The Haval V7 has landed in Saudi Arabia. New light vehicle sales in Saudi Arabia sink -18.1% to 55,621 units. A small part of this fall is explained by the fact Mazda didn't report sales for the month. Its January 2025 volume was 3,740 so like for like the market…
The Mitsubishi Outlander is up to #4 in the UAE in January. The UAE new light vehicle market edges down -1.8% year-on-year in January to 24,331 units. Toyota (-0.3%) is stable at 24.1% share, distancing Nissan (+3.1%) at 17%. Mitsubishi (+12.6%) impresses at #3 while Jetour (+63.1%) continues to spectacularly…
The Fiat Doblo is the most popular vehicle in Montenegro in January. According to our local partner CE Auto, 211 new light vehicles found a buyer in Montenegro in January, stable year-on-year. The Fiat Doblo surges to #1 with 2.8% share, distancing the Kia Sportage, Hyundai Tucson and Toyota Corolla.…
The Fiat Grande Panda ranks #7 in Serbia in January. Data shared with us by our central European partner CE Auto shows a Serbian market up 4.6% to 1,845 sales in January. The Skoda Fabia (+96.4%) doubles its sales year-on-year to topple the Skoda Octavia (+3.4%) for its first monthly…
First Bosnian Top 10 finish for the Hyundai Bayon. According to data shared with us by our local partner CE Auto, the Bosnian new car market falls -7.7% year-on-year in January to 723 units. The Skoda Octavia (+69.1%) remains a distant leader with 12.9% share which is its highest since…
The BAIC X55 ranks on the Moldovan podium in January. CE Auto data shows a Moldovan new car market edging up 1.5% year-on-year in January to 598 units. The Toyota RAV4 (+104.3%) more than doubles its sales year-on-year to remain a distant leader at 7.9% share. For reference its Full…
The Peugeot 408 ranks #2 in North Macedonia in January. Thanks to our Central European partner CE Auto we can share with you today January results for New Macedonia. The market is off -7.8% year-on-year this month, a difficult start of the year. The Citroen C3 (+54.5%) takes the lead…
The previous generation Nissan Sunny is still on sale in Egypt. Discover over 20 years of Egyptian Historical Data here. The Egyptian new light vehicle market continues to recover in 2025 with sales up 68.8% year-on-year to 163,199, the highest annual volume since the 174,538 of 2022. Toppled by Chevrolet over…
BYD overtakes Ford to rank #6 in the world in 2025. Discover 65 years of World Historical Data here In 2025 the Toyota Group (+4.8%) easily retains the #1 worldwide OEM top spots thanks to a sturdy growth. The gap with the VW Group (-0.5%) increases from 1.972 million to…
Thanks to one of our readers JFK we can share with you today exclusive pictures of the modern cars of Cuba. We have already covered 1950s vintage Americans (60,000 are still in circulation) symbolic of the country, so this post will focus on the more recent car park in Cuba.…
The Kia Picanto is the best-selling vehicle in Colombia in January. After progressing by 21% over the Full Year 2025, the Colombian new vehicle market starts 2026 all guns blazing with a 38.9% year-on-year surge in January to 19,998 units. Kia (+63.1%) confirms it is the new favourite of Colombian…
BYD scores a third ever monthly win in Uruguay. After a record 2025, the Uruguayan new light vehicle market starts 2026 with all guns blazing at +29.3% year-on-year in January to 5,363 units. BYD (+160.7%) is up 5 spots on December to score a third ever pole position after last…
20% of the Renault Clio's January volume is the new generation. 947,482 new cars found a buyer in Europe (EU+EFTA+UK) in January, a -3.6% year-on-year contraction. ACEA has the market down -3.5% to 961,382. This is the first time sales are down year-on-year across the continent since last June. BEV…
The Suzuki Vitara remains the best-selling vehicle in San Marino in 2025. Discover almost 15 years of San Marino Historical Data here San Marino is a landlocked microstate located on the northeastern part of Italy. It is home to 34,000 inhabitants. New car sales there drop -2.5% year-on-year to 966…
BMW is the most popular carmaker in Liechtenstein in 2025. Discover 15 years of Liechtenstein Historical Data here Liechtenstein is located between Switzerland and Austria and home to 40,000 inhabitants. The new car market here is down a painful -11.3% year-on-year in 2025 to 1,387 units. Once again we have…