The Toyota Land Cruiser holds 11.3% of the Bahrain market so far in 2021. The Bahrain new light vehicle market is up 8.7% year-on-year over the first 9 months of 2021 to 18,363 registrations. Brand leader Toyota (-2.1%) can't quite jump on the positive bandwagon but remains ultra-dominant at 38%…
Chery breaks into the Ukrainian Top 5 for the first time in October. New car sales in Ukraine drop -5.6% year-on-year in October to 7,965 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally up 22.7% to 84,064 units. Toyota (-8.9%) repeats at #1 in the brands ranking with 15.6% share ahead of Renault…
The Toyota Rush is the best-selling vehicle in Indonesia for the 2nd month running. New vehicle wholesales in Indonesia are up 54.1% year-on-year in October to 75,544 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 67% to 703,089. Retail sales gain an even more impressive 67% year-on-year to 76,988 units with…
The Toyota Corolla Cross is up to #3 in Vietnam in October. New vehicle sales in Vietnam drastically reduce their fall in October to -10.4% to 29,797 units, now up 3% year-to-date to 218,734. These figures climb to 41,972 and 300,763 once adding Hyundai and VinFast who report separately. Hyundai…
The Ford Ranger holds a record 11.6% of the New Zealand market in October. The New Zealand new vehicle market is up 18.2% year-on-year in October to 14,019 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up a whopping 38.1% to 136.880. Note October 2021 is down -6.1% on pre-pandemic October 2019…
The Great Wall Poer breaks into the Chilean Top 10 this month. New light vehicle sales in Chile grow 6.4% year-on-year in October to 38,551 units, the largest October volume in history. It brings the year-to-date tally up 66.8% to 335,824 sales, the second largest volume at this stage of…
Shock: the VW T-Roc is the best-selling vehicle in Germany in October. The German new car market collapses -34.9% year-on-year in October to just 178.683 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally now down -5.2% to 2.196.244 units. As a result we have revised our 2021 Forecast for Germany down from 2.79 million…
The new generation lifts the Honda Vezel to its highest ranking in 6.5 years. No real progress for new vehicle sales in Japan: after losing -32.2% in September, the market is down another -31.3% year-on-year in October to 279.341 units. This tilts the year-to-date tally into negative territory at -1.3%…
The Jolion is the first Haval to rank inside the Passenger Cars Top 25 in Russia. The Russian new light vehicle market slows down its fall slightly from -22.6% in September to -18.1% in October at 126.204 registrations. The year-to-date tally is now up 10.5% year-on-year to 1.313.579 units. As a…
The Ford Ranger has now ranked #1 four times in 2021, a record. 5/11 update: Now with Top 272 All-models ranking. After 11 consecutive months of year-on-year gains, the microchip crisis has finally caught up with the Australian new vehicle market in October. Sales are down -8.1% year-on-year to 74.650…
The Kia Rio X is the best-selling recent launch in Ukraine. New car sales in Ukraine jump up 24.4% year-on-year in September to 9.438 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 26.6% to 76.099. Toyota (+12.8%) trails the market but is back to the top spot it holds year-to-date at…
The Toyota Land Cruiser is the best-selling vehicle in Lebanon over the period. The Lebanese new car market drops -11.3% year-on-year over the first eight months of 2021 to 7.036 units vs. 7.935 a year ago. Toyota improves its share even further to 38.3% vs. 35.2% after four months this year,…
Geely is now among the 10 best-selling carmakers in Jordan. New car sales in Jordan advance 16% year-on-year over the first eight months of 2021 to 19.709 registrations. Toyota continues to vastly dominate the brands charts with 39% share, that's more than twice any other manufacturer in the country. Hyundai…
The Mazda BT-50 is among Australia's Top 10 best-sellers for the first time. 28/10 update: Now with Top 270 All-models ranking. Despite stock shortages triggered by the semi-conductor crisis and both Sydney and Melbourne being in lockdown, new car sales in Australia surge 20.8% year-on-year in September to 83.312 units,…
The Toyota Corolla Cross remains the most popular vehicle in Taiwan this month. Picture u-car.com.tw The Taiwanese new car market is up 10.4% year-on-year in September to 41.133 registrations, meaning the year-to-date volume is now up 2.6% to 334.152. Brand leader Toyota (+65.2%) is in large part responsible for the…