21,544 Ram Pickups found a new Canadian home in June. According to local consultancy DesRosiers Automotive, the Canadian new light vehicle market is estimated to climb 12.6% year-on-year in June to 161,901 units. To damper this performance, remember June 2022 was the lowest volume for the month since 2009. The…
Mazda2 sales are up 12-fold year-on-year in June. 113,553 new light vehicles found a buyer in Mexico in June, a very satisfying 25.7% year-on-year improvement. This way, the H1 2023 tally is up 22.1% to 633,087. Nissan (+50.3%) almost doubles the market growth to land at 18.5% share for the…
Ford F-Series sales are up 27.9% over the period. 7.695 million new light vehicles found a buyer in the US over the First Half of 2023, that's a 12.5% improvement on a H1 2022 score which was down -18.2% on the year prior. General Motors (+18.5%) scores an excellent result…
The Nissan Rogue is back inside the US Top 10. US new light vehicle sales over Q2 2023 jump +16.9% year-on-year to 4.11 million units. In the groups ranking, General Motors (+19.1%) flies off to just under 690,000 sales, distancing Toyota Motor (+7.1%) and Ford Motor (+9.9%) both trailing the…
The VW T-Roc is getting closer to the YTD top spot. After losing -18.1% a year ago in June 2022, the German new car market rallies back up 24.7% this month to 280,139 units. This means the H1 2023 tally is up 12.8% to 1,396,870. Volkswagen (+22.4%) slightly trails its home…
Second Top 10 finish for the Cupra Formentor. 40,279 new cars hit Polish roads in June, a meagre 4.4% year-on-year improvement. This means the year-to-date tally is now up 12.3% to 232,905 halfway through the year. Toyota (-11.8%) goes agains the market with a year-on-year loss to 15.1% share vs.…
The Mazda BT-50 hits a record 7th place in Australia in June. 10/07 update: Now with Top 299 All models. New vehicle sales in Australia shoot up 25% year-on-year in June to 124,926 units, the highest June volume since 2018 (130,300). This means the H1 2023 tally is up 8.2%…
The Toyota Corolla Cross is the best-selling vehicle in Colombia in May. New vehicle sales in Colombia continue to struggle in May at -30% year-on-year to 15,695 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off 24% to 76,434. A caveat to this ghastly performance is the fact May 2022 was euphoric at +52.5%…
Nissan sales are up 9.5% in a market down -24.8% The Singaporean new car market continues to perform poorly in May, down another -24.8% year-on-year in May to 2,214 units. As a reminder, May 2022 was already down -21.7% on the year prior. The year-to-date tally is down a harsh…
Volvo XC40 Finnish sales are up 232.8% in June. The Finnish new car market is up 24.8% year-on-year in June to 8,969 sales, keeping in mind June 2022 was off -24.9% on the year prior. Halfway through the year, the sales volume is up 8.3% to 46,126. Toyota (+26.4%) easily…
Toyota sales vastly outpace their home market in June. 392,719 new vehicles hit Japanese roads in June, a 19.8% year-on-year improvement. As a result the H1 2023 volume is up 17.5% to 2,450,599 units. Note the June result is still -12.8% off pre-pandemic June 2019. Toyota (+47.6%) vastly outruns its home…
Rare Top 10 finish for the Opel Astra. The Dutch new car market soars another 37.8% year-on-year in June to 41,366 sales, meaning the H1 2023 tally is up 31.3% or almost 50,000 units to 201,793. Volkswagen (+122.1%) surges ahead to reclaim the brands top spot it holds year-to-date, dislodging…
The Ford Puma remains in the YTD lead in the UK. 177,266 new cars hit UK roads in June, a very solid 25.8% year-on-year improvement. However we remain slightly below the 186,128 units of June 2021 and 20.6% below the 223,421 sales of June 2019. The H1 2023 volume is up 18.4%…
First ever Top 10 finish in Italy for the MG ZS New car sales in Italy jump 9.2% year-on-year in June to 138,927 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 23% halfway through the year to 841,343. This is however down -22.3% when compared to pre-pandemic H1 2019. Private sales…
The VinFast VF 8 is the best-selling vehicle in Vietnam in May. According to local manufacturers association VAMA, new vehicle sales in Vietnam sink -52.7% year-on-year in May to just 20,726 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -35.7% to 113,527. When adding Hyundai and VinFast EV who report separately…