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New Caledonia (France) January-November 2025: Toyota Hilux and Suzuki Swift on top 9 December 2025 at 04:59

New Caledonia (France) January-November 2025: Toyota Hilux and Suzuki Swift on top

9 December 2025 at 04:59

Suzuki Swift sales are up 19.9% year-on-year.

The New Caledonian new car market is on the mend in November with sales rallying back up 59.1% year-on-year to 409. The year-to-date tally however remains in stark negative at -11.7% to 3,345 units. Toyota (-36.5%) is in complete freefall but still dominates the brands charts head and shoulders with 15.2% share. Suzuki (+7%) goes against the negative trend to climb to 2nd place ahead of Renault (-0.6%). Hyundai (+15.6%) and Ford (+5.5%) round out the Top 5 in strong fashion. At the bottom of the Top 10, Mitsubishi (+44%) and Subaru (+26.3%) impress. Further down, notice BYD (+53.2%) up to #12, Fiat (+107.7%) at #15 and BAIC (+74.1%) up to #17.

The Toyota Hilux (-42.4%) is the most popular vehicle on the archipelago but collapses year-on-year. It is followed by the Suzuki Swift (+19.9%) lodging an excellent score to #2. The Dacia Duster (-22.4%) suffers at #3 above a surging Ford Ranger (+15.2%). The Hyundai Grand i10 (+40%), Renault Kangoo (+27.4%) and Hyundai Tucson (+13.1%) also shine in the remainder of the Top 10.

Previous post: New Caledonia (France) January-September 2025: Mitsubishi, Subaru defy market off -23.3%

One year ago: New Caledonia (France) November 2024: Market down -62.6%

Full January-November 2025 Top 45 All brands and Top 30 models below.

New Caledonia (France) January-November 2025 – brands:

Pos	Brand	1-11 2025	%	/24	FY24
1	Toyota	507	15.2%	– 36.5%	1
2	Suzuki	320	9.6%	+ 7.0%	3
3	Renault	314	9.4%	– 0.6%	2
4	Hyundai	245	7.3%	+ 15.6%	8
5	Ford	232	6.9%	+ 5.5%	7
6	Citroen	221	6.6%	– 7.5%	6
7	Peugeot	208	6.2%	– 16.5%	5
8	Dacia	152	4.5%	– 39.0%	4
9	Mitsubishi	121	3.6%	+ 44.0%	12
10	Subaru	120	3.6%	+ 26.3%	10
11	Kia	100	3.0%	– 36.3%	9
12	BYD	72	2.2%	+ 53.2%	17
13	Nissan	61	1.8%	– 41.9%	11
14	Changan	58	1.7%	+ 11.5%	16
15	Fiat	54	1.6%	+ 107.7%	24
16	Isuzu	49	1.5%	– 31.0%	14
17	BAIC	47	1.4%	+ 74.1%	23
18	MG	44	1.3%	– 39.7%	13
19	Mercedes	43	1.3%	– 25.9%	15
20	Opel	42	1.3%	+ 0.0%	19
21	Geely	33	1.0%	– 8.3%	20
22	Great Wall	32	1.0%	+ 77.8%	30
23	BMW	31	0.9%	– 3.1%	22
24	Chevrolet	27	0.8%	+ 145.5%	34
25	Dongfeng	22	0.7%	– 37.1%	21
26	Iveco	21	0.6%	+ 31.3%	31
27	Land Rover	19	0.6%	– 26.9%	26
28	Honda	16	0.5%	– 64.4%	18
29	Porsche	16	0.5%	– 15.8%	27
30	Audi	15	0.4%	– 16.7%	29
31	FAW	15	0.4%	– 46.4%	25
32	DS	13	0.4%	– 18.8%	32
33	Mazda	12	0.4%	+ 20.0%	35
34	ZNA	12	0.4%	new	–
35	DFSK	11	0.3%	– 42.1%	28
36	Mini	10	0.3%	– 28.6%	33
37	Alfa Romeo	6	0.2%	+ 100.0%	39
38	Ram	6	0.2%	+ 20.0%	37
39	Jaguar	5	0.1%	+ 25.0%	38
40	Jeep	3	0.1%	+ 200.0%	41
41	Seres	3	0.1%	+ 200.0%	42
42	Leapmotor	3	0.1%	new	–
43	Alpine	2	0.1%	+ 100.0%	43
44	ZX Auto	1	0.0%	– 83.3%	36
45	Volkswagen	1	0.0%	– 66.7%	40

