The Nissan Magnite is up to a record 8th place in Mexico in August. The Mexican new light vehicle market is down -3% year-on-year in August to 124,180 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -0.6% to 958,085. Keep in mind Chery Group has stopped sharing Mexican sales data in…
Daihatsu Move sales soar 145% YoY in August. The Japanese new vehicle market has now completely caught up on year-ago disruptions and endures a second straight month of YoY decline in August at -8.3% to 301,221 sales. The year-to-date tally remains in positive at +6.2% to 3,037,194. Toyota (-12.5%) falls…
First Australian Top 10 finish for Chery. 09/09 update: Now with Top 341 All models ranking. New light vehicle sales in Australia gain 2.9% year-on-year in August to 103,694 units. This is the 2nd best August volume ever below the 109,966 of August 2023. Due to a pushy first half…
The Toyota RAV4 is the best-selling vehicle in New Zealand in August. 11,739 new vehicles found a buyer in New Zealand in August, a splendid 17.7% year-on-year lift. This way, the YTD volume is up 5.8% to 86,814. Passenger Cars (Cars and SUVs) grow 19.8% to 8,090, light commercials are…
Kia Telluride sales are up 18.5% in August Estimates by J.D. Power and GlobalData, S&P Global Mobility and Cox Automotive have the U.S. new light vehicle market up between 1.3% and 4.4% in August. Part of the reason behind this lift is customers rushing to buy EVs before the federal…
Hyundai Kona sales are up 68.3% year-on-year in August. Note: This article only contains data for the brands reporting monthly. Local consultancy DesRosiers Automotive estimate the Canadian new light vehicle market to drop -2.9% year-on-year in August to 160,000 units. We remain well below the average of 180,000+ sales over…
The Kia Sportage ranks #4 in Colombia in July. Euphoric new car market in Colombia at +44.7% year-on-year in July to 23,903 units. This way, the year-to-date volume is up by an equally impressive 26.7% to 128,936. Kia (+56.5%) snaps the brands pole position for the third time this year…
The Nissan Magnite is up to #9 in Mexico in July. 124,482 new light vehicles hit Mexican roads in July, stable year-on-year at -0.4%. This is the third largest July volume in Mexican history below the revised 124,996 units of July 2024 and the record of 131,772 units from July…
The Toyota Roomy sells over 10,000 units in Japan in July. Now that year-on-year boosts due to year-ago production disruptions are over, the Japanese new vehicle market is in negative for the first time this year at -3.6% to 390,516. The year-to-date tally remains in strong positive territory for now…
The Chery Tiggo 4 Pro is up to a record 7th place in Australia in July. 08/08 update: Now with Top 331 All models ranking. Record-breaking mood in Australia in July: sales are up 2% year-on-year to 104,244, a new high July mark, eclipsing the previous all time best set…
The GWM Poer is the best-selling vehicle in Chile in July. 26,909 light vehicles hit Chilean roads in July, a 7.3% year-on-year uptick leading the YTD tally up 3% to 172,537. Toyota (+7.2%) matches the market to stay in pole position in the brands ranking with 7.8% share. It distances…
The Toyota Corolla Cross holds a record 14.1% of the Taiwanese market in July. The least we can say for July new car sales in Taiwan is that they are disappointing. At 35,483 units, they are off -22.3 on July 2024. As a result the YTD tally is now off…
Toyota 4Runner sales are up 91.2% YoY in July. Despite sales pulled ahead into March and April before tariff were in place (estimated at 173,000 sales), U.S. light vehicle sales are up in July. Estimates vary greatly, with J.D. Power-GlobalData seeing the market up 7.4% to 1,380,502 and Cox Automotive…
The Jetour T2 climbs onto the Kuwaiti podium. The Kuwaiti new vehicle market is up 7.9% year-on-year over the First Half 2025 to 68,881 units. Toyota (+25.8%) remains ultra dominant, even improving its share to an overwhelming 31% vs. 26.6% a year ago. Nissan (+12.3%) is up to 9.1% share…
The Kia Seltos is only outsold by the Toyota RAV4 in Puerto Rico. 58,284 new light vehicles found a buyer in Puerto Rico over the First Half of 2025, a -4.5% year-on-year drop. Toyota (-1.8%) manages to improve its market share from 25.3% to 26.1% to easily stay in the…