Panama March 2026: Market surges 42.5%, Jetour, Changan, Isuzu shine

1 May 2026 at 12:25

Changan sales are up 85% year-on-year in March.

March volumes in Panama shoot up 42.5% year-on-year to 6,473, leading the Q1 2026 tally up 17.6% to 16,405. Toyota (+29.2%) leads the way in the brands ranking above Hyundai (+39.1%) and Kia (+32.3%). Suzuki (+18.4%) is slower but advances to #4 ahead of Jetour (+109.2%). Geely (-5.8%) drops to #6 while Changan (+85%), Isuzu (+79.5%) and Mitsubishi (+72.6%) all post fantastic gains.

Model-wise, the Top 5 is unchanged on February. The Hyundai Grand i10 (+56.6%) repeats at #1 ahead of the Kia Soluto (+75.6%), Toyota Hilux (+7.3%), Yaris Cross (+21.6%) and Hyundai Creta (+82.1%). The Isuzu D-Max climbs to #6, equal with the Toyota Prado (+58%).

Previous month: Panama February 2026: Chinese up 52.6%, Jetour X70 Plus inside Top 10

Previous year: Panama Full Year 2025: Toyota Hilux signs 5th straight win

Full March 2026 Top 67 All brands and Top 10 models below.

Panama March 2026 – brands:

Pos	Brand	Mar-26	%	/25	Feb	2026	%	/25	Pos	FY25
1	Toyota	1,291	19.9%	+ 29.2%	1	3,213	19.6%	+ 0.8%	1	1
2	Hyundai	807	12.5%	+ 39.1%	2	2,101	12.8%	+ 20.3%	2	3
3	Kia	786	12.1%	+ 32.3%	3	2,020	12.3%	+ 2.0%	3	2
4	Suzuki	322	5.0%	+ 18.4%	6	800	4.9%	+ 18.5%	5	5
5	Jetour	272	4.2%	+ 109.2%	5	747	4.6%	+ 66.7%	6	8
6	Geely	260	4.0%	– 5.8%	4	804	4.9%	+ 13.6%	4	4
7	Mitsubishi	233	3.6%	+ 72.6%	8	531	3.2%	+ 27.6%	8	6
8	Changan	222	3.4%	+ 85.0%	7	537	3.3%	+ 37.3%	7	9
9	Isuzu	210	3.2%	+ 79.5%	9	446	2.7%	+ 49.2%	9	10
10	Nissan	161	2.5%	– 11.5%	10	387	2.4%	– 18.9%	10	7
11	Mazda	137	2.1%	+ 38.4%	13	350	2.1%	+ 18.6%	11	12
12	GAC Motors	130	2.0%	+ 68.8%	15	319	1.9%	+ 41.8%	15	14
13	Kaiyi	126	1.9%	+ 231.6%	16	336	2.0%	+ 148.9%	13	16
14	Ford	123	1.9%	+ 26.8%	11	311	1.9%	– 8.3%	16	11
15	Chery	121	1.9%	+ 142.0%	14	335	2.0%	+ 63.4%	14	17
16	Dongfeng	117	1.8%	+ 120.8%	12	340	2.1%	+ 137.8%	12	18
17	Forthing	98	1.5%	+ 8.9%	18	230	1.4%	– 18.1%	17	13
18	Honda	91	1.4%	+ 33.8%	20	227	1.4%	– 19.8%	18	15
19	Soueast	89	1.4%	new	21	196	1.2%	new	20	29
20	BMW	75	1.2%	+ 114.3%	23	150	0.9%	+ 41.5%	23	20
21	Jaecoo	68	1.1%	+ 385.7%	17	211	1.3%	+ 486.1%	19	24
22	Chevrolet	67	1.0%	+ 52.3%	19	177	1.1%	+ 53.9%	21	19
23	JAC	58	0.9%	+ 346.2%	28	100	0.6%	+ 212.5%	26	34
24	Lexus	56	0.9%	+ 60.0%	22	156	1.0%	+ 57.6%	22	21
25	BYD	53	0.8%	+ 15.2%	24	122	0.7%	+ 11.9%	25	22
26	GWM	52	0.8%	+ 108.0%	25	135	0.8%	+ 51.7%	24	23
27	Audi	40	0.6%	+ 166.7%	26	93	0.6%	+ 50.0%	27	32
28	Foton	40	0.6%	+ 150.0%	27	80	0.5%	+ 142.4%	28	33
29	Karry	24	0.4%	+ 140.0%	41	36	0.2%	+ 44.0%	37	42
30	Volkswagen	23	0.4%	+ 27.8%	35	56	0.3%	– 41.7%	30	28
31	Subaru	21	0.3%	– 36.4%	32	52	0.3%	– 33.3%	33	27
32	Maxus	20	0.3%	+ 100.0%	42	35	0.2%	– 12.5%	38	35
33	Mercedes	18	0.3%	+ 20.0%	30	49	0.3%	– 23.4%	34	31
34	MG	18	0.3%	+ 50.0%	31	54	0.3%	+ 54.3%	31	25
35	JMC	16	0.2%	– 23.8%	29	45	0.3%	+ 12.5%	35	26
36	Lynk & Co	16	0.2%	+ 433.3%	33	56	0.3%	+ 833.3%	29	44
37	Omoda	16	0.2%	– 40.7%	34	53	0.3%	– 27.4%	32	30
38	Ram	16	0.2%	+ 45.5%	37	34	0.2%	– 2.9%	39	36
39	Porsche	15	0.2%	+ 25.0%	45	37	0.2%	– 17.8%	36	39
40	Mini	11	0.2%	+ 83.3%	43	23	0.1%	+ 9.5%	42	45
41	Jeep	10	0.2%	+ 233.3%	39	21	0.1%	– 4.5%	43	43
42	Renault	9	0.1%	n/a	40	24	0.1%	n/a	41	61
43	Land Rover	8	0.1%	– 46.7%	36	28	0.2%	– 30.0%	40	37
44	Shineray	8	0.1%	n/a	46	13	0.1%	+ 550.0%	49	57
45	212	7	0.1%	new	49	17	0.1%	new	45	50
46	BAIC	7	0.1%	n/a	50	13	0.1%	n/a	48	69
47	Volvo	6	0.1%	– 62.5%	57	17	0.1%	– 65.3%	46	38
48	Acura	5	0.1%	– 37.5%	38	19	0.1%	– 44.1%	44	40
49	AITO	5	0.1%	new	59	6	0.0%	new	59	73
50	Bestune	5	0.1%	– 50.0%	47	16	0.1%	– 61.0%	47	41
51	Xiaomi	5	0.1%	new	48	9	0.1%	new	54	72
52	Rox	4	0.1%	new	58	6	0.0%	new	60	–
53	ZX Auto	4	0.1%	n/a	–	7	0.0%	+ 250.0%	58	54
54	Farizon	3	0.0%	n/a	51	9	0.1%	+ 350.0%	52	65
55	Fiat	3	0.0%	– 62.5%	52	10	0.1%	– 47.4%	50	47
56	Infiniti	3	0.0%	– 66.7%	54	9	0.1%	– 57.1%	53	48
57	JIM	3	0.0%	new	–	7	0.0%	new	56	66
58	Li Auto	3	0.0%	new	–	3	0.0%	new	62	76
59	Peugeot	3	0.0%	+ 0.0%	56	7	0.0%	– 36.4%	57	52
60	Buick	1	0.0%	– 50.0%	–	1	0.0%	– 50.0%	69	79
61	Cadillac	1	0.0%	– 50.0%	61	2	0.0%	– 71.4%	63	56
62	Denza	1	0.0%	new	–	1	0.0%	new	70	88
63	Higer	1	0.0%	n/a	53	7	0.0%	+ 250.0%	55	70
64	Tesla	1	0.0%	– 50.0%	–	1	0.0%	– 75.0%	73	53
65	Tourway	1	0.0%	n/a	–	1	0.0%	+ 0.0%	74	84
66	Xpeng	1	0.0%	n/a	–	2	0.0%	– 33.3%	67	64
67	Zeekr	1	0.0%	n/a	–	1	0.0%	n/a	76	–

