The Honda Fit hits its highest ranking at home in over 5 years at #2. Apart from school closures, international travel bans and of course the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, as of March 31 Japan had been relatively unscathed by the COVID-19 pandemic, even being hailed as…
The Model 3 lifts Tesla into the Taiwanese Top 10 brands for the first time. Taiwan reacted very quickly and decisively upon the announcement of the coronavirus outbreak in China in January. The government's early deployment of epidemic control measures and follow-up actions have received international praise and approval and have…
The Suzuki XL7 is an instant blockbuster in Indonesia. 9/06 update: Now with Top 135 All-models. The Indonesian new vehicle market edges down -3.1% to 79.573 units in February, leading to a year-to-date volume down -2.8% to 160.008. Brand leader Toyota (+6.8%) swims upstream with a solid uptick leading to…
Peugeot sports the slimmest drop among the Top 13 brands. The closure of non-essential businesses across Ireland from March 13 as a measure to prevent the spread of the coronavirus means Irish new car sales fall -63% year-on-year in March to just 6.173 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -20.4%…
The Toyota Hilux tops an estimated 35 markets worldwide. It’s time for an update on the best-selling nameplates in 177 markets around the planet, detailing how many countries in which a specific model ranked #1. In 2019, 65 nameplates have at least won one market in the world. This list is once…
The Nissan Micra is up to #4 in Portugal in February. In January, the Portuguese new car market drops - 8% year-on-year to 14.423 units. Peugeot (-10%) takes the brands lead despite falling faster than the market, distancing Mercedes (+10.3%), Renault (stable) and BMW (+12.5%), the two German premium marques…
Perodua hits its 2nd highest ever market share at 46.8%. Image paultan.org The Malaysian new car market edges up 1.4% year-on-year in February to 40.403 registrations, however due to a weak result in January (-12%), the year-to-date tally remains in frank negative at -5.9% to 83.055. Perodua (+9.8%) is boosted…
The Mitsubishi L200 is the #1 vehicle in Ivory Coast so far in 2020. We are now able to share with you more frequent updates for the Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) market. Over the first two months of 2020, the Ivorian market is up 6.6% year-on-year to 2.397 registrations including…
The Toyota Hilux is the best-selling vehicle in Kenya in 2019. The Kenyan new vehicle market takes a breather in 2019 at -7.3% to 12.981 units. Isuzu (+12.1%) swims upstream with the largest gain in the Top 6, resulting in a much improved share at 38.4%, albeit this is mainly…
The Coronavirus outbreak has brought the Chinese market to its knees. In line with our expectations earlier in the month, as a result of the country effectively shutting down in February, wholesales of China-made light vehicles drop -79.1% year-on-year this month to 310.000 units. Passenger Vehicles are down -81.7% to…
The Toyota Vios breaks its market share record in Vietnam this month. After freefalling -52.8% in January, the Vietnamese new vehicle market bounces back up 34% year-on-year to 17.616 registrations, helped by a weak year-ago comparison impacted by Lunar New Year holidays. The year-to-date tally is now down -28.4% to…
Toyota RAV4 sales are up 7-fold year-on-year in New Zealand. New vehicle sales in New Zealand drop another -2.8% year-on-year in February to 11.348 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -4.2% to 24.502. Passenger cars fall -11.1% to 2.214, light commercials sink -12.5% to 3.150 but SUVs blissfully ignore…
Renault Captur sales triple year-on-year in Switzerland. New car sales in Switzerland drop -13.8% year-on-year in February to 19.108 units, pulling the year-to-date volume down -12.1% to 37.896. 4x4 sales drop -12.3% to 9.759 and 51.1% share vs. 50.2% in February 2019, leading to a YTD tally down -8.7% to…
The Corsa surges 259.8% in February, lifting Opel up 64.5%. New car sales in Denmark sink another -19.5% year-on-year in February to just 15.005 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down a steep -15.7% to 33.676. Brand leader Volkswagen (-28%) falls even faster than the market but manages to hold onto…
Toyota sales surge 13.9% in February, the Highlander is up 34.7% 12/03 update: Now with brands actuals and official February sales for 115 models. Note previously published groups and brands data was incorrect. After a relatively complete January, Canada follows the U.S. in killing monthly sales reporting, with only 10 brands…