The Kia Stonic is #3 in Cyprus in January. Thanks to our partnership with SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, we can share with you today January figures for Cyprus, a market down a steep 16.2% year-on-year in January to 1.005 registrations. The Toyota C-HR (-23.8%) is the best-selling vehicle in the country…
VW Polo sales surge 144.6% in January in South Africa. New vehicle sales in South Africa skid 7.7% year-on-year in January to just 42.374 units. Toyota (-5.4%) remains comfortably on top with 26.6% share just as the Volkswagen Group (+3.5%) edges up to 17.3% share but the next 8 manufacturers…
The Golf (+44.7%) helps Volkswagen up 22.5% this month in Denmark. Danish new car sales start 2019 with a bang as January registrations bounce up 7% to 21.313 units. Volkswagen (+22.5%) is partly responsible for this surge at 13.8% share, distancing Peugeot (-0.5%) edging down but up to a fantastic…
Our valiant Dacia Logan with one of the best-sellers in Serbia: the locally-made Fiat 500L. This is the second iteration of our voyage through 10 countries in 10 days with a Dacia Logan. You can see the introduction to this series and the first country explored, Romania, here. We leave…
The Skoda Octavia (+29.1%) holds 4.3% of the Swiss market in January. New car sales in Switzerland creep down 3.4% year-on-year in January to 20.931 units, however alternative fuelled vehicles soar 35.6% to 1.724 and 8.2% share vs. 5.9% a year ago, pushed by EVs up 77.1% to 434 and…
The Lexus UX is up to #25 in Taiwan in January. New car sales in Taiwan take a 7.9% hit in January to 44.143 registrations, just as brand leader Toyota (-12.8%) falls faster but scores a higher share than over FY2018 at 26% vs. 23.7%. Nissan (-12.9%), Honda (-11.1%) and…
The Honda CR-V is the most popular nameplate in Vietnam in January. The Vietnamese new vehicle market surges 28.6% year-on-year in January to 33.484 registrations, with new brands leader Toyota (+48.1%) cementing its pole position at 22.7% share and Mazda (+2.2%) stepping up to #2 overall above Thaco-Kia (-25.1%). Lexus (+263.8%),…
The Toyota Yaris is the best-selling vehicle in New Caledonia in January. New car sales in New Caledonia, a French overseas archipelago located north-east of Australia, start the year in the most depressing fashion: down an abysmal 25.6% to just 494 units. Toyota (+10.3%) and Peugeot (+48.6%) however buck the…
The Toyota Camry is #1 in Saudi Arabia again. Consult 30 years of Saudi Arabia Historical Data here. The big event of the year in Saudi Arabia was women being allowed to drive from June 24 onwards. Unfortunately, as I predicted in an interview with the BBC.co.uk, this hasn't had…
The Camry (+70.3%) helps Toyota break its all-time volume record in China in January in a declining market. No recovery in sight just yet for the Chinese new vehicle market, January marking the 7th consecutive month of year-on-year decline and third double-digit drop in a row at 15.8% to 2.367.300…
The Hyundai Palisade is the 4th best-selling vehicle in South Korea in January. This article along with all South Korea monthly articles since January 2018 have been updated with the Top 85 foreign models. The South Korean new car market is up 1.6% year-on-year in January to 135.662 units, with…
The Nissan Patrol is the best-selling vehicle in Lebanon in 2018. Consult a decade of Lebanon Historical Data here. 2017 (-2.6%) was the calm before the storm: 2018 Lebanese sales crumble down 21.7% to just 39.800 units. Brand leader Toyota (-45.9%) is hit particularly hard, falling more than twice as…
The Nissan Patrol is the new overall best-seller in Oman. Consult 15 years of Oman Historical Data here. While most markets in the region have managed to significantly reduce their fall, the nightmare isn't over yet for Oman with 2018 sales down another 14.9% to 123.983 units. One thing to…
The Nissan Sunny leaps up 5 spots on 2017 to land in 2nd place in Bahrain. Consult 15 years of Bahrain Historical Data here. After freefalling down 19% in 2016 and 25.6% in 2017, the Bahraini new light vehicle market encouragingly stabilises in 2018 at -4.8% and 34.865 sales. Once…
The Range Rover Velar lands directly inside the Yemeni Top 10 in 2018. Consult a decade of Yemen Historical Data here. New car sales in war-torn Yemen are on the mend for the 2nd straight year at +41.9% to a still hesitant 5.396 units. Toyota (+57.2%) is virtually the last…