The Nissan Sunny remains the most popular vehicle in Egypt. Discover 20 years of Egyptian Historical Data here. After freefalling -50.8% in 2023, the Egyptian new light vehicle market rallies back somewhat in 2024 at +12.6% to 96,673 units. We still remain below the symbolic 100,000 annual sales mark for…
For its first appearance in the New Zealand charts, the BYD Shark 6 ranks #10. It's a disappointing start of the year for New Zealand with just 10,863 new vehicles finding a new home in January, off -14.1% on last year. Toyota (-5%) resists better than the market, resulting in…
The Toyota bZ4X is #1 in Norway in January. New car sales in Norway rally back up 82.4% year-on-year in January to 9,343 units over a particularly low year-ago comparison set. Thanks to sales up 89.8% to 8,954, BEVs reach a record 95.8% share vs. 92.1% in January 2024 which…
The Ford Ranger is the most popular vehicle in Vietnam in January. According to local association VAMA, the Vietnamese new vehicle market is off -1.8% year-on-year in January to 18,893 units. Adding Hyundai who reports separately, sales are down -3.7% to 21,967. Toyota (+51.5%) surges ahead to hold onto the…
BMW holds 9.6% of the Cypriot market in January. Data by our local partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT show a Cypriot market edging up 2.5% to 1,565. This is a strong result given January 2024 was up 19.8% on the year prior. Kia (-16.6%) returns to the top of the…
BYD is the most popular carmaker in Singapore in January. The Singaporean new car market continues to soar in January at +20.7% year-on-year to 2,703 units. As it was the case a year ago, the brands ranking is turned on its head this month. BYD (+116%) lodges a spectacular result,…
The Suzuki Alto holds 29.6% of the Pakistani market in January. According to data by local association PAMA, the Pakistani new light vehicle market rallies back up 61.4% year-on-year in January on a low year-ago base. Note not all manufacturers present in Pakistan are members of PAMA such as Kia,…
The Geely Xingyue L is the best-selling vehicle in China in January. The cars included in this wholesales database add up to 1,794,856 units, a harsh -11.7% year-on-year drop. CAAM is yet to publish detailed wholesales data. There are a few reasons to this negative performance. January 2024 was a…
The Suzuki Swift is the best-selling vehicle in South Africa in January. New vehicle sales in South Africa start the year on the right foot with a sturdy 10.4% year-on-year improvement in January to 46,398 units. Toyota (+11.9%) holds onto the manufacturers top spot with 26.2% share vs. 24.9% over…
The Mitsubishi L200 is by far the most popular vehicle in Chile in January. The Chilean new light vehicle market confirms it is on the mend, securing a 6th year-on-year lift in the past 7 months. January sales are indeed up 2.9% to 25,834 units. We are however still way…
The Nissan Versa holds 7% of the Mexican market in January. Mexican new car sales advance 5.9% year-on-year in January to 119,811 units, the best January result in 7 years: since the 123,269 registrations of January 2017. Brand leaders Nissan (+1.5%) and Chevrolet (+1%) can only muster modest lifts but easily…
Daihatsu sales are back up 102.2% year-on-year. New vehicle sales in Japan rally back up 12.4% year-on-year in January to 376,255. Year-ago volumes were disrupted by Daihatsu being hit by a safety test falsification scandal which paused shipments in late December 2023 and completely shut down production for the entire…
Hyundai sales almost double year-on-year in January 13/02 update: Now with Top 37 All brands ranking Sales of light vehicles in Morocco jump +24.1% year-on-year in January to 14,997 units. This includes 13,139 passenger cars (+18.7%) and 1,858 light commercials (+84%). In the passenger car brands ranking, Dacia (-32.2%) has…
The Nissan Juke has never been ranked so high in Portugal. 14,504 new cars found a buyer in Portugal in January, a significant -7.8% year-on-year fall. Peugeot (-31.9%) compensates for a particularly high year-ago result. Dacia (+1.1%) is solid at #2 with 9% share, equally its December level. Toyota (+10.9%)…
The Fiat Strada comfortably leads the Brazilian charts in January. 159,377 new light vehicles hit Brazilian roads in January, a measured +4.8% year-on-year uptick. Fiat (+11.4%) beats the market to 21.6% share, followed by Volkswagen (-3.9%) and Chevrolet (+3.8%), both underperforming. Toyota (-15.7%) and Hyundai (-30.5%) properly sink to round…