The Toyota Corolla Cross is the new star of the Taiwanese market. Picture u-car.com.tw In October, the Taiwanese new car market drops -3% year-on-year to 39.792 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 3.5% to 365.598. Toyota (-9.3%) easily remains the most popular brand in Taiwan with 27.2% share, distancing…
The Ford Puma breaks into the New Caledonian Top 10 in November. New car sales in New Caledonia, a French overseas archipelago, sink -15.7% year-on-year in November to 530 units, leading to an almost immobile year-to-date tally at 7.090 (+0.1%). Brand leader Toyota (-14.3%) almost matches the market evolution and…
The new Volvo XC40 EV has landed in Sweden. In November, the Swedish new car market is down -12.9% year-on-year to 26.571 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -16.4% to 257.362. This month's sluggish result is partly to blame on a high comparison comparison base with November 2019. Back…
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 Nissan Patrol is the best-selling vehicle in the UAE so far in 2020. The Emirati new vehicle market is off -30.2% year-on-year over the first 9 months of 2020 to 110.662 units vs. 158.480 over the same period a year ago. Both Toyota (-22.5%) and Nissan (-25.6%) resist better…
The Tundra (+16.4%) helps Toyota return stable U.S. sales in November. The U.S. new light vehicle market is estimated by TrueCar and ALG to drop -12% year-on-year in November to roughly 1.240.200 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -16.3% to around 12.994.200. However there were 3 fewer selling days…
Toyota has 11 of the 13 most popular regular cars in November. Picture autocar.jp With year-ago volumes still damaged by the consequences of the typhoons that battered the country then, the Japanese new car market gains 6.7% year-on-year in November to 411.601 sales. This brings the year-to-date tally down -13% to…
The Opel Corsa 3peats at #2 in Germany. Given the return of various restrictions linked to a second wave of coronavirus, the German new car market resists particularly well in November at just -3% year-on-year to 290.150 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -21.6% to 2.606.284. Brand leader Volkswagen (-18.4%)…
The Toyota Land Cruiser is up 116.3% year-on-year in Australia in November. In November the Australian new vehicle market spectacularly puts an end to 31 consecutive months of year-on-year drops - going back well before the Covid-19 outbreak - with a 12.6% surge to 95.205 units leading to a year-to-date…
The new generation has had a massive impact on Vauxhall Corsa sales at home. As we have already seen for France, the second lockdown imposed in the UK across the month hampers the market -27.4% to just 113.781 units, the slowest November since 2008 (100.333). Again like France, the drop isn't…
The Fiat Cronos is the best-selling vehicle in Argentina again. A low year-ago base and pandemic pent-up demand means new vehicle sales surge 14.6% year-on-year in Argentina to 37.163 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down -30.6% to 284.666 units. Volkswagen (+27.1%) almost doubles the market growth to easily remain the…
The Kia K5 sells a record 7.528 in the U.S. in October. 15/12 update: Now with monthly data for all Ford and Lincoln models. The U.S. new light vehicle market is up an estimated 1% year-on-year in October to around 1.350.000 units according to Bloomberg, leading to a year-to-date tally…
Volvo sales are up 25.5% in a Canadian market down an estimated 2%. Local consultancy Desrosiers estimates new light vehicle sales in Canada dip roughly -2% year-on-year to around 158.000 sales. This is the 7th year-on-year drop this year but an indication sales are stabilising after gaining 2.4% in September. It…
Renault Megane sales are up 433.6% year-on-year in Turkey in October. The Turkish new light vehicle market continues to rejuvenate after two dreadful years, with October volumes up another 93% year-on-year to 94.733 units which leads to a year-to-date tally up 78.1% to 588.354. However as we have noted over the past…
The Skoda Octavia cements its lead despite a year-on-year drop. According to our partner CE Auto, the Bosnian new car market rallies back up a spectacular 41.2% year-on-year in October to 1.357 units, leading to a year-to-date tally now down -21.5% to 7.313. Despite falling -18.2% on a particularly strong year-ago…