Panama March 2026 – models:

Pos	Model	Mar-26	%	/25	Feb	2026	%	/25	Pos	FY25
1	Hyundai Grand i10	357	5.5%	+ 56.6%	1	867	5.3%	+ 37.4%	2	2
2	Kia Soluto	346	5.3%	+ 75.6%	2	810	4.9%	+ 27.2%	3	3
3	Toyota Hilux	293	4.5%	+ 7.3%	3	1,084	6.6%	+ 29.4%	1	1
4	Toyota Yaris Cross	236	3.6%	+ 21.6%	4	674	4.1%	+ 6.1%	4	4
5	Hyundai Creta	153	2.4%	+ 82.1%	5	400	2.4%	+ 29.9%	5	6
6	Isuzu D-Max	139	2.1%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
7	Toyota Prado	139	2.1%	+ 58.0%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	18
8	Kia Picanto	135	2.1%	+ 31.1%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
9	Toyota RAV4	124	1.9%	+ 24.0%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
10	Mitsubishi L200	120	1.9%	n/a	11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	13

Source: ADAP

New Caledonia (France) Q1 2026: Suzuki and Dacia Duster dominate

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By:Matt Gasnier

1 May 2026 at 08:22

Suzuki holds 10.6% of the New Caledonian new car market over Q1.

Q1 volumes in New Caledonia, a French overseas territory located northeast of Australia, gain 44.8% year-on-year to 1,053 units, due to particularly low year-ago results. Suzuki (+115.4%) more than doubles its sales year-on-year to reach 10.6% share, toppling Toyota (+36.4%). Hyundai (+43.7%) matches the market while Dacia (+116.3%) shoots up to 8.8% share. Isuzu (+388.9%), BYD (+311.1%) and Fiat (+310%) post surreal gains below.

