The Toyota Land Cruiser is the best-selling vehicle in Jordan for the 2nd time in the past 3 years. Consult a decade of Jordanian Historical Data here. After imploding down 27.2% in 2016, Jordanian new car sales gave the impression of recovering in 2017 (+0.6%), but it was just not…
Lexus LX sales in Qatar are up 19.3% to #2 overall. Consult 15 years of Qatar Historical Data here. After freefalling 26% in 2016 and 29.3% in 2017, the Qatari new car market endures a third consecutive double-digit drop in 2018 albeit at a much more manageable -10.7% to 45.653…
The Nissan Patrol is the new overall best-seller in Oman. Consult 15 years of Oman Historical Data here. While most markets in the region have managed to significantly reduce their fall, the nightmare isn't over yet for Oman with 2018 sales down another 14.9% to 123.983 units. One thing to…
Mitsubishi Pajero sales in Kuwait are up 14.5% in 2018. Consult 15 years of Kuwait Historical Data here. After a ghastly -26% in 2016 and -11.5% in 2017, new car sales in Kuwait are almost stationary in 2018 at -2.1% to miss out on the symbolic 100.000 annual mark for just…
The Nissan Sunny leaps up 5 spots on 2017 to land in 2nd place in Bahrain. Consult 15 years of Bahrain Historical Data here. After freefalling down 19% in 2016 and 25.6% in 2017, the Bahraini new light vehicle market encouragingly stabilises in 2018 at -4.8% and 34.865 sales. Once…
Kia Sorento sales in Iraq are up 367.8% to 11.6% share in 2018. Consult 8 years of Iraqi Historical Data here. The Iraqi new car market continues to recover, 2018 marking a second consecutive year of double-digit gains at a spectacular +58.6% to 53.646 deliveries. Kia (+68.9%) manages to outpace…
The facelifted model could help the Hyundai Elantra maintain its Syrian pole position into 2019. Consult 6 years of Syrian Historical Data here. The Syrian new car market has bounced back: after freefalling over the past half-decade due to the civil war that has ravaged the country, sales are up…
The Ford Ranger has topped the New Caledonian charts for 8 of the past 10 years. Consult 15 years of New Caledonian Historical Data here. New Caledonia is a small French overseas archipelago located north-east of Australia, with sales counted separately to metropolitan France. The market is down 3.9% year-on-year…
Suzuki climbs onto the San Marino podium for 2018. Consult 7 years of San Marino Historical Data here. San Marino is a country landlocked within Italy. Its new car market edges down 0.9% year-on-year in 2018 to 1.244 registrations. Volkswagen (+4.9%) remains ultra-dominant here, improving its share to 15.5% whereas…
The Ford Focus soars 49.2% year-on-year to land at #3 in the Netherlands. The Dutch new car market tumbles down 19.6% year-on-year in January to just 47.701 units, paying the price for last minute rushed sales in December before a January 1 change in taxation that is less advantageous for luxury…
Polish VW Tiguan sales soar 108.7% year-on-year in January. The Polish new car market edges up 0.5% year-on-year in January to 51.308 registrations including light commercial vehicles. 33.405 units were purchased by companies (65.1% share) and only 17.903 (34.9%) by private buyers. Skoda (-8%) markedly under-performs but holds onto the…
Hyundai sales are up 227.9% in Singapore in January. New car sales in Singapore shoot up 48% year-on-year in January to 8.257 registrations, with Honda (+50.9%) outpacing the market to snap the brands top spot off Toyota (+49.8%) and Mercedes (+51.2%) rounding up the podium. Hyundai (+227.9%) posts the largest…
Sales of Pakistan-made Toyota Corolla soar 26.2% in January. Thanks to PAMA we have access to sales of locally-produced models in Pakistan which gives a pretty accurate picture of the best-selling nameplates in the country as high duties limit the number of new cars imported. Sales of Pakistan-made models drop…
Mitsubishi signs the largest year-on-year in the Chilean Top 18 this month. This post was updated with Top 20 models data. New vehicle sales in Chile edge up 3.5% year-on-year in January to 36.543 registrations, a new record for the month. Chevrolet (+16.7%), Kia (+23.1%) and Suzuki (+7.3%) mean the…
Seat sales are up 15.7% in Belgium in January. This post has now been updated with the Top 10 models. The Belgian new car market starts 2019 with a harsh 10.2% year-on-year drop in January to 51.074 units. Volkswagen (+0.7%) goes against the grain and posts a slim uptick to…