The Mitsubishi L200 holds 24.4% of the Lebanese market in November. The Lebanese new car market soars 96.6% year-on-year in November to 1,270 registrations. Toyota (+142.3%) outpaces the market to score a 36.1% share while Mitsubishi (+10900%) posts a surreal gain to jump to 2nd place with 26% of the…
The Changan Eado Plus is the best-selling recent launch in Iraq this month. New car sales in Iraq drop -21.1% year-on-year in November to 6,372 registrations. Brand leader Kia (-50.5%) is in freefall but easily keeps the lead with 36.8% share. In contrast, Toyota (+40.6%) has a splendid month and…
Toyota Land Cruiser pickup are up 6-fold year-on-year in November in Yemen. New car sales in Yemen are up 58.4% year-on-year in November to 407 units. Toyota (+55.3%) slightly trails the market to hold a 93.9% share with Land Rover in second place at 3.7% and Lexus in third at…
This is Part 6 of our Dacia Duster adventure through 10 countries and 9000 km around the Black Sea, you can read Part 1: Transnistria here, Part 2: Chernobyl here, Part 3: Belarus here, Part 4: Crossing the Black Sea and Georgia here and Part 5: Azerbaijan here. As a reminder this Test Drive happened before COVID-19…
The Suzuki Swift Dzire ranks #10 in the UAE so far in 2021. The UAE new car market is up 27.1% year-on-year over the first 9 months of 2021 to 140,679 registrations. Toyota (+19.5%) and Nissan (+12.1%) both trail the market significantly but remain the outright best-sellers, holding 51.1% of…
The Toyota Land Cruiser is the best-selling vehicle in Lebanon over the period. The Lebanese new car market drops -11.3% year-on-year over the first eight months of 2021 to 7.036 units vs. 7.935 a year ago. Toyota improves its share even further to 38.3% vs. 35.2% after four months this year,…
The Mazda BT-50 is among Australia's Top 10 best-sellers for the first time. 28/10 update: Now with Top 270 All-models ranking. Despite stock shortages triggered by the semi-conductor crisis and both Sydney and Melbourne being in lockdown, new car sales in Australia surge 20.8% year-on-year in September to 83.312 units,…
The Chery Tiggo 7 becomes the first Chinese model to rank inside the Russian Top 20. The Russian new car market dives -22.6% year-on-year in September to 119.485 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 15.1% to 1.260.111. The next few months aren't looking good either as the microchip and…
Chery is up to a record 9th place in Russia in August. New light vehicle sales in Russia skid down -17% year-on-year in August to 114.130 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 21.3% to 1.067.890. Local behemoth Lada (-32.1%) is in difficulty this month as it almost doubles the…
Toyota Prado sales are up 452.8% year-on-year in August. 06/09 update: now with Top 275 All-models. New car sales in Australia surge 33.1% year-on-year in August to 81.199 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 27.2% to 732.828 sales, the highest volume at this stage of the year since 2018.…
Nissan sales soar 139.1% year-on-year so far in 2021. New light vehicle sales in Kuwait lurch up 51.2% year-on-year over the first 7 months of 2021 to 58.583 units. Brand leader Toyota (+8.5%) vastly trails the market and sees its share thaw from 39.6% over the same period a year…
MG ZS sales are up 446.2% year-on-year in Australia in July. Now updated with the Top 292 All-models ranking. New car sales in Australia surge 16.1% year-on-year in July to 84.161 units to sign the largest July volume since 2018. This leads to a year-to-date tally up 26.5% to 651.629…
GWM sales are up 237.9% year-on-year in June. 09/07 update: Now with Top 330 All-models. Australian new vehicle sales edge up 0.4% year-on-year in June to 110.664 units, marking an 8th consecutive month of year-on-year gains after 31 straight months of decline. The H1 2021 tally is up 28.3% to 567.468,…
Chery sales are up 477.8% year-on-year in Ukraine in April. New car sales in Ukraine surge 200.8% year-on-year in April to 11.022 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 30% to 31.118. More significantly, April 2021 sales are up a whopping 59.7% on April 2019 pre-pandemic levels. In the brands ranking,…
The Toyota Land Cruiser is the best-selling vehicle in the UAE so far in 2021. Emirati new car sales are up 12.2% year-on-year over the first four months of 2021 to 59.502 vs. 53.045 a year ago. The market is fragmenting slightly over the period with the Top 2 carmakers holding 52.2%…