This is Part 6 of our Dacia Duster adventure through 10 countries and 9000 km around the Black Sea, you can read Part 1: Transnistria here, Part 2: Chernobyl here, Part 3: Belarus here, Part 4: Crossing the Black Sea and Georgia here and Part 5: Azerbaijan here. As a reminder this Test Drive happened before COVID-19…
Lada Largus sales are up 352.8% year-on-year in November. The Kazakh new vehicle market leaps up 8.8% year-on-year in November to 10,028 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 29.3% to 106,874. Local assembler Chevrolet (+20.3%) easily remains the most popular carmaker in the country with 22.4% share vs. 25.4%…
Hyundai European sales are up 41.6% in a market down -17.5%. 24/12 update: Now with Top 65 All-brands and Top 400 All-models. 22/12 update: Now with Top 50 models. According to preliminary data by ACEA, the European new car market (EU+EFTA+UK) slims down its fall from -29.3% in October to -17.5%…
The Toyota Corolla Cross holds 10.1% of the Taiwanese market in November. The Taiwanese new car market slides down -13.4% year-on-year to 40,103 registrations, tilting the year-to-date tally into negative territory at -0.6% to 409,552. Toyota (-6.3%) once again resists better than the market and improves its share to 31.1%…
Kia sales are up 5-fold year-on-year in Slovenia in November. The Slovenian new car market rallies back up 15.8% year-on-year in November to 4,126 registrations, tilting the year-to-date tally back into positive territory at +0.2% and 51,445 units. Renault (+12.5%) can't quite keep up with the market but retail the…
BMW is the best-selling importer in China for the 2nd month in a row. Sales of imported new cars in China implode -35.3% year-on-year in November to 63,773 units, sending the year-to-date tally into negative at -3.2% to 857,362 units. BMW (-26.9%) holds onto the brands top spot for just…
The Cupra Formentor is up to 6th place in Austria in November. The Austrian new car market drops -12.6% year-on-year in November to 17,519 registrations, sending the year-to-date tally down -1.2% to 222,155 units. Skoda (+23.1%) goes against the negative market with a significant gain taking it to 12% share,…
Kia is up 75.2% in a market down -17.1%. In November, the Belgian new car market is down -17.1% year-on-year to 24,134 units, keeping in mind November 2020 was already down -15.7% on the year prior. The year-to-date volume now stands at 362,746 sales, off -9.6% on the same period…
Hyundai sales are up 70.3% in a market down -16.6%. New car sales in Luxembourg drop -16.6% year-on-year in November to 3,177 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -1.7% to 41,140. Volkswagen (-22.9%) falls faster than the market but rallies back up three spots on October to reclaim the pole…
The Toyota Avanza holds 9.3% of the Indonesian market in November. New vehicle wholesales in Indonesia shoot up 62.4% year-on-year in November to 87,435 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 66.5% to 790,524. The retail market is up 50.7% year-on-year to 84,528 for the month and up 49.5% year-to-date…
Dodge is helped by the new Journey, a rebadged GAC Trumpchi GS5. November 2021 new car sales figures show a Mexican market down -13.2% to 82,829 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 8.7% to 917,315 sales. Brand leader Nissan (-21.2%) loses significant share, falling to 17.5% vs. 20.3% year-to-date…
Hyundai sales more than double year-on-year in November. New car sales in Portugal drops -7.6% year-on-year in November to 10,928 registrations, leading to a year-to-date volume up 2.2% to 134,029 units. Peugeot (+19.2%) defies the negative market to emphatically cement its domination at 14.7% share vs. 11.8% so far this…
The Chery QQ Ice Cream has landed in the Chinese charts. After detailing November 2021 Chinese wholesales, it is now time to study the all-new locally produced models for the month. This way you can stay up-to-date on the latest developments of the largest and most dynamic automotive market in…
The Opel Corsa is the best-selling vehicle in Germany in November. The German new car market is stuck in hell with November sales off another searing -31.7% year-on-year to just 198,258 units, leading to a year-to-date down -8.1% to 2,394,502. We had anticipated a stronger November and therefore we are…
The Tesla Model Y is up to #3 in Switzerland in November. Picture revueautomobile.ch In November the Swiss new car market is cut -17.6% year-on-year to 18,825 registrations, meaning the year-to-date tally is now up just 3.2% at 213,958 units. BEV sales soar 63.4% year-on-year to 3,596 and a whopping…