The Suzuki Fronx lands directly at #5 for its first full month of sales. New vehicle sales in New Zealand soar 23.8% year-on-year in July to 11,671 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 4% to 75,108. Passenger vehicles (cars and SUVs) are up 20.3% to 7,635 for the month…
The Suzuki Fronx repeats inside the Indonesian Top 10. It's another weak month for new vehicle sales in Indonesia: down -18.3% YoY in July to just 60,552. The year-to-date volume is now off -10.1% to 435,390, keeping in mind the 2024 YTD total was already down -17.4% on the year…
The VinFast VF 3 remains the most popular vehicle in Vietnam. Data by local carmaker association VAMA and Hyundai have the Vietnamese new vehicle market at 35,340 sales, up 4% year-on-year. The year-to-date tally is up 15.2% to 222,555. This month once again we have access to exclusive figures by…
The Dacia Bigster is the 2nd best-selling vehicle in Austria in July. 24,867 new cars found a buyer in Austria in July, a phenomenal +31.6% year-on-year lift. We remain 21% below the pre-pandemic level of July 2019 (31,454). The year-to-date volume is now up 9% to 167.918. Volkswagen (+41.4%) and Skoda…
The Toyota Roomy sells over 10,000 units in Japan in July. Now that year-on-year boosts due to year-ago production disruptions are over, the Japanese new vehicle market is in negative for the first time this year at -3.6% to 390,516. The year-to-date tally remains in strong positive territory for now…
The Chery Tiggo 4 Pro is up to a record 7th place in Australia in July. 08/08 update: Now with Top 331 All models ranking. Record-breaking mood in Australia in July: sales are up 2% year-on-year to 104,244, a new high July mark, eclipsing the previous all time best set…
The GWM Poer is the best-selling vehicle in Chile in July. 26,909 light vehicles hit Chilean roads in July, a 7.3% year-on-year uptick leading the YTD tally up 3% to 172,537. Toyota (+7.2%) matches the market to stay in pole position in the brands ranking with 7.8% share. It distances…
The Fiat Fastback reaches a record 11th place in Brazil in July. New light vehicle sales in Brazil edge up 1.3% year-on-year in July to 230,223, leading to a year-to-date tally up 4.4% to 1,361,494. Fiat (+0.3%) is stable and lodges its first 50,000+ sales month of the year with a…
The Dolphin helps BYD to a record 2nd place in Thailand in June. 53,535 new cars hit Thai roads in June, leading to a H1 volume standing at 319,627. Toyota remains by far the most popular brand in the country with 36.4% share, albeit below its H1 level of 38.6%.…
The Toyota Hilux is the best-selling vehicle in the UAE halfway through 2025. 157,245 new cars found a buyer in the UAE over the First Half of 2025, a solid 5.4% year-on-year improvement. The Top 3 brands fail to match the market. Toyota (+2.5%) holds 24% share above Nissan (-3.3%)…
The Mitsubishi L200 is up to third place in Lebanon. It's another very weak score for the Lebanese new car market with sales freefalling -29.7% year-on-year halfway through 2025 at just 8,676 units. Market leader Toyota (-40.9%) falls even faster than the market to a still ultra dominant 33.4% share.…
The Jetour T2 climbs onto the Kuwaiti podium. The Kuwaiti new vehicle market is up 7.9% year-on-year over the First Half 2025 to 68,881 units. Toyota (+25.8%) remains ultra dominant, even improving its share to an overwhelming 31% vs. 26.6% a year ago. Nissan (+12.3%) is up to 9.1% share…
The Kia Seltos is only outsold by the Toyota RAV4 in Puerto Rico. 58,284 new light vehicles found a buyer in Puerto Rico over the First Half of 2025, a -4.5% year-on-year drop. Toyota (-1.8%) manages to improve its market share from 25.3% to 26.1% to easily stay in the…
The BYD Shark 6 is up to a record 5th place in June. 22/07 update: Now with Top 359 All models ranking New car sales in Australia register their 2nd year-on-year gain in June at +6.2% to 127,437 units. This is the best June result in 7 years: since the…
Honda CR-V sales are up 25.4% over Q2. Estimates by local consultancy DesRosiers Automotive have the Canadian new light vehicle market up 5.3% year-on-year in June to 178,000 units. However the year-ago comparison base was particularly low and the SAAR comes in at 1.81 million, the lowest level so far…