The BYD Dolphin is up to #4 in New Caledonia in October. New Caledonia is a French archipelago located north east of Australia. The local new car market is up a very solid 25% year-on-year in October to 629 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally up 3.2% to 6,930 units.…
The Toyota Camry is the best-selling vehicle in Saudi Arabia so far in 2022. New light vehicle sales in Saudi Arabia skid down -7% year-on-year over the first 9 months of 2022 to 394,912 units. Toyota (+3%) swims upstream to reach 31.2% share vs. 28.1% a year ago and increase…
The Mitsubishi Montero Sport is up to 4th place in the UAE in 2022 YTD. The UAE new car market edges up 0.4% year-on-year over the first 9 months of 2022 to 141,242 units. Toyota (-2.5%) recedes slightly to 31.3% share, more than double the #2 Mitsubishi (+36.1%) in excellent…
The MG GT is the best-selling recent launch in Oman so far this year. New vehicle sales in Oman skid -21.7% year-on-year over the first 9 months of 2022. Toyota (-24.1%) falls faster than the market but easily stays atop the brands charts with a suffocating 46.1% share. Nissan (-39.8%)…
The Nissan Sunny is the best-selling vehicle in Bahrain so far in 2022. New car sales in Bahrain fall a harsh -16.9% year-on-year over the first 9 months of 2022 to 15,256 units. Toyota (-28.4%) remains by far the most popular carmaker with 32.8% of the market and despite a…
Toyota Sienta sales are up 142.8% year-on-year thanks to its facelift. The Japanese new vehicle market scores a splendid year-on-year uptick for the second consecutive month at +28.6% to 359,159 sales. Let's remember October 2021 was off -31.3% on the year prior. The year-to-date tally is now down -7.4% to 3,479,877…
The Toyota RAV4 is the best-selling vehicle in New Caledonia in September. New Caledonia is a French archipelago located north east of Australia. New car sales there surge 46.6% year-on-year to 724 units, keeping in mind September 2021 was down -38.2% on the year prior. As a result the year-to-date…
Toyota Voxy sales are up 174.7% year-on-year in September. The Japanese new vehicle market manages its first year-on-year since June 2021 this month with a very robust +24.1% to 395,163 units. However keep in mind September 2021 was down -32.2% over the prior year so we're still evolving at below pre-Covid volumes.…
The Maxus T60 is the best-selling vehicle in Chile in August. August puts an end to 17 consecutive months of year-on-year growth in Chile with light vehicle sales down -6.8% to 35,018 units. This means the year-to-date volume is now up 16.2% to 295,777. Passenger cars are down -7.6% to…
The Hyundai Stargazer ranks #8 in Indonesia in August. Indonesian wholesales gain 16.4% year-on-year in August to 96,956 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 21.1% to 658,232. Retail sales are up 20.3% to 97,164 for the month and up 20.7% year-to-date to 637,040. In the brands wholesales ranking, Toyota…
Changan is now among Oman's Top 10 brands. 5,682 new vehicle hit Omani roads in June, that's a 12.4% year-on-year increase. Toyota (+7.7%) shows a slightly lower progression but remains ultra-dominant with almost half the market at 47.5% share. Nissan (+59.7%), MG (+67.6%) and Isuzu (+32.9%) all sport fantastic gains…
Sales of Mitsubishi Delica D5 are up 351.4% year-on-year thanks to the new model. After 10 consecutive months of double-digit year-on-year drops, the Japanese new vehicle market reduces its fall to -7.4% to 349,335 units, its best result since August 2021. The year-to-date tally is now down -14.3% to 2,435,513.…
The Kia Sorento is up to #7 this month. New car sales in New Caledonia, a French overseas archipelago located northwest of Australia, drop a harsh -17.4% year-on-year in June to 678 units. Thanks to a great start of the year, the YTD tally is still up at +9.9% and…
The Honda City is the best-selling vehicle in Vietnam in April. According to VAMA, new vehicle sales in Vietnam are up a whopping 40.9% year-on-year in April to 42,359 units, bringing the year-to-date volume up 31.1% to 132,865. These figures climb to 51,745 (+31.6%) for the month and 167,649 (+26%)…
The Toyota Hilux takes control of the Saudi models ranking in March. New light vehicle sales in Saudi Arabia edge down -0.2% year-on-year in April to 49,992 units. Toyota (+28%) vastly outpace the market to reinforce its dominance at 33.3% share, while Hyundai (-31.4%) struggles but stays #2. Isuzu (+26.6%)…