New Caledonia (France) January-November 2025 – models:

Pos	Model	1-11 2025	%	/24	FY24
1	Toyota Hilux	209	6.2%	– 42.4%	1
2	Suzuki Swift	181	5.4%	+ 19.9%	3
3	Dacia Duster	125	3.7%	– 22.4%	2
4	Ford Ranger	106	3.2%	+ 15.2%	5
5	Suzuki Jimny	90	2.7%	– 3.2%	4
6	Renault Kangoo	79	2.4%	+ 27.4%	16
7	Hyundai Tucson	69	2.1%	+ 13.1%	14
8	Citroen Berlingo	68	2.0%	– 15.0%	6
9	Renault Master	65	1.9%	– 9.7%	8
10	Hyundai Grand i10	63	1.9%	+ 40.0%	24
11	Mitsubishi ASX	62	1.9%	+ 87.9%	39
12	Toyota RAV4	60	1.8%	– 7.7%	12
13	Subaru Crosstrek	58	1.7%	+ 23.4%	20
14	Kia K2700	57	1.7%	– 14.9%	7
15	Subaru Forester	57	1.7%	+ 29.5%	21
16	Citroen Jumpy	50	1.5%	+ 16.3%	22
17	Citroen C3	49	1.5%	– 24.6%	9
18	Ford Puma	49	1.5%	– 7.5%	17
19	Renault Trafic	45	1.3%	+ 114.3%	54
20	BAIC X35	43	1.3%	+ 59.3%	35
21	Toyota Land Cruiser	43	1.3%	+ 2.4%	27
22	Isuzu D-Max	42	1.3%	– 34.4%	13
23	Toyota Hiace	42	1.3%	+ 61.5%	40
24	Hyundai Staria	41	1.2%	+ 20.6%	32
25	Peugeot Partner	41	1.2%	+ 2.5%	26
26	Renault Kwid	41	1.2%	+ 5.1%	28
27	Toyota Raize	41	1.2%	– 28.1%	18
28	Renault Clio	39	1.2%	– 23.5%	19
29	Peugeot 2008	38	1.1%	+ 8.6%	37
30	Fiat Ducato	35	1.0%	+ 133.3%	n/a
31	Peugeot 208	35	1.0%	– 52.1%	11

Source: Manufacturers

Best Selling Cars Blog
Japan November 2025: Sales down again, Toyota RAV4 and bZ4X impress 8 December 2025 at 11:09

Japan November 2025: Sales down again, Toyota RAV4 and bZ4X impress

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By:Matt Gasnier

8 December 2025 at 11:09

The Toyota bZ4X is inside the Japanese Top 30 for the first time.

New vehicle sales in Japan endure a 5th straight month of year-on-year declines in November at -5.1% to 369,721 units. Thanks to a start of the year boosted by low year-ago volumes, the YTD tally remains in positive at +3.4% to 4,230,318. 7 of the Top 8 carmakers are in negative this month. Toyota (-1.2%) leads the way above Suzuki (-3.6%) and Honda (-9.5%). Daihatsu (+9.3%) is the sole gainer near the top but drops one spot on last month to #4. Below, Nissan (-26.5%), Mazda (-17.5%), Mitsubishi (-17.2%) and Subaru (-15.4%) are all hit hard. Audi (+81.4%), Lexus (+19.3%), Mitsubishi Fuso (+17.1%) and Volkswagen (+8%) stand out further down.

