The new gen lifts Hyundai Grand i10 sales up 1678.4%. Picture autocosmos.com New light vehicle sales in Mexico shoot up 139.5% year-on-year in April to 83.611 units on weak, covid-impacted year-ago volumes. The year-to-date tally is now up 3.3% to 342.650 sales. Note April 2021 volumes remain down on pre-pandemic…
BMW is #1 in Belgium for the 4th straight month. At 37.192 registrations, the Belgian new car market is up 602.3% year-on-year but down -30.5% on the 53.498 units of two years ago in April 2019. The year-to-date tally is now up 16.5% year-on-year but down -26.1% on two years…
Haval is inside the Russian Top 10 for the second month running. New car sales in Russia surge 290.4% year-on-year in April to 151.964 units as year-ago volumes were down -72.4% because of the local lockdown. April 2020 is also up on April 2019 at +2.5% on the 148.296 units…
Mazda sales are up 9.5% on April 2019. According to local consultancy DesRosiers Automotive, at 162.455 units the Canadian new light vehicle market is up 254.4% year-on-year in April as April 2020 was a lockdown month. However unlike in the U.S. where volumes are now above pre-pandemic levels, this is…
Toyota Highlander sales are up 302.3% year-on-year in the U.S. New light vehicle sales in the U.S. are estimated to surge 110% year-on-year in April to 1.4 million units, also 4.8% above the April 2019 volume. It's another strong month with the Seasonally Adjusted Annualised sales Rate (SAAR) up 115%…
Suzuki Jimny kei car sales are up 185.3% year-on-year in April. The Japanese new vehicle market is up 29.4% year-on-year in April to 349.895 units on weak, Covid-19 impacted year-ago volumes. The year-to-date tally now stands at 1.779.638 units, up 8.4% on the same period in 2020. Brand leader Toyota…
The Ford Ranger is the best-selling vehicle in Australia this month. 6/05 update: Now with Top 285 All-models. The Australian new vehicle market soars to an all-time record April volume this year with sales up 137.2% year-on-year and up 22.3% on April 2019 to 92.347 units. This is a 6th consecutive month of…
Honda sales are helped by the new City hatchback. New vehicle sales in Thailand rebound back up 23.5% year-on-year in March to 74.295, meaning the year-to-date tally is now down -3% to 194.137. The two market leaders Toyota (+28.6%) and Isuzu (+28.6%) evolve the same way year-on-year, which in the current…
The VW Taos is up to #15 in Mexico in March. Picture autocosmos.com.mx New light vehicle sales in Mexico edge up 9.1% year-on-year in March to 95.513 units, keeping in mind March 2020 was down -25.5% on the year prior. The Q1 volume is now down -12.7% to 259.039. The Top…
The Kia Stonic makes its first appearance in the NZ Top 10. Picture autocar.co.nz February data is also included in the data section of this article. In March, new vehicle sales in New Zealand soar 87.6% on weak, Covid-19 impacted year-ago volumes to 15.498 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up…
The VW Tiguan is the best-selling vehicle in Switzerland in March. New car sales in Switzerland rebound 43.7% year-on-year in March to 25.236 units, tilting the year-to-date tally into positive at +1.9% and 56.497 sales. Note the March 2021 volume is down -12.8% on March 2019 pre-pandemic levels. 4x4 sales…
The new Sienna helps Toyota sales over Q1. New light vehicle sales in the U.S. rally back up in March on year-ago volumes severely impacted by Covid-19 lockdowns: sales are estimated to soar roughly 60% year-on-year to 1.6 million units, equivalent to the March 2019 volume. This means the U.S.…
The Volvo S/V60 holds 8.8% of the Swedish market in March. The Swedish new car market is up by a spectacular 71.7% year-on-year in March to 47.460 units, a new record for the month. Year-to-date sales are now up 37.4% to 90.870. Unlike the markets we've covered so far, the…
Isuzu MU-X sales soar 183.9% year-on-year in February. New vehicle sales in Thailand drop -13.6% year-on-year in February to 58.960 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -18.4% to 114.168. For only the the second time in at least 30 years in Thailand after June 2020, Isuzu (+13.8%) outsells Toyota (-14.6%) to become…
The Dongfeng Joyear X5 is up to 4th place overall this month. In February new car sales in New Caledonia, a French overseas archipelago located north-east of Australia, drop -3.6% year-on-year to 566, leading to a year-to-date tally down -9.5% to 1.062. Dacia (+33.9%) takes control of the brands ranking,…