Fiat sales are up 150% year-on-year in August. The Uruguayan new light vehicle market is up 21.7% year-on-year in August to 5,074 sales, bringing the year-to-date tally up 7.6% to 35,985. Atop the brands ranking, Chevrolet (+67.8%) and Fiat (+150%) vastly outpace the market to 17.8% and 15.2% share respectively…
Toyota holds 19.3% of the Ukrainian market in August. New car sales in Ukraine double year-on-year in August at +98% to 5,790. This means the year-to-date tally is now up 57% to 38,159 units. Toyota (+49.1%) halves the market growth but easily retains the brands top spot with 19.3% share…
The Mazda CX-5 is the best-selling car in Chile in August. Difficult access to financing continues to impact new light vehicle sales in Chile in August at -19.1% year-on-year to 28,314. Encouragingly however, this is the smallest percentage drop since last March. The year-to-date volume is down -28.8% to 210,576. Passenger…
The Suzuki Alto is up to 36.5% share in August. According to local association PAMA, the Pakistani new light vehicle market sinks -34.9% year-on-year to 7,579. Although drastic, this is an improvement on the -57% of July. Grave production issues linked to the non-availability of CKD parts due to the absence…
The GWM Funky Cat is inside the German Top 40 in August. The German new car market soars by a gigantic 37.3% year-on-year in August to 273,417 units. We remain 12.9% below the pre-pandemic volume of August 2019. The year-to-date tally is now up 16.5% to 1,913,564, 23.3% below the…
The VW Golf is back inside the Romanian Top 10. The Romanian new car market is up 2.8% year-on-year in August to 12,891 units, a poor result given August 2022 was off -22.3% on the year prior. Year-to-date, sales are up 20.2% to 100,166. Local behemoth Dacia (-10.6%) easily remains…
The Tesla Model Y is the best-selling vehicle in the Netherlands in August. 27,825 new cars hit Dutch roads in August, a solid 18.6% year-on-year lift. The year-to-date volume is now up 29.1% to 257,059. Kia (+7.2%) repeats at #1 and is the only manufacturer to cross the 10% share…
The Dacia Duster is the best-selling vehicle in Croatia in August. The Croatian new car market is back in positive in August at +4.7% year-on-year to 3,475 sales. The year-to-date volume is now up 31.8% to 42,485 units. Skoda (+43.5%) almost multiplies the market growth by 10 to stay in…
Suzuki is ultra dominant in Mauritius. It's another update on Mauritius as we now have access to H1 2023 data. 6,957 new vehicles found a buyer in the country over the period, a splendid 15.4% year-on-year progression on a record 2022 score. Suzuki widens the gap with the rest of…
The Kia Soluto is the best-selling car in Ecuador so far this year. Ecuador is a new monthly addition on BSCB. New vehicle sales in this country are down -6.5% year-on-year over in July to 10,826 units. Yet thanks to a strong start of the year, the 7-months total is…
Suzuki is the best-selling carmaker in Mauritius in 2022. New vehicle sales in Mauritius surge 28.4% year-on-year in 2022 to 12,271 units, a new all-time record volume eclipsing the previous best of 11,317 established in 2018. Suzuki (+92.4%) almost doubles its year-ago volume to snap the top spot with 19%…
The Kia Sportage is #1 in Moldova both in July and YTD. Based on data shared with us by our Central European market data partner CE Auto, the Moldovan new car market edges down -1% year-on-year in July to 742 sales. This is a strong result as July 2022 was up 24% on…
The Mazda CX-30 is the best-selling vehicle in Colombia again. The Colombian new car market continues to implode in July at -43.5% year-on-year to just 13,146 units, as low as 26 years ago in 1997 (13,427). This brings the year-to-date total to 104,015, off 29.3% over the same period last…
Chery is the 10th best-selling manufacturer in South Africa in July. New vehicle sales in South Africa edge up 1.3% year-on-year in July to 43,389 units. This leads to a year-to-date tally up 4.4% to 309,359. Passenger Cars are down -9.7% to 27,839 whereas Light Commercials soar 32.6% to 12,666.…
Suzuki is #2 year-to-date in Uruguay. The Uruguayan new light vehicle market climbs 15.6% year-on-year in July to 4,651 sales, leading to a year-to-date volume up 5.5% to 30,883. Chevrolet (+49.5%) easily holds onto the top spot of the brands ranking with 20.8% share vs. 16.2% year-to-date. Like last month,…