The Geely EX2 is up to #5 in Thailand in July. Our Thai traditional source has dried up and we have only managed to source selected brands and models data for this country. We are missing full brands and full models rankings, monthly. Our selected data comes from autolifethailand.tv, fti.or.th…
The Mitsubishi Triton is up to #5 in Vietnam in August. Data by VAMA, Hyundai and VinFast show a Vietnamese new vehicle market up 19.4% year-on-year in August to 48,484 units. This brings the year-to-date tally up 27.5% to 436,333. Local EV maker VinFast (+84.6%) almost doubles its sales year-on-year…
The iCAUR V23 has landed in Indonesia. The wholesales market in Indonesia continues to rally back up with August volumes up 32.3% year-on-year to 81,756 units, and up 19.7% year-to-date to 599,491. Retail sales are up 25.5% to 83,422 for the month and up 13.9% year-to-date to 594,984. Brand leader…
The Geely EX2 is up to #20 for its second month in market. 09/09/26 update: Now with Top 358 All models ranking New vehicle sales in Australia are up 4.9% year-on-year in August to 108,760 units. This is the 2nd best August volume ever just below the 109,966 sales of August…
The new generation sends Nissan Elgrand sales up 9-fold year-on-year. New vehicle sales in Japan grow 2% year-on-year in August to 307,374 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 2.5% to 3,111,737. Toyota (+10.6%) delivers the best performance in the Top 5 and ends the month just shy of 100,000…
The Mitsubishi Outlander is the best-selling vehicle in the UAE in July. New car sales in the United Arab Emirates fall by a harsh -15.8% year-on-year in July to 20,420 units, bringing the year-to-date tally down -24.4% to 137,144. Toyota (-36.7%) even though imploding year-on-year, manages to still hold 20.8% of…
The Foxtron Cavira has entered its home Top 20. August 13 marked the start of the traditional "Buddhist Month," meaning more than half of the month falls within this period. Traditionally, some consumers are less inclined to take delivery during the Buddhist Month. As a result, August volumes are lower.…
First Top 15 finish for the Zeekr 7X in New Zealand. New vehicle sales in New Zealand are flat in July at 11,663 units. However this masks very different results by category, with passenger cars up 14.5% to 8,736 (the best July result since 2021) but commercial vehicles off -27.4%…
The Isuzu D-Max is up to #4 in Panama in July. 5,230 new vehicles hit the roads in Panama in July, a 4.7% year-on-year improvement. The year-to-date tally after 7 months stands at 36,387, up 11% over the same period in 2025. Toyota (-0.6%) remains the best-selling carmaker in the…
The VinFast VF 3 is the best-selling vehicle at home for the first time since February. According to data by VAMA, Hyundai and VinFast, the Vietnamese new vehicle market shoots up 26.1% to 59,031 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 28.6% to 387,849. Local EV maker VinFast (+89.7%) remains…
JAC La Venezolana Pro The Venezuelan new vehicle market continues to rally back up, with H1 2026 sales soaring 66.8% year-on-year to 25,173. JAC (+94.9%) overtakes Toyota (+13.9%) to easily snap the brands pole position at an overwhelming 42.5% share vs. 26.2% for Toyota. Changan (+73.5%) stays in third place…
The Fronx was Suzuki's best-seller in Guatemala in 2025. The Guatemalan new vehicle market soars 19% year-on-year over the First Half of 2026 to 35,719 units. Toyota (+15%) remains ultra dominant at 25.7% share while Isuzu (+46.9%) surges ahead to 10.3% share, two percentage points above its year-ago level. Mitsubishi…
Chery sales are up 46.2% year-on-year over the period. 37,022 new light vehicles found a buyer in Costa Rica over the First Half of 2026, a -1.6% year-on-year contraction. Toyota (-20.5%) remains the faraway leader but sees its market share plunge from 20.2% over the First Half of 2025 to…
The BYD Racco has launched in Japan. New vehicle sales in Japan are up a sturdy 6.8% in July to 417,163 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 2.5% or 68,400 units to 2,804,353. Once again local behemoth Toyota (+12%) outpaces its home market to 34.1% share vs. 32.3% so…
The Toyota Hilux is the best-selling vehicle in Chile in July. 24,722 new light vehicles hit Chilean roads in July, a drastic -8.1% year-on-year fall. Thanks to a good first semester the YTD tally remains in positive at +3.3% to 178,296 units. Brand leader Toyota (-2.7%) manages to fall slower…