The Toyota Land Cruiser is the best-selling vehicle in Oman. 46,266 new cars found a buyer in Oman over the first 9 months of the year, a solid 9.2% year-on-year improvement. Brand leader Toyota (+23.7%) tightens its stranglehold on the market even further to bring its share to a suffocating…
The Geely Emgrand is up 357.8% to #37. New car sales in Iraq soar +28.4% over the first 9 months of the year to 113,633 units. Toyota (+53.7%) almost doubles the market growth rate to reach 30.6% share vs. 25.6% over the same period a year ago. Kia (+19.7%), which…
Mazda2 sales are up 33.7% year-on-year in August. Mexican new car sales soar 11.9% year-on-year in August to 127,684 units, the highest tally for the month since August 2016 (134,054) and also the 2nd highest August result ever. The year-to-date volume is now up 12.1% to 962,869, the largest 8…
Today we are exploring the car landscape of Scotland, including Glasgow and the Isle of Skye, following my trip there in July. As a reminder, the MG ZS topped the Scottish charts in July, ahead of the Kia Sportage, Peugeot 208 and Volvo XC40. Notice also the MG HS at…
The Toyota Land Cruiser tops the Omani charts so far in 2024. New vehicle sales in Oman improve 4.3% year-on-year over the First Half of 2024 to 30,390 units. Toyota (+24.6%) vastly outpaces the market to reach an out-of-this-world 54.3% share vs. 45.5% over the same period in 2023. Hyundai…
The Toyota Hilux is now above the Kia Frontier. New vehicle sales in Iraq surge 42.1% year-on-year over the First Half of 2024 to 74,249 registrations. Toyota (+76.9%) is now the most popular brand with 28.8% share vs. 23.2% over the same period in 2023. Kia (+37%) is relegated to…
The Territory helps Ford up 154.2% in Bahrain. 16,151 new vehicles found a buyer in Bahrain over the First Half of 2024, a sturdy 15.6% year-on-year improvement. Both Toyota (+23.6%) and Nissan (+46.4%) beat the market atop the brands charts, leading to increased shares of 34.5% and 10.2% respectively. Hyundai…
The Mitsubishi Outlander reaches a record ranking in Australia in June. After 20 consecutive months of year-on-year gains and 5 straight monthly record, the Australian new car market marks a pause in June at -4.2% to 119,659 units. Now that customers have received vehicles that were ordered months or even…
The Toyota Hilux is the best-selling vehicle in Oman for the 2nd straight year. Discover over 15 years of Oman Historical Data here. It's another difficult year for the Oman new vehicle market at -9.8% year-on-year to 58,414 sales. Brand leader Toyota (-5.8%) falls slower than the market to improve…
MG 5 sales are up 259.6% year-on-year in 2023. Discover over a decade worth of Iraqi Historical Data here. The Iraqi new light vehicle market surges 32.9% year-on-year in 2023 to 125,758 sales. There's a big event atop the brands charts: Toyota (+30.9%) topples long-standing leader Kia (+15.3%) to snap the…
The MG 5 ranks #5 in Oman over Q1 2024. The Omani new vehicle market amounts to 14,790 sales over Q1. Toyota smothers the competition with a staggering 53.6% share, almost 8 times the #2 Hyundai (7%). MG advances to third place with 6.6% of the market, with Isuzu and…
The Toyota Hilux is the best-selling vehicle in Bahrain so far this year. 8,029 new vehicles hit Bahraini roads over Q1 2024. Toyota easily tops the brands charts with 35.3% of the market ahead of Nissan at 9.7% and Hyundai at 8.1%. MG snaps a fantastic 4th place with a…
The Kia K3 is only outsold by the Nissan Versa in Mexico in February. The Mexican new light vehicle market is up 11.1% year-on-year in February to 113,258 units. This is the largest February volume in 7 years, since February 2017 (117,985). The year-to-date tally is up 14.8% to 225,357. Brand…
The Kia K3 replaces the Rio in Mexico. 112,099 new light vehicles hit Mexican roads in January, a sturdy 18.7% year-on-year gain coming on the back of sales up 20.1% a year ago. The Mexican market has been indeed in an excellent shape lately. Nissan (+16.5%) trails the global evolution…
The Nissan Versa has been #1 in Mexico for 7 of the past 8 years. Discover 70 years worth of Mexican Historical Data here. The Mexican new light vehicle market soars 24.4% year-on-year in 2023 to 1,361,477 units. We are now above the pre-pandemic level of 2019 (1,317,937 sales) and 2023 marks the…