The Toyota RAV4 is up to #2 overall in Canada over Q2 2021. According to Desrosiers Automotive, the Canadian new light vehicle market is up 3.9% year-on-year in June to 162.501 units, but down -12.4% on pre-pandemic June 2019. This leads to a Q2 result up 51.8% to 478.717 and…
The Chevrolet Silverado is the best-selling vehicle in the U.S. over Q2 2021. New light vehicle sales in the U.S. are up a measured 17% year-on-year in June to 1.297 million units according to LMC Automotive, as the steady pandemic recovery is challenged by parts shortage and thin inventories. The…
The Renault Captur is now #1 year-to-date in Portugal. New car sales in Portugal gain 71% year-on-year in June to 18.936 registrations, bringing the year-to-date volume up 25.6% to 81.445. Note June 2021 remains significantly down on pre-pandemic levels of two years ago in June 2019 at -25.2% for the…
GWM sales are up 237.9% year-on-year in June. 09/07 update: Now with Top 330 All-models. Australian new vehicle sales edge up 0.4% year-on-year in June to 110.664 units, marking an 8th consecutive month of year-on-year gains after 31 straight months of decline. The H1 2021 tally is up 28.3% to 567.468,…
The Skoda Enyaq ranks #2 in the Netherlands for the second month running. New car sales in the Netherlands are up 34.6% year-on-year in June to 33.318 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now in positive at +3.3% to 163.173. However keep in mind June 2021 volumes remain down on…
The VinFast Fadil is the best-selling vehicle in Vietnam in May. Vietnam new vehicle sales are up 34% year-on-year in May to 25.585 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 51.5% to 126.894. These figures climb to 34.493 for the month and 167.500 year-to-date when adding Hyundai and VinFast who report…
Mitsubishi sales are up 170.6% year-on-year in New Zealand in May. The New Zealand new vehicle market is up 75.5% year-on-year in May to 14.552 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 65.3% to 69.503. But more significantly, May 2021 is up a splendid 18.9% on the pre-pandemic volumes of two…
The Chery Tiggo 2 misses out on the overall May top spot for just 15 sales. New light vehicle sales in Chile bounce back up 293.2% year-on-year in May to 34.130 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 52.9% to 143.358. Note May 2021 volumes are now up 9.4% on…
The Mitsubishi Xpander is the best-selling vehicle in Indonesia in May. Wholesales of new vehicles in Indonesia shoot up 1443.6% year-on-year in May to 54.815, leading to a year-to-date tally up 29.2% to 320.749. However, if last month volumes were close to the pre-pandemic level of two years ago, it…
The Renault Clio is the best-selling vehicle in Portugal in May. The Portuguese new car market surges back up 190.2% year-on-year in May to 16.661 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally up 16.2% to 62.509. However, May 2021 volumes are still down significantly on two years ago pre-pandemic scores at…
Daihatsu Move sales are up 268.6% year-on-year in May. The Japanese new vehicle market rallies back up 46.3% year-on-year in May to 319.318 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 12.8% to 2.098.955. Toyota (+31.6%) trails its home market but remains ultra-dominant at 32.9% share vs. 31.6% so far this year.…
The Lada Niva is the best-selling SUV in Russia in May. New light vehicle sales in Russia bounce back 133.8% year-on-year in May to 147.378 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 38.7% to 663.312. More significantly, the market is up 12.6% on pre-pandemic May 2019, when removing Daimler and BMW…
The Isuzu D-Max is up to a record 4th place overall in Australia in May. Now updated with the Top 289 All-models. New vehicle sales in Australia surge 68.3% year-on-year on Covid-impacted year-ago volumes to 100.809 units, stopping just short of the all-time May record of 102.901 hit in 2017…
The Fiat Argo scores its first ever monthly win in Brazil in May. As the coronavirus crisis worsened a year ago, new light vehicle sales in Brazil jump up 209.8% in May to 175.405 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 30.7% to 837.125. However a comparison with pre-pandemic May 2019…
The Skoda Enyaq is up to #2 in the Netherlands in May. The Dutch new car market soars 72.5% year-on-year in May to 25.601 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now down just -2.4% to 130.061 sales. Three brands finish the month close together atop the charts: Kia (+26.9%) remains…