The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling vehicle in Finland in July. Even though it remains in negative, the Finnish new car market slows down its decline further in July to just -4.6% to 9.018 registrations, meaning the year-to-date volume is now down -12.5% to 68.250. Toyota (+27.9%) is completely and…
The Dacia Duster is up 62.4% in a market down -3.8%. 31/07/2019 update: Now with the Top 180 best-selling models. New car sales in Italy drop -3.8% over the First Half of 2018 to 1.086.224 units when stable private and rental sales can't compensate for freefalling company sales. Private sales…
The Toyota Hilux breaks the 10% share milestone for the first time in South Africa. The South African new vehicle market skids down -1.6% year-on-year in June to 45.939 registrations, meaning the year-to-date tally is now down -3.7% to 257.610. Toyota (+3.3%) remains head and shoulders above the competition with…
Proton sales are up 23.4% in a market down -29.4%. In June the Malaysia new vehicle market suffers from an artificially high comparison base in June 2018 when the GST was removed and drops a heavy -29.4% year-on-year to 45.526 units, yet the H1 tally is in positive at +2.3% to…
The first generation Renault Duster is still on sale in Colombia. New vehicle sales in Colombia leap up 6.4% year-on-year in June to 19.489 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 2.4% to 116.210. Renault (+30.7%) shows exceptional strength to cement its brand leadership at 24.4% share, almost 10 percentage points…
Honda sales gain 15.1% in a declining market. New vehicle sales in Thailand hit the brakes in June at -2.1% year-on-year to 86.048 units, understood to be the first year-on-year decline in the country since December 2016, that's over 2.5 years ago. Thanks to a strong first few months this…
The Tacoma is one of Toyota's best-sellers in Puerto Rico. New car sales in Puerto Rico gain 3.7% year-on-year over the First Half of 2019 to 52.536 units. Brand leader Toyota (+13.9%) almost quadruples the market growth to hit 28.7% share, while #2 Hyundai (+22.5%) does even better to reach…
Mitsubishi sales soar 62.9% year-on-year in Singapore. New car sales in Singapore implode -41.1% year-on-year in June to just 6.158 units, pulling the year-to-date volume down -8.1% to 39.868. Honda (-42.1%) follows the market and remains easily on top with 25.1% share vs. 16.7% for Toyota (-58%) in absolute perdition.…
Honda manages to swim upstream in China, and the facelifted XR-V will continue the trend in H2. It's a Semester to forget for new light vehicle wholesales in China, down a ghastly -12.4% year-on-year over the First Half of 2019 to 12.323.000 units. This cancels four years of growth, represents…
The Toyota RAV4 scores a third straight double-digit gain in June. It's a 16th consecutive month of year-on-year decline in Canada where the automotive market is sinking ever deeper into recession with June deliveries down -9.5% year-on-year to just 182.279 units, pulling the First Half 2019 tally down -4.8% to…
The Tesla Model 3 now ranks #4 year-to-date in Switzerland. The Swiss new car market is hit hard in June at -9.8% year-on-year to 28.391 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally tilting back into negative at -0.5% to 157.136 units. Brand leader Volkswagen sinks -23.2% to 10.9% share ahead of…
The Renault Captur sees its sales soar 87.7% year-on-year in Slovenia. New car sales in Slovenia dive down -5.6% year-on-year in June to 6.967 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down -3.8% to 41.122 units. Renault (+37.5%) reclaims the brands pole position thanks to a smashing year-on-year gain, obliterating Volkswagen…
The new X3 (+96.8%) helps BMW up 7.4% so far in 2019. New car sales in Germany edge up 0.5% year-on-year over the First Half of 2019 to a round 1.849.000 units, the largest H1 tally in Germany since 2000. Business fleets gain 3.3% to 1.179.662 units and 63.8% share…
It took a while, but the VW T-Roc is now well and truly established at home. After a splendid 9.1% surge in May, the German new car market falls back to earth at -4.7% year-on-year in June to 325.231 registrations due to three fewer working days than in June 2018. Adjusted for…
The Citroen C3 Aircross could be headed towards its first annual Top 10 finish at home. This article has been updated with the Top 42 brands, Top 275 models and Top 10 private sales. The French new car market edges down -1.8% over the First Half 2019 to 1.166.443 units,…