Over in the regular cars ranking, both the Toyota Yaris/Cross (-22.6%) and Corolla/Cross (-32.1%) freefall but keep the lead. Obviously when separating the Cross variants these models are much weaker, which makes the Toyota Raize (+88.2%) the ‘true’ best-seller. The Toyota Sienta (+9.4%) and Roomy (+91.3%) complete the Top 5 above the Toyota Alphard (-18.4%). The Honda Freed (-9.7%) is the best-selling non Toyota like last month with the Toyota Voxy (+17.8%), Noah (+13.1%) and Honda Vezel (+19.3%) rounding out the Top 10. Below, notice the Toyota RAV4 (+284.7%), Suzuki Xbee (+100.8%) and bZ4X (+2938.5%) the latter breaking into the Top 30 for the first time for its 2nd month inside the Top 50.

Looking at kei cars, the Honda N-BOX (-10.2%) reclaims the top spot after a paltry October result when it dropped to #4. The Suzuki Spacia (-10.8%) stays at #2 ahead of last month’s leader the Daihatsu Move (+40.2%) still surging year-on-year. The Daihatsu Tanto (-17.7%) on the other hand is in difficulty at #4. The Honda N-One (+44%), Nissan Roox (+41%), Suzuki Jimny (+38.8%) and Mitsubishi Delica Mini/eK (+32%) deliver stunning results below.

Previous month: Japan October 2025: Daihatsu (+26.9%) defies negative market (-1.8%)

One year ago: Japan November 2024: Toyota Land Cruiser (+82.4%), Alphard (+74.1%) stun in negative market

Full November 2025 Top 50 All brands, Top 50 regular cars and Top 31 All kei cars below.

Japan November 2025 – brands:

