Today we are exploring the car landscape of Scotland, including Glasgow and the Isle of Skye, following my trip there in July. As a reminder, the MG ZS topped the Scottish charts in July, ahead of the Kia Sportage, Peugeot 208 and Volvo XC40. Notice also the MG HS at…
The Renault Kardian is an instant success in Colombia. 16,516 new vehicles found a buyer in Colombia in July, a splendid 25.6% year-on-year lift. However keep in mind July 2023 was off a daunting -43.5% on the year prior. So far this year, the market is still in negative at…
The new generation lifts Hyundai Accent sales up. New car sales in Saudi Arabia gain 4.9% year-on-year in July to 61,842 units, with the year-to-date volume now up 6.1% to 429,020. Like in the UAE, Toyota (-3.7%) trails the market but manages a very solid 31.7% share vs. 28.6% so…
The Toyota Hilux is the best-selling vehicle in the UAE in July. The UAE new car market lifts 5.2% year-on-year in July to 22,498 sales, leading to a year-to-date tally up 9.9% to 168,169. Once again Toyota (-4%) can't benefit from the market growth but still posts a very strong…
The Toyota Yaris is the most popular vehicle in Greece in July. Greek new car sales edge down -1.4% year-on-year in July to 12,205 units, but the year-to-date tally remains frankly in positive at +9% to 90,225. Toyota (+27%) posts another very satisfying score at 18.9% share vs. 17% so…
The Kia Stonic is back to the Cyprus top spot in July. According to our local partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, the Cyprus new car market is off a harsh -19.3% year-on-year to 1,360 units. The year-to-date tally however up 8.9% to 10,150. Kia (-38.9%) easily remains on top of the…
Iran Khodro Tara It's time to study production data for Iran over the First Half of 2024. Note production figures are very close to sales data as exports are minimal. The models with available data add up to 495,207 units over the period, a harsh -10.5% year-on-year fall. Peugeot-branded vehicles,…
The BYD Qin L surges to #5 overall in July. Based on data by the Chinese Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), the Chinese wholesales market drops -5.2% year-on-year in July to 2,262,000 units. This includes 1,994,000 passenger cars (-5.1%) and 268,000 commercial vehicles (-6.6%). Likewise production is off -4.8% to…
The Chery Tiggo 7 Pro is up to a record 2nd place in July. The Turkish new light vehicle market confirms it has now plateaued with a fourth consecutive year-on-year drop at -16.4% to 94,037 units. This is still the second best July result below the 112,459 units reached last…
The Toyota Starlet Cross is a rebadged Suzuki Fronx The South African new light vehicle market edges up 1.5% year-on-year in July to 44,229 sales. This is only the second gain in the past 12 months alongside last April (+2.2%). Year-to-date volumes remain in negative at -6.3% to 289,982. Worryingly,…
The Seal U helps BYD to #7 brand this month. It's another very difficult month for new car sales in Iceland, down a damning -34% year-on-year to just 836 units. This is a particularly poor result given July 2023 was already off -38% on the year prior. The year-to-date volume…
The Virtus helps Volkswagen sales up 36% in July. New car sales in Mexico enjoy a 12.6% year-on-year gain in July to 124,761 units. This is the highest total for July in 8 years and the second best July ever below the 131,772 units reached in July 2016. Nissan (+11.9%)…
The Peugeot 3008 is the 2nd best-selling vehicle in Northern Ireland in July. Thanks to SMMT we can share with you the Top 10 best-sellers for each UK nation in July. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures are already included in the July 2024…
The Toyota Yaris Cross is the best-selling model in Finland in July. It's an 8th straight month of year-on-year declines for the Finnish new car market in July at -19.9% year-on-year to 5,033 units. This way, the YTD total is off -17.3% to just 43,323. Toyota (-20.5%) roughly follows the…
BYD ranks #9 in Ukraine in July. The Ukrainian new car market soars 20.3% year-on-year in July to 6,389 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 21.9% to 39,456. Toyota (+16%) easily stays on top with 16% share, identical to its YTD level. BMW (+63.1%) ranks #2 again with an…