The Smart #5 is up to 6th place in April. It's another difficult month for the Icelandic new car market, with sales down -27% year-on-year in May to just 1,547 units. However thanks to a stellar start of the year the year-to-date tally is still up, at +4.1% to 6,060.…
The Kia Picanto is the best-selling vehicle in the Netherlands in May. The Dutch new car market edges up 1.1% year-on-year in May to 29,915 units. Yet the year-to-date volume remains in stark negative at -8% to 136,090. Hybrid vehicles hold 50.1% of the market with 15,002 sales, BEVs are…
Toyota RAV4 sales are up 49.5% in May. 33,076 new cars hit Taiwanese roads in May, a 3.7% year-on-year improvement. This is still a poor performance as May 2025 was off -23.1% on the year prior. The year-to-date tally is now off -2.3% to 160,917. Toyota (+10.2%) outpaces the market…
The Leapmotor T03 ranks #3 again in Italy. New car sales in Italy grow by a very healthy +7.6% year-on-year in May to 150,096. This is the best May result since pre-pandemic 2019 (197,876). The year-to-date tally is now up a robust 9.4% to 790,301. Encouragingly, private sales are up…
The BYD Atto 2 is up to a record 13th place in April. The Spanish new car market is uncharacteristically down year-on-year in May, albeit at a tiny -0.8% to 111,894 units. This is the first YoY drop since August 2024. The year-to-date volume is still in positive however at…
The Renault Clio 6 only holds 2.8% of its home market in May. The French new car market edges up 3.7% year-on-year in May to sign a second YoY growth in the past 3 months. However keep in mind May 2025 was off -12.3% on the year prior The YTD…
The Iran Khodro Reera is now among the 20 most produced models in Iran. Around 208,000 new light vehicles were produced in Iran over the First Quarter of 2026, which we estimate is down -30% on the year prior. The Iran Khodro Samand is back above the Peugeot 207i, with…
The Chevrolet Cobalt is ultra dominant in Kazakhstan in April. Complete March 2026 figures are also included in the data section of this article. The Kazakh new vehicle market is up 8.5% year-on-year in April to 20,857 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -0.7% to 65,610. This month Chevrolet…
Xiaomi YU7 After covering the Beijing Auto Show, let's have a quick look at the cars in the street. Like we noticed two years ago when we were last there, the taxi/DiDi landscape is logically full of locally-produced Beijing EU5. This hasn't changed in the time we were away. The…
Family Suvs, Five-star Ratings, And The Paperwork Gap Most Buyers Ignore You're sitting in a certified pre-owned 2021 CR-V at a Chamblee dealership, and the sales sheet is doing its job. IIHS Top Safety Pick+. Nine airbags. Honda Sensing standard. The salesperson taps the window sticker: "This thing got five…
The GWM Haval H6 is up to 6th place in April. The New Zealand new vehicle market is up 11.6% year-on-year in April to 9,863 units. Passenger vehicles are up 16.7% to 7,110 sales while commercial vehicles are flat at +0.2% to 2,753. The year-to-date tally is now up a…
Even though a consolidation of the Chinese market has been predicted for many years, with the number of marques present supposedly dropping sharply, the contrary is currently happening. Five new brands have been added to our exclusive Chinese Brands Guide. Huawei has spawn two new marques: a collaboration with Dongfeng…
The Tesla Model Y is a distant leader in Colombia in April. After gaining 38.9% in January, 49.5% in February and 53.5% in March, the Colombian new car market does even better in April at +53.9% year-on-year to 26,827 units. As a result, the total volume after four months is…
The BYD Sealion 7 is the best-selling vehicle in Albania for the third straight month. Thanks to CE Auto, we can share with you exclusive data for Albania. The market surges 214% year-on-year in April to 1,388 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 164.3% to 4,606. BYD continues to…
The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling vehicle in Serbia year-to-date. Based on data by our Central European partner CE Auto, the Serbian new car market grows +7.6% year-on-year in April to 4,577 sales, leading to a year-to-date tally up 13% to 12,670. This month the Toyota Corolla (+137.8%) more than…