The Dacia Duster is the most popular vehicle in Portugal in April. The Portuguese new car market lifts 8.2% year-on-year in April to 18,752 sales, tilting the year-to-date volume into positive at +1.2% to 77,297. Peugeot (+64.6%) soars ahead to solidify its dominance in the brands charts, while Mercedes (+13.8%)…
The Skoda Octavia is the best-selling vehicle in Slovenia in April. 5,193 new cars hit Slovenian roads in April, a solid 10.6% year-on-year improvement. This way, the year-to-date tally is up 6.3% to 19,865. 3 of the Top 4 carmakers outpace the market, with Volkswagen (+18.3%) and Skoda (+42.6%) very…
The Suzuki Alto still holds 21.5% of the Pakistani market in April. According to local manufacturers association PAMA, 10,596 new locally assembled vehicles found buyer in Pakistan in April, a tiny +0.8% year-on-year uptick. Year-to-date, the volume amounts to 50,788, up 26.5% year-on-year. Note not all manufacturers present in Pakistan…
The Mahindra Scorpio lodges its 2nd highest monthly volume in April. Indian wholesales are up 4.9% year-on-year in April to 353,449 units, a new record for the month, and this for the third consecutive year. The year-to-date tally is up 3.4% to 1,521,520, also a new record at this stage…
The Geely Xingyuan is the best-selling vehicle in China in April and year-to-date. According to data by CAAM, the Chinese wholesale market continues to perk up in April at +9.8% year-on-year to 2.59 million units (this figure includes exports). New Energy Vehicles climb 44.2% year-on-year to 1,226,000 equalling to 47.3%…
Suzuki sales are up 37.9% year-on-year over Q1. New vehicle sales in Mauritius shoot up by 21.5% year-on-year over the First Quarter of 2025 to 4,680 units. Suzuki (+37.9%) tightens its grip on the market to a phenomenal 28.4% share, leaving Toyota (+22.6%) in the dust at 12.5% of the…
The Volvo XC60 hits a new ranking record in April. Polish new car sales advance 5.8% year-on-year in April to 46,968 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 3.3% to 189,064. Toyota (-10.9%) easily retains the brands pole position with 15.7% share, albeit down one percentage point on its YTD…
The Toyota RAV4 is the most popular vehicle in New Zealand. 8,839 new vehicles found a buyer in New Zealand in April, a -4.3% year-on-year contraction. The year-to-date tally is now down -4.9% to 41,031 units. The Top four brands all fall faster than the market. Toyota is off -8.8%…
The MG 5 is back inside the Mexican Top 5. 108,298 new light vehicles hit Mexican roads in April, a -4.6% year-on-year dip. The year-to-date tally remains in positive however at 473,402 units, up 1.4% over the same period in 2024. Nissan (+6.3%) defies the gloomy market and widens the…
The BYD Sealion 7 is inside the Indonesian Top 10 in April. New vehicle wholesales in Indonesia edge up 5.3% year-on-year in April to 51,205 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -2.8% to 256,368. Retail sales are off -3% to 57,031 for the month and down -7.6% year-to-date to…
The new Omoda C9 pushes Chery up to #5 brand in March. Today we are able to share with you complete sales data for Malaysia in March. 76,515 new cars found a buyer in the country this month, leading to a year-to-date tally of 197,026. Local behemoth Perodua holds 39.8%…
First Australian Top 20 finish for the Chery Tiggo 4 Pro 12/05 update: Now with Top 322 All models ranking. New vehicle sales in Australia drop -6.1% year-on-year in April to 91,316 units, leading to a year-to-date volume off -3.6% to 387,273. Private sales fall -8.9% to 44,568, business fleets edge…
The BYD Sealion 6 ends the month at #11. 52,643 new light vehicles hit Thai roads in March, leading to a year-to-date volume standing at 164,803. Toyota remains the dominant force in the market with 40.4% share vs. 39.5% so far this year. Honda holds onto the 2nd spot with…
The Toyota Hilux is the best-selling vehicle in Chile in April. 26,132 new light vehicles found a buyer in Chile in April, a 2.5% year-on-year improvement. This way, the year-to-date volume tilts into positive at +0.4% to 97,010 units. Toyota (+33.8%) lodges a splendid performance and wrestles back control of…
Dacia Duster sales are down -27.9% year-on-year despite a new generation. It's a mediocre month for new car sales in Romania with April off -24.7% year-on-year to 9,996 units. To be fair, April 2024 was up 34.6% on the year prior. Year-to-date volumes are off -6.1% to 43,688. Local behemoth…