The Torres is already SSangyong's best-seller at home. New light vehicle sales in South Korea dip down -2.9% year-on-year in July to 143,557. This includes 122,134 local vehicles (-1.1%) and 21,423 foreigners (-12.2%). Year-to-date, the cume stands at 943,452 (-10.1%) including 791,020 locals (-9.9%) and 152,432 foreigners (-11.5%). Kia (+6.6%)…
Jeep Wrangler sales double year-on-year in a market down -31.8% 54,080 new car imports hit Chinese roads in May, that's a hefty -31.8% year-on-year decline bringing the year-to-date volume down -27.6% to 293,438. Adding to the current lockdowns and parts shortage is the progressive transition of some strong selling import…
Imports of the Mercedes Maybach S-Class shoot up 359.7% in April. Imports into China collapses -47.7% year-on-year in April to just 44,737 units, leading to a year-to-date volume off -26.6% to 239,357 sales. Lexus (-55.7%) remains the #1 brand despite falling faster than the market and distances Mercedes (-32.9%), BMW…
The Peugeot 308 breaks into the Polish Top 20 in April. New car sales in Poland drop -14.7% year-on-year in April to 33,643 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -13.8% to 133,918. Toyota easily remains the most popular carmaker in the country with 18.4% share vs. 18.2% year-to-date, that's…
Bentley sales are up 47.6% in a market down -28% Whereas Chinese exports surge 28.8% this month, imports have stalled at -28% year-on-year to just 63,762 units. The Q1 2022 tally stands at 194,620 units, down -19.1% over the same period a year ago. The brands ranking is very stable as…
The Sportage (+525%) helps Kia to #1 this month. New light vehicle sales in South Korea fall -19.2% year-on-year in March to 136,041 units, the 2nd double-digit decline so far this year. Local manufacturers are down -21.2% to 111,124 sales while foreigners limit their fall to -8.7% at 24,917 units.…
The Lexus RX is back up to #2 in the imports ranking in February. Whereas the wholesales market is up 18.7% and exports soar 60.5% in February, imports sink -22.6% year-on-year to a meagre 42,450 units. Lexus (-13.9%) reclaims the top spot off Mercedes (-13.4%) both for the month and…
The Kia Bongo is up to a record 2nd place in February, with the EV variant at 46.4% of sales. The South Korean new light vehicle market is down -0.7% year-on-year in February to 122,728 units including 103,274 domestic models (+1.9%) and 19,454 foreigners (-12.7%). The year-to-date total stands at…
Hongqi breaks its all-time volume record for the third time in the past 4 months. According to data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), new vehicle sales in China edge up 0.9% year-on-year in January to 2,531,000 units. This includes 2,186,000 Passenger Vehicles (+6.7%) and 344,000 Commercial Vehicles…
The Genesis G80 is the best-selling vehicle in South Korea in January. New car sales in South Korea drop -20.3% year-on-year in January to 111,261 units, including 93,900 domestic vehicles (-19.9%) and 17,361 foreigners (-22.2%). For the second time in history after last July, Kia (-10.7%) outpaces sister brand Hyundai…
The Hyundai Porter is the best-selling vehicle in South Korea in 2021. Discover over 30 years of South Korean Historical Data here. After bucking the global negative trend in 2020 with volumes up 5.8%, the South Korean new car market is down a significant -8.6% this year to 1,713,351 sales,…
Kia Sportage sales roar up 161.9% year-on-year in November. The Ukrainian new car market steps up 21.9% year-on-year in November to 8,678 registrations, leading to a year-to-date volume up 22.6% to 92,742 units. Kia (+145.8%) spectacularly takes the lead of the brands ranking with a whopping 14.4% are vs. 8.8%…
BMW is the best-selling importer in China for the 2nd month in a row. Sales of imported new cars in China implode -35.3% year-on-year in November to 63,773 units, sending the year-to-date tally into negative at -3.2% to 857,362 units. BMW (-26.9%) holds onto the brands top spot for just…
The BMW X5 is the best-selling imported vehicle in China in October. Sales of new imported vehicles sink -32.5% year-on-year in China to 57,493 units in October, leading to a year-to-date tally up just 0.8% to 793,589. BMW (-7.7%) is up two spots on last month to take control of…
The Opel Mokka is up to #8 in Poland in October. Note the data tables below include September as well. New car sales in Poland drop -22.2% year-on-year in October to 30.543 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 13.1% to 371.542. Toyota remains out of reach in the brands…