Pos	Brand	Nov-25	%	/24	Oct	2025	%	/24	Pos	FY24
1	Toyota	122,639	33.2%	– 1.2%	1	1,313,934	31.1%	+ 4.3%	1	1
2	Suzuki	58,435	15.8%	– 3.6%	2	678,404	16.0%	+ 1.4%	2	2
3	Honda	48,804	13.2%	– 9.5%	4	574,898	13.6%	– 7.7%	3	3
4	Daihatsu	44,398	12.0%	+ 9.3%	3	495,132	11.7%	+ 48.4%	4	5
5	Nissan	28,037	7.6%	– 26.5%	5	374,749	8.9%	– 15.6%	5	4
6	Mazda	10,579	2.9%	– 17.5%	6	138,796	3.3%	+ 5.8%	6	6
7	Mitsubishi	9,506	2.6%	– 17.2%	9	108,595	2.6%	– 0.8%	7	7
8	Subaru	7,979	2.2%	– 15.4%	7	103,111	2.4%	+ 7.4%	8	8
9	Lexus	7,564	2.0%	+ 19.3%	8	81,721	1.9%	– 0.1%	9	9
10	Isuzu	6,084	1.6%	– 0.9%	10	68,420	1.6%	+ 11.7%	10	10
11	Mercedes	4,399	1.2%	– 4.8%	11	46,083	1.1%	– 3.9%	11	11
12	Mitsubishi Fuso	3,479	0.9%	+ 17.1%	12	29,725	0.7%	– 4.6%	14	14
13	Hino	2,656	0.7%	– 25.3%	13	31,783	0.8%	– 17.6%	12	12
14	BMW	2,578	0.7%	– 20.3%	14	31,759	0.8%	+ 1.6%	13	13
15	Volkswagen	2,125	0.6%	+ 8.0%	15	28,381	0.7%	+ 38.1%	15	15
16	Audi	2,070	0.6%	+ 81.4%	16	21,417	0.5%	+ 11.4%	16	16
17	Mini	1,388	0.4%	– 16.4%	17	17,296	0.4%	+ 19.2%	17	17
18	UD Trucks	1,078	0.3%	+ 1.5%	18	11,215	0.3%	+ 19.9%	18	19
19	Volvo	880	0.2%	+ 2.7%	19	10,857	0.3%	– 5.4%	19	18
20	Porsche	646	0.2%	– 4.9%	20	9,268	0.2%	+ 6.4%	20	21
21	Jeep	624	0.2%	– 22.2%	21	7,778	0.2%	– 10.3%	21	20
22	Peugeot	518	0.1%	+ 7.5%	22	6,096	0.1%	+ 27.2%	23	23
23	Land Rover	424	0.1%	+ 3.7%	25	7,385	0.2%	+ 5.4%	22	22
24	Fiat	312	0.1%	– 4.0%	23	3,836	0.1%	– 7.7%	24	25
25	Citroen	290	0.1%	– 14.7%	26	2,607	0.1%	– 3.0%	27	26
26	BYD	210	0.1%	+ 76.5%	24	3,508	0.1%	+ 64.4%	25	27
27	Renault	196	0.1%	– 7.5%	27	2,777	0.1%	– 37.1%	26	24
28	Alfa Romeo	152	0.0%	+ 210.2%	29	1,390	0.0%	+ 61.4%	29	31
29	Ferrari	140	0.0%	+ 5.3%	28	1,402	0.0%	+ 5.1%	28	29
30	Hyundai	106	0.0%	+ 202.9%	30	992	0.0%	+ 76.8%	30	33
31	Lamborghini	60	0.0%	– 35.5%	31	872	0.0%	+ 16.9%	31	32
32	Scania	50	0.0%	+ 31.6%	35	573	0.0%	+ 32.9%	34	38
33	Alpina	49	0.0%	+ 44.1%	32	414	0.0%	+ 17.6%	37	41
34	Maserati	48	0.0%	– 20.0%	34	676	0.0%	– 34.0%	32	30
35	Rolls-Royce	46	0.0%	+ 64.3%	33	425	0.0%	+ 27.2%	36	42
36	Chevrolet	40	0.0%	+ 11.1%	40	342	0.0%	– 36.4%	41	34
37	Cadillac	33	0.0%	– 17.5%	43	474	0.0%	+ 18.2%	35	40
38	Bentley	32	0.0%	– 27.3%	36	401	0.0%	– 19.8%	39	36
39	Aston Martin	27	0.0%	– 25.0%	37	406	0.0%	– 15.6%	38	37
40	DS	23	0.0%	– 11.5%	41	350	0.0%	– 16.9%	40	39
41	Ford	23	0.0%	+ 21.1%	42	197	0.0%	+ 1.0%	43	45
42	Abarth	22	0.0%	– 81.7%	38	673	0.0%	– 60.4%	33	28
43	Lotus	15	0.0%	– 57.1%	44	176	0.0%	– 44.5%	45	43
44	McLaren	14	0.0%	– 53.3%	39	244	0.0%	– 3.9%	42	44
45	Dodge	7	0.0%	– 56.3%	45	103	0.0%	– 12.0%	46	46
46	GMC	2	0.0%	n/a	48	16	0.0%	– 20.0%	47	47
47	Lancia	2	0.0%	– 33.3%	49	15	0.0%	+ 36.4%	48	50
48	Buick	2	0.0%	n/a	50	10	0.0%	+ 66.7%	51	52
49	MG	1	0.0%	n/a	46	14	0.0%	+ 250.0%	49	53
50	Chrysler	1	0.0%	– 50.0%	52	8	0.0%	+ 60.0%	52	51
–	Others	928	0.3%	+ 69.7%	–	10,385	0.2%	+ 100.1%	–	–

Japan November 2025 – regular cars:

