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 Toyota C-HR scores a stunning 5th place while the Mazda3 (#6) and VW Caddy (#8) make an appearance inside the Top 10. Leader over the Full Year 2025, the Dacia Sandero is down to equal #8 in January.
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 win since last April. The Toyota Corolla (+29.3%) is also in excellent shape at #3, as are the Skoda Kamiq (+85%) and Karoq (+142.3%) rounding out the Top 5. The locally produced Fiat Grande Panda finally breaks into the Top 10 at #7.
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 hitting 16% back in October 2019. The Toyota Corolla (+31.3%) maintains itself at #2, distancing the Hyundai Tucson (-13.3%), Kia Sportage (+36.8%) and VW Transporter, the latter inside the Bosnian Top 10 for the first time since July 2021 when it ranked #1. Itβs a maiden Top 10 finish for the Hyundai Bayon at #6.
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 Year 2025 share was 5.4%. The Kia Sportage (-6.9%) stays at #2 ahead the surprise of the month: the BAIC X55 shooting up to #3 for its very first Moldovan Top 10 finish. The Skoda Kodiaq (-23.3%) and Toyota Corolla Cross round out the Top 5. There are two additional Chinese models in the Top 10: the BYD Seal 05 at #8 and the BYD Sealion 5 at #10.
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 for the first time since December 2024 with 7.5% share. After a freak pole position in December, the Peugeot 408 shows it might be in it for the long run with an impressive 2nd place in January. The Kia Sportage (+70%) returns inside the Top 10 at #3, equal with the Suzuki Vitara, with the VW Taigo rounding out the Top 5.
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 Cuban car market structure is a fascinating testimony of the countryβs last 60 years history.Β Originally though to be exclusively composed of Russian and Chinese cars, the Cuban car park is actually a lot more diverse.
First and foremost there are over 100,000 Lada sedans, the most visible legacy of the countryβs Cold War alliance with the Soviet Union. The most popular seem to be the 2105/2107 variants that started their career in the 1980s.
Other, more recent Ladas are also seen, such as the Largus and Vesta. No Granta in sight though.
Then, again due to political closeness, Chinese cars have made a significant mark on the Cuban park, with many different brands. The Geely eK and Emgrand taxi are the most frequent. We also have the Dongfeng Rich pickup, BYD F3 and S6, Great Wall Deer, Chery Arrizo 3, MG 3 and 6, Maxus G10 and Foton Tunland pickup. However most of these cars date back to the 2010s and the real recent ones are scarce. Part of our Photo Report, we have a brand new Bestune T55.
A very surprising element of the Cuban car park is the prevalence of French models, exclusively Renault and Peugeot. While truly recent cars are rarer (Renault Logan, Sandero, Duster, Peugeot 301 and 3008), older vehicles are more common, such as the Renault 9, 19 Chamade, Fluence, Scenic and the Peugeot 205, 206, 309 and 406.
The other nationality frequent in Cuba and not related to the countryβs political allegiances is Korean cars. We have very recent ones such as the last generation 2020 Hyundai Elantra pictured just below. Older generations Elantra, as well as the Kia Picanto, Hyundai i10 sedan, Hyundai Creta and even some Daewooβs are also present.
The rest of the Cuban park is composed of additional eastern European brands such as Skoda and GAZ Volgaβ¦
β¦ Japanese ones such as Toyota and Suzukiβ¦
β¦and American ones such as GMC and Ford.
In the various section, we have the Fiat Punto, Land Rover, VW Polo and Audi RS4.
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 new car buyers with a splendid 14.8% share, distancing Renault (+16.4%). Mazda (+29.5%) stays in third place but trails the market as do Toyota (+13.3%) and Chevrolet (+11.1%) below. Suzuki (+113.8%) surges ahead at #6 with BYD (+55.3%) also beating the market in the remainder of the Top 10. Further down, Chery (+329.8%), JMC (+136.3%) and Dongfeng (+101.5%) stand out.
