The Honda City is up 163.2% year-on-year. Local association VAMA has the Vietnamese new vehicle market at +58.1% to 44,200 in November, leading to a year-to-date tally up 17.2% to 308,546. These figures climb to 54,503 (+51.7%) and 367,395 (+14.9%) when adding Hyundai which reports separately from VAMA. In the…
The Leon helps lift Cupra to new heights in Austria. 19,096 new cars hit Austrian roads in November, a modest 1% year-on-year rise. This leads to a year-to-date tally up 5.2% to 232,100. This month Volkswagen (+11.5%) reclaims the brands top spot off Skoda (+5.3%), with both manufacturers outpacing the…
Toyota Camry sales perk up thanks to the new model. US new light vehicle sales are estimated to reach 1.364 million units in November, a robust +9.8% year-on-year uptick. Light trucks soar 14.3% to 1.123 million and 82.3% of the market whereas passenger cars drop -7.2% to 241,000 and 17.7%…
Honda CR-V sales are up 20.3% year-on-year in November. The Canadian new light vehicle market posts another very solid month in November at +8.8% year-on-year to 156,000 units, according to estimates by DesRosiers Automotive. This is the largest November volume since the record of 2017. The SAAR for the month…
The Toyota Avanza is #1 in Indonesia for the first time since September 2022. The Indonesian new wholesales vehicle market is down a harsh -11.9% year-on-year in November to just 74,347 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -14.7% to 784,788. Retail sales drop -8.1% to 76,053 and fall -11.2%…
Leapmotor breaks its all-time monthly volume record for the 6th consecutive month. Now that trade-in incentives are in full force and promotional activity by local governments and manufacturers gears up towards for the end-of-year sales push, the Chinese wholesales market reaches unseen before heights in November. According to data by…
Toyota is the most popular carmaker in Chile. First year-on-year decline since June for the Chilean new light vehicle market at -2.1% to 25,103 units. The year-to-date tally is now down -4.3% to 274,405. Toyota (+4.2%) swims upstream with a small gain leading it to 8.1% share vs. 7.7% so…
The Dewan Honri VE is the first locally assembled hatchback EV in Pakistan. Sales of new locally-made light vehicles in Pakistan rally back up 57% year-on-year in November to 10,163 units on a low comparison base as November 2023 was down -64.8% on the year prior. After 11 months, the…
The Toyota Alphard is up to #5 in the regular car ranking. The Japanese new car market reverses -5.2% year-on-year in November to 389,529 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -7.3% to 4,091,708. Toyota (-6.6%) falls slightly faster than its home market but reaches a solid 31.9% share vs.…
The Toyota RAV4 hits a record 12% share in New Zealand in November. 15,621 new cars found a buyer in New Zealand in November, a 7.6% year-on-year improvement. However the year-to-date tally is still down by a large margin at -14.9% to 118,713. Toyota (+13.2%) almost doubles the market growth…
The Toyota Corolla sells 2.7 times the amount of the #2. It's another very satisfying month for new car sales in Poland: up 18.4% year-on-year to 48,109. Again this is all the more impressive given November 2023 was already up 21.2% on the year prior. The year-to-date tally is now…
Jetour is among the 30 most successful brands in Ukraine in November. The Ukrainian new car market edges down -3% year-on-year in November to 5,224 registrations, leading to a year-to-date volume up 17% to 64,291. Toyota (+1.6%) reclaims the top spot it holds year-to-date off Renault (+39.2%), with the latter…
Opel sales more than double year-on-year in Luxembourg. 3,455 new cars hit Luxembourg roads in November, a -5.1% year-on-year decline. This way, the year-to-date tally is now off -5% to 43,520. The Top 5 brands are in the same order as year-to-date. Volkswagen (+9.3%) dominates above BMW (+25.1%), with the…
The VW Tiguan is the most popular vehicle in Switzerland again. New car sales in Switzerland are down a tough -10.5% year-on-year in November to 19,698 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -4.9% to 214,181. 4x4 registrations fall -12.6% to 9,833 and 49.9% share vs. 51.1% a year ago…
The new X pushes Neta to a record ranking in Thailand. 40,630 new light vehicles found a buyer in Thailand in October, compared to 43,568 in September. Toyota falls back to a still ultra dominant 41.9% share vs. 42.8% last month. Honda drops to 12.2% and ends the month just…