The CX-50 (+123.9%) helps Mazda up 51.4% in July. Local consultancy DesRosiers Automotive has the Canadian new light vehicle market up 11% year-on-year in July to an estimated 161,000 units, thanks partly to delayed sales from the June software outage. This is however still below the 170-185,000 units July volumes…
Lincoln Corsair sales are up 162.6% in April. New light vehicle sales in the U.S. slip -2.4% year-on-year in April to an estimated 1,327,976 units. The year-to-date tally is up 3.1% to 5,104,051. Passenger cars are down -10.7% to 264,482 units and 19.9% share while Light Trucks edge down just…
Lexus RX sales are up 160.8% year-on-year. An estimated 1.22 million new light vehicles found a buyer in the USA in November, 7.3% above November 2022. The SAAR is up 6.2% to 15.3 million vs. 14.4% a year ago and 15.4 million last month. The average daily selling rate is…
The Hyundai Custin has landed in the Vietnamese charts. VAMA data shows a Vietnamese new vehicle market down a heavy -30.6% year-on-year in October to 25,369, leading to a year-to-date volume off -29.3% to 235,298. These figures climb to 32,827 (-26.6%) and 305,404 (-26.5%) when adding Hyundai who reports separately.…
The Hyundai Grandeur tightens its grip on the models charts. New light vehicle sales in South Korea are stable in August at +0.7% year-on-year to 129,832. This includes 106,482 sales for local manufacturers (+1.3%) and 23,350 for foreigners (-2.1%). The year-to-date tally is now up 7.9% to 1,156,741 including 981,549…
Honda Pilot sales double year-on-year. According to estimates by local consultancy DesRosiers Automotive, the Canadian new light vehicle market is up just 2.3% year/year in April to 144,069 units. This is a weak result considering April 2022 was off -13.3% on the year prior. We remain well below the 183,754…
The Kia Sorento is up to #2 at home in 2022. Discover over 30 years of South Korean Historical Data here. 1,671,911 new light vehicles hit South Korean roads in 2022, a -2.4% year-on-year decline. Local manufacturers drop -3.4% to 1,388,476 and 83% share vs. 83.9% a year ago while…
The Hyundai Ioniq 6 ranks #11 at home in October. The South Korean new light vehicle market registers a second consecutive month of double-digit gains in October at +16.1% to 145,389 sales. Keep in mind October 2021 was off -21.6% on the year prior. This includes 120,026 local vehicles (+12.8%) and…
The Ssangyong Torres has landed in the South Korean charts. 12/07 update: Now with Top 50 foreign models. New car sales in South Korea drop -10.6% year-on-year in June to 143,848 units, including 121,153 local vehicles (-10.1%) and 22,695 foreigners (-13.3%). The year-to-date tally is now off -11.3% to 799,895…
Hyundai Sonata sales are up 81.7% year-on-year this month in Kazakhstan. After being disrupted by social unrest in January (-53%), the Kazakh new vehicle market bounces back up 3.8% year-on-year in February to 7,750 sales, leading to a year-to-date tally off -26.2% to 11,666. Hyundai (+8.8%) continues on its implacable domination…
Hyundai sales are up 8.5% year-on-year in February. It's another difficult month for new light vehicle sales in the U.S., estimated to fall -10% year-on-year to roughly 1.07 million. The Winter Storm Landon didn't help sales already hampered by the microchip crisis. The year-to-date volume stands at 2.07 million, down -9%…
The Hyundai Elantra is the best-selling vehicle in Kazakhstan in January. Social unrest in the country in January, triggered by sudden sharp increase in liquefied gas prices, resulted in 227 deaths and 9,900 arrests and the car market is evidently affected. January 2022 sales are down -53% year-on-year to just…
The Genesis G80 is the best-selling vehicle in South Korea in January. New car sales in South Korea drop -20.3% year-on-year in January to 111,261 units, including 93,900 domestic vehicles (-19.9%) and 17,361 foreigners (-22.2%). For the second time in history after last July, Kia (-10.7%) outpaces sister brand Hyundai…
The Hyundai Porter is the best-selling vehicle in South Korea in 2021. Discover over 30 years of South Korean Historical Data here. After bucking the global negative trend in 2020 with volumes up 5.8%, the South Korean new car market is down a significant -8.6% this year to 1,713,351 sales,…
The new Maverick helps Ford regain control of the U.S. market in October. New light vehicle sales in the U.S. are estimated to drop -23% year-on-year in October to around 1.040.000 units according to Morgan Stanley, that's a slightly smaller decline than in September (-25%). It leads to a year-to-date…