The new Yaris Cross helps Toyota sign its first ever win in Spain. New car sales in Spain continue to suffer from the microchip crisis at -28.9% year-on-year in August to just 47.584 units, the lowest August tally since 2013 and exactly the same evolution as July. The year-to-date tally…
Toyota sales are up 5% in a market down -28.6%. New car sales in Singapore skid down -28.6% year-on-year in July to just 3.446 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 37.1% to 29.223. Relegated to third place last month, Toyota (+5%) braves the negative context to easily reclaim the…
Hyundai sales are up 28.4% in a market down -45.2% in July. 1/09 update: Now with Top 25 models. New light vehicle sales in Turkey sink by a ghastly -45.2% year-on-year in July to 47.849 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 29.6% to 442.550. The 7-month figure is up…
The Chevrolet Cobalt is the best-selling vehicle in Kazakhstan in July. Picture tengrinews.kz New vehicle sales in Kazakhstan are on a roll: up another whopping 41.9% year-on-year in July to 10.668 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 53.3% to 66.946. Local producer Chevrolet (+766.7%) retains its iron fist over…
VW Tiguan sales are up 123.1% in a market down -13.4%. With the country under Level 3 covid restrictions for most of the month, new car sales in Taiwan drop -13.4% year-on-year to 38.064, leading to a year-to-date tally up 2.4% to 259.873. Brand leader Toyota (-21.5%) drops faster than…
Chery holds 7.5% of the Chilean market in July. New light vehicle sales in Chile soar 233.6% year-on-year in July to 38.226 units, the largest monthly volume in almost 3 years: since September 2018 (39.263). This leads to a year-to-date tally up 90.1% to 217.082. More significantly, July 2021 volumes…
The Voyah Free has landed into the Chinese retail charts. BSCB is the only non-Chinese medium to cover both wholesales (ex-factory shipments) and retail sales (end-customer sales) for China so you can get the most complete picture of the largest new vehicle market in the world. Retail sales tend to…
The Toyota Wildlander is up 20.5% in July. According to data by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), it's a third consecutive month of year-on-year decline for Chinese wholesales, with July down a steep -11.9% to 1.864.000 units. However July 2021 volumes are actually up on pre-pandemic levels in…
The Chevrolet Captiva aka Baojun 530 is now inside the Mexican Top 10. New light vehicle sales in Mexico are up 12.7% year-on-year in July to 82.157 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 18.3% to 602.681. We however remain well below the pre-pandemic levels of July 2019 at -22.3% for the…
The Dacia Sandero is the best-selling vehicle in Austria in July. New car sales in Austria recede by a tough -19.7% year-on-year in July to 19.902 units, a particularly poor performance keeping in mind July 2020 was already down -21.1% on the year prior. The year-to-date tally now stands at…
The VW Polo is the best-selling vehicle in Switzerland in July. New car sales in Switzerland reverse -14.2% year-on-year in July to 19.422 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 14.4% to 143.969. 4x4 sales drop faster than the market at -18.3% to 8.712 and 44.9% share vs. 47.1% in…
The VW T-Cross is the best-selling vehicle in Slovenia again. New car sales in Slovenia take a hit in July at -31.1% year-on-year to 4.426 registrations, leading two a year-to-date tally up just 2.9% to 35.435 units. Volkswagen (-11.6%) almost slices the market drop in three to improve its share…
The VW ID.4 breaks into the Finnish Top 5 in July. Picture kauppalehti.fi New car sales in Finland backtrack -18.8% year-on-year in July to 7.175 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 13.1% to 62.336. Toyota (+5.2%) bucks the negative trend to cement its leadership in the Finnish brands ranking…
The Dacia Duster misses out on the Polish top spot for just 24 sales in July. The Polish new car market is off -7.9% year-on-year to 38.047 sales, keeping in mind July 2020 was already down -14% on the year prior. The year-to-date volume now stands at 275.758 units, up…
The Toyota Yaris is back to #1 in Greece. Picture newsauto.gr Greek new car sales are up 11.2% year-on-year in July to 10.586 units, bringing the year-to-date tally up 49.6% to 68.948. However July 2021 volumes return below pre-pandemic levels at -9.7% on July 2019. Toyota (+25.9%) outpaces the market…