The Ford Ranger is the best-selling vehicle in Australia so far in 2023. 5/05 update: Now with Top 280 All models ranking The Australian new vehicle market continues to be plagued by shipping bottlenecks due to biosecurity issues on car-carrying ships, but also ballooning delivery delays reaching 3 to 4…
The Toyota Hilux is the most popular vehicle in Colombia for the first time. New vehicles sales in Colombia continue to evolve markedly below they year-ago levels, with March down another -17.2% year-on-year to 17,270 units. This leads to a Q1 result off -18.3% to 46,962. Renault (-18.3%) hold onto…
The Isuzu MU-X cracks the Australian Top 10 for the first time. 11/04 update: Now with Top 280 All models. Massive quarantine delays at Australian ports trigger a -2.7% year-on-year drop in new vehicle sales in March to 97,251 units, the 2nd lowest March in the past decade below pandemic-hit…
Lexus triples its sales year-on-year in March. 15/05 update: Now with Q1 2023 Top 20 foreign models. March is always a strong month for Japanese new vehicle sales as it is the end of the financial year and manufacturers rush to meet targets. Sales are up 11.6% year-on-year this month…
Nissan sales are up 61.9% year-on-year in February. 2,136 new cars hit Singaporean roads in February, a -6% year-on-year decline. This is much more palatable than the -36.3% of January and leads to a year-to-date tally off -23.1% to 4,024 units. Toyota (-17.7%) falls faster than the market but easily keeps…
Kia Seltos sales are up 123.9% year-on-year in February. According to estimates by local consultancy Desrosiers Automotive, new light vehicle sales in Canada progress 5.1% year-on-year in February to 103,771 units. This is the second weakest monthly total in the past decade, above only last year. The cumulative total after…
The Ford Ranger sports a third crown in as many months in Australia. 06/03 update: Now with Top 280 all models ranking. New vehicle sales in Australia edge up 1.8% year-on-year in February to 86,878 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 6.5% to 171,751. This is the best February…
The Toyota Crown is up to #14 in January. The Japanese new vehicle market lifts 16% year-on-year in January to 382,338 registrations. The Top 8 order of best-selling carmakers are identical to December and the Full Year 2022. Toyota (+17.4%) climbs to a very strong 32.4% market share vs. 29.7%…
Ford Bronco Sport sales are up 51.7% year-on-year in January. The U.S. new light vehicle market is estimated to gain 5.4% in January to 1,043,100 units according to a joint forecast from J.D. Power and LMC Automotive. The SAAR stands at 15.9 million units vs. 15.1 million in January 2022. According…
Lexus NX sales are up 4-fold year-on-year in January. Local consultancy Desrosiers Automotive has the Canadian new light vehicle market up a solid 7.5% year-on-year in January to an estimated 98,259 units as supply improves across the board. January 2022 had the biggest SAAR of the year at 1.67 million…
The Ford Ranger is the best-selling vehicle in Australia for the third time in the past 4 months. 6/02 update: Now with Top 275 all models. Australian new vehicle sales post a 7th consecutive month of year-on-year gains in January at +11.9% to 84,873 units, the highest January total since…
Porsche is the only year-on-year gainer among the Top 15 brands. Discover 40 years worth of Chinese Historical Data here. As more models shift towards local production (for example the BMW X5 this year), new car imports into China continue to shrink in 2022 at a drastic -19% year-on-year to…
The Toyota Camry scores a 25th win as USA's best-selling passenger car. Discover almost 115 years of U.S. Historical Data here. An estimated 13.867 million new light vehicles hit U.S. roads in 2022, a harsh -7.9% year-on-year decline or close to 1.2 million less than the 15.050 million of 2021.…
The Toyota Hilux is the best-selling vehicle in Australia for the 7th year running. Discover over 75 years of Australian Historical Data here. 13/01 update: Now with Top 330 all models and Top 40 all BEV New vehicle sales in Australia grow 1.8% year-on-year in 2022 to 1,081,439 units despite…
The Honda N-BOX is the best-selling vehicle in Japan in 2022. Discover over 50 years of Japanese Historical Data here. New vehicle sales in Japan drop -5.6% year-on-year in 2022 to 4,201,321 units vs. 4,448,340 in 2021. Brand leader Toyota (-12.4%) is the only Top 8 carmaker to fare worse…