BMW sales gain 41.6% year-on-year in Hong Kong in July. New light vehicle sales in Hong Kong manage their first year-on-year gain since last March at +0.8% in July to 3.403 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -4.5% to 22.641. Toyota (+2.8%) easily keeps the lead of the brands…
Ford Ranger sales are up 15.9% in a market down -31.7%. The new vehicle market in Argentina continues to freefall at -31.7% year-on-year in September to 35.781 units, leading to a year-to-date tally imploding down -44.5% to just 377.619 registrations, by far the lowest result at this stage of the…
The Toyota Corolla is #1 in Finland for the 3rd straight month. The Finnish new car market manages its first year-on-year gain in over a year in September at +29.8% to 8.372 units, unfortunately this is only due to a weak post-WLTP comparison base in September 2018, with this month's…
The Nissan Livina appears in the Indonesian Top 20 in August. 9/06/2020 update: Now with the Top 132 All-models. New vehicle wholesales in Indonesia skid -11.5% year-on-year in August to just 90.443 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -13.4% to 660.720. Brand leader Toyota (-7.1%) resists better than the…
The Nissan NP200 scores its first ever podium finish in South Africa. New vehicle sales in South Africa continue to decline at -5.1% year-on-year in August to 45.537 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -3.9% to 349.203. The Top 2 manufacturers all fall faster than the market: Toyota is down…
Opel sales surge 427.3% year-on-year in Singapore to #15. New car sales in Singapore continue on their seesaw year: after freefalling -41.1% in June and surging +32.5% in July, the market is back in stark negative in August at -14.2% to 5.099 registrations, leading to a year-to-date volume down -5%…
The Mercedes A-Class repeats at #1 in Portugal. The Portuguese new car market is logically hit by WLTP hangover in August at a paltry -19% year-on-year to 12.435 registrations as year-ago sales were boosted by pre-WLTP stock clearances. The year-to-date volume is now down -6.1% to 159.466. Having already made…
The Toyota RAV4 (+172.1%) posts its 2nd NZ podium finish this year. The New Zealand new light vehicle market endures a fourth consecutive year-on-year decline in August at -4.4% to 12.607 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -5.1% to 100.090. Passenger cars, down -14.2% to 2.796, and Light Commercials,…
The Toyota RAV4 and Honda CR-V both break their all-time US monthly volume records in August. After edging into positive for the first time this year in July (+1.9%), the US new light vehicle market soars an estimated 10.3% year-on-year in August to 1.651.092 units, the first double-digit gain in…
Ram Pickup Canadian sales are estimated to gain 17.2% in August. New light vehicle sales in Canada are estimated to edge up 0.2% or 373 units year-on-year in August to 181.996 registrations, ending a painful stretch of 17 consecutive year-on-year declines. Note other market estimates have the August tally ranging from…
The Smart Fortwo is the best-selling foreigner in France in August. 07/09/2019 update: Now with the Top 50 All-brands and Top 355 All-models. One year ago pre-WLTP stock clearances artificially boosted August sales up 40% in France, and they are logically down -14% this month to 129.259, but only -10%…
Now under Chinese ownership, MG sales are up 116.9% in Australia in August. 06/09/2019 update: Now with the Top 310 All-models. There's no light at the end of the tunnel just yet for the Australian new vehicle market, enduring a scathing 17th consecutive month of year-on-year declines in August at…
The Toyota Sienta is the best-selling regular car in Japan for the first time in history. The Japanese new vehicle market posts a third consecutive year-on-year uptick and its largest since last November at +6.7% to 388.600 registrations. Kei cars are almost solely responsible for this dynamic lift with sales up…
The Skoda Scala scores its very first podium at home - and in the world. New car sales in the Czech Republic logically drop -10.1% year-on-year to 25.026 as year-ago volumes were artificially boosted by the Europa-wide pre-WLTP rush, but are up a much more encouraging +18.1% on August 2017. The…
The Toyota Hilux remains ultra-dominant in the Argentinean models charts. The strong subsidies program launched by the Argentinean government to try and salvage a dangerously freefalling has failed to stop the rot, with August sales down another discouraging -32.7% year-on-year to 44.006 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down -45.5% to…