The Fronx was Suzuki's best-seller in Guatemala in 2025. The Guatemalan new vehicle market soars 19% year-on-year over the First Half of 2026 to 35,719 units. Toyota (+15%) remains ultra dominant at 25.7% share while Isuzu (+46.9%) surges ahead to 10.3% share, two percentage points above its year-ago level. Mitsubishi…
Chery sales are up 46.2% year-on-year over the period. 37,022 new light vehicles found a buyer in Costa Rica over the First Half of 2026, a -1.6% year-on-year contraction. Toyota (-20.5%) remains the faraway leader but sees its market share plunge from 20.2% over the First Half of 2025 to…
The Toyota Hilux is the best-selling vehicle in Chile in July. 24,722 new light vehicles hit Chilean roads in July, a drastic -8.1% year-on-year fall. Thanks to a good first semester the YTD tally remains in positive at +3.3% to 178,296 units. Brand leader Toyota (-2.7%) manages to fall slower…
The BYD Atto 2 lodges its first Top 20 finish in Croatia, directly at #5 The Croatian new car market is up 2.6% year-on-year in July to 6,357 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 5.1% to 49,897. The Top five brands vastly outpace the market with at least double-digit…
The Czech new car market recedes -3.2% year-on-year in July to 20,147 sales, yet the YTD tally remains in frank positive at +4.5% to 149,957. Skoda (+4.9%) is the only gainer among the Top 9 brands and holds 35.9% of its home market vs. 36.7% year-to-date. Hyundai (-19.1%) and Toyota…
BYD is up to #3 over H1 in Mauritius vs. #10 a year ago. After four consecutive record years, the Mauritius new car market sinks -43.6% to just 6,661 units over the First Half of 2026. Suzuki (-55.1%) stays atop the brands charts but sees its share fall from 26.3%…
The Toyota Yaris Cross (emerging markets model) breaks into the Argentinean Top 5. Another mediocre month for new light vehicle sales in Argentina: down -31.2% year-on-year in July to 41,057 units. The year-to-date volume is now down -13.5% or almost 50,000 sales to 319,453. Toyota (-29.5%) is by far the…
Toyota Hilux sales are up 34.3% in July. It's a 21st consecutive month of year-on-year gains in South Africa at +11.9% in July to 57,708 units. This is also the 6th straight double-digit uptick. Toyota (+11.4%) matches the market to 24.5% share vs. 22.7% so far this year. It is…
Haval sales are up 48% in a market down -23.5% The Saudi new light vehicle market freefalls -23.5% year-on-year over the First Half of 2026 to a meagre 313,458 units, losing almost 100,000 sales in one year. Toyota (-17.4%) manages to fall slower than the market and as a result…
The Tesla Model Y is by far the best-selling vehicle in Colombia in June. The Colombian new vehicle market continues to soar, with June sales up another 61.6% year-on-year to 29,086. This way the year-to-date tally is now up 50.3% to 157,869. The market is fragmenting, with the Top 4…
First Top 10 finish for the Chery Tiggo 8 Pro. New light vehicle sales in Panama are impacted by the World Cup at -1.8% year-on-year in June to 4,468 units. However the H1 2026 tally is strong at +10.4% to 31,157. Toyota (+3.6%) goes against the negative market and cements…
The Toyota Yaris is the best-seller in Greece for the first time since July 2024. New car sales in Greece surge 27.5% year-on-year in June to 18,668 units. This is the strongest June volume in the country in 17 years: since the 24,372 units of June 2009. The year-to-date tally…
Exeed LX in Doha A few months ago I was able to visit Doha in Qatar, and this was a great excuse to do a little "car safari" to explore what's in the streets. My observations are below. The first striking observation while scanning the Qatari car landscape is the…
Toyota Calya sales are up 115.3% year-on-year in June. Wholesales in Indonesia rally back up 34.3% year-on-year in June to 77,550 units after losing -20.8% a year ago. The H1 volume is up 16.5% to 436,564. Retail sales are up 20.9% to 74,507 for the month and up 11.1% to 433,848…
The VinFast Limo Green is the best-selling vehicle in Vietnam in June. According to data by VAMA, Hyundai and VinFast, the Vietnamese new vehicle market is up 11.1% year-on-year in June to 52,805 units, leading to a H1 tally up 29.1% to 328,818 (locally made vehicles only). Local EV maker…