Model-wise, the Kia Picanto (+106.3%) more than doubles its sales year-on-year to snap a second win in the past 5 months (alongside September). And itβs a clear win with over 200 units more than the #2, the Kia K3. The Mazda CX-30 (+37.4%), leader in December, falls to #3 ahead of the Renault Duster Nacional (+23.4%). The Suzuki Swift rounds out the Top 5, distancing the Toyota Prado (+136.4%), Renault Logan (+34.6%) and a struggling Toyota Corolla Cross (-20.4%). The Ford Territory (#23) and Chery iCar 03 (#25) top recent launches.
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 July and September, reaching 12.5% share for the month. Fiat (-29.8%) crashes on a particularly strong year-ago result, while Chevrolet (-9.9%) is also in bad shape at #3 with 7.7% share vs. 11.4% over the Full Year 2025. Renault (+16.3%) and Suzuki (+120.4%) both post fantastic gains below. There are 29 Chinese brands selling at least one unit, adding up to 43.9% share vs. 19.6% a year ago thanks to sales up 189.1%.
The Renault Symbol used to be a best-seller in Tunisia.
Historical Data for the past 15 years is available on BSCB for Tunisia. We are however missing full year data from 2020 to 2022, so if you happen to have access to this period, please make sure to get in touch by commenting on this article.
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The Xiaomi YU7 is the best-selling vehicle in China in January.
Data by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) show wholesales drop -3.2% year-on-year in January to 2,346,000 units. However this includes exports (+44.9%) and the models included in our wholesales database add up to just 1,558,135 units, off -13.2% on January 2025. CAAM reports some of the reasons behind this slump are shifting new energy vehicle purchase tax policies, a transition period for local subsidies in key consumer cities and demand pull forward in Q4 2025. Passenger vehicle wholesales drop -6.8% to 1,988,000 units, and new energy vehicles edge up 0.1% to 945,000, accounting for 40.3% of total vehicle sales. Exports surge 44.9% to 681,000 units. BEV exports double to 202,000 units and PHEV exports are up 97.3% to 99,000.
This month we have stunning events both in the brands and models ranking with orders completely reshuffled. In the brands top spot we have Geely (-16.8%) as it was also the case a year ago in January 2025, the carmaker always performing well at the start of the year. It however frankly trails the market this month. Its best-seller in January is the Boyue L (+56.5%) up spectacularly to over 34,000 sales. The Xingyuan (+3.1%) is up slightly while its other star model the Xingyue L (-19.1%) suffers from a very high year-ago performance. A worrying sign, the Galaxy NEV lineup crashes -27.7% year-on-year to just 28,034 units. Volkswagen (-6.7%) is back up to #2 and limits is YoY fall somewhat thanks to strong performances by the Tiguan L (+26.4%), Magotan (+18.6%) and Tayron (+17.1%).
Geely is #1 in January but its Galaxy NEV lineup is down -27.7%
In third place, Toyota is actually up 3.8% to just under 130,000 sales. The Corolla Cross (+99.2%), Avalon (+55.7%), Crown Kluger (+42.8%), Camry (+11%) and Front Lander (+8%) all help lift the Japanese carmaker up. The big surprise of the month is the paltry 4th place of BYD, freefalling -62.3% to just 68,586 sales. This is the brandβs weakest monthly volume since August 2021 (67,630). Startlingly, BYD canβt place any model in the January Top 45, with its best-seller the Song Pro at #48! Only the Dolphin (+22.4%) manages a year-on-year uptick, with traditional best-sellers all collapsing: the Qin L is off -63.4%, the Qin Plus is at -64.6%, the Seagull at -70.7% and the Seal 06 at -53.2%. The new Sealion 06 (6,640) and Seal 05 (2,421) canβt help the brand fall heavily. This is no doubt a freak event but augurs badly for the rest of 2025 which could see Geely snap the overall top spot.Β
Nissan (+13.8%) shines at #9 and is the only additional Top 10 member in positive while Audi (-3%) and BMW (-3.9%) both hold relatively well. Below, Fang Cheng Bao (+217.3%), NIO (+162.2%), AITO (+83.3%), Xiaomi (+70.3%), Zeekr (+60.2%), Aion (+59.1%) and GAC (+48.6%) all go against the grain to post tremendous YoY gains. Reversely Jetour (-53.9%), Tesla (-45.2%), Changan (-41.9%), Xpeng (-40.7%), Mercedes (-30.8%), Leapmotor (-23.8%), Haval (-23.3%) and Hongqi (-22.3%) all struggle. Even the latest superstars such as Jetour, Leapmotor and Xpeng canβt muster up decent results in a wild month.