Pos	Model	Nov-25	/24	Oct	2025	/24	Pos	FY24
1	Toyota Yaris/Cross	14,556	– 22.6%	1	154,931	+ 2.7%	1	2
2	Toyota Corolla/Cross	10,997	– 32.1%	2	130,451	– 15.4%	2	1
3	Toyota Raize	10,004	+ 88.2%	3	92,186	+ 96.7%	4	20
4	Toyota Sienta	9,703	+ 9.4%	6	97,319	– 6.6%	3	3
5	Toyota Roomy	8,664	+ 91.3%	4	87,463	+ 34.1%	5	12
6	Toyota Alphard	7,238	– 18.4%	5	81,303	+ 13.2%	7	8
7	Honda Freed	7,132	– 9.7%	8	83,469	+ 5.9%	6	5
8	Toyota Voxy	6,875	+ 17.8%	9	73,453	+ 12.3%	9	10
9	Toyota Noah	6,763	+ 13.1%	7	74,689	+ 13.7%	8	11
10	Honda Vezel	5,794	+ 19.3%	10	62,624	– 11.2%	13	9
11	Honda StepWGN	5,082	+ 34.0%	17	52,514	+ 0.2%	16	17
12	Toyota Crown	4,597	– 20.3%	12	53,284	– 8.9%	15	15
13	Nissan Serena	4,586	– 32.9%	14	66,387	– 11.9%	11	7
14	Nissan Note	4,426	– 45.3%	11	73,399	– 23.0%	10	4
15	Suzuki Solio	4,355	+ 2.8%	15	50,682	+ 1.9%	17	18
16	Toyota Prius	4,233	– 56.7%	19	60,423	– 21.1%	14	6
17	Suzuki Jimny Wagon	4,034	+ 71.9%	16	37,121	+ 56.8%	21	28
18	Toyota RAV4	3,970	+ 284.7%	13	28,532	– 5.0%	25	26
19	Toyota Land Cruiser W	3,726	– 41.5%	18	42,720	– 9.0%	20	19
20	Toyota Aqua	3,606	– 47.0%	22	64,496	+ 10.2%	12	14
21	Toyota Harrier	3,557	– 22.6%	23	48,454	– 20.5%	18	13
22	Honda Fit	3,243	– 24.4%	21	43,445	– 25.4%	19	16
23	Toyota Vellfire	2,998	– 3.4%	20	31,119	– 0.1%	22	23
24	Subaru Impreza	2,350	– 15.6%	25	29,061	+ 0.5%	24	25
25	Suzuki Xbee	2,335	+ 100.8%	24	13,986	+ 19.4%	39	39
26	Suzuki Swift	2,159	– 8.2%	26	26,427	– 14.5%	26	22
27	Subaru Forester	2,119	– 16.7%	27	29,292	+ 39.3%	23	29
28	Lexus LBX	1,932	+ 8.6%	29	19,521	– 2.5%	32	32
29	Mazda2	1,696	– 5.1%	31	22,119	+ 11.3%	29	31
30	Toyota bZ4X	1,580	+ 2938.5%	40	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31	Daihatsu Rocky	1,567	+ 31.8%	36	14,874	n/a	37	42
32	Mazda CX-5	1,548	– 6.0%	32	21,896	+ 21.5%	30	34
33	Honda WR-V	1,447	– 59.0%	33	25,671	– 6.4%	27	27
34	Honda Civic	1,349	+ 46.9%	34	18,634	+ 31.8%	36	36
35	Lexus NX350H	1,282	– 39.2%	37	19,153	+ 19.2%	33	35
36	Nissan X-Trail	1,211	– 42.1%	39	18,869	– 37.3%	35	24
37	Suzuki Fronx	1,170	– 31.7%	28	18,933	+ 391.9%	34	n/a
38	Subaru Levorg	1,110	– 15.7%	38	14,193	– 35.2%	38	30
39	Mitsubishi Delica D5	1,093	– 45.9%	30	23,676	+ 30.2%	28	33
40	Mazda CX-30	1,059	+ 2.6%	n/a	11,175	– 13.2%	40	38
41	Honda ZR-V	1,021	– 57.4%	35	19,630	– 50.3%	31	21
42	Mazda3	1,018	– 8.3%	n/a	10,930	– 0.7%	n/a	41
43	Toyota Hiace W	938	+ 722.8%	41	n/a	n/a	n/a	49
44	Mazda CX-60	813	+ 48.6%	42	10,302	n/a	n/a	50
45	Toyota JPN Taxi	674	– 23.6%	45	n/a	n/a	n/a	46
46	Mazda CX-80	668	– 70.1%	48	8,693	+ 70.2%	n/a	n/a
47	Lexus RX500H	663	+ 1105.5%	46	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
48	Honda Odyssey	601	– 26.5%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
49	Lexus RX350H	566	+ 1429.7%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
50	Mazda CX-3	546	– 29.3%	43	n/a	n/a	n/a	47

