The new Camry (+39.3%) helps Toyota up to 35.1% share in Qatar. Thanks to the return of Audi, BMW, Volkswagen and Porsche into the dataset, the Qatari new car market nudges into positive territory for the first time in 4 years at +2.1% year-on-year to 24.147 units over the First…
The Toyota Land Cruiser is now threatening the Prado for the Kuwaiti pole position. The Kuwaiti new light vehicle market confirms it is back on track with a splendid 14.8% year-on-year uptick over the First Half of 2019 to 54.892 units. The best-selling brands trio all outpace the market: Toyota…
The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling vehicle in Israel so far in 2019. Thanks to our partnership with cartube.co.il, we can share with you today complete models and brands data for Israel in June and H1. New car sales in the country continue to struggle: after falling -17.1% in May they…
The Kia Sportage is back in charge of the Ukrainian market. After three consecutive months of gain, new car sales in Ukraine are almost immobile in June, losing just 13 units or -0.2% year-on-year to 6.500 registrations which brings the H1 2019 tally down -2% to 38.693. Toyota (+47.1%) and…
The Ford Focus is the best-selling vehicle in North Macedonia in May. According to data released by our Eastern European data specialist partner CE Auto, new car sales in the Republic of Macedonia gain 22.8% year-on-year in May to 629 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now up 35.5% to 2.335.…
The impressive new generation Hyundai Sonata is the best-selling vehicle at home in May. This article has been updated with the Top 85 foreign models. The South Korean new car market drops another -4.5% year-on-year in May to 150.317 registrations as local carmakers sales's decline (-2.6%) is accentuated by foreign…
Kia Sportage sales surge 64.3% year-on-year in Moldova in May. Based on data shared by our Central European market data partner CE Auto, new car sales in Moldova skid down -5.8% year-on-year in May to 552 units, yet the year-to-date tally remains in positive territory at +3% year-on-year to 2.511 registrations. After reclaiming…
The VW T-Roc is the best-selling vehicle in Cyprus in May. Thanks to our partnership with SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, we can share with you today Cyprus new car sales data. The market is down -8.3% year-on-year in May to 1.120 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -17.2% to 5.358. The…
Toyota Tundra in front of the Potala Palace, Lhasa. After Shanghai, Manzhouli in Inner Mongolia and Kunming, Dali and Lijiang in Yunnan, we finish our Chinese exploration following the Shanghai Auto Show on a high note. After many years of anticipation and missed opportunities because of how convoluted the permit process is, I…
The Toyota RAV4 is the best-selling vehicle in Ukraine in May. The Ukrainian new car market manages a third consecutive month in positive after 6 in negative: May sales are up 1.6% to 6.947, meaning the year-to-date tally is now down -2.4% to 32.193. Toyota (+45.6%) overtakes Renault (+28.8%) to take…
First Top 10 finish for the Hyundai Creta in Moldova. According to our Central European market data partner CE Auto, the Moldovan new car market is up a fantastic 18.3% year-on-year in April to 575 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 5.8% to 1.959. The Dacia Logan (+104.3%) reclaims the lead it…
The Kia Sportage is the uncontested best-seller in Ukraine so far in 2019. In March, new car sales in Ukraine register their first uptick in 7 months at +7.7% to 7.327 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -4.9% to 18.343, the first Q1 decline since 2015. Renault (+66.4%) is on…
The Hyundai Tucson breaks into the UK Top 10 for the first time this month. The UK new car market recedes again in April at -4.1% to 161.064 units, bringing the year-to-date tally down -2.7% to 862.100. This month fleet sales (+2.9%) are the only channel staying afloat at 90.016…
The Dacia Duster takes the lead both in March and YTD in Moldova. Thanks to our partnership with Eastern European data specialist CE Auto, we can share with you today March sales for Moldova, a market down -14.9% year-on-year to 486 units, leading to a Q1 volume edging up 1.3%…
The Mitsubishi Outlander is the most popular vehicle with Icelandic private buyers in 2018. Consult over 15 years of Iceland Historica Data here. This article has been updated with the Top 100 models. Iceland is back on BSCB after a two-year hiatus, but the market suffers a harsh drop in…