Kia has sold 76.588 units in India in 7 months, including 74.518 Seltos. It's another weak month for Indian new car wholesales, down -7.2% year-on-year to an estimated 252.400 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down -6.3% to 517.396. As the market was bracing for a transition towards stricter BS6 anti-pollution…
Kia has sold 60.494 Seltos in just 6 months in India. After having stabilised towards the end of last year at +1% in October, -0.5% in November and -0.6% in December, the Indian new car market sees its fall accelerate again in January at -5.4% to an estimated 264.996 wholesales.…
The Kia Seltos sold over 45.000 units in just 5 months. Explore over 60 years of Indian Historical data here. The Indian new car market sees five years of continuous progression and four consecutive all-time record volumes come to an abrupt end in 2019 with wholesales sinking steeply at -12.3%…
Instant blockbuster: the Toyota Raize lands directly at #4 in Japan... New light vehicle sales in Japan once again endure the consequences of the typhoons that battered the country in October and disrupted economic activity, with November registrations down by a ghastly -12.7% year-on-year to 385.859, which is enough to…
The Kia Seltos is up to #6 in India for its 4th month of sales. After falling for 10 consecutive months including 6 straight double-digit declines, the Indian new light vehicle wholesale market seems to have now stabilised: to October's 1% gain we can now add a tiny -0.5% drop…
1 in every 2.4 new cars sold in Pakistan in September is a Suzuki Alto. Thanks to PAMA we can share with you September sales of locally-produced light vehicles in Pakistan, a fair representation of what the best-seller landscape given high taxes make new car imports negligible. The market remains in…
Over 5.000 Maruti S-Presso have found their way to dealerships in September. At -22.9% year-on-year to 224.989 units, Indian wholesales manage a slightly better result than in August (-30.6%) but with a 6th consecutive double-digit drop and the lowest September score since 2014 they are still in a deep rut.…
The new Suzuki Alto has taken the Pakistani market by storm. Sales of locally-produced light vehicles freefall -42.1% year-on-year in August to 10.222 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -17.6% to 143.020. Suzuki (-23.8%) limits its fall to reach a record 64.7% share vs. 57.2% YTD, but both Toyota…
The Renault Triber is one of 3 high profile launches in India in August... New light vehicle wholesales in India are stuck in a devastating rut: down another painful -30.6% year-on-year in August - the steepest fall in over a decade - to an estimated 197.735 units, the lowest result…
A new Suzuki Alto has landed in Pakistan. Thanks to PAMA we can share with you June sales of locally-produced light vehicles in Pakistan, a fair representation of the market as very high taxes make imports negligible. Sales slow down their fall in June at -5.2% year-on-year to 17.561 units, leading…
The Maruti Alto returns to #1 in India. After a string of all-time volume records (2017 and 2018), the Indian new car wholesales market hits the brakes in 2019, falling a painful -9.9% year-on-year to an estimated 1.554.407 units excluding light commercials. This is the harshest decline at this stage…
The Hyundai Venue is now among the 10 best-selling vehicles in India. The nightmare continues for new cars wholesales in India with June marking the third consecutive month of double-digit loss at -17.6% to 224.095 units. Brand leader Maruti (-17.2%) almost matches the market decline to reach 49.5% share, but it's…
The Honda Civic has landed in India. Indian wholesales recede for the 7th time in the past 9 months in March at -2.4% to 290.586 units, leading to a Q1 volume down -1.6% to 842.502. Brand leader Maruti (-1.5%) slips just under the symbolic 50% market share milestone at 49.9%…
The Mahindra XUV300 is a rebadged Ssangyong Tivoli aimed at the Maruti Vitara Brezza. It's a 6th month of year-on-year decline in the past 8 in India as February factory shipments drop ever so slightly at -0.8% to an estimated 271.618 units, bringing the year-to-date volume down 1.2% to 551.376.…
The new generation Maruti Wagon R has arrived in India. New factory shipments in India drop 1.6% year-on-year in January to 279.758 units, the 5th decline in the past 7 months accentuating the worry that the market may have plateaued for now. Sometimes touted as the world's engine of growth alongside China,…