The Chery Tiggo 7 Pro breaks into the Kazakh Top 10 this month. New vehicle sales in Kazakhstan are up 14% year-on-year in September to 11,986 units, tilting the year-to-date volume into positive at +0.4% to 86,959. The Top 3 carmakers all vastly outpace the market, indicating a concentration trend…
The Chery Tiggo 7 Pro is the best-selling newcomer in Kazakhstan in July. New vehicle sales in Kazakhstan return to positive in July at 11,637 registrations, with a very satisfying +9.1% year-on-year, all the more impressive given July 2021 was already up 41.9% on the year prior. The year-to-date tally now…
The Mitsubishi Xpander is the best-selling vehicle in Vietnam in July. According to figures released by VAMA, the Vietnamese new vehicle market is up by a smashing 88% year-on-year in July to 30,254 units. This leads to a year-to-date tally up 39.4% to 232,094 sales. These figures climb to 38,183…
Exeed lands directly inside the Kazakh Top 10 in May. New vehicle sales in Kazakhstan drops -17.8% year-on-year in May to 8,295 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -9.9% to 39,987. Chevrolet (-5.8%) limits its fall to reach 31.7% share vs. 21.3% YTD where it remains #2. Hyundai (+6.6%) swims…
The Toyota Corolla Cross is now #1 year-to-date in Vietnam According to VAMA, the Vietnamese new car market is up 19.5% year-on-year to 36,962 units in March, leading to a Q1 volume up 27.6% to 90,506. These figures climb to 47,502 (+18.5%) for the month and 115,904 (+23.7%) year-to-date when adding…
The Toyota Corolla Cross is #1 in Vietnam in February. In January, according to local association VAMA, new vehicle sales in Vietnam are up 16.3% year-on-year to 30,742 units. This figure climbs to 40,273 (+14.1%) when adding Hyundai and VinFast who report separately from VAMA. Hyundai takes the lead of…
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…
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 Toyota Corolla Cross is up to #3 in Vietnam in October. New vehicle sales in Vietnam drastically reduce their fall in October to -10.4% to 29,797 units, now up 3% year-to-date to 218,734. These figures climb to 41,972 and 300,763 once adding Hyundai and VinFast who report separately. Hyundai…
The Lexus NX is up 45.4% year-on-year in August. New light vehicle sales in Canada are estimated to skid -11.4% year-on-year in August to 146.925 according to DesRosiers Automotive Consultants, and off -19.2% on August 2019. The year-to-date tally is now up 18.9% to 1.160.029. We at BSCB forecast a Full…
The VinFast Fadil is the best-selling vehicle in Vietnam in July. According to figures released by VAMA, the Vietnamese new vehicle market freefalls -33.4% year-on-year in July to 16.035 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 26.9% to 166.516. These figures climb to 23.848 for the month (-29.6%) and 224.302 year-to-date (+29.3%)…
The new gen Sportage helps lift Kia to the brands pole position in July. The effect of the microchip shortage and the idling of some factories as a result make themselves felt in South Korea in July with a market down -8.5% year-on-year to 147.901 units. This brings the year-to-date…
The VinFast Fadil is now #1 year-to-date in Vietnam. According to data published by VAMA, the Vietnamese new vehicle market is down -1.7% year-on-year in June to 23.587 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 40.4% to 150.481. However these figures climb to 32.662 (+2.8%) for the month and 200.162…
Hyundai Solaris sales shoot up 89.1% year-on-year in June in Russia. Picture zr.ru The Russian new light vehicle market is up 28.7% year-on-year to 157.808 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 36.9% to 840.749. Note June 2021 volumes are also up 9.8% on pre-pandemic June 2019, indicating the Russian…
The Chevrolet Nexia is #1 in Kazakhstan in May. Some good news for the new vehicle market in Kazakhstan: sales are up 38% year-on-year in May to 10.097 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 68.8% to 44.369. That's especially significant given May 2020 volumes were up 18.7% on the…