The VinFast Lux SA2.0 breaks into the Vietnamese Top 10 for the first time. New vehicle sales in Vietnam edges down -1.9% year-on-year in September to 27.252 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -22.2% to 179.155 according to VAMA. These figures climb to 39.149 and 240.078 respectively once adding Hyundai and…
The Lexus RX sees its sales jump 35% year-on-year in September. Picture caranddriver.com New light vehicle sales in the U.S. are estimated to rebound up 5.6% year-on-year in September to 1.35 million units. Although it is a lot higher than industry forecasts that predicted a stable market around 1.275 million…
The Toyota RAV4 hits the highest market share of any model in Australia in over 15 years. Picture themorningbulletin.com.au 4/09 update: Now with Top 310 All-models. Shackled by a strict lockdown in Melbourne and Victoria, new vehicle sales in Australia drown -28.8% year-on-year in August to just 60.986 units, marking an…
The Nissan Patrol is the best-selling vehicle in UAE both in July and YTD. New car sales in the United Arab Emirates drop -32.4% year-on-year in July to 10.436 units vs. 15.433 in July 2019, pulling the year-to-date tally down -28.6% to 86.770. After Q1 volumes edged down -8.7% but…
Toyota Corolla sales in Iraq are up 3-fold year-on-year in 2020. New light vehicle sales in Iraq sink -38.4% year-on-year over the first 7 months of 2020 to 27.604 units. After Q1 volumes dropped -15.4%, April sales were off -74.7% to 1.445 from 5.721 a year ago, May was down…
The Hyundai Avante hits its largest volume in 4 years. The South Korean new car market is full steam ahead again in July, securing a 5th consecutive positive month at +9.2% to 161.694 units. Local manufacturers soar 10.4% to 141.916 while foreigners are more muted at +1.7% to 19.778. Year-to-date…
The Chevrolet Onix secures its first Top 5 finish in Mexico. The Mexican new light vehicle market is slowly climbing up the recovery track with July volumes down another -31% year-on-year to 72.897, a slight improvement on June (-40.9%) that leads to a year-to-date tally down -31.6% to 509.342. For once Nissan…
The new Triber helps lift Renault sales up 75.5%. Picture nepaldrives.com The Covid-19 pandemic continues to spiral out of control in India with over 1.8 million confirmed cases and 38.135 lives lost at the time of writing this article and new daily cases records being broken almost on a daily…
The Isuzu D-Max is up to a record 2nd place overall in June. In June, the South African motor industry was able to resume full operation under the current lockdown restrictions, with sales down -30.6% year-on-year to 31.867 leading to a First Half volume down -36.9% to 162.629. However the Covid-19…
Exclusive data show record Chevrolet Silverado sales in Australia. Picture carsales.com.au 9/07 update: Now with Top 48 All-brands and Top 305 All-models. Lockdown easing, pent-up demand and strong end-of-financial year (EOFY) incentives have combined to deliver a much better June result than expected in Australia with sales down just -6.4%…
Our Kia Seltos on Flinders Beach in Stradbroke Island, Australia. Kia astutely chose the Seltos for its very late arrival in India, and the wholesales figures have been nothing short of spectacular: 12.854 in the first month last October and 83.685 in just 8 months, meaning the Seltos has single-handedly…
The new G80 lifts Genesis to its first podium finish at home. Despite a small flareup since May 27, the COVID-19 economic impact on the South Korean market is well and truly over, with the country falling from 2nd most affected in the world as of March 6 when we initially…
As Australians get ready to holiday at home, the Toyota Land Cruiser aligns ranking records. 5/06 update: Now with Top 300 All-models. Australia has not just flattened but squashed the coronavirus curve, going from being the 20th most affected country in the world as of March 31 (4.559 cases) to…
The U.S. recovery is hampered by absent fleet sales, notably rental cars. U.S. new light vehicle sales are estimated to fall -33% year-on-year in May to 1.065.000 units according Edmunds, ALG and Cox Automotive, compared to a revised -50% and 668.000 in April. This pulls the year-to-date tally down -24.2%…
First ever Russian Top 25 finish for the Kia Seltos. 20/06 update: Now with YTD Top 135 models. As we anticipated last month due to a national lockdown implemented on April 2 and in place all through the month, the Russian new car market collapses in April at -72.4% year-on-year to…