Toyota RAV4 sales are up 134.5% year-on-year in October. Desrosiers Automotive Consultants has the Canadian new light vehicle market down an estimated -5.3% in October to 121,653 units. Like in September it is the lowest volume for October since 2009 (121,500 units). The SAAR is down from 1.57 million a…
The Geely Geometry C is #3 over Q3. Picture motormagazine.co.il Thanks to our local partner cartube.co.il, we can share with you today Israeli September brands data for Israel as well as monthly models data for Q3. 17,020 new cars hit Israeli roads this month, that's a 37.5% year-on-year gain, however September…
The Torres is the best performing Ssangyong in 3.5 years. The South Korea new light vehicle market edges up 0.5% in August to 128,941. This is only due to strong imports up 7.8% to 23,850 while local manufacturers are down -1.1% to 105,091. The year-to-date total now stands at 1,072,393…
The Tracker helps Chevrolet to a historic pole position in Mexico in July. The Mexican new light vehicle market continues to evolve slightly higher than last year, with July sales edging up 1.2% year-on-year to 83,137 units. The year-to-date total is now down just -0.2% at 601,563. We have a massive…
The Torres is already SSangyong's best-seller at home. New light vehicle sales in South Korea dip down -2.9% year-on-year in July to 143,557. This includes 122,134 local vehicles (-1.1%) and 21,423 foreigners (-12.2%). Year-to-date, the cume stands at 943,452 (-10.1%) including 791,020 locals (-9.9%) and 152,432 foreigners (-11.5%). Kia (+6.6%)…
Honda Ridgeline sales buck the negative trend with sales up 400% year-on-year. DesRosiers Automotive estimates the Canadian new light vehicle market falling -16.2% year-on-year in July to 130,480 units, while July 2021 was already down -5.7% on the year prior. This is the weakest July volume in 21 years (since…
Volvo sales are up 1.5% year-on-year in April. With a bit of delay we are now able to share with you selected April 2022 data for Canada. Note the Q1 2022 article has now been updated with a Top 42 All-brands and Top 280 All-models. According to DesRosiers Automotive Consultants,…
The Geely Coolray is up to a record 14th place in May. Economic sanctions imposed on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine continue to wreak havoc on Russian new car sales, accelerating their collapse to -83.5% vs. -78.5% in April and -62.9% in March. Only 24,268 new vehicles were registered…
The Lada Niva, including the Niva Classic pictured, is up to #3 in Russia in April. As economic sanctions levelled at Russia in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine start to take full effect, notably triggering rampant inflation and an exodus of carmakers from the country, the local new…
The Sportage (+525%) helps Kia to #1 this month. New light vehicle sales in South Korea fall -19.2% year-on-year in March to 136,041 units, the 2nd double-digit decline so far this year. Local manufacturers are down -21.2% to 111,124 sales while foreigners limit their fall to -8.7% at 24,917 units.…
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…
The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling vehicle in Puerto Rico in 2021. 129.145 new light vehicles hit the Puerto Rican roads in 2021, an increase of 35.9% over 2020 (95,020). Toyota (+19.3%) trails the market but remains ultra dominant at 23.7% share, followed like in 2020 by Hyundai (+37.1%) edging…
The Hyundai Solaris ranks #2 in Russia, its highest position since December 2016. The Russian new car market is down -4.8% year-on-year in February to 114,349 units, bringing the year-to-date talky down -4.3% to 206,011. It is too early to feel the potential effects of the economic sanctions levelled at…
The Tata Nexon breaks its volume record for the 2nd straight month. The Indian new wholesales market dips -2.8% year-on-year in January to 294,768 sales. Maruti Suzuki (-7.3%) and Hyundai (-15.4%) both fall faster than the market to 43.7% and 14.9% share respectively. However Hyundai reclaims the #2 spot which…
The Kia Rio is the best-selling vehicle in Russia in January. Picture zr.ru New light vehicle sales in Russia edge down -3.7% year-on-year in January to 91,662 units. Market leaders Lada (-17.4%) and Kia (-18.1%) are in a bit of trouble this month but retain the top two spots. Hyundai…