Japan November 2025 – kei cars:

Pos	Model	Nov-25	/24	Oct	2025	/24	Pos	FY24
1	Honda N-BOX	16,198	– 10.2%	4	185,784	– 2.9%	1	1
2	Suzuki Spacia	12,904	– 10.8%	2	154,192	+ 0.7%	2	2
3	Daihatsu Move	10,951	+ 40.2%	1	113,482	+ 220.2%	4	11
4	Daihatsu Tanto	9,520	– 17.7%	3	115,322	+ 37.1%	3	3
5	Nissan Roox	7,741	+ 41.0%	8	64,609	– 1.6%	7	6
6	Suzuki Hustler	6,660	– 9.3%	5	81,801	– 4.9%	5	4
7	Mitsubishi Delica Mini/eK	6,378	+ 32.0%	12	52,992	– 4.7%	9	8
8	Suzuki WagonR	5,361	– 0.0%	6	67,316	– 8.7%	6	5
9	Suzuki Jimny	4,969	+ 38.8%	11	47,264	+ 24.7%	11	12
10	Daihatsu Mira	4,521	– 4.1%	7	51,698	+ 31.8%	10	10
11	Suzuki Alto	3,971	– 23.9%	10	54,013	– 15.1%	8	7
12	Daihatsu Taft	3,246	– 3.2%	9	45,797	+ 34.6%	12	13
13	Nissan Dayz	2,889	– 18.7%	13	40,575	– 14.0%	13	9
14	Honda N-ONE	2,094	+ 44.0%	14	18,210	+ 9.8%	16	17
15	Honda N-WGN	1,659	– 46.3%	15	25,990	– 17.1%	14	14
16	Suzuki Every Wagon	1,551	– 6.1%	16	18,978	+ 8.2%	15	16
17	Mazda Flair Wagon	930	– 25.7%	17	13,106	– 9.1%	18	18
18	Toyota Pixis	602	+ 25.4%	18	8,231	+ 47.9%	19	21
19	Nissan Sakura	594	– 65.7%	19	13,496	– 37.1%	17	15
20	Daihatsu Copen	524	+ 202.9%	20	4,048	+ 57.3%	23	25
21	Subaru Stella	371	n/a	21	2,416	n/a	26	–
22	Mazda Flair Crossover	361	– 31.4%	22	5,442	– 16.7%	20	19
23	Nissan Clipper Rio	321	– 33.7%	23	5,340	– 6.4%	21	20
24	Mazda Carol	291	– 14.4%	24	3,245	– 13.7%	24	22
25	Mazda Flair	239	+ 4.4%	26	2,701	– 14.0%	25	24
26	Subaru Chiffon	229	– 65.5%	25	4,066	+ 13.7%	22	23
27	Subaru Pleo	141	– 59.9%	27	2,243	+ 10.7%	27	27
28	Mazda Scrum Wagon	86	– 13.1%	28	1,107	+ 1.3%	29	28
29	Toyota Copen GR Sport	77	+ 16.7%	30	982	+ 9.1%	30	29
30	Mitsubishi eK Cross EV	60	– 73.1%	29	1,384	– 39.5%	28	26
31	Mitsubishi Town Box	26	– 16.1%	31	491	+ 14.7%	31	30

Sources: JADA, JMVA, JAIA