The Suzuki Swift is the best-selling vehicle in South Africa for the first time. New light vehicle sales in South Africa gain 2.1% year-on-year in April to 39,177 units. Among them Passenger cars total 27,437 sales while Light Commercials are at 11,912. Toyota remains by far the most popular manufacturer…
The Ford Kuga is up to #4 in Sweden in May. 26,413 new cars hit Swedish roads in May, a 8.6% year-on-year increase leading to a year-to-date tally down -13.8% to 118,094. Rechargeable cars soar 21.4% to 12,508 and 47.4% share vs. 39% a year ago, including 6,372 BEV (+61.4%)…
The Peugeot 208 is the best-selling vehicle in May and year-to-date. New car sales in the Netherlands endure a second consecutive declining month in May at -7.4% year-on-year to 23,508 units. The year-to-date volume is down -4.6% to 123,811. Atop the brands ranking, Kia (+6.6%) and Peugeot (+30.8%) go against…
Dacia Duster sales are up a whopping 804.3% year-on-year in May. After two consecutive months of growth, the Irish new car market falls back in negative in May at -10.4% year-on-year to 5,300 registrations. However the year-to-date tally remains in positive at +2.8% to 63,042 units. In the brands ranking,…
The Ford Kuga is up to #3 overall in the UK in May. Hit by the continued effect of supply chain issues, the UK new car market accelerates its fall in May to -20.6% year-on-year at 123,394 registrations. When removing pandemic-hit May 2020, this is the weakest May volume since…
The Honda Freed is up to its best ranking in Japan in almost 5 years. The Japanese new vehicle market continues to suffer in May at -18.1% year-on-year to 261,433 registrations. This marks a 9th consecutive double-digit year-on-year fall and brings the year-to-date tally down -16.2% to 1,758,282 units. Looking…
The Tata Nexon breaks its volume record in May, helping Tata to #2 overall. Compared to a Covid-affected May 2021, wholesales in India surge 184.6% year-on-year in May to 294,087 units, marking a third straight year-on-year lift. The year-to-date volume frankly tilts into positive as a result at +13.9% and…
Peugeot delivers the largest YoY gain among the Top 25 brands. Picture quatrorodas The Brazilian new light vehicle market stabilises in May at -0.3% to 174,814 sales. The year-to-date volume is now down -18% to 685,663 units. Fiat (-3.8%) remains the most popular carmaker with 22.3% share vs. 16.1% at…
The Toyota Aygo X breaks into the Italian Top 20 in May. The Italian new car market slows down its fall in May to -15.1% and 121,299 units, the smallest year-on-year decline of the year so far. The year-to-date tally is down down -24.3% or 178,000 sales below the same…
The Seat Arona is by far the best-selling vehicle in Spain in May. New car sales in Spain drop another -10.9% year-on-year in May to 84,977 units, with sales to rental companies (-41.4% to 18,235) the single channel responsible for this month's fall. Indeed private sales are up 4.3% to…
The Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross is #1 in Iceland once again in May. The Icelandic new car market surges 57.2% year-on-year in May to 2,105 registrations, bringing the year-to-date tally to 6,725 on revised figures only taking into account Passenger Cars. Toyota (+110.6%) continues to lead the brands charts and this…
In a devastated market, Great Wall fares best among the Top 10 manufacturers. The Chinese Light Commercial Vehicle market is off -52% year-on-year in April to 178,122 units, faring worse than the Passenger Car market (-47.6%). The year-to-date volume is now -23% to 952,577 registrations. In the brands ranking, Wuling…
Toyota remains the best-selling manufacturer in Thailand in April. Note the data section of this article includes March 2022 data. The Thai new vehicle market is up 5.2% year-on-year in April to 61,137 registrations. This has the year-to-date volume up 12.6% to 284,025 units. Market leaders Toyota (+13.4%) and Isuzu…
The VW T-Cross is one of the most successful launches in recent years: it was the outright best-selling launch in the world in 2019, and reached impressive heights in a variety of countries, notably ranking #1 in Brazil in July 2020 and #3 in Italy in September 2019. As an…
Despite a -63.2% year-on-year drop, the Skoda Fabia remains #1 in Serbia. Data shared by our Central European partner CE Auto shows a Serbian new car market in freefall at -21.9% year-on-year to 2,541 sales, meaning the year-to-date tally is now off -6.8% year-on-year to 8,840. The Skoda Fabia (-63.2%) scores a third…