The Suzuki Fronx lands directly at #5 for its first full month of sales. New vehicle sales in New Zealand soar 23.8% year-on-year in July to 11,671 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 4% to 75,108. Passenger vehicles (cars and SUVs) are up 20.3% to 7,635 for the month…
The Toyota Yaris Cross is the #1 vehicle in Greece in July. Picture Power Automotive Magazine. New car sales in Greece are up by a solid 11.5% year-on-year in July to 13,606 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 1.7% to 91,768. Toyota (-6%) can't take advantage of the market…
The Suzuki Fronx repeats inside the Indonesian Top 10. It's another weak month for new vehicle sales in Indonesia: down -18.3% YoY in July to just 60,552. The year-to-date volume is now off -10.1% to 435,390, keeping in mind the 2024 YTD total was already down -17.4% on the year…
The Hyundai Tucson is up to #6 in Pakistan in July. According to local manufacturers association PAMA, the Pakistani new light vehicle market gains 28.5% year-on-year in July to 11,034 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 34.8% to 98,381. Note Changan and Kia do not share sales figures with PAMA…
BYD holds 12.6% of the Uruguayan market in July. Excellent results for the Uruguayan new light vehicle market, up 21.4% to 5,908 units. This brings the year-to-date tally up 9.8% to 36,678. We have a big event atop the charts this month: Chinese superstar BYD (+271.5%) improves its sales 4-fold…
The Toyota Roomy sells over 10,000 units in Japan in July. Now that year-on-year boosts due to year-ago production disruptions are over, the Japanese new vehicle market is in negative for the first time this year at -3.6% to 390,516. The year-to-date tally remains in strong positive territory for now…
GWM sales are up 56% in July. The South African new vehicle market delivers a 5th consecutive month of double-digit year-on-year gains in July at a fantastic +15.6% to 51,383 sales. This is the highest monthly volume since October 2019 and the largest July total since pre-pandemic July 2019. Passenger…
The GWM Poer is the best-selling vehicle in Chile in July. 26,909 light vehicles hit Chilean roads in July, a 7.3% year-on-year uptick leading the YTD tally up 3% to 172,537. Toyota (+7.2%) matches the market to stay in pole position in the brands ranking with 7.8% share. It distances…
The Skoda Octavia doubles its sales year-on-year in July. 10,809 new passenger cars hit Hungarian roads in July, a stunning 26.8% year-on-year lift. The year-to-date volume is up 7% to 76,910. In the passenger car brands ranking, Toyota (-1.8%) manages a fourth consecutive win at 10.4% share but remains #2…
The BYD Sealion 7 is the third best-selling vehicle in Iceland in July. 1,311 new cars hit Icelandic roads in July, a fantastic 56.8% year-on-year surge. Keep in mind July 2024 was off -34% on the year prior. The year-to-date volume is now up 27.3% to 9,149. Kia (+31.9%) remains…
The Dacia Bigster continues to climb up its home charts. After imploding -32.7% in May and -50.3% in June, the Romanian new car market catches up on lost time as it rallies back up 25.3% YoY in July to 16,362. This leads to a YTD tally off -15.9% to 81,183.…
The Opel Corsa is the best-selling vehicle in Croatia in July. 6,196 new cars found a buyer in Croatia in July, a strong 11.3% year-on-year improvement. The year-to-date tally is now up 7% to 47,453. In the brands charts, Opel (+199%) spectacularly triples its year-ago volume to hit 18.5% share…
The Jetour T2 climbs onto the Kuwaiti podium. The Kuwaiti new vehicle market is up 7.9% year-on-year over the First Half 2025 to 68,881 units. Toyota (+25.8%) remains ultra dominant, even improving its share to an overwhelming 31% vs. 26.6% a year ago. Nissan (+12.3%) is up to 9.1% share…
The Toyota Land Cruiser Pickup is the most popular vehicle in Jordan. The Jordanian new car market is in decline over the First Half of 2025 at -5.5% year-on-year to 17,590 units. Toyota (+4.7%) is easily back in the brands leader and sees its market share grow from 31.1% to…
The Jetour T2 is up to #5 in Bahrain so far in 2025. 18,118 new vehicles found a buyer in Bahrain over the First Hal of 2025, a solid +9.9% year-on-year improvement. Toyota (-2.9%) still leads the way by far even though it can't capitalise on the market growth and…