The Smart #5 is up to 6th place in April. It's another difficult month for the Icelandic new car market, with sales down -27% year-on-year in May to just 1,547 units. However thanks to a stellar start of the year the year-to-date tally is still up, at +4.1% to 6,060.…
The Tesla Model Y is a distant leader in Colombia in April. After gaining 38.9% in January, 49.5% in February and 53.5% in March, the Colombian new car market does even better in April at +53.9% year-on-year to 26,827 units. As a result, the total volume after four months is…
The Geely EX5 is the #1 vehicle in Moldova in April. Data by our Central European market data partner CE Auto has the Moldovan new car market up a fantastic 23.9% year-on-year in April to 1,105 units. The year-to-date volume is up an equally impressive 30.1% to 3,698. For the second time…
Jetour now shares data for Pakistan. According to local manufacturers association PAMA, 22,015 new locally assembled vehicles found buyer in Pakistan in April, a gigantic 107.8% year-on-year lift. Year-to-date, the volume amounts to 77,722, up 53% year-on-year. Note not all manufacturers present in Pakistan are members of PAMA such as…
The Toyota Land Cruiser is up to a record 7th place in April. New vehicle sales in Japan shoot up 9.1% year-on-year in April to 373,952 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now stable at -0.1% to 1,627,305. Brand leader Toyota (+25.2%) delivers an outstanding month, vastly outpacing its home…
The Skoda Octavia is the best-selling vehicle in Hungary in April. New Passenger Cars sales in Hungary progress 9.7% year-on-year in April to 11,832 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 10.5% to 48,287. Skoda (+17%) takes the lead of the brands ranking with 9.8% share but is stuck at…
The Jetour T2 misses out on a first Top 10 finish by just 41 sales. It's a 19th consecutive month of year-on-year gains in South Africa with April volumes up 13% to 47,979. This way, the year-to-date tally is now up 12.5% to 209,925. In contrast exports are down -4%…
The Toyota Hilux is the best-selling vehicle in Chile in April. Upcoming 2026 model pictured. The Chilean new light vehicle market is up 5.5% year-on-year in April to 27,572 unit. This leads to a year-to-date tally up 5.7% to 102,549, the first time above 100,000 sales at this stage of…
Changan sales are up 85% year-on-year in March. March volumes in Panama shoot up 42.5% year-on-year to 6,473, leading the Q1 2026 tally up 17.6% to 16,405. Toyota (+29.2%) leads the way in the brands ranking above Hyundai (+39.1%) and Kia (+32.3%). Suzuki (+18.4%) is slower but advances to #4 ahead…
Suzuki holds 10.6% of the New Caledonian new car market over Q1. Q1 volumes in New Caledonia, a French overseas territory located northeast of Australia, gain 44.8% year-on-year to 1,053 units, due to particularly low year-ago results. Suzuki (+115.4%) more than doubles its sales year-on-year to reach 10.6% share, toppling…
Haval sales are up 63.6% year-on-year over Q1. The Saudi new car market sinks -24.3% year-on-year over the first quarter of 2026 to just 166,748 units. If January and February were both weak, March pulled sales even further down at -34.7% year-on-year to 51,484 vs. 78,877 in March 2025. Toyota…
The Tank 700 ranks #9 in Qatar over Q1. Qatari new car sales drop -10.9% year-on-year over Q1 to 19,617 units. Toyota (+0.3%) is stable and climbs from 28.3% to 31.9% share, distancing Jetour (-20.3%). Jetour would appear to have peaked here, down from 12.8% over Q1 2025 to 11.5%…
Toyota holds almost half of the Omani market in Q1. The Omani new car market slides -6.1% year-on-year over Q1 to 17,354 units. Toyota (+0.4%) is stable and as a result improves its share from 46.3% to 49.5%. Hyundai (+2.2%) is also solid at 6.4% of the market but Nissan…
The Toyota Land Cruiser is #1 in Lebanon so far in 2026. Contrary to other markets in the region so far, new car sales in Lebanon are euphoric over Q1 at +34.2% to 5,237 units. However keep in mind Q1 2025 was off -40.5% on the year prior, so the…
The Sazgar Haval H6 is up to #2 in Pakistan in March. Data by local association PAMA shows sales of new locally produced light vehicles in Pakistan surging +39.9% year-on-year in March to 15,531. This leads to a Q1 volume up 38.6% to 55,707. Note not all manufacturers present in…