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The Toyota Land Cruiser (incl. the 70 Series) ranks #6 in the regular car ranking.
The Japanese new vehicle market is up by a solid 8.6% year-on-year in June to 426,993 units. Toyota (+18.6%) continues to outpaces its home market to a splendid 33.2% share. Suzuki (+2.3%) follows but sells less than half at 14.9% share. Mazda (+18.3%) and Honda (+17.5%) also shine below, while Nissan (+6.5%) and Mitsubishi (+4.2%) are shy and Subaru (-11.6%), Daihatsu (-9.5%), Lexus (-5%) and Isuzu (-1.7%) struggle. Further down, Hino (+24.8%), Porsche (+20.5%) and Mitsubishi Fuso (+17.2%) stand out. BYD (+4.7%) is up one spot to #23 but only grabs 0.1% of the market.
In the regular cars ranking, the Toyota Yaris/Cross (+5.6%) remains at #1 but the real leader when separating Yaris and Yaris Cross is the Toyota Raize (+8.8%). The Toyota Sienta surges 39.9% to #3, overtaking the Toyota Corolla/Cross (+3.4%). The Toyota Roomy (+8.7%) repeats at #5 while the Toyota Land Cruiser (+118.1%) more than doubles its sales YoY and gains 12 spots on May to break its ranking record at #6, its previous best (#7) hit last April. The Alphard (+23.5%) makes sure the Top 7 is entirely composed of Toyotas. The Honda Freed (+3.7%) is the best of the rest once again but retreats two ranks to #8. Notice also the Toyota RAV4 (+180%), Mazda CX-5 (+127.6%), Nissan Kicks (+192.1%) and Leaf (+297.9%). The Toyota bZ4X is down one spot to #25 while the new Honda Super-ONE is down 12 to #43 for its second month in market.Β
Looking at kei cars, the Honda N-BOX (+20.9%) and Suzuki Spacia (+18.9%) cement their leadership and become the two best-selling vehicles in the country when adding regular cars. The Daihatsu Tanto (-6.6%) and Move (-24.4%) pay the price of artificially high year-ago volumes when supply caught up after production stoppages in 2024. The Nissan Roox (+42.4%) delivers the biggest gain in Β the Top 10, with the Honda N-ONE (+118.5%), Nissan Sakura (+68.2%) and Suzuki Every Wagon (+59.1%) doing even better below.
As for foreign models, the Mini lineup (-11.3%) easily stays on top while the VW Golf (-10.8%) is up one spot on Q1 to #2, overtaking the VW T-Cross (+5.8%). The Mercedes G-Class (+14.2%) manages the extraordinary feat of being the brandβs best-seller in Japan and ranks #4 overall. Another big surprise: the 5th place of the Porsche 911 which is a new record. Notice also the Mercedes GLB up 5.4%, the VW Polo up to #14 and the Audi Q3 (+15.9%) at #15.
The Tesla Model 3 is the best-selling vehicle in Ireland in June with 19.9% share.
New car sales in Ireland traditionally slow down in the lead to the biannual licence plate change of July, and June volumes are down -10.2% year-on-year to just 2,187. The year-to-date tally is up 4.2% to 85,188. This month Tesla (+43.7%) suffocates the market with 35.6% share, or more than 1 in 3 vehicles sold. In fact five of the Top 6 brands vastly outpace the overall growth rate with at least double-digit gains. Mercedes (+308.3%) is the most impressive followed by BMW (+111.3%), Skoda (+56.7%) and Toyota (+51.9%). The odd one out is Volkswagen (-6.4%) at #5. Audi (+82.9%) also impresses at #9.
Like last year, Tesla manages a 1-2 with the Model 3 (+47%) in the lead at 19.9% share and the Model Y (+39.8%) at #2 with 15.7% of the market, selling over 5 times the amount of the #3, the Skoda Octavia (-1.5%). The Toyota Corolla (+87.5%) and RAV4 (+51.5%) brilliantly round out the Top 5 but are not as dynamic as the Skoda Enyaq (+462.5%), Mercedes CLA (+2050%) and E Class (+1333.3%). Leader year-to-date, the Toyota Yaris Cross (+42.9%) falls to #9 while the VW Tiguan (+81.8%) closes the Top 10.
