BMW sales are up 10-fold year-on-year in April. The Ukrainian new car market rallies back up 333.2% year-on-year in April to 5,160 sales on year-ago volumes hit by the Russian invasion. Toyota (+409.5%) outraces the market to reach 15.6% share, identical to its YTD level. Renault (+172.9%) is a little…
BYD holds 5.5% of the Singaporean market in April. New car sales in Singapore continue to perform poorly at -12.6% year-on-year in April to 2,185 units and down -16.2% year-to-date to 8,678. For context, April 2022 was already down -38.2% on the year prior and -41.1% year-to-date. Toyota (-12.7%) follows the…
The Ford Ranger remains the best-selling model in New Zealand. The New Zealand new vehicle market edges up 4.5% year-on-year in April to 10,177 sales. However given April 2022 was down -25.6% on the year prior we are still far off April 2021 volumes (13,118). The year-to-date tally is now down…
The Toyota Hilux is the best-selling vehicle in Chile in April. The Chilean new light vehicle market collapses -48.4% year-on-year in April to 19,522 sales, as car sales align with low consumer confidence and challenging economic conditions. This pulls the year-to-date tally down -25.2% to 110,919. All segments are hit…
The Nissan NP300 is the best-selling vehicle in Mexico in April. The Mexican new light vehicle market continues on its excellent 2023 run with sales up another 17% year-on-year to 97,610. This means the year-to-date volume is up 22.5% or almost 76,000 units to 412,736. Nissan (+10.9%) trails the market…
The Skoda Octavia is now the best-selling car in Hungary over the first 4 months of 2023. New car sales in Hungary dip -6% year-on-year in April to 8,530 units, a poor result given April 2022 was already down -16.9% on the year prior. The year-to-date cume is now up just…
The Tesla Model Y is the best-selling vehicle in Denmark in April. New car sales in Denmark gain 9.5% year-on-year in April to 12,067 units, this is a rather poor showing given April 2022 was off -29% on the year prior. The year-to-date tally is up 15% to 52,023. Volkswagen (+14.2%) is the…
Toyota Prius sales are up 137.2% year-on-year. Note the March 2023 post has been updated with Q1 2023 Top 20 foreign models. The Japanese new vehicle market is up another beautiful 16.7% year-on-year in April to 349,592 sales, leading to a year-to-date tally up 15.7% to 1,731,150 units. Toyota (+17.7%)…
Honda Pilot sales double year-on-year. According to estimates by local consultancy DesRosiers Automotive, the Canadian new light vehicle market is up just 2.3% year/year in April to 144,069 units. This is a weak result considering April 2022 was off -13.3% on the year prior. We remain well below the 183,754…
The Ford Ranger is the best-selling vehicle in Australia so far in 2023. 5/05 update: Now with Top 280 All models ranking The Australian new vehicle market continues to be plagued by shipping bottlenecks due to biosecurity issues on car-carrying ships, but also ballooning delivery delays reaching 3 to 4…
Lexus sales are up 93.2% year-on-year in April. New light vehicle sales in Taiwan gain 8.4% year-on-year in April to 38,231, bringing the year-to-date tally up 7.4% to 149,999. Toyota (-7.1%) can't surf on the overall growth but stays distant leader in the brands charts with 26.4% share vs. 27%…
Ford Everest sales are up 117.2% year-on-year in Vietnam. Based on data by local automotive association VAMA, the Vietnamese new vehicle market recedes -18.7% year-on-year to 30,038 registrations, bringing the Q1 2023 volume to 70,392, off -22.2% on the same period a year ago. When adding non VAMA members (Hyundai and some…
The Skoda Octavia is the best-selling vehicle in Hungary in March. 27/04 update: Now with Top 75 models. 11,498 new cars hit Hungarian roads in March, a small 3.1% year-on-year uptick. The Q1 tally stands at 29,561, up 3% over the same period a year ago. This month Toyota dominates…
The Toyota Hilux is the most popular vehicle in Colombia for the first time. New vehicles sales in Colombia continue to evolve markedly below they year-ago levels, with March down another -17.2% year-on-year to 17,270 units. This leads to a Q1 result off -18.3% to 46,962. Renault (-18.3%) hold onto…
Lexus sales are up 4575% year-on-year in March. New car sales in Ukraine bounce back up 726.2% year-on-year in March to 4,511 units on a year ago volume devastated by the Russian invasion. The Q1 2023 tally tilts into position at +0.3% and 11,199 registrations. Toyota (+636.4%) hold onto the…