The new generation Optra helps lift Chevrolet to #1 brand in Egypt. 69,842 new light vehicles hit Egyptian roads over the First Half of 2025, a sumptuous 97% year-on-year surge. There's a big event atop the brands charts: Chevrolet goes from #5 over the Full Year 2024 directly to the…
Geely Galaxy NEV sales soar 115.3% YoY According to data by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), Chinese wholesales gain a formidable 14.7% year-on-year in July to 2,593,000 units. Among this, Passenger Vehicles are also up 14.7% to 2,287,000 and Commercial Vehicles up 14.1% to 306,000. Year-to-date, PV gain…
The Nissan Magnite is up to #9 in Mexico in July. 124,482 new light vehicles hit Mexican roads in July, stable year-on-year at -0.4%. This is the third largest July volume in Mexican history below the revised 124,996 units of July 2024 and the record of 131,772 units from July…
Dacia Duster sales are up 124.5% in July It's another very satisfying month for new car sales in Portugal, up 20.6% year-on-year in July to 17,549. This way, the year-to-date volume is up 8.1% to 141,575. Peugeot (+1.2%) and Mercedes (+3.4%) remain the two best-selling brands in the market but…
The Toyota Roomy sells over 10,000 units in Japan in July. Now that year-on-year boosts due to year-ago production disruptions are over, the Japanese new vehicle market is in negative for the first time this year at -3.6% to 390,516. The year-to-date tally remains in strong positive territory for now…
The Dacia Bigster is up to a record #13 in Czechia in July. 20,817 new cars hit Czech roads in July, a splendid 19.3% year-on-year uptick. As a result the year-to-date tally is now up 5% to 143,456. Skoda (+25.3%) manages to beat its home market but its share, at…
The Fiat Fastback reaches a record 11th place in Brazil in July. New light vehicle sales in Brazil edge up 1.3% year-on-year in July to 230,223, leading to a year-to-date tally up 4.4% to 1,361,494. Fiat (+0.3%) is stable and lodges its first 50,000+ sales month of the year with a…
The Jaecoo 7 is an instant blockbuster in Scotland. Thanks to SMMT we can share with you the Top 10 best-sellers for each UK nation in June. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures are already included in the July 2025 UK update. This month…
The Mini Cooper is up to #4 overall in July. Data by local association SMMT shows a UK new car market down -5% year-on-year in July to 140,154 units. This is the weakest July result since 2022, and -10.8% lower than pre-pandemic July 2019. According to SMMT, the newly announced…
The Ebro brand has been relaunched to assemble and sell rebadged Chery vehicles. The Spanish new car market is on a roll this year, with July sales up another 17.1% year-on-year to 98,337 units. This leads to a year-to-date tally up 14.3% to 708,139. The market is boosted by the…
The Toyota RAV4 is the most popular vehicle in the world in 2024. Today and for the first time since 2020 we are able to share with you the 500 best-selling models in the world for 2024. As always there are detailed notes alongside the models to help you understand…
The Kia Pegas surges to 2nd place in Saudi Arabia in 2025. The Saudi new car market continues to evolve at height not seen in a decade, with H1 volumes up a round 10% to 409,772. Of course Toyota (+6.2%) remains the faraway leader in the brands charts with 26.7%…
The Toyota Hilux is the best-selling vehicle in the UAE halfway through 2025. 157,245 new cars found a buyer in the UAE over the First Half of 2025, a solid 5.4% year-on-year improvement. The Top 3 brands fail to match the market. Toyota (+2.5%) holds 24% share above Nissan (-3.3%)…
Jetour holds a world-best 13.8% share in Qatar It's a very satisfying result for the Qatari new car market halfway through 2025: sales surge 27% to 42,105. Toyota (+8%) can't keep up, and sees its share fall from 33% a year ago to 28.1% now. The story of the year…
The Toyota Hilux is the best-selling vehicle in Oman. New vehicle sales in Oman are in great share halfway through the year at +17.8% to 36,393 units. Toyota (+7.3%) gobbles up a stunning 48.7% of the market, albeit in decline vs. the 53.4% it held over the First Half of…