Fang Cheng Bao sales continue to rise.
The other big surprise in January is located in the models overall pole position. Launched in June and after ranking #5 in October and #3 in December, the Xiaomi YU7 electric SUV spectacularly takes the lead with just under 38,000 sales. This is a fantastic result for what has been the most successful model launch in Chinese history, after receiving 200,000 orders in 3 minutes when put on sale. Its main competitor the Tesla Model Y (-34.4%) sells less than 17,000 units in January. Geely completes the podium with the Boyue L (+56.5%) and Xingyuan (+3.1%). The Honda CR-V (+76%) shoots up to #4 but it seems sales of its Breeze twin were added to the total. The AITO M7 (+213.3%) confirms its blockbuster status at #5. The NIO ES8 (+3856.3%) confirms its revival at #16 vs. #159 over the Full Year 2025. The Fang Cheng Bao Tai 7 (#18) is the next best-selling new launch ahead of the Li i6 (#20).
The Toyota Hilux holds an outstanding 12.4% share in January.
The Panama new light vehicle market is solid in January at +9.6% to 4,845 units. Toyota (+0.3%) dominates at 22.8% share, distancing Kia (+14.6%) and Hyundai (+2.9%) at 13.9% and 13.8% respectively. Far below are Suzuki (+3.8%) at 5.2% and Geely (+1.9%) at 4.4%. Jetour (+0.7%) is up four spots on December to #6 but the biggest gainers in the Top 10 are Dongfeng (+219.4%), Kaiyi (+210%), Chery (+45%) and Mazda (+17%). Below, notice Jaecoo (+950%), Isuzu (+75.6%), Lexus (+52.9%) and GAC Motor (+46.8%).
Over in the models charts, the Toyota Hilux (+103.7%) more than doubles its sales year-on-year to reach 12.4% share vs. 5.3% over the Full Year 2025. The Toyota Yaris Cross (+11.3%) repeats at #2 ahead of the Kia Soluto (+174.4%) also in outstanding shape. The Hyundai Tucson, Toyota RAV4 (+17%), Kia K3 and Hyundai Venue (-9%) are back inside the Top 10.
Data by our local partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT show a Cypriot market sinking -17.4% year-on-year in January to just 1,293 units. Kia (-25.4%) returns to the top spot it held over the Full Year 2025 with a dominant 14.5% share, and despite falling faster than the market. Toyota (-4.3%) follows ahead of Volkswagen (-9.9%) and Mercedes (-6.6%), all of them gaining share year-on-year. BMW (-36.4%) suffers from a particularly high year-ago result when it surged to #2 overall. Newcomer BYD is up to a record 6.7% share but drops one spot on December to #7.Β
Model-wise, the Kia Sportage (-21.1%) and Stonic (-24.7%) are on top like over the Full Year 2025, only with rankings exchanged. Now that we have access to actual monthly results (and not Top 30 YTD), we logically see some BYD models appear. The Atto 3 ranks at a fantastic third place, the Sealion 7 at #16 and the Dolphin Surf at #21. Toyota completes the Top 5 with the Yaris at #4 (+290%) and the C-HR at #5 (+15.6%). Notice also the VW Tiguan (+255.6%) repeating at #7 vs. #22 in 2025, the Mercedes GLA (+100%) up to #15 and the Renault 5 at #30.
The Citroen C3 is the most popular vehicle in Greece in January.
