21,544 Ram Pickups found a new Canadian home in June. According to local consultancy DesRosiers Automotive, the Canadian new light vehicle market is estimated to climb 12.6% year-on-year in June to 161,901 units. To damper this performance, remember June 2022 was the lowest volume for the month since 2009. The…
Indonesia, like South East Asia, gets a specific Toyota Yaris Cross. The Indonesian new vehicle wholesales market is up 4.3% year-on-year in June to 82,581 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 6.4% to 505,985. In contrast, retail sales drop -4.2% to 80,021 with a H1 2023 volume up 8% to…
The Mitsubishi Triton is up 10-fold year-on-year in June. New Zealand vehicle sales surge by a spectacular 96.1% year-on-year in June to 23,560, a new all time monthly volume record. This result is linked to Clean Car policy changes with customers rushing to register vehicles to avoid new fees. The…
The Mazda BT-50 hits a record 7th place in Australia in June. 10/07 update: Now with Top 299 All models. New vehicle sales in Australia shoot up 25% year-on-year in June to 124,926 units, the highest June volume since 2018 (130,300). This means the H1 2023 tally is up 8.2%…
Toyota sales vastly outpace their home market in June. 392,719 new vehicles hit Japanese roads in June, a 19.8% year-on-year improvement. As a result the H1 2023 volume is up 17.5% to 2,450,599 units. Note the June result is still -12.8% off pre-pandemic June 2019. Toyota (+47.6%) vastly outruns its home…
A new generation Daihatsu Sigra is bound for Indonesian dealerships (current gen pictured) After sinking -28.9% in April, wholesales in Indonesia rally back up 66% year-on-year in May to 82,097 units, leading to a year-to-date volume tilting back into positive at +6.9% to 423,404. The retail market is up 34.1%…
The VinFast VF 8 is the best-selling vehicle in Vietnam in May. According to local manufacturers association VAMA, new vehicle sales in Vietnam sink -52.7% year-on-year in May to just 20,726 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -35.7% to 113,527. When adding Hyundai and VinFast EV who report separately…
The Ford Ranger is the best-selling vehicle in New Zealand for the 4th time in a row. The New Zealand market is stable in May (+0.2%) at 13,354 sales but remains down year-to-date at -12.3% to 61,457. Passenger Cars drop -17.2% to 2,104 and 15.8% share vs. 19.1% a year…
The Cupra Leon breaks into the Austrian Top 20 for the first time. The Austrian new car market rallies back up 20.6% year-on-year in May to 20,623 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 19% to 102,179. The top four manufacturers all vastly outpace the market. Volkswagen (+34.6%) is on…
The Renault Clio is the best-selling vehicle in Portugal in May. The Portuguese new car market a 54.6% year-on-year lift in May to 19,816 units, yet to tamper that enthusiasm let's remember May 2022 was off -23.5% on the year prior. The year-to-date tally is now up 46.4% to 88,114.…
The Toyota Hilux is the best-selling vehicle in Australia in May. 7/05 update: Now with Top 300 All models ranking. The Australian new car market is up 12% year-on-year in May to 105,694 units, a new record for the month eclipsing the 102,901 sales reached in May 2017. As a…
Skoda sales almost double year-on-year in May. Data by our local partner cartube.co.il shows an Israeli new car market down -3.1% year-on-year to 24,303 units. Thanks to a strong start of the year, the year-to-date tally is now up 10% to 149,604. Hyundai (-25.6%) stays overall best-seller despite a hefty year-on-year loss.…
Suzuki is ultra dominant in Ivory Coast. New vehicle sales soar 20.6% year-on-year in 2022 to 24,402 units. Suzuki (+85.5%) vastly outpaces the market to reach an ultra-dominant 36.5% share vs. 23.7% a year ago. Toyota (+14.6%) sees its share go from 13.3% in 2021 to 12.7% now, but easily…
The Toyota Land Cruiser ranks #2 in Malawi in 2022. 1,232 new vehicles were sold in Malawi in 2022, including medium and heavy commercials. Toyota holds a staggering 48.5% share thanks to almost 600 sales. Nissan comes in second place with 16.9% share ahead of Isuzu at 8.1%, Tata at…
The Toyota Hilux is the most popular vehicle in Uganda in 2022. 2,959 new vehicles found a buyer in Uganda in 2022, a -3% year-on-year drop. Among them we have 2,169 light vehicles. Toyota reigns supreme with 64.2% share, distancing Nissan (10.9%), Ford (6.9%) and Isuzu (6.3%). Mitsubishi rounds out…