Australia Best Selling Cars ranking up to October 2023 is lead by the  Toyota Hilux (-8.4%) followed by the Ford Ranger (+30.6%). Tesla Model Y jumps 39 spots into 6th.

Considering data up to August 2023 the Australian Best-Selling Car is still the Toyota Hilux with 50,067 sales (-8.4%), followed by the Ford Ranger, with 49,288 new registrations (+30.6%).

In third place ranks the MG ZS -up 7 spots- with 25,689 sales (+57.0%), followed by the Toyota RAV4 -down 1 spot- at 24,986 units sold (-17.7%) and the Isuzu D-MAx -up 1 spot- with 24,677 new registrations (+16.4%). 

The Tesla Model Y rises 39 spots into 6th, reporting 24,267 sales, a 275.5% year-on-year growth.

Behind ranks the Mitsubishi Outlander in 7th with 20,000 sales (+28.0%) followed by the Mazda CX-5 with 19,404 (-17.3%), the Hyundai i30 with 18,013 units sold (-3.5%) and the Hyundai Tucson -up 3 spots- in 10th with 17,935 sales (+23.7%). 

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Market Trend and Outlook

The Norwegian auto market in October 2023 falls for the third time after growing for 3 consecutive months, with 11,038 new sales (-23.3%). YTD figures at 124,386 are still down 9.7% from the previous year.

Looking at cumulative data up to October 2023 brand-wise, Tesla becomes the new leader rising 2 spots with 21,949 new sales (+73.2%) in front of Volkswagen with 18,979 units sold (+4.8%) and Toyota in 3rd with 16,574 new car registrations (-9.0%).

Mercedes maintains 4th with 7,322 sales (-28.5%) followed by Volvo – up 4 spots- at 6,925 (+1.2%), Skoda at 6,497 (-9.9%) and Ford -up 3 spots- with 6,086 registrations (-3.7%).

BMW ranks in 8th with 5,010 new sales (-39.2%), in front of Nissan -up 6 spots- with 4,425 units sold (+61.0%) and Hyundai -down 2 spots- in 10th with 4,288 sales (-39.7%).

Looking at specific models the Tesla Model Y is on top of the rankings with a 110.2% year-on-year increase in sales, followed by the Volkswagen ID.4 down 27.0%.

Medium-Term Market Trend

The auto market in Norway from 2010 to the start of 2013 maintained a general uptrend, taking sales from 154,158 in 2010 to 165,910 by the end of 2012. In 2013 at 167,013 sales the car market started a 5 year growth, reaching higher all-time highs 3 years in a row. 2018 and 2019 were losing years for the Norwegian market that fell respectively 21.5% and 7.1% culminating 2019 at 142,429.

The arrival of the pandemic didn’t effect sales in Norway that had the best performing market in Europe, falling only 0.2% to 141,467 sales.

The year of 2021 brought a boom in the market, that grew back up to 176,199 sales, but the momentum came to a halt in following year with sales falling 2.3% to 200,840 by the end of 2022. A combination of factors are behind the current industry struggle: the disruption in the global supply chain caused by a lack of raw materials, in particular for the production of microchips and Governments push towards Evs (by 2025 all cars and light vehicles in Norway must me zero-emission vehicles).

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In this article we are reporting the Top 50 models ranking up to September 2023.

On top of the list there is a new leader, the Nissan Versa with 54,724 sales (+55.8%). 2023 so far has been a great success for the Japanese manufacturer that also landed the Nissan NP300 in second spot with 46,727 units sold (+65.8%).

In third place ranks the Chevrolet Aveo with 3.8% market share and 37,064 sales (+31.4%), in front of the Kia Rio with 36,498 sales (-4.5%). 

The Nissan March ranks in 5th with 22,545 new units sold (-9.0%), followed by the MG 5 -up 2 spots- with 22,190 new registrations (+42.8%), the Nissan Sentra -up 3 spots- at 20,265 sales (+44.3%) and the Mazda3 with 18,895 units sold (+114.5%).

The Mazda2 jumps 33 spots into 9th with the best performance in the top 10 and 15,740 new sales (+176.1%) and the Renault Kwid closes the top 10 rising 10 spots with 14,571 units sold (+47.4%).

