The Peugeot 3008 ranks #5 in Estonia in May. Thanks to our partnership with JATO Dynamics we can share with you today May data for Estonia, a market up 9.1% year-on-year to 2.801 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now down just -1% to 11.509. The Toyota RAV4 (+160.9%) holds…
The Tesla Model 3 is the best-selling vehicle in the Netherlands for the 2nd time this year. New car sales in the Netherlands drop a stiff -10.9% year-on-year in June to 41.671 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -10.5% to 226.482. Opel (-9.4%) roughly follows the market to take…
Lifted by the Niro (+176.7%), Kia sales gain 3.9% in a market down -51.9%. One year ago, new car sales in Sweden were spurred to the largest monthly volume in history thanks to sales pulled forward in anticipation of a new tax system implemented on July 1. Logically, the market…
Almost 1 in every 5 cars sold in Norway in June is a Tesla Model 3. New car sales in Norway slip down -3.1% year-on-year in June to 15.352 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 1.9% to 78.209. As the carmaker has got us used to in the U.S., Tesla…
Kia sales are up 22.1% in a market down -9.1%. New car sales in Finland manage to maintain their year-on-year fall to the single-digits for the first time this year, signing the lowest decline (-9.1% to 10.340) since the implementation of the new WLTP regulation slashed into sales last September.…
The Seat Arona is up to a record 2nd place at home. The Spanish new car market endures a 9th year-on-year decline in the past 10 months in June at -5.9% to 134.341 registrations, leading to a First Half tally down -3% to 715.314. Revealing a strongly artificial market, only…
Tasra my Peugeot Pars in the Dasht-e Kavir desert. This is Part 5 and the final Part of our exploration of Iran in a Peugeot Pars. You can see Part 1: Tehran here, Part 2: Isfahan here, Part 3: Shiraz here and Part 4: Dasht-e Lut and Yazd here. It's now…
Chevrolet sales in Thailand surge 36.4% year-on-year in May. New light vehicle sales in Thailand slow down their growth to just +3.7% year-on-year in May to 88.097 units, putting an end to 20 consecutive month of gains of 8% or over and producing the slowest growth rate in almost 2…
The Baojun 530 is sold as the Wuling Almaz in Indonesia. 9/06/2020 update: Now with Top 120 All light vehicles. No sign of improvement for the Indonesian new car market with May wholesales diving down -16.3% to 84.146 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down -14.7% to 422.038. Once again…
Dacia Sandero sales soar 121.5% year-on-year in May. The April 2019 article has been updated with the Top 30 brands and Top 20 models. The Slovenian new car market drops once again in May at -1.5% year-on-year to 7.447 registrations, leading the year-to-date tally down -2.8% to 34.155 units (2018…
Lada 4x4 sales are up 38.9% year-on-year in Kazakhstan in May. The Kazakh new car market manages a 16th double-digit year-on-year gain in the past 17 months in May at +17.1% to 6.165 registrations, meaning the year-to-date volume is now up 19% to 25.699. Toyota (+7.8%) remains in the brands…
Mazda2 sales soar 60.3% year-on-year in Thailand this month. The Thai new light vehicle market soars 8.7% year-on-year in April to 86.076 units, marking 20 consecutive months of 8% year-on-year gains or more. The year-to-date tally is now up 10.5% to 349.625 sales. At opposite ends of the Top 5…
My rental Peugeot Pars near Mount Damavand, Tehran Province. Iran regularly makes headlines for all the wrong reasons - religious extremism, nuclear threats and thunderous ayatollahs - yet almost every visitor returns enchanted. The contrast is such that I felt I had to see it for myself to make up…
The lift of the ban on driver's licences for Saudi women has boosted new car sales spectacularly this year. Picture Saudi Information Ministry via AP. The time has finally come! After imploding 53.2% between 2015 and 2018, including a painful 23.4% last year, new light vehicle sales in Saudi Arabia have bottomed…
The Toyota Land Cruiser is the best-seller in an astounding 6 Middle Eastern markets so far in 2019. After crumbling down -21.7% over the Full Year 2018, the Lebanese new car market drops a worrying -11.7% year-on-year over the first 5 months of 2019 to 14.848 registrations. Toyota (+6.7%) swims…