The Seat Arona is by far the best-selling vehicle in Spain in May. New car sales in Spain drop another -10.9% year-on-year in May to 84,977 units, with sales to rental companies (-41.4% to 18,235) the single channel responsible for this month's fall. Indeed private sales are up 4.3% to…
The Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross is #1 in Iceland once again in May. The Icelandic new car market surges 57.2% year-on-year in May to 2,105 registrations, bringing the year-to-date tally to 6,725 on revised figures only taking into account Passenger Cars. Toyota (+110.6%) continues to lead the brands charts and this…
Toyota remains the best-selling manufacturer in Thailand in April. Note the data section of this article includes March 2022 data. The Thai new vehicle market is up 5.2% year-on-year in April to 61,137 registrations. This has the year-to-date volume up 12.6% to 284,025 units. Market leaders Toyota (+13.4%) and Isuzu…
VW T-Roc New car sales in Greece drop -8.9% year-on-year in April to 9,289 units, leading to a year-to-date volume off -5.7% to 31,716. Toyota (+0.2%) goes against the negative trend to cement its leadership in the brands charts with 13.7% share vs. 14.7% YTD. Volkswagen (+49.8%) posts a rare…
The Toyota Avanza is the best-selling vehicle in Indonesia in April. The Indonesia new vehicle wholesales market edges up 5% year-on-year in April to 82,877 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 30.4% to 346,849. Retail sales are up 2.7% to 81,615 for the month and up 24.2% to 320,370…
The Peugeot 308 nameplate is on the French podium for the first time in over 5 years. Picture largus.fr 24/05 update: Now with Top 150 models Note the November 2021, December 2021, Full Year 2021, January 2022, February 2022 and March 2022 articles have also been updated with a Top…
The Suzuki S-Presso ranks #8 in the Ivory Coast in 2021. 18,661 new vehicles found a new home in the Ivory Coast in 2021. Suzuki easily remains the most popular brand with 25.8% share vs. 14.4% for the #2 Toyota. Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi complete the Top 5. In the…
The Peugeot Landtrek ranks #13 in Ghana in 2021. Today we are able to share with you very rare data on Ghana, where 11,494 new vehicles found a buyer in 2021. Toyota (33.8%) is the runaway leader, holding more than one third of sales. It is followed by Nissan (10.6%),…
The Mitsubishi Outlander is #1 in New Zealand in April. 9,756 new vehicles found a New Zealand home in April, that's a harsh -25.6% year-on-year fall which means the year-to-date tally is now up just 3.4% on the same period in 2021 to 56,800. For once Passenger Cars are up…
The VW T-Cross is the best-selling vehicle in Austria in April. The Austrian new car market continues to implode in April with sales down a steep -26.6% year-on-year to 16,364 units. This leads the year-to-date volume down -19.9% to 68,739. Volkswagen (-43.5%) stumbles down way faster than the market but holds…
The Kia Rio is the most popular vehicle in Mexico for the first time. The Mexican new light vehicle market is stable again in April at 83,459 units, a -1% decline over April 2021. The year-to-date tally is now down -2.4% to 336,843 sales. Nissan (-22.1%) is in a difficult…
The Toyota Hilux is the best-selling vehicle in the UAE in March. 17,570 new light vehicles hit the road in the UAE, a 7.7% year-on-year increase. Toyota (+3.3%) can't quite match the market growth but remains by far the best-selling carmaker with 31.6% share. Nissan (-15.5%) is in difficulty in…
The Toyota Land Cruiser holds 21.4% of the Qatari market in April. New light vehicle sales in Qatar shoot up 25.6% year-on-year in March to 4,845 units. Toyota (+132.5%) is up spectacularly to reinforce its dominance of the market with 48.3% share. In fact the Top 4 brands are unchanged…
The Mitsubishi L200 is the best-selling vehicle in Lebanon in March. The Lebanese new light vehicle market is up 9.2% year-on-year in April to 1,002 sales. Mitsubishi (+211.9%) triples its sales year-on-year to brilliantly take the lead of the brands charts, toppling Toyota (-41.1%) at 33.9% share vs. 24.5%. This…
The new MG GT lands directly at #11 in Oman. 5,861 new light vehicles found a buyer in Oman in March, that's a steep -26.2% year-on-year fall. Brand leader Toyota (-25%) follows the market to easily keep the pole position with a whopping 47% share. Nissan (-46.7%) is hit very…