The Chevrolet Groove achieves a podium finish for the first time in almost two years.
New vehicle sales in Chile advance 9.5% year-on-year in June to 26,576 units, bringing the YTD tally up 5.5% to 153,574. Toyota (+11%) holds onto the brands top spot but Suzuki (+27.4%) is getting closer in 2nd place. Hyundai (+13.2%) is at #3 ahead of a surging Ford (+36.9%) while Kia (+9.8%) closes out the Top 5. MG (+29%), Foton (+27.9%) and Changan (+24.5%) shine below. Further down, Tesla (+512.3%), Jeep (+201.8%), BYD (+126.8%), Jetour (+93.5%) and BMW (+67.1%) stand out. All in all, Chinese manufacturers hold 34.6% of the Chilean market thanks to sales up 16.2% year-on-year.
Looking at the models charts, the Mitsubishi L200 (-5.7%) is the overall best-seller again above the Toyota Hilux (-14.4%) with both models missing out on the market growth. In contrast the Chevrolet Groove (+63.3%) score its first podium finish since August 2024 while the Suzuki Fronx (+114.7%), Swift (+188.1%) and Hyundai Grand i10 (+96.6%) all post sensational gains. The Omoda C5 (+10%) delivers its best ranking since last October at #9, just as the MG ZX (+123.7%), Ford F-150 (+110.6%) and Toyota RAV4 (+105%) make themselves notice below.
The Renault Duster is the most popular vehicle in Ukraine in June.
The Ukrainian new light vehicle market is down -8.1% year-on-year in June to 6,102 units, leading to a H1 volume off -4.8% to 31,304. Toyota (-20.1%) easily retains the brands top spot with 12.4% share and despite a harsh year-on-year fall. This is to be compared with a 14.6% share year-to-date. Renault (+4.3%) defies the negative market to stay in 2nd place above Volkswagen (-10.2%) and Skoda (+7.4%). Hyundai (+0.3%), stable, rounds out the Top 5. Mercedes (+38.8%), Nissan (+13.1%) and BMW (+10.7%) also make themselves noticed in the remainder of the Top 10. BYD is down -31.4% to #7.
Over in the models ranking, here too we have a familiar face on top: the Renault Duster (-24.5%), also despite a steep YoY fall. The Hyundai Tucson (-2.4%) repeats at #2 ahead of the Toyota Prado (-5%). Excellent performances below by the VW Tiguan (+84.8%), Touareg (+56%) and Skoda Kodiaq (+37.1%). The Nissan Qashqai (+36.8%) also shines while the new BYD Sealion 6 is #10 again, making it the most popular recent launch in the country. The Top 10 is entirely composed of SUVs, with the Mazda CX-5 (-26.2%) and Toyota RAV4 (-57.7%) completing the list.Β
The Tesla Model 3 is up to 4th place in Taiwan in June.
New car sales in Taiwan rally back up 20.5% year-on-year in June to 41,361, leading to a year-to-date volume now in positive at +1.7% to 202,278. Toyota (+29.7%) continues to impress at 30.5% share but the best performer in the Top 10 is Tesla up 158.1% YoY to 10.6% share. Kia (+87.7%), Mazda (+53.1%), Lexus (+52.9%) and Honda (+42.6%) also post very strong results while Ford (+27.1%) and Mitsubishi (+21.8%) are closer to the market growth rate.
Model-wise, the Toyota Corolla Cross (+20%) matches the market at 11% share, distancing the Toyota RAV4 (+120.3%) and Tesla Model Y (+62.2%) like last month. The Tesla Model 3 (+392.7%) surges to 4th place with 1,611 sales and 3.9% share, the nameplateβs best result since August 2022 (#2 with 1,774 sales and 5.2% share). The Toyota Yaris Cross (+36.5%) also shine at #4 while the new Ford Territory lodges a 6th consecutive Top 10 finish at #7. The Kia Sportage (+243.7%), Lexus NX (+87.7%), Honda CR-V (+61.1%) and Mazda CX-5 (+58.4%) also impress below.