Model-wise, the Dacia Duster (+133.3%) dominates the charts with 6.6% share, distancing the Hyundai Tucson (+175%) and Suzuki Swift (+193.8%). The Isuzu D-Max (+485.7%) and Fiat Panda (+3500%) round out the Top 5. Notice also the BAIC X35 at #11, the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross at #12 and the BYD Shark 6 at #23.

Previous post: New Caledonia (France) January-February 2026: Dacia Duster distant leader

Previous year: New Caledonia (France) Full Year 2025: Toyota and Hilux stay on top in negative market

Full Q1 2026 Top 36 All brands and Top 25 models below.

New Caledonia (France) Q1 2026 – brands:

Pos	Brand	1-3 2026	%	/25	FY25
1	Suzuki	112	10.6%	+ 115.4%	3
2	Toyota	105	10.0%	+ 36.4%	1
3	Hyundai	102	9.7%	+ 43.7%	4
4	Dacia	93	8.8%	+ 116.3%	8
5	Ford	69	6.6%	+ 27.8%	5
6	Renault	64	6.1%	– 5.9%	2
7	Citroen	48	4.6%	– 18.6%	6
8	Isuzu	44	4.2%	+ 388.9%	15
9	Peugeot	42	4.0%	– 17.6%	7
10	Fiat	41	3.9%	+ 310.0%	14
11	Mitsubishi	41	3.9%	+ 13.9%	9
12	Subaru	39	3.7%	+ 50.0%	11
13	BYD	37	3.5%	+ 311.1%	12
14	Kia	36	3.4%	+ 50.0%	10
15	MG	25	2.4%	+ 316.7%	17
16	BAIC	20	1.9%	+ 25.0%	19
17	Nissan	18	1.7%	+ 63.6%	13
18	Honda	16	1.5%	+ 1500.0%	31
19	Geely	15	1.4%	+ 36.4%	22
20	Chevrolet	10	0.9%	+ 100.0%	24
21	ZNA	10	0.9%	+ 900.0%	34
22	Changan	7	0.7%	– 68.2%	16
23	FAW	7	0.7%	+ 250.0%	30
24	Audi	6	0.6%	+ 100.0%	29
25	BMW	6	0.6%	+ 0.0%	21
26	DFSK	5	0.5%	+ 25.0%	35
27	DS	5	0.5%	+ 150.0%	32
28	Great Wall	5	0.5%	+ 150.0%	23
29	Mercedes	5	0.5%	– 37.5%	18
30	Mini	5	0.5%	+ 150.0%	36
31	Ram	4	0.4%	+ 100.0%	38
32	Land Rover	3	0.3%	– 62.5%	27
33	Opel	3	0.3%	– 25.0%	20
34	Porsche	3	0.3%	+ 0.0%	28
35	Alfa Romeo	1	0.1%	– 50.0%	37
36	Mazda	1	0.1%	– 66.7%	33

New Caledonia (France) Q1 2026 – models:

Pos	Model	1-3 2026	%	/25	FY25
1	Dacia Duster	70	6.6%	+ 133.3%	3
2	Hyundai Tucson	55	5.2%	+ 175.0%	8
3	Suzuki Swift	47	4.5%	+ 193.8%	2
4	Isuzu D-Max	41	3.9%	+ 485.7%	18
5	Fiat Panda	36	3.4%	+ 3500.0%	44
6	Toyota Hilux	36	3.4%	+ 71.4%	1
7	Suzuki Jimny	35	3.3%	+ 16.7%	5
8	Ford Ranger	32	3.0%	+ 0.0%	4
9	Subaru Crosstrek	24	2.3%	+ 100.0%	14
10	Renault Kangoo	21	2.0%	+ 61.5%	6
11	BAIC X35	20	1.9%	+ 33.3%	23
12	Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross	19	1.8%	+ 533.3%	n/a
13	Ford Puma	18	1.7%	+ 38.5%	20
14	Citroen Berlingo	16	1.5%	+ 23.1%	11
15	Hyundai Grand i10	15	1.4%	+ 0.0%	9
16	Dacia Sandero	14	1.3%	+ 40.0%	40
17	Renault Trafic	14	1.3%	– 17.6%	17
18	Toyota RAV4	14	1.3%	+ 16.7%	12
19	Hyundai Staria	13	1.2%	– 18.8%	26
20	Subaru Forester	13	1.2%	+ 0.0%	15
21	Suzuki Ignis	13	1.2%	+ 160.0%	24
22	Toyota Yaris Cross	13	1.2%	+ 8.3%	39
23	BYD Shark 6	12	1.1%	new	n/a
24	Honda Jazz	12	1.1%	n/a	n/a
25	Peugeot Expert	12	1.1%	+ 20.0%	35
26	Suzuki S-Presso	12	1.1%	new	–
27	Toyota Yaris	12	1.1%	+ 71.4%	34