The following models have shown outstanding performances lower down the ranking: the Chevrolet S10 in 14th place and the Ram 700 in 24th.

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Syria’s vehicle market in H1 2023 reports 320 sales, growing 21.7% from the previous year. Hyundai collapses 40.7% while maintaining first position.

Market Trend and Outlook

The Syrian vehicle market in H1 2023 reports 320 sales, growing 21.7% following 4 consecutive losing years.

The only brands to be sold in the country at the moment are Hyundai with 48.8% market share despite losing 40.7% in sales from 2021 and Kia with 41.9% market share.

Medium-Term Market Trend

Not long ago Syria was the biggest car market in the Levant region. Only 10 years ago, with a volume of 87,500 annual sales, the Syrian new market represented a relevant reality within the region. Unfortunately, in this decade the country was destroyed by the civil war and terrorism and the entire economic structure collapsed, including the automotive industry.

Between 2010 and 2013 the market has lost more than half its sales a single year, with 2014 volumes at 23,955 units. The fall continued and the negative peak was hit in 2017 when the market lost 90% from 2010 at 7,978 units. In 2018 sales marginally recovered at near 10,000 units, but the data on 2019 was down again. In fact, total sales in 2019 were 8,347, down 15.8%.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and political instabilities in the country sales significantly decreased in  2020. In fact, sales have been 2,941, reporting a fall of 64.8% compared to 2019.

The downfall continued in 2021 with new light vehicle sales falling another 33.4% to 1,958.

Syria’s vehicle market in 2022 totaled 478 sales, a 75.6% fall from 2021 and the 4th consecutive losing year. November posts the only growth of the yearM, with 100 new light vehicle registrations (+11.1%).

Market Trend and Outlook

The Syrian vehicle market in 2022 totaled 478 sales, a 75.6% fall from 2021 and the 4th consecutive losing year. In fact the only month to report a positive year-on-year variation is November, that grew 11.1% with 100 new light vehicle registrations.

The only brands to be sold in the country at the moment are Hyundai with 96.9% market share despite losing 66.9% in sales from 2021 and Kia down 97.3% with just 3.1% market share.

Medium-Term Market Trend

Not long ago Syria was the biggest car market in the Levant region. Only 10 years ago, with a volume of 87,500 annual sales, the Syrian new market represented a relevant reality within the region. Unfortunately, in this decade the country was destroyed by the civil war and terrorism and the entire economic structure collapsed, including the automotive industry.

Between 2010 and 2013 the market has lost more than half its sales a single year, with 2014 volumes at 23,955 units. The fall continued and the negative peak was hit in 2017 when the market lost 90% from 2010 at 7,978 units. In 2018 sales marginally recovered at near 10,000 units, but the data on 2019 was down again. In fact, total sales in 2019 were 8,347, down 15.8%.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and political instabilities in the country sales significantly decreased in  2020. In fact, sales have been 2,941, reporting a fall of 64.8% compared to 2019.

The downfall continued in 2021 with new light vehicle sales falling another 33.4% to 1,958.

Mozambique’s Auto market in 2022 reversed the downtrend set in the previous year, totaling 2,607 sales, a 12.0% increase from the prior year.

Market Trend and Outlook

Mozambique’s vehicle market in 2022 reversed the downtrend set in the previous year, totaling 2,607 sales, a 12.0% increase from the prior year.

Looking at cumulative data from 2022 brand-wise, the leader is Toyota up 12.2% in sales, followed by Ford  which gained 13.1% in market volume this year. Nissan in third increased in sales by 11.9%.

Medium-Term Market Trend

The Mozambican vehicle’s market is finally back on track, after an extremely weak 2015-2017 period of time, where registrations were almost only two-third of the 2014 volume. When the market had posted the all-time record in 2014 with 7,286 sales (including HCVs), nobody would have thought there could be a drop in sales at 2,478 units. Indeed, in 2018 the market started recovering with 3,817 units sold (+54%).

In 2019, the market signed the second consecutive annual growth. Indeed, Full-year registrations have been 4,172, up 9.3% from the previous year.

Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic full-Year sales for 2020 have been 3,281, reporting a decline of 21.4% compared to 2019.

The downfall continued into 2021, with sales at 2,327 reporting an 11.1% decrease compared to 2020.

]]> https://www.focus2move.com/malawi-auto/ Sat, 25 Mar 2023 16:30:39 +0000 https://focus2move.com/?p=36388 Malawi's vehicle market in 2021 falls by 8.9% with 1,050 sales, reporting a positive performance only in Q2 due to the very low sales levels of Q2 2020. Nissan grows rapidly, but remains very far behind Toyota's leadership.

Market Trend and Outlook

The Norwegian auto market in 2022 totals 200,840 sales, a 2.3% decrease from the prior year. Impending tax changes push up new registrations in the last months of the year, with December posting a +78.2% with 41,441 new sales.

Looking at cumulative data from 2022 brand-wise, the leader remains Volkswagen with 26,068 sales (+9.9%) in front of Toyota with 24,381 (+8.5%) and Tesla in 3rd place at 21,303 sales (+4.4%).

Mercedes rises into 4th place amounting 15,539 sales (+21.9%) followed by BMW at 14,037 sales (+26.2%), Volvo with 12,850 (-6.3%) and Audi with 10,326 registrations (-0.3%).

Skoda rises 2 spots into 8th with 9,886 new registrations (+0.3%), in front of Hyundai with 9,044 sales (+4.3%) and Ford in 10th with 8,700 sales (-35.8%).

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The Mexican vehicle market in 2022 with over 1 million sales posted the second growing year after the covid-driven collapse in 2020. Despite the good new, sales are still very far from the record of 1.6 million. 

In this article we are reporting the Top 50 models ranking of 2022.

On top of the list there is a new leader, the Kia Rio with 50,958 sales (+44.6%), a great success for the Korean manufacturer which landed in Mexico just a few years ago.

In second place the previous leader, the Nissan Versa with 4.4% market share and 48,055 sales (-31.1%), in front of the Nissan NP300 with 40,427 sales (-16.6%). 

In fourth place the Chevrolet Aveo with 30,850 (-16.7%). This model has been very popular in the past decade, reaching pole position more times than any other model in the rankings. While still very affordable, the Chevrolet Aveo has become quite obsolete in the last few years. 

In 5th ranks the Nissan March with 28,986 (-17.1%) followed by the last generation Chevrolet Onix with 26,280 (+112.6%), the MG 5 with 23,148 (+217.5%) and  the Nissan Sentra with 21,032 (-6.4%).

In 9th place the Toyota Hillux with 20,842 (+25.3%) and in 10th the Chevrolet Captive with 19,178 (+78.2%).

The following models have shown outstanding performances lower down the ranking: the new Chevrolet Groove in 14th place, the Chevrolet Tornado Van in 21st and the last generation Dodge Journey in 37th.

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Australia Best Selling Cars in 2022 the leader is still the Toyota Hilux (+22.0%) maintaining a huge gap from second place. In the Top 50, Kia Sportage, Toyota Kluger and MG HS shine.

Toyota dominates the Australian four-wheeler market and is able to place four models within the top 10.

As in the previous years even in 2022, the market leader is still the pick-up Toyota Hilux with 64,391 sales and a strong increase from last year (+22.0%).

In second place the Ford Ranger keeps its place in second with 47,479 sales (-5.6%) and a safe margin over the third. The Toyota Rav4 sells 34,835 units (-2.6%). 

In fourth position the Mitsubishi Triton with 27,436 booming +42.7%.

Behind ranks the Mazda CX-5 with 27,062 (+8.4%) followed by the Toyota Corolla -down 2 spots- with 25,284 (-12.1%), the Isuzu D-Max -down 1 spot- with 24,336 (-3.1%) and the MG Zs with 22,266 (+21.9%).

In ninth position there is the Hyundai i30 with 21,166 units (-17.2%)  ahead of the Toyota Prado with 21,102 (-0.9%)

Further down the rankings the Kia Sportage in 12th place reports a remarkable performance (+136.4%). Other great growths are held by The Toyota Kluger (+34.8%) and the MG HS in 26th, up 60.3%

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