.8%) and Skoda (+24.3%) both overtake Renault (-22.1%) to take the lead…
Audi is up to equal #3 with BMW in March in Luxembourg. This article has been updated with the Top 10 models. The Luxembourg new car market gains 4.5% year-on-year in March to 5.621 registrations, lifting the year-to-date volume up 4% to 14.867. Volkswagen remains the unattainable brands lead at…
The Toyota RAV4 is the best-selling vehicle in Lithuania. Thanks to our partner JATO Dynamics we can share with you today March data for Lithuania, a market surging another very impressive 43.8% year-on-year to 3.971 registrations, meaning the Q1 tally is now up 58.2% to 10.245. The Toyota RAV4 (+58.2%)…
The new hatch lifts Toyota Corolla sales up 103%. According to our partner JATO Dynamics, new car sales in Latvia soar 15.4% year-on-year in March to 1.618 units, lifting the Q1 volume up 6.6% to 4.461. The top best-sellers all post spectacular gains: the VW Golf (+42.2%), Toyota RAV4 (+49.2%),…
The Toyota RAV4 is now #1 in Estonia YTD. Thanks to our partnership with JATO Dynamics, we can share with you today March info for Estonia, a market down just -2% year-on-year to 2.233 units which brings the Q1 tally down -6.9% to 6.174. The Toyota RAV4 (+134.3%) more than…
The Citroen C3 is now produced in Iran. The First Quarter of 2018 roughly corresponds to the last three months of the Persian year 1397 which ended on 22 March 2019. Now feeling the full brunt of renewed international sanctions, Iranian new car production tumbles down -54.4% year-on-year over the period…