The Toyota Corolla Cross is the 2nd best-selling vehicle in South Africa in June. New vehicle sales in South Africa climb 14% year-on-year in June to 46,810 units. This means the H1 2023 tally is now up 4.8% to 265,824. Passenger Cars edge up 0.8% to 29,795 while Light Commercials…
Suzuki is up to 2nd place year-to-date in Uruguay. New light vehicle sales in Uruguay soar 21.1% year-on-year in June to a round 5,000 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 3.9% to 26,232. Chevrolet (+68.1%) continues to dominate the charts head and shoulders with 18.9% share vs. 15.4% so…
Great Wall Poer sales surge 73% year-on-year in a market down -37.4% It's another freefall for new light vehicle sales in Chile, with June volumes off -37.4% year-on-year to 22,676 units. The H1 2023 tally is down -28.4% to 159,211 but down only -11% on the 178,856 units of H1…
The Renault Clio is the best-selling model in June and now also YTD. 19/07 update: Now with Top 60 All brands and Top 328 All models. Although French new car sales gain 11.5% year-on-year in June to 190,848 registrations, we are still lower than the 199,509 of June 2021, 233,820 of June 2020…
Never had a single car sold that many units in a year in Iceland. The Icelandic new light vehicle market drops -9.8% year-on-year in June to 2,563 units. This means the H1 2023 volume is up 10.1% to 10,266. Toyota (-12%) falls slightly faster than the market but retains the…
The Skoda Octavia is the best-selling vehicle in Hungary over H1 2023. The Hungarian new passenger car market is down -1.4% year-on-year in June to 9,360 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -1.6% to 56,467. When adding light commercials, sales are up 2.4% to 68,339 units. Skoda tops the…
Indonesia, like South East Asia, gets a specific Toyota Yaris Cross. The Indonesian new vehicle wholesales market is up 4.3% year-on-year in June to 82,581 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 6.4% to 505,985. In contrast, retail sales drop -4.2% to 80,021 with a H1 2023 volume up 8% to…
The Citroen C4 X is up to a record 11th place in June. 13,394 new cars hit Greek roads in June, a 20.8% year-on-year improvement. As a result the H1 2023 tally is up 28.4% to 70,362. Toyota (-4.7%) doesn't benefit from the market growth but still scores a solid…
The Mitsubishi Triton is up 10-fold year-on-year in June. New Zealand vehicle sales surge by a spectacular 96.1% year-on-year in June to 23,560, a new all time monthly volume record. This result is linked to Clean Car policy changes with customers rushing to register vehicles to avoid new fees. The…
The Sazgar Haval H6 breaks into the Pakistani Top 10. Sales of new locally-produced light vehicles in Pakistan continue to implode in June at -78.7% year-on-year to just 6,034, according to local association PAMA. The H2 volume is down -70.2% to 42,764. Behind this freefall are grave production issues linked with the non-availability…
Toyota is the most popular carmaker in Ukraine in June. The Ukrainian new car market rallies back up 92.3% year-on-year in June to 5,581 sales, leading to a year-to-date tally up 52.9% to 27,058. Toyota (+136%) and Renault (+108.6%) beat the market to lead the brands charts ahead of Volkswagen…
The Toyota Corolla Cross is the best-selling vehicle in Colombia in May. New vehicle sales in Colombia continue to struggle in May at -30% year-on-year to 15,695 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off 24% to 76,434. A caveat to this ghastly performance is the fact May 2022 was euphoric at +52.5%…
Nissan sales are up 9.5% in a market down -24.8% The Singaporean new car market continues to perform poorly in May, down another -24.8% year-on-year in May to 2,214 units. As a reminder, May 2022 was already down -21.7% on the year prior. The year-to-date tally is down a harsh…
The Dacia Duster ranks #2 in Romania in June. 13,173 new cars found a buyer in Romania in June, a 19% year-on-year improvement leading to a year-to-date tally up 25.4% to 73,645. Dacia (+8.6%) trails its home market to 29.5% share vs. 33.4% halfway through the year, while Toyota (+1.2%)…
Toyota sales vastly outpace their home market in June. 392,719 new vehicles hit Japanese roads in June, a 19.8% year-on-year improvement. As a result the H1 2023 volume is up 17.5% to 2,450,599 units. Note the June result is still -12.8% off pre-pandemic June 2019. Toyota (+47.6%) vastly outruns its home…