New car sales in Greece drop -5.4% year-on-year in January to 10,087 units, keep in mind January 2025 was a already off -16.4% on the year prior so this is a weak result. Toyota (-19.5%) is by far the most popular brand again with 14.9% share and despite a hefty year-on-year fall. It is followed by Opel (-19%) back up 16 spots on December but down sharply on a particularly strong year-ago result. Peugeot (-14.3%) is up 7 ranks to #3 bay also falls heavily YoY. In contrast Citroen (+34.1%) and Suzuki (+43.1%) surge ahead to complete the Top 5. Audi (+43.8%) and MG (+9.1%) also defy the negative context in the remainder of the Top 10 but Hyundai (-27.5%) and most strikingly Volkswagen (-40.6%) are hit hard, the latter even ranking below its premium counterpart Audi. Just outside the 10 best-sellers, Skoda (+116.9%) and Dacia (+64%) impress. Newcomer Chery is down for spots on a record December showing to a still stellar 14th place.
Model-wise, the Citroen C3 (-8%) records its first win in almost a year and 6th ever for the nameplate afterΒ May, June and July 2012, February 2023, January 2024 and March 2025. It distances the Full Year 2025 leader, the Toyota Yaris Cross (-12.5%) while the Peugeot 2008 (-23.6%) is in difficulty year-on-year and ranks at #3. The Suzuki Vitara (+92.4%) almost doubles its sales year-on-year and climbs to 4th place ahead of the Opel Corsa (-34.8%) and Toyota Yaris (-18.7%). Like last month, the Chery Tiggo 4 (#14) is the best-selling recent launch, above the Fiat Grande Panda (#16) and Opel Frontera (#20).
Soueast is already up to #14 in Morocco in January.
After lodging a record annual volume in 2025 (235,372 sales), the Moroccan new light vehicle market starts 2026 all guns blazing with a 36.2% year-on-year improvement in January to 20,421 units. This includes 18,261 Passenger Vehicles (+39%) and 2,160 Light Commercials (+16.2%). In the Passenger Cars brands ranking, Dacia surges 65.9% to 23.3% share, for once gaining more ground that sister brand Renault (+40.9%). The two French-owned carmakers account for a combined 41% share vs. 35.3% in December. Hyundai (-17.5%) is back up 9 spots on last month to #3 but endures a harsh drop. Peugeot (+113.7%) is euphoric at #4, distancing Volkswagen (+18.4%) and Citroen (+20.7%). Skoda (+74.7%) and Kia (+56.7%) shine in the remainder of the Top 10 while further down BYD (+294.7%), Chery (+243.3%), Nissan (+229.4%) and Geely (+224.4%) make themselves noticed. Newcomer Soueast leaps up 12 ranks on December to a world-best #14 with 1.7% share.
The Cupra Formentor is inside the Polish Top 10 in January.
Itβs a tough start of the year for the Polish new car market at -9% year-on-year in January to 40,284 units. Toyota (-12.7%) falls heavily but scores a superb 19.5% share. It is followed by Skoda (+6.3%) defying the negative context with a sturdy gain. Volkswagen (-3.6%) and Audi (-7.8%) resist somewhat while BMW (+9.6%) is back up three spots on last month to round out the Top 5. Lexus (-40.8%) collapses on a record year-ago result and Kia (-38.6%) also freefalls. Dacia (-7.9%) stays at #9. At #10, Cupra (+1.8%) breaks into the Polish Top 10 for the second time ever after also hitting #10 in August 2023. Omoda (+205%) breaks into the Top 15 for the first time at #15.
Model-wise, the Toyota Corolla (-5.1%) reclaims the top spot it held over the Full Year 2025 with a very strong 5.3% share vs. 2.9% in December and 3.9% over FY2025. The Skoda Octavia (+9.7%) is relegated to #2 but is solid YoY, followed by a surging Toyota Yaris Cross (+21.2%). Toyota places no less than five models inside the January Top 6: add the C-HR (-38.1%), RAV4 (-11.4%) and Yaris (-14.9%). The Cupra Formentor (+25.2%) lodges its first Top 10 finish since August 2024 (#8). Notice also the Toyota Corolla Cross (+50.9%), Aygo X (+47%) and Skoda Kamiq (+13.5%) all delivering fantastic results.
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The Fiat Doblo is the most popular vehicle in Montenegro in January.