The Fiat Cronos is up 300.9% year-on-year in January. New vehicle sales in Argentina gain 10.6% year-on-year in January to 49.438 units. Traditional brand leader Volkswagen (-5%) is toppled this month: Toyota (+79.8%) and Fiat (+44.5%) surge to #1 and #2 respectively with 19.3% and 14.3% share, levels way above…
The VW Nivus breaks into the Argentinean Top 20 in November. Picture autoblog.com.ar Particularly weak year-ago volumes mean new vehicle sales in Argentina are up a fantastic 34.9% year-on-year in November to 34.563 units, however the year-to-date tally remains down, at -26.7% to 319.229. Despite losing volume year-on-year, Volkswagen (+24.2%) and…
The Chevrolet Onix Plus breaks its volume record in Brazil this month. New light vehicle sales manage to contain their loss to single digits for the first time since the pandemic hit in November at -7.2% to 214.265 units, the second month in a row above 200.000 sales. The year-to-date…
The Fiat Strada is up 44.7% year-on-year in Brazil. Pic by Fernando Pires / www.flpires.com.br The Brazilian new light vehicle market drops -14.9% year-on-year in October to 205.244 units, surpassing 200.000 monthly sales for the first time in 2020. This YoY drop, on paper worse than September (-10.9%) is actually due…
The Toyota RAV4 is the best-selling vehicle in Australia for the first time. The Australian new car market skids down -12.8% year-on-year in July to 72.505 units, marking a gruelling 28th consecutive month of year-on-year decline and sending the market to its weakest July mark in 18 years: since 2002…
Volkswagen (-0.9%) remains above 3m sales thanks to its new SUV lineup. Discover 30 years worth of Chinese Historical Data here. It's a second consecutive year of decline for the Chinese wholesales market - factory shipments to dealerships, and only the second drop in the past 30 years. The coughing…
The Changan CS85 confirms the Chinese carmakers' trend towards coupe SUVs. After detailing January wholesales it is now time to study this month’s new locally-made launches so you can on the bleeding edge of the fastest-evolving new car market in the world. In a freefalling market at -15.8% but -17.7% for…
The Mazda3 starts the 2015 race in front. * UPDATED - Discover the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 47 All brands * New car sales in Australia are steady in January at -0.2% to 82,116 registrations, however this masks greatly varying behaviours by segments: passenger cars are down 4% while SUVs…
Ford Ranger XL Plus * See the Top 10 best-selling models and Top 50 All-brands by clicking on the title! * In spite of record low interest rates and car affordability at a 38-year high, Australia is holding off buying new cars in October, down another 1.5% year-on-year to 91,236 deliveries,…
Toyota Hilux * See the Top 10 best-selling models in each Australian State by clicking on the title! * * Check out the Australia Full Year 2013 Report here! * This article is sponsored by buycarparts.co.uk Thanks to Elise at Toyota Australia I can share with you the 10 most…
Ford Falcon * See the Full Photo Report by clicking on the title! * Now that most of the globe has passed the milestone, I wish to all my readers a wonderful new year 2014, may it be the best so far! To celebrate, I thought I would share with…
The Toyota Land Cruiser is by far the most popular new car in Mongolia. * See the Top 12 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * This is Part 19 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this long-term Report here. I know a lot…
Bob Graziano: "Manufacturing in Australia is no longer viable" Breaking news: In a press conference that started 30 minutes ago, Ford Australia President and CEO Bob Graziano has announced that Ford is pulling out of manufacturing cars in Australia in October 2016. Graziano has confirmed local production of the Falcon, Falcon…
Toyota Corolla * NOW UPDATED with the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 54 All-brands! Click on title to see * Another excellent month for new car sales in New Zealand: February is up 11% year-on-year to 7,946 registrations, including 2,146 commercial vehicles which is only the fourth time since 1981 sales…
Toyota Corolla * NOW UPDATED with the Top 25 best-selling models! Click on title to see * This Australian update is brought to you by the free MyNextCar app. Australia continues to lodge outstanding numbers month after month, with November breaking the all-time record for the month at